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Horror Books of the 2000s

The 681 most-read horror books first published between 2000 and 2009, led by The Lightning Thief (2005), Twilight (2005) and Coraline (2001).

This list collects 681 books from the 2000s by 419 authors, published between 2000 and 2009. 3 are free to read and 2 have a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.

681 books

The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
2005★ 4.3
Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
2005★ 3.7
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
2001★ 4.1
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
2006★ 3.9
New Moon
Stephenie Meyer
2006★ 4.0
Breaking Dawn
Stephenie Meyer
2000★ 3.5
City of Bones
Cassandra Clare
2007★ 3.9
Cell
Stephen King
2006★ 3.6
World War Z
Max Brooks
2006★ 3.9
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
2008★ 4.2
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The Willows
Algernon Blackwood
2002★ 4.0
Just After Sunset
Stephen King
2008★ 4.0
Dreamcatcher
Stephen King
2001★ 3.4
Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales
Stephen King
2002★ 3.9
Lisey's Story
Stephen King
2006★ 3.8
Duma Key
Stephen King
2008★ 4.0
The Power of Darkness
Edith Nesbit
2006★ 2.6
From a Buick 8
Stephen King
2002★ 3.7
Marked
P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast
2007★ 4.7
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
Charlaine Harris
2001★ 3.9
Odd Thomas
Dean Koontz
2003★ 4.1
Haunted
Chuck Palahniuk
2005★ 3.5
Goosebumps - Vanishing collection
Robert Lawrence Stine
2004★ 4.5
Coraline
P. Craig Russell, Neil Gaiman
2008★ 4.2
The Spook's Apprentice
Joseph Delaney
2004★ 4.1
The Terror
Dan Simmons
2007★ 4.3
Lock In: A Novel of the Near Future (Lock In Series Book 1)
John Scalzi
2001★ 4.0
End of Watch
Stephen King
2000★ 4.2
Skulduggery Pleasant
Derek Landy, Tom Percival
2006★ 4.2
Forever Odd
Dean Koontz
2005★ 4.0
A Living Nightmare... (Cirque Du Freak #1)
Darren Shan
2000★ 4.6
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova
2005★ 3.7
John Dies at the End
David Wong
2007★ 3.5
Betrayed
P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast
2001★ 4.5
The Fury and Dark Reunion
Lisa Jane Smith
2007★ 3.8
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The Damned
Algernon Blackwood
2002
Shadow Kiss
Richelle Mead
2008★ 4.3
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein
Dean Koontz, Kevin J. Anderson
2005★ 3.9
Revenge of the Living Dummy
Robert Lawrence Stine
2008★ 4.4
Heart-Shaped Box
Joe Hill
2007★ 3.4
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen
2009★ 3.1
Nightfall
Lisa Jane Smith
2005★ 3.4
Merrick
Anne Rice
2000★ 3.7
Fragile Things
Neil Gaiman
2006★ 3.8
Necronomicon
H.P. Lovecraft
2008★ 4.4
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Stephenie Meyer
2009★ 3.5
Trigger Warning
Neil Gaiman
2001★ 4.0
Dangerous Girls
Robert Lawrence Stine
2003★ 4.0
Confessor
Terry Goodkind
2007★ 3.9
The Taking
Dean Koontz
2004★ 3.7
Black House
Stephen King, Peter Straub
2001★ 4.5
Fledgling
Octavia E. Butler
2005★ 3.8
Beyond the Shadows
Brent Weeks
2008★ 4.1
Odd Hours
Dean Koontz
2008★ 3.6
Eighth Grade Bites
Z Brewer, Heather Brewer
2007★ 4.5
Bitten
Kelley Armstrong, Aasne Vigesaa
2001★ 3.5
Definitely Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 6)
Charlaine Harris
2006★ 3.9
I am Legend and Other Stories
Richard Matheson
2006★ 3.6
The Spook's Curse
Joseph Delaney
2005★ 4.2
The Summoning
Kelley Armstrong
2008★ 4.7
Chainfire
Terry Goodkind
2005★ 3.9
Dead to the World
Charlaine Harris
2004★ 3.8
Lullaby
Chuck Palahniuk
2002★ 4.4
Hex
Thomas Olde Heuvelt
2001★ 3.9
Tunnels of Blood (The Saga of Darren Shan #3)
Darren Shan
2000★ 4.2
The Jennifer Morgue
Charles Stross
2006★ 3.9
Ilium
Dan Simmons
2003★ 4.1
The Two Pearls of Wisdom
Alison Goodman
2008★ 3.8
Goosebumps - Creepy Creatures
Robert Lawrence Stine, Sheila Keenan
2006★ 4.4
The Vampire Prince (Cirque Du Freak #6)
Darren Shan
2002★ 4.1
The Haunting Hour - Chills in the Dead of Night
Robert Lawrence Stine, Various
2001★ 3.5
Boneshaker
Cherie Priest
2009★ 3.3
A Kiss of Shadows
Laurell K. Hamilton
2000★ 3.9
The Little Stranger
Sarah Waters, Jaime Zulaika Goicoechea
2009★ 3.7
Vampire Mountain
Darren Shan
2001★ 3.9
Let the Right One In
John Ajvide Lindqvist
2004★ 3.7
Haunted
Meg Cabot
2003★ 4.8
The Vampire's Assistant
Darren Shan
2000★ 3.7
The Faceless Ones
Derek Landy
2007★ 5.0
The Summer I Died
Ryan C. Thomas
2006★ 4.0
The Awakening
Kelley Armstrong
2009★ 4.4
The Streets of Panic Park
Robert Lawrence Stine
2009★ 2.6
Demonata #1, The: Lord Loss
Darren Shan
2006★ 4.2
Luces de Septiembre
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
2003★ 3.6
Cirque Du Freak #7
Darren Shan
2002★ 4.3
Vampire Kisses 2
Ellen Schreiber
2005★ 4.2
Love Bites
Lynsay Sands
2004★ 5.0
Bird Box
Josh Malerman
2001★ 4.6
Creep From the Deep
Robert Lawrence Stine
2008★ 3.2
Trials of Death (The Saga of Darren Shan #5)
Darren Shan
2001★ 3.9
Deep and Dark and Dangerous
Mary Downing Hahn
2007
Rapunzel's Revenge
Shannon Hale, Nathan Hale
2008★ 4.5
Tempted
P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast
2009★ 3.7
Allies of the Night
Darren Shan
2002★ 4.6
Dark Angel, The Chosen, Soulmate
Lisa Jane Smith
2008★ 4.2
Sons of Destiny (Cirque Du Freak The Saga of Darren Shan #12)
Darren Shan
2004★ 4.0

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