Big List of Christmas Horror Books

25 Candles

Each December, candles are lit to mark the days until Christmas. This year, with every new flame, tragedy strikes again. Fires. Disappearances. Death.

Baxter, Iris

2025

240

25 Days

Psychological horror. The Gray family finds themselves dragged into a deranged game of Secret Santa.

Jacobson, Per

2024

358

Advent of Evil

Welcome to Marshport, Maine, a quaint, little coastal town preparing for their annual Winter Wonderland Festival. But beneath the lights and holiday cheer, something evil is stirring, and it’s not a mouse.

Donnelly, Scott

2025

285

All I Want for Christmas is You!

Pyschological horror. I try to be good. I don't want to be this monster. I am Santa, I am Santa, I am Santa.

Guidroz, C.M.

2022

121

All Through the House: The Novelization

Slasher horror. The neighborhood is once again gripped by terror as a sadistic killer, cloaked in a grotesque Santa mask, embarks on a bloody rampage.

Millican, Joshua

2024

164

Alternative Christmas Carol, An

Extreme horror. What if the visits turn Scrooge darker still?!

Shaw, Matt

2022

100

Candy Cain Kills

Slasher horror. Candy Cain is slashing through the snow with a very long naughty list.

McAuley, Brian

2023

172

Candy Cain Kills Again: The Second Slaying

Slasher horror. She's making a list... and chopping it twice!

McAuley, Brian

2024

144

Christmas at Wheeldale Inn

Gothic horror. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox find themselves out in a freezing storm, lost, injured and penniless upon the moors. Salvation comes in the form of Wheeldale Inn: the highest public house in Yorkshire.

Amor, Gemma

2022

117

Christmas Eve Carnage

Slasher horror. An ex-con with a bone to pick plots his revenge, while a malevolent Christmas elf rises.

Lynch, John

2023

184

Christmas Eve Carnage 2: Sprinkles Lives

Slasher horror. Sprinkles is back.

Lynch, John

2024

172

Christmas Eve on Haunted Hill

Supernatural horror. Luke Herzinger was the sole survivor of the infamous Herzinger Family Massacre. After a decade away, Luke has come home to face his past and battle the evil that still resides in the old family home on Haunted Hill.

Smith, Bryan

2015

94

Christmas Fear

Psychological horror. Christmas Day takes an unexpected turn for Tommy and Jacqueline when they come downstairs and find a strange man and woman standing in their living room.

Shaw, Matt

2022

30

Christmas Horror Story, A

Psychological horror. With a belt of knives round his waist, a writhing bag on his back and a Santa-sized appetite, he’s a little…different to the St Nick you might be expecting.

Gregory, Sebastian

2014

77

Christmas Killer, The

On a cold winter morning in December, Detective Mitchell found himself at the center of a brutal and terrifying killing. Little did he know, it was just the beginning of a killing spree.

Mitchell Fletcher, J.R.

2023

470

Christmas Massacre, The

Albert Kinney isn’t your typical holiday enthusiast. He doesn’t deck the halls; he drenches them in blood.

Russo, John A.

2025

146

Christmas Morning Massacre, The

Slasher horror. Two murdered girls. A killer that was never found. The small town of Raven Hill is not as perfect as it seems.

Rabadi, Nasser

2022

113

Christmas Night of the Scurry Furry

Toy horror. The hot holiday toy, Scurry Furry, comes to life and begins wreaking havoc.

Reyes, E.

2023

62

Christmas to Remember, A

Extreme horror. Choose your own horror adventure. With seventeen premature endings, an ultimate 'revenge' ending and an ultimate 'happy' ending - there are numerous ways to shape this evolving story.

Shaw, Matt

2012

128

Christmas Vengeance

He won’t stop until every Santa Claus is dead.

Berry, Brian G.

2024

167

Christmas with the Dead

Zombie horror. Meet Calvin, a man determined to bring the Christmas spirit back to his zombie-infested town, even if it means risking life and limb to hang up those Christmas lights.

Lansdale, Joe R.

2024

246

Dark Days of Christmas, The

Grýla, the Icelandic, cannibalistic “Christmas witch”, takes center stage.

Masterton, Graham & Mogielska, Karolina

2023

114

Dead of Christmas, The

At the festive North Pole, Nick and Carol, toymakers and secret Government Agents, guard a deadly secret-hidden nukes beneath the toy shop.

Favro, Tory

2023

134

Eve

Psychological horror. Santa reaches out to children in their dreams, according to Eve, and learns all they truly want.

Shaw, Matt

2019

15

Everything is Temporary

Psychological horror. What's truly mysterious is Tom's year-round hatred for Christmas.

