The most popular horror & supernatural books of 2020

Horror and supernatural fiction is written to unsettle you. Haunted houses, ancient curses, monsters and things that should not exist fill these books, along with quieter stories where the dread builds slowly. They range from a ghost story for a winter night to something truly frightening. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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Piranesi
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Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

Published 2020

245 pages

My Dark Vanessa
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My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell, 凯特·伊丽莎白·拉塞尔, 케이트 엘리자베스 러셀

Published 2020

372 pages

His And Hers
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His And Hers

Alice Feeney

Published 2020

384 pages

Crave
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Crave

Tracy Wolff

2020 · 2021 edition

592 pages

Invisible Girl
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Invisible Girl

Lisa Jewell

2020 · 2021 edition

384 pages

The Burning God
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The Burning God

R. F. Kuang, Rebecca F. Kuang

2020 · 2026 edition

672 pages

The Other Mrs.
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The Other Mrs.

Mary Kubica

2020 · 2022 edition

432 pages

The Searcher
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The Searcher

Tana French

2020 · 2021 edition

451 pages

Troubled Blood
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Troubled Blood

J. K. Rowling

2020 · 2021 edition

1073 pages

Nightfall
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Nightfall

Penelope Douglas

2020 · 2024 edition

730 pages

Girl, Forgotten
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Girl, Forgotten

Karin Slaughter

2020 · 2023 edition

400 pages

The Night Swim
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The Night Swim

Megan Goldin

2020 · 2023 edition

362 pages