Top 25 Horror Comedy Books

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

by David Wong

"Get ready for a world in which anyone can have the powers of a god or the fame of a pop star, in which human achievement soars to new heights while its depravity plunges to the blackest depths. A world in which at least...

Bubba Ho-Tep

by Lansdale, Joe R.

Elvis Presley, now old and living in a Texas nursing home, and a man who believes he is John F. Kennedy, team up to fight an ancient Egyptian mummy that preys on the other residents. Bizarre, funny and surprisingly touch...

A Dirty Job

by Christopher Moore

Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay—until people...

How to Survive a Horror Movie

by Seth Grahame

Teaches readers how to cope with every kind of horror movie obstacle, from ax-wielding psychopaths to haunted Japanese VHS tapes.

The Silence of the Lambs

by Thomas Harris

The Silence of the Lambs is a psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris. First published in 1988, it is the sequel to Harris's 1981 novel Red Dragon. Both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lec...

The Witching Hour

by Rice, Anne

The first in the Mayfair Witches series, The Witching Hour introduces the fictional Mayfair family of New Orleans, generations of male and female witches. This tight-knit and deeply connected family, where a death of one...

John Dies at the End

by David Wong

This may be the story of John and David, a drug called soy sauce, and other-worldly beings invading the planet. Or, it may be the story of two beer-drinking friends who live in an unnamed Midwestern town and only think s...

Bloodsucking Fiends

by Christopher Moore

At last, a love story you can really sink your teeth into! With a psychedelic inventiveness that invites comparison with Kurt Vonnegut and Tom Robbins, Christopher Moore, the author of Coyote Blue, spins a hip tale of va...

Gil’s All-Fright Diner

by A. Lee Martinez

A werewolf and a vampire run an all-night diner in the small town of Rockwood, Tennessee, where the dead keep turning up, and the strange customers all want something. A comedy of monsters.

Lonely Werewolf Girl

by Martin Millar

Teenage werewolf Kalix MacRinnalch is pursued through the streets of London by hunters armed with silver bullets, while her sister, the Werewolf Enchantress, is busy designing clothes for the Fire Queen and, in the Scot...

Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament

by S.G. Browne

Andy Warner has been dead for a while, but his mind is still there. Struggling to adapt to life as a zombie, he joins a support group and starts to want more than rotting.

Chasing the Moon

by A. Lee Martinez

When Diana moves into a great new apartment, it seems like she's finally having some good luck. Until she finds out about Vom the Hungering, the monster in the closet who eats everything and everyone, and her duty to gua...

Undead And Unwed

by Davidson, Maryjanice

After being killed in a car accident, fashion savvy Betsy Taylor becomes one of the undead and, with the help of her newfound friends, the lure of designer shoes, and a sexy vampire, must destroy a dark enemy and fulfill...

The Gates

by Connolly, John

Young Samuel Johnson witnesses strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Road. The Abernathys don't mean any harm by their flirtation with the underworld, but when they unknowingly call forth Satan himself, they create a gap in t...

Married with Zombies

by Jess Petersen

A heartwarming tale of terror in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. Meet Sarah and David. Once upon a time they met and fell in love. But now they're on the verge of divorce and going to couples' counseling. On a routi...

The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies Of The Apocalypse

by Rankin, Robert

How to describe this book in 200 words? Well, it's the story of Jack, the boy from the small town who decides to see the big city he's heard so much about except that the city turns out to be tougher and meaner than he e...

Tick Tock

by Dean Koontz

Tommy Phan is a young man in Los Angeles who finds himself hunted by a murderous creature in the shape of a rag doll, with only one day to save himself and the woman he loves. A fast, funny horror thriller.

Zombie, Ohio

by Scott Kennemore

Carpe Demon

by Julie Kenner

"Shows you what would happen if Buffy got married and kept her past a secret. It's a hoot." - Charlaine HarrisRetired demon hunter Kate Connor must go back to work when she spots a demon lurking in the local Wal-Mart. Bu...

Faust Among Equals

by Tom Holt

The Damned Thing

by Ambrose Bierce

"The Damned Thing" is a horror short story written by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It first appeared in Town Topics on December 7, 1893.