Fiction · Genre
Horror — 107 PDFs & ePubs
107 classic horror books · free in PDF & EPUB
Every horror book on this shelf is in the public domain and free to download in PDF or EPUB — or to read online, no sign-up required. This is where the genre was invented: the gothic castles of Walpole, the vampires of Le Fanu and Stoker, Shelley's creature, and the quiet English ghost stories that still outscare most modern fiction.
New to classic horror? The short stories are the fastest door in — Carmilla or The Willows take an evening. If you want the full novel experience, Dracula and Frankenstein remain the twin pillars, and both read far stranger and sharper than their movie versions.
New to horror? Start here
Dracula
Told in letters, diaries and newspaper clippings, it still reads like found footage — a century before found footage existed.
Masters of horror
The authors who built the genre — all their books free in the library.
All horror books
4 of 107 books match this length.
Dracula
The House by the Churchyard
The Mysteries of Udolpho
The Night Land
A hidden gem from this shelf
Shadow: A Parable
A candlelit room, a plague outside, and a presence that may be grief itself.