horror + science fiction

5 books tagged both “horror” and “science fiction”.

Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer · 2014

Four women enter Area X on the twelfth expedition to map a breathing tower that writes on its walls and a lighthouse full of lost journals.

2,265-word summary · 10 min read

The Institute

Stephen King · 2019

A kidnapped prodigy wakes in a Maine facility where gifted kids earn tokens in Front Half and vanish from Back Half.

3,814-word summary · 17 min read

Under the Dome

Stephen King · 2009

Chester's Mill is sealed under an invisible dome as cook Barbie and editor Julia face Big Jim Rennie's rule.

2,731-word summary · 12 min read

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley · 1818

Frankenstein retold: Victor builds, the creature wakes, Arctic letters, demand and refusal.

1,901-word summary · 8 min read