Category: Horror books
Hanna’s Horror Book Blog.
This horror book blog is where you’ll find all things
horror book-related. This is essential reading for those who love eerie Gothic dread and the occasional jump scare.
Hanna Delaney is known for her Gothic horror novels as well as science fiction and historical fantasy
. Here you’ll find everything you want to know about the horror that inspires her work.
Find out what books are like The Haunting Of Hill House, what Gothic horror is, or what classic books every horror fan needs to read.
Hanna Delaney has a BA in English Literature and an MA in Popular Literatures. Before becoming an author she taught 16-19 English and English Literature.
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Shirley Jackson published The Haunting Of Hill House in 1959, and thanks to a recent Netflix adaptation, its popularity lives on. Known especially for its hallmark Gothic horror story and the unreliable narrator, this psychologically suspenseful ghost story is a modern classic. Hunting for evidence of the occult, Dr Montague invites three participants to Hill…
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Sean McDonnell is a horror and noir mystery author from California. In February 2026 he released his debut novella, Cherry Kills. This novella is as unique as his characters. Written in a quick, punk style this paperback merges a 90s ethos of music and fantasy as it unravels the mystery of Cherry’s imaginary friends.
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Gothic horror books and governesses go hand in hand with ghosts and other supernatural weirdness, don’t they? If you’re a fan of classic and modern Gothic horror, you need to know about these books.
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Speculative fiction is a term we now use to describe several genres and sub-genres of literature. Think of it as an all-encompassing umbrella term for: Speculative fiction simply means: somewhere other than the world you live in right now. I have a Masters degree in Popular Literatures (after completing a BA hons in English Literature)…
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Horror romance is a broad church these days, covering everything such as Twilight teen vampire romance to Warm Bodies, The Phantom Of The Opera and Dowry Of Blood. The undisputed queen of horror romance for me though is Anne Rice.
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Did you know that in the 19th century, mummy horror was more famous than vampire horror when it came to supernatural fiction books?
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They key differences between Gothic fiction and other sub-genres like romance, horror and mystery lies in the atmosphere.
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Liverpool’s haunted history and how it influenced the Gothic Mystery novel The Spider.
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The Haunting Of Hill House (always a horror classic) had a recent revival with the Mike Flanagan adaptation, offering new insights into the character of Eleanor Vance. readers and viewers alike come back to this classic ghost story, but what if it’s time to read another haunted house book with the same chilling atmosphere? Books…
