Books of Blood - Volume One
A 1984 body horror book by Clive Barker, where the flesh itself is the thing to fear.
The directory
Books from the 1980s
Horror on the page: what each book is, who wrote it and how scary it gets.
Cabal
Cabal is a horror novella by Clive Barker, first published in a collection with more of his fiction.
Cujo
A rabid Saint Bernard turns a familiar hometown into a frightening place in Stephen King’s Cujo.
Firestarter
Stephen King’s Firestarter follows a young girl who can start fires with her mind, and the agency that wants to use her power.
It
Seven children are hunted by a shapeshifting entity that wears a clown's smile to get close to them.
Misery
A writer's biggest fan decides she isn't ready to let him leave.
Pet Sematary
A family settles near an old pet cemetery in the Maine woods, and learns what else lives there.
Strangers
A Dean Koontz horror novel from 1986 that mixes horror with science fiction, for nights when you want your unease with a strange edge.
The Damnation Game
Clive Barker's 1985 debut novel, a horror story about a deal that costs far more than anyone realises.
The Dark Half
A 1989 Stephen King horror novel, one of the best-selling books of its year, later made into its own film.
The Door to December
A 1985 horror novel by Dean Koontz, first published under the pseudonym Richard Paige.
The Eyes of Darkness
A mother refuses to accept that her son really died a year ago, and starts quietly pulling at the truth.
The Hellbound Heart
A criminal, a puzzle box and the Cenobites make Clive Barker’s horror novella a troubling choice for a quiet night.
The Mask
A 1981 thriller by Dean Koontz, first published under his pseudonym Owen West before he reclaimed it as his own.
The Tommyknockers
A mysterious buried object begins to change a town in Stephen King’s unsettling science fiction horror novel.
Watchers
A suspense novel that brings horror and science fiction together.