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New York Time Best sellers of Nonfiction / Horror: 21 Days Of Fear (2026), Later (2022), Chainsaw Man, Vol. 12 (2019), The Walking Dead, Vol. 22 (2016), The Walking Dead, Vol. 23 (2015) and other 35 books.

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21 Days Of Fear

released in: 2026
21 Days Of Fear
*What would you do to bring your sister back from the dead?* After Lucas’s sister mysteriously disappeared right under his nose ten years ago, his family was torn apart. His mother has been lost in a deep depression, his father unable to speak of what happened, and Lucas trapped in his guilt…until he receives a note that changes everything. He has twenty-one days to find out the truth. Twenty-one days to save his sister…if she really is still alive. Twenty-one days to figure out if he can sacrifice everything to bring her home. Every action is watched, every choice counted. Can he save his sister without losing himself again? With this book’s unique advent calendar format, each of the twenty-one chapters is sealed by its own perforated enclosure that readers can gently tear open—by hand or with the help of a ruler—to move through Lucas’s story with him.

Later

released in: 2022
Later
“Part detective tale, part thriller…touching and genuine.” —The New York Times #1 bestselling author Stephen King returns with a brand-new novel about the secrets we keep buried and the cost of unearthing them. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SOMETIMES GROWING UP MEANS FACING YOUR DEMONS The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine – as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave. LATER is Stephen King at his finest, a terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. With echoes of King’s classic novel It, LATER is a powerful, haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all the faces it wears.

Chainsaw Man, Vol. 12

released in: 2019
Chainsaw Man, Vol. 12
Meet awkward high school student Asa Mitaka. She may have trouble getting along with her fellow students and the class pet devil chicken, but Asa has something special going for her. And it may lead her right to Chainsaw Man!

The Walking Dead, Vol. 22

released in: 2016
The Walking Dead, Vol. 22
The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to start living. Alexandria has been destroyed. Can Rick rally the other communities against Negan's army?

The Walking Dead, Vol. 23

released in: 2015
The Walking Dead, Vol. 23
The new era of peace and prosperity is interrupted by a new type of enemy. One that travels amongst the walkers. One that will turn whispers of their appearance to screams.

Five Nights At Freddy's: The Silver Eyes

released in: 2015
Five Nights At Freddy's: The Silver Eyes
"Five Nights At Freddy's: The Silver Eyes" by Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley is a horror mystery novel based on the popular video game franchise. The story is set in a haunted pizzeria and follows a group of friends investigating the dark secrets surrounding the restaurant. The novel expands the lore of the game, offering fans a deeper understanding of the franchise's eerie universe.

Frankenstein: The Dead Town

released in: 2014
Frankenstein: The Dead Town
"I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion." A summer evening's ghost stories, lonely insomnia in a moonlit Alpine's room, and a runaway imagination--fired by philosophical discussions with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley about science, galvanism, and the origins of life--conspired to produce for Marry Shelley this haunting night specter. By morning, it had become the germ of her Romantic masterpiece, "Frankenstein." Written in 1816 when she was only nineteen, Mary Shelley's novel of "The Modern Prometheus" chillingly dramatized the dangerous potential of life begotten upon a laboratory table. A frightening creation myth for our own time, "Frankenstein" remains one of the greatest horror stories ever written and is an undisputed classic of its kind.

Wytches, Vol. 1

released in: 2014
Wytches, Vol. 1
Everything you thought you knew about witches is wrong. They are much darker, and they are much more horrifying. Wytches takes the mythology of witches to a far creepier, bone-chilling place than readers have dared venture before. When the Rooks family moves to the remote town of Litchfield, NH to escape a haunting trauma, they're hopeful about starting over. But something evil is waiting for them in the woods just beyond town. Watching from the trees. Ancient...and hungry.

Attack On Titan: Before The Fall, Vol. 1

released in: 2014
Attack On Titan: Before The Fall, Vol. 1
Contains the FINAL VOLUMES of Attack on Titan in an extra-large size, on premium-quality paper! 16 and up. END OF AN ERA Determined to protect his beloved home of Paradis, Eren uses the Founding Titan’s power to rouse a parade of massive Titans from their centuries-long slumber, breaking free of the Walls to answer their founder’s call—to wipe out all of humanity. Though once hailed as humanity’s greatest hope, the Attack Titan has now morphed into a grotesque, colossal skeleton of its former self, with Eren long unrecognizable as a friend, a brother, a savior…and soon indiscernible from a devil. Now, Mikasa, Armin, and the surviving members of the Survey Corps must band together with their sworn enemies to stop the Rumbling and Eren once and for all. Will their attack finally put an end to the Titans, or will the cycle of fear, oppression, and destruction only continue? FINAL VOLUME! This edition contains Attack on Titan Vol. 31-34 Attack on Titan: Colossal Edition 7 is an oversized collection of Vols. 31-34 of the Attack on Titan manga series. Weighing in at over 900 pages and a 7-inch by 10.5-inch trim, Colossal Edition 7, like its predecessors, contains the same material as the original volumes, but bigger and on higher-quality paper. The best reading experience and the ultimate collector's item for any Attack on Titan fan!