Cohn, Jon

2023

252

Father Christmas Vs. The Abominable Snowman

Extreme horror. Will Joe even make it to Christmas this year?

Phillips, Harrison

2024

113

Gingerbread Men, The

Psychological horror. Eric abandons his fiancé, Eleanor, at the Edinburgh Christmas market, and follows a mysterious woman back to the hotel she owns in the Highlands. Here he meets the men that staff the vacant rooms. Men like him. Men with something to hide…

Corrance, Joanna

2022

304

Good Year, A

LGBTQ+ horror. The twelve days of Christmas are beginning – the time when, according to local folklore, creatures known as kalikantzari come up from Hell to wreak havoc.

Loizou, Polis

2022

144

Grimm Curiosities

Ghost horror. A young woman inherits her father’s curiosity shop and all its ghostly secrets

Fisher, Sharon Lynn

2024

299

Hail Santa

Supernatural horror. There is something in the small mining community of St. Nicholas in northern Canada. Something strange and inhuman. Something cruel and powerful and very, very, hungry.

McNee, John

2023

288

Haunting of Jeremiah Scrooge, The

Ghost horror. The three Spirits of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet To Come had once haunted Jeremiah Scrooge with phantasmical journeys through his past, his present, and his future.

Brown, Robert Dwight

2023

296

Humbug

Every Christmas brings another murder, but this year’s case is different. A brilliant psychopath, dubbed “Humbug” by the press, has made a tradition of killing an entire family every December 25th.

Marano, Luciano

2025

134

I Found Christmas Lights Slithering Up My Street

Supernatural horror. When Douglas finds an eerie strand of lights slithering through the sewer, he unwittingly unleashes merry terror upon his neighborhood’s tacky lights contest.

Farthing, Ben

2023

146

I Killed a Vampire for My Christmas Break

Allen’s hopes of a monster-free life are crushed when he discovers that a vampire has come to town, and wants more than just blood.

Whittaker, Sam

2024

319

I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus

Zombie horror. How does the leader of a failed zombie civil rights movement from California rescue a group of his undead brethren and help a lonely Breather girl as he hides from a band of medical researchers while disguised as Santa Claus?

Browne, EG

2014

208

I'll Be Alone For Christmas

After an unexpected breakup, Romee heads to a remote cabin for the Christmas break. But from the moment she arrives, and ominous presence clings to her.

Mulligan, Kristin

2024

143

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Supernatural horror. It’s the most wonderful time of the year – except for Harold Trapp. With sales numbers plummeting, he and his company rush plans to create the perfect Christmas gift: the Hans and Heidi dolls.

Sinnott, Dorian J.

2020

317

Krampus: The Yule Lord

Dark fantasy horror. One Christmas Eve in a small hollow in Boone County, West Virginia, struggling songwriter Jesse Walker witnesses a strange spectacle: seven devilish figures chasing a man in a red suit toward a sleigh and eight reindeer.

Brom

2015

368

Krampus' Tree Farm

Nik Stein lives in a town called Santa’s Village, but he doesn’t like Christmas. He is getting ready to move away when he meets someone who puts all of his plans on hold.

Winchell, Shawn

2022

173

My Darling Girl

Psychological horror. A woman takes in her dying, alcoholic mother and begins to suspect demonic possession is haunting her family.

McMahon, Jennifer

2023

32

Naughty List, The

Megan's mum brings down an old Christmas decoration from the loft – a vintage elf named Jingles, with a too-wide smile and glass eyes that seem to follow you across the room.

Campbell, Don

2025

181

NOS4A2

Supernatural horror. Charles Talent Manx likes to take children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith to an astonishing – and terrifying – playground of amusements he calls 'Christmasland'.

Hill, Joe

2013

720

Red Christmas

Zombie horror. Preston races against the clock through a pitch-black mall riddled with undead in hopes of collecting the final decoration needed to finish his tribute to his mother.

Sullivan, Alice B.

2022

51

Return of the Living Elves

Zombie horror. When Christmas supply warehouse manager Jimmy tries to help new employee Tommy find a last-minute gift for his girlfriend, they accidentally unleash a long-forgotten and very seasonal genetic experiment with a taste for human flesh.

Asman, Brian

2022

160

Saint Nicholas

Dark fantasy horror. The origin of one of history's most iconic figures is not a fairy tale. It is not a story for children, to be told by the fire on a cold night. It is a story of pain and fear, of death and rebirth. But most of all, it is a story from a nightmare.

James, Bryan

2013

62

Santa Took Them

Psychological horror. No one in Holly Brook has forgotten the horror that unfolded on Christmas Eve ten years ago. Now, a terrifying blizzard descends upon the small isolated town and teens begin disappearing.

