Horror by Women

Horror fiction written by women authors.
Updated September 19, 2022
Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
Paper Book
Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro. First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four...
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn
Paper Book
From the author of the No.1 bestseller and international phenomenon GONE GIRL. Now a major HBO/SKY ATLANTIC TV series starring Amy Adams, with the director of BIG LITTLE LIES, Jean-Marc Vallee. When two girls are abducted and killed in Missouri, journalist Camille Preaker is...
Eileen
Ottessa Moshfegh
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture streaming on Hulu, starring Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize "Eileen is a remarkable piece of writing, always dark and surprising, sometimes ugly and occasionally hilarious. Its first...
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Paper Book
The Hunger
Alma Katsu
Paper Book
"Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark." - Stephen King After having travelled west for weeks, the party of pioneers comes to a crossroads. It is time for their leader, George Donner, to make a choice. They face two diverging paths which lead...
Hide
Kiersten White
Paper Book
A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition turns deadly in this dark supernatural thriller from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White, perfect for fans of Stephen King and SQUID GAME. The challenge- spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don't get...
The Silent Companions
Laura Purcell
Paper Book
LAURA PURCELL'S THRILLING NEW NOVEL THE WHISPERING MUSE IS OUT NOW Winner of the W H Smith Thumping Good Read Award As featured on the Radio 2 Book Club and the Zoe Ball ITV Book Club '[An] extraordinary, memorable and truly haunting book'...
The Winter People
Jennifer McMahon
Ebook
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The New York Times bestselling author of The Invited will shock you with a simmering psychological thriller about ghostly secrets, dark choices, and the unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters. * "One of the year's most chilling novels." -...
The Woman in Black
Susan Hill
Paper Book
Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it is not until he...
The Death of Jane Lawrence
Caitlin Starling
Ebook
Nothing But Blackened Teeth
Cassandra Khaw
Ebook
The Year of the Witching
Alexis Henderson
Paper Book
In a rigid, repressive society where religious oppression and the suppression of individuality are the norm, a young woman discovers dark powers within herself with terrifying and far-reaching consequences - a stunning, powerful, coruscating alternate world feminist fantasy from acclaimed newcomer...

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.