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Top authors writing contemporary horror
Paige Dearth
100 ratings 4.34 ·
book · horror · fiction · abuse · suspense · dark · psychological · contemporary · politics · child-abuse · family · realistic · crime · adult · young-adult · mental-illness · mystery · drama · action-adventure · survival
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Chris Carter
334 ratings 4.29 ·
fiction · adult · mystery · book · horror · crime · serial-killers · audiobook · law-enforcement · thriller · suspense · police-procedural · contemporary · psychological · dark · murder · killer · usa · urban · graphic-violence
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Holly Jackson
179 ratings 4.24 ·
young-adult · book · contemporary · fiction · murder · crime · thriller · suspense · mystery · killer · audiobook · whodunit · female-author · law-enforcement · horror · realistic · racism · female-mc · dark · high-school
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Jex Lane
120 ratings 4.23 ·
book · vampires · paranormal · fiction · supernatural · fantasy · romance · adult · contemporary · urban-fantasy · mlm · steamy · demons · magic · lgbtq · enemies-to-lovers · witches-wizards · shapeshifters · action-adventure · horror
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Sienna Mercer
227 ratings 4.22 ·
fiction · middle-grade · book · paranormal · horror · fantasy · vampires · children · contemporary · family · young-adult · romance · supernatural · humor · friendship · mystery · urban-fantasy · magic · womens-fiction · high-school
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J.D. Barker
182 ratings 4.15 ·
mystery · fiction · suspense · book · audiobook · horror · adult · crime · psychological · thriller · serial-killers · contemporary · action-adventure · law-enforcement · supernatural · murder · paranormal · dark · killer · police-procedural
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Anne Frasier
283 ratings 4.09 ·
fiction · adult · mystery · book · suspense · female-mc · crime · thriller · horror · psychological · law-enforcement · contemporary · audiobook · paranormal · police-procedural · serial-killers · murder · dark · supernatural · killer
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Louise Douglas
128 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · adult · book · female-mc · womens-fiction · family · horror · friendship · domestic-drama · drama · ghosts · contemporary · mystery · supernatural · breakup · gothic · suspense · audiobook · holidays · romance
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Dot Hutchison
130 ratings 4.05 ·
horror · book · audiobook · fiction · contemporary · crime · drama · thriller · mystery · serial-killers · dark · killer · law-enforcement · psychological · murder · suspense · abuse · friendship · kidnapping · young-adult
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David Wong
157 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · book · humor · action-adventure · horror · contemporary · satire · urban-fantasy · audiobook · comedy · suspense · sci-fi · cosmic-horror · dystopia · adult · supernatural · mystery · spooky · monsters · paranormal
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V.E. Schwab
386 ratings 4.04 ·
fantasy · young-adult · fiction · book · paranormal · supernatural · audiobook · urban-fantasy · horror · mystery · contemporary · friendship · family · female-author · magic · action-adventure · low-fantasy · death · romance · middle-grade
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Katie Alender
144 ratings 4.02 ·
book · horror · mystery · suspense · paranormal · young-adult · friendship · fiction · high-school · death · ghosts · fantasy · supernatural · contemporary · family · audiobook · killer · spooky · urban-fantasy · drama
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Joseph Fink
173 ratings 4.01 ·
fantasy · supernatural · horror · fiction · urban-fantasy · paranormal · magical-realism · lgbtq · humor · comedy · mystery · dystopia · contemporary · audiobook · book · action-adventure · cosmic-horror · dark · monsters · low-fantasy
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Karin Slaughter
876 ratings 4.01 ·
mystery · fiction · thriller · suspense · audiobook · crime · adult · contemporary · murder · law-enforcement · book · horror · psychological · killer · drama · police-procedural · dark · action-adventure · female-author · abuse
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Lars Kepler
221 ratings 4.00 ·
book · thriller · suspense · law-enforcement · noir · audiobook · fiction · murder · mystery · psychological · adult · crime · contemporary · horror · serial-killers · police-procedural · action-adventure · killer · europe · sweden
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Douglas Preston
1140 ratings 4.00 ·
suspense · fiction · adult · mystery · action-adventure · crime · thriller · audiobook · book · horror · contemporary · law-enforcement · killer · supernatural · technothriller · murder · historical-fiction · paranormal · drama · police-procedural
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Lincoln Child
1041 ratings 3.99 ·
fiction · suspense · mystery · adult · crime · action-adventure · thriller · audiobook · horror · book · law-enforcement · supernatural · contemporary · technothriller · murder · killer · paranormal · historical-fiction · drama · police-procedural
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Diana Rowland
300 ratings 3.98 ·
paranormal · fiction · urban-fantasy · fantasy · audiobook · mystery · supernatural · contemporary · urban · crime · romance · book · horror · action-adventure · adult · female-mc · law-enforcement · female-author · alpha-mc · magic
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Jennifer Hillier
167 ratings 3.98 ·
thriller · adult · crime · mystery · fiction · psychological · suspense · contemporary · book · drama · audiobook · dark · horror · murder · serial-killers · female-author · killer · family · kidnapping · domestic-drama
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Eden Robinson
104 ratings 3.97 ·
poc-mc · female-author · fiction · magical-realism · indigenous-mc · supernatural · contemporary · myths · young-adult · coming-of-age · book · poc-author · horror · literary-fiction · fantasy · audiobook · paranormal · family · retellings · adult
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Simon Beckett
156 ratings 3.94 ·
book · audiobook · adult · crime · thriller · mystery · fiction · suspense · contemporary · law-enforcement · horror · murder · forensics · killer · medical · action-adventure · male-author · police-procedural · political-intrigue · europe
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Chevy Stevens
190 ratings 3.90 ·
audiobook · psychological · fiction · contemporary · suspense · family · mystery · thriller · crime · book · killer · dark · murder · drama · survival · female-mc · adult · action-adventure · horror · abuse
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Liz Nugent
106 ratings 3.90 ·
book · contemporary · suspense · dark · audiobook · mystery · psychological · fiction · crime · adult · thriller · family · horror · female-author · realistic · mental-illness · death · killer · historical-fiction · murder
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Mark Z. Danielewski
139 ratings 3.89 ·
literary-fiction · adult · fantasy · fiction · horror · book · postmodernism · contemporary · mystery · magical-realism · psychological · supernatural · male-author · 21st-century · paranormal · urban-fantasy · comedy · humor · action-adventure · epistolary
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Wendy Webb
146 ratings 3.87 ·
historical-fiction · horror · audiobook · mystery · spooky · fiction · supernatural · gothic · adult · ghosts · book · suspense · paranormal · contemporary · haunted-places · fantasy · drama · female-author · female-mc · magical-realism
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Yōko Ogawa
137 ratings 3.82 ·
literary-fiction · adult · fiction · poc-author · literary · classics · 20th-century · drama · 21st-century · horror · contemporary · journey · female-author · dark · anthologies · mystery · magical-realism · poc-mc · book · gothic
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Yrsa Sigurdardottir
228 ratings 3.79 ·
mystery · fiction · thriller · crime · noir · audiobook · contemporary · book · suspense · adult · murder · female-author · law-enforcement · horror · psychological · killer · female-mc · europe · scandinavia · journey
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Kōji Suzuki
134 ratings 3.57 ·
fiction · adult · horror · anthologies · contemporary · sci-fi · mystery · supernatural · dark · action-adventure · paranormal · book · epic · literary-fiction · crime · dystopia · family · literary · urban-fantasy · classics
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