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The scariest time of the year is undoubtedly Halloween, yet horror novels are not limited to the month of October, and in ...

Welcome to Great Adaptations, the Book Review’s regular multiple-choice quiz about printed works that have gone on to find new life as movies, television shows, theatrical productions and more. With ...

More than three in five spooky genre readers say they could solve a real-life mystery, according to a recent survey. The survey of 2,000 horror, mystery, thriller and true crime readers found that 61% ...

American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy, Stephen King. (Photo by François Sechet/Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images) Photo: François Sechet/Leemage/Corbis via Getty ...

“9-11 resembled cheap, lazy fiction,” says horror author Neil Gaiman, whose slim volume Coraline is already being called the scariest novel of the year, “and because it did, it made it strange for ...

The scary book genre is a lot at once: Chilling, energizing and enthralling. It’s no wonder it’s such a popular genre.” Readers, on average, reported picking up their first hair-raising book at age 12 ...