Malmborg, William

2015

306

Season of Secrets, The

Determined to spend one last festive season with her ailing mother, Alison, her daughter Grace, and Anthony her brother make the journey back to the town where they grew up. However, Grace’s imaginary friend is along for the vacation too.

McCluskey, DE

2025

224

Secret Santa

Comedy horror. The Office meets Stephen King, dressed up in holiday tinsel, in this fun, festive, and frightening horror-comedy set during the horror publishing boom of the ’80s.

Shaffer, Andrew

2020

216

Silent Night, Deadly Night

Official novelization of the 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night movie.

Muñoz, Armando

2025

400

Sleigh, The

YA cannibal serial killer horror. Every December for the past decade, a cult of serial killers the press calls the Christmas Cannibals has crept in under cover of darkness and left half-eaten corpses in their wake. The investigation leads to an ancient evil whose roots are wrapped around the most iconic Christmas figure of all.

Hawthorne, Max

2022

328

Snow

Supernatural horror. The blizzard begins on Christmas Eve, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Todd Curry joins three other people in renting the last four-wheel drive available and they set out into the blinding snow.

Malfi, Ronald

2021

216

Snowball

Supernatural horror. A group of motorists become stranded on a lonely stretch of highway during a Christmas Eve blizzard and fight for survival against an unnatural force in the storm.

Bastianelli, Gregory

2020

256

Snowball

Dark fantasy horror. Brandon and Erin begin a new family tradition by introducing the elf on a shelf to their young children. When Erin brings home their newly purchased elf, little do they know the horror that awaits.

Gonzalez, Andre

2019

142

Thing in Christmas Town, The

Psychological horror. Wishing to recapture the happy times of their youth, Diane’s grown children take her to Ireland’s latest attraction. Christmas Town, nestled in the Cavan hills, where it is Christmas 365 days a year.

Murphy, Iseult

2024

117

To Hell With Hallmark

Supernatural horror. Welcome to Hallmark, Vermont, the setting for every cliched Christmas dream. But this year, something sinister has infected Hallmark's Christmas magic, turning Christmas morning dreams into Christmas Eve nightmares.

Ricks, Brad

2024

228

Twisted Malevolent Christmas, A

Psychological horror. Greg and Mia are looking forward to a Christmas getaway. Unfortunately, a sinister Santa has other plans for them.

Shanahan, Kristal

2024

28

Very Naughty List, The

When a down-on-his-luck shopping mall Santa is abruptly fired just days before Christmas, he decides to unleash holiday hell on the staff who wronged him.

Clarke, Michael D.A.

2024

135

Very Naughty List: Part Two, The

Last Christmas, Santa Claus was locked away for the Merryvale Shopping Mall Massacre. But prison didn’t bury his legend — it fed it.

Clarke, Michael D.A.

2025

214

Visitor, The

Sci-fi horror. On Christmas, during one of the worst snowstorms Indiana has ever seen, five strangers are forced to take shelter inside of a roadside diner. But the weather is not as bad as the sixth visitor coming to the diner.

Gomez, Sergio

2020

96

When Elves Attack

Comedy horror. Like Santa, Serge knows who's been naughty and who's been nice. As December 24 rolls around, he is to be found filling up the Serge sleigh with an unforgettable bag of presents.

Dorsey, Tim

2012

208

Where the Dead Go to Die

Zombie horror. There are monsters in this world. And they used to be us. Now it's time to euthanize to survive in a hospice where Emily, a woman haunted by her past, only wants to do her job and be the best mother possible.

Dries, Aaron and Gunnells, Mark Allan

2016

258

Winter Wonderland

Psychological horror. Adverts for a mysterious ‘Winter Wonderland’ are appearing across town. People are disappearing.

Clarke, Matthew A.

2024

162

Winterwood

Supernatural horror. No one in Anders Bach’s family believed his old tales of Winterwood, a place where Krampus and his Wild Hunt rule a frozen land and where bad children don’t get coal for Christmas, they get baked into pies or forced into slavery.

Faherty, JG

2017

124

You Better Watch Out

Jessica Kaine wakes up trapped in an unknown, deserted town with five other strangers who share similar stories of being attacked and stranded there.

Murray, James S. & Wearmouth, Darren

2024

240

You Better Watch Out

Comedy horror. The town of Tinselvania is under attack by a bloodthirsty, maniacal serial killer dressed as a reindeer.

Forgit, Matt

2021

271

Yuletide Offerings

Cosmic horror. Deep in the woods, a door has been opened.

Jones, CS

2024

71