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Books from the 2000s

Horror on the page: what each book is, who wrote it and how scary it gets.

Book · 2009

Another

A new pupil meets a mysterious classmate, then finds his class caught up in a string of terrible deaths.

Book · 2006

Cell

A mysterious phone signal turns people violent, leaving an artist trying to find his young son.

Book · 2001

Coldheart Canyon

A horror novel about a fading movie star and a fan whose interest in him has become an obsession.

Book · 2001

Dreamcatcher

Stephen King’s Dreamcatcher brings alien invasion and body horror together in a suspenseful novel.

Book · 2004

The Taking

The Taking is a 2004 horror novel by Dean Koontz, published by Bantam Books.

Book · 2009

Under the Dome

A small town is cut off by an invisible barrier, leaving its people to face the fear of being trapped together.

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The After Dark Top 40

Forty horror films counted down like the charts, from silent classics to new favourites, picked by Erin and sent the moment you join.