31 of the Most Popular Horror Books on Libby

One thing readers like to do almost as much as finding their next read is seeing what other people are reading—which is why we love reporting on the most popular books on Libby.

• With the more than 22,000 libraries it serves and the 820.5 million checkouts from 2025 alone, it’s easy to see why Libby is such a treasure trove of reader data.

Since we are at the tail end of spooky season, we thought it was a great time to share the most popular horror books on Libby.

• There’s a mix of classic horror—like Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Shining by Stephen King—and more recent titles that feel like new classics, such as The Reformatory by Tananarive Due and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones.
• They imagine the future of medical marvels, revisit past traumas, and time travel. They are mostly located in the US, but a couple of them venture out to places like England and Japan. A few have even been adapted.

Libby’s Most Popular Horror Books:

1. The Unknown by Riley Sager
2. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
3. One by One by Freida McFadden
4. Never Flinch by Stephen King
5. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
6. We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
7. The Only One Left by Riley Sager
8. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
9. The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer
10. There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
11. Dracula by Bram Stoker
12. Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
13. Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
14. Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison
15. The Shining by Stephen King
16. Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker
17. Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher
18. The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
19. Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
20. Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
21. The Stand by Stephen King
22. Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
23. It by Stephen King
24. King Sorrow by Joe Hill
25. Sometimes I Scare Myself by Jeneva Rose
26. The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
27. Hungerstone by Kat Dunn
28. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
29. The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
30. Carrie by Stephen King
31. Molka by Monika Kim

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