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 6

released in: 2014
Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 6
Things heat up in the 11th Ward as the CCG investigates the high rate of investigator deaths. Kaneki has an explosive run-in with Aogiri Tree, essentially a Ghoul Gang, run by a Ghoul known only as the One-Eyed King.

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 10

released in: 2014
Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 10
While Kaneki and his friends tangle with the ghouls from the Aogiri Tree organization, the Commission of Counter Ghoul’s ongoing investigations bring them dangerously close to discovering Kaneki’s secret.

Attack On Titan, Vol. 20

released in: 2014

The Walking Dead, Vol. 18

released in: 2013
The Walking Dead, Vol. 18
Following the events of "Something to Fear," Rick and the other survivors start their new life under Negan and the Savior's rule -- but not everyone agrees to go along. Also, who is Ezekiel? And why does he have a tiger?

The Walking Dead, Vol. 19

released in: 2013
The Walking Dead, Vol. 19
Rick and the survivors make their move against Negan and his “saviors,” sparking the flames that will lead to an inevitable war.

Attack On Titan, Vol. 13

released in: 2013
Attack On Titan, Vol. 13
In this post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming mankind. Seemingly unintelligent, they have roamed the world for years, killing everyone they see. For the past century, what's left of the human race has hidden in a giant, three-walled city. People believe their 100-metre-high walls will protect them from the Titans, but the sudden appearance of an immense Titan is about to change everything.

Attack On Titan, Vol. 15

released in: 2013
Attack On Titan, Vol. 15
FUGITIVES AND PRISONERS Hange's interrogation of a Military Police squad has revealed that Krista (a.k.a. Historia Reiss) is the true heir to the throne. The Corps quickly moves to enthrone her as queen, but a homicidal MP leads a squad that abducts Eren and Krista and throws the Corps into disarray. With Erwin arrested and the Survey Corps on the edge of dissolution, are Levi and Hange finally out of options?

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 7

released in: 2013
Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 7
Kaneki is captured and then tortured by Yamori, one of Aogiri Tree organization's most sadistic members. To survive the interrogation, Kaneki will have to finally surrender to the Ghoul inside him, but if he does, it will change him permanently and push him even further away from being human.

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 8

released in: 2013
Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 8
The newly awakened Kaneki unleashes his monstrous strength to protect his friend Touka and finds himself irrevocably changed. Kaneki sets out on his own, determined to find out the truth behind what’s happening to him—and what the Aogiri Tree organization actually is.

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 9

released in: 2013
Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 9
Six months after their Aogiri Tree Operation, the CCG continues their investigation of the Gourmet and the Binge Eater. Kaneki and his colleagues search for Rize’s true identity brings them face-to-face with the mysterious Madame A.

Animal Man, Vol. 1

released in: 2012
Animal Man, Vol. 1
As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics—The New 52 event of September 2011, Animal Man Buddy Baker, has gone from 'super' man to family man--but is he strong enough to hold his family together when Maxine, his young daughter, starts to manifest her own dangerous powers? As these new abilities continue to terrify Buddy and his wife Ellen, things take a turn for the worse as Buddy begins a startling transformation of his own that will lead him on a journey into the heart of The Red. Collect issues 1-6 of Animal Man, part of the DC Comics—The New 52 event.

The Walking Dead, Vol. 17

released in: 2012
The Walking Dead, Vol. 17
In this volume of the NYT bestselling survival horror, Rick and his band of survivors work to build a larger network of thriving communities, and soon discover that Negan's "Saviors" prove to be a larger threat than they could have fathomed. Crossing Negan will lead to serious, dire consequences for the group; it seems that for the first time since the Governor's reign of terror that Rick may have Something to Fear.

Blood Lad, Vol. 4

released in: 2012
Blood Lad, Vol. 4
When Fuyumi is captured, Staz and the others split up to try to locate the missing girl. Bell''s space-bending spying, Liz''s crystal ball, and Staz''s old-fashioned detective work lead them to their culprit: Bell''s younger brother?!

