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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
28 of 107 books match this length.
A Sicilian Romance
At the Mountains of Madness
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
Dracula's Guest
Frankenstein
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
John Silence Stories
The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The empty house
The Ghost Pirates
A hidden gem from this shelf
Shadow: A Parable
A candlelit room, a plague outside, and a presence that may be grief itself.
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice
The House on the Borderland
The Hungry Stones
The Island of Doctor Moreau
The Jewel of Seven Stars
The King in Yellow
The Lady of the Barge
The Lair of the White Worm
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
The Shadow Out of Time
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Slayer of Souls
The Turn of the Screw
The Whisperer in Darkness
The Wolf-Leader