Horror Based Novels

The house is quiet until a door creaks. Horror novels let you feel fear from the safety of your own room: a jin that will not leave, a secret behind a locked door, a night that grows longer with every page. You finish with a racing heart and a strange sense of relief.

What counts as a horror novel

A horror novel builds fear slowly. It may use a jin or a vampire, an old house with a past or a stranger who knows too much. What matters is the mood: shadows, silence and the feeling that someone is watching. Some stories end with a rational answer while others leave the fear hanging in the air.

Why readers like to be scared

Fear read in a safe place works like a rollercoaster for the mind. Your heart races, your hands tighten around the phone and then the tension drains away at the turn of a page. You close the book feeling awake and oddly calm. Many of these stories are short enough for a single late-night sitting.

Fear comes in different flavours

Some stories are about a jin or a vampire such as Ek Tha Jin and Beauty And The Vampire. Others build dread from a lonely night, a locked room or a hunter like the one in Aadam Khor. In a few the real threat is a person with a dark secret. Pick the kind of fear you enjoy and let the title lead the way.

Where to start

The library holds 42 horror based novels by 33 writers. Amrah Sheikh has 4 here and Areeba Shahid has 4, so their pages are an easy first stop. 13 of the 42 novels are short stories of up to 100 pages. 40 are complete and 2 are video novels you can watch online.

Want a different kind of chill

Short novels give you a scare in one sitting. Sad novels bring a quiet ache instead of a jump. The Imran Series follows spies and unsolved cases for readers who like a puzzle with their suspense. The links under the heading take you straight there.