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 2

released in: 2012
Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 2
Unable to discard his humanity but equally unable to suppress his Ghoul hunger, Ken finds salvation in the kindness of friendly Ghouls who teach him how to pass as human and eat flesh humanely. But recent upheavals in Ghoul society attract the police like wolves to prey, and they don’t discriminate between conscientious and ravenous Ghouls.

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 3

released in: 2012
Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 3
Kaneki is still trying to get used to his new life when Commission of Counter Ghoul agents Mado and Amon start sniffing around for Hinami. Kaneki and Touka are going to have to get them off her tail and fast. No easy task now that Kaneki’s got to bring humans and Ghouls to a rapid truce at the same time.

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 5

released in: 2012
Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 5
Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way—except for their craving for human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-Ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and master his new powers. The long-standing conflict between Ghouls and the CCG comes to a head. Ken has sided with the Ghouls, but in choosing has he extinguished any hope of reconciliation between humans and Ghouls? Find out the shocking conclusion to Tokyo Ghoul in this final volume!

Dean Koontz'S Frankenstein: Dead And Alive

released in: 2011
Dean Koontz'S Frankenstein: Dead And Alive
An all-new original story! From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the story, you know only half the truth. Welcome to the mystery, the myth, the terror, and magic of Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein. While healing from a beating she suffered at the hands of Victor Helios — once Dr. Frankenstein — and her own maker, Erika Five decides to leave the comfort of her glassed-in porch and bottle of cognac to go exploring into Victor’s secret home lab, which she believes is an antechamber to something more sinister. With the help of the bodiless head Karloff and his disembodied hand, Erika finds a secret lab and within sees experiments revealing Victor’s attempts to do more than create a race of super-immortals… and a mirror-like portal to another universe, one of infinite realities Victor is trying to bridge for his own horrible reasons!

The Walking Dead, Vol. 13

released in: 2011
The Walking Dead, Vol. 13
For survivors of the zombie apocalypse, hopes are not lifting. As others try to keep their mind on practicalities, former policeman Rick Grimes seems increasingly on edge. As his behavior grows more and more conspicuously eccentric, other group members worry that he is putting them all in mortal danger.

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1

released in: 2011
Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1
Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize. But it turns out that she’s only interested in his body—eating it, that is. When a morally questionable rescue transforms him into the first half-human half-Ghoul hybrid, Ken is drawn into the dark and violent world of Ghouls, which exists alongside our own.

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 4

released in: 2011
Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 4
Kaneki meets Shu Tsukiyama, known as The Gourmet for his interesting and sadistic tastes. And Kaneki learns more about what happened to Rize and what it means to be a One-Eyed Ghoul.

The Walking Dead, Vol. 20

released in: 2010
The Walking Dead, Vol. 20
An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled, no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living. The biggest storyline in Walking Dead history starts here! It's Rick versus Negan with a little help from everyone else!

The Walking Dead, Vol. 21

released in: 2010
The Walking Dead, Vol. 21
An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled, no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living. Alexandria has been destroyed. Can Rick rally the other communities against Negan's army?

The Walking Dead, Vol. 24

released in: 2010
The Walking Dead, Vol. 24
What level of threat do the Whisperers pose to the communities' safety? Carl's not waiting around to find out. As the fair opens at Alexandria, old friends return from afar and new adversaries make their introductions.

Vampire Knight, Vol. 11

released in: 2010
Vampire Knight, Vol. 11
The Night Class at Cross Academy has been abolished. Zero still attends the Day Class while carrying out his duties as a vampire hunter. Yuki now lives hidden away at the Kuran residence with Kaname, but can she embrace the life of a pureblood vampire?

Stefan'S Diaries: Vol. 1, Origins

released in: 2010

The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks

released in: 2009
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most effective defense tactics and weaponry, ways to outfit your home for a long siege, and how to survive and adapt in any territory or terrain. Includes the Top 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack: 1. Organize before they rise! 2. They feel no fear, why should you? 3. Use your head: cut off theirs. 4. Blades don't need reloading. 5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair. 6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it. 7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike. 8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert! 9. No place is safe, only safer. 10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on. Don't be carefree and foolish with your most precious asset -- life. This book is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now without your even knowing it. The Zombie Survival Guide offers complete protection through trusted, proven tips for safeguarding yourself and your loved ones against the living dead. It is a book that can save your life.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 8, Vol. 4

released in: 2007
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 8, Vol. 4
Collects: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight, #1–5 Since the destruction of the Hellmouth, the