horror + thriller

7 books tagged both “horror” and “thriller”.

Hidden Pictures

Jason Rekulak · 2022

Nanny Mallory sees Teddy drawings predict a murder in New Jersey.

2,332-word summary · 10 min read

Red Dragon

Thomas Harris · 1981

Graham consults Lecter to catch Tooth Fairy Dolarhyde.

2,592-word summary · 12 min read

The Outsider

Stephen King · 2018

Coach Terry Maitland's DNA and witnesses point to an impossible murder, until Ralph Anderson and Holly Gibney trace it to El Cuco.

2,586-word summary · 11 min read

11/22/63

Stephen King · 2011

A Maine teacher steps through a diner portal to 1958 to stop the Kennedy assassination, and learns the past resists change while a new life pulls him in.

2,799-word summary · 12 min read

The Silence of the Lambs

Thomas Harris · 1988

Clarice Starling seeks Hannibal Lecter's help to catch Buffalo Bill before Catherine Martin runs out of time.

2,616-word summary · 12 min read

Misery

Stephen King · 1987

A novelist crashes in Colorado snow and wakes in the home of his self-declared number one fan, who will not let him leave.

2,744-word summary · 12 min read

The Shining

Stephen King · 1977

The Shining retold: Jack winters at Overlook with Wendy and Danny, REDRUM, hedge maze chase.

2,011-word summary · 9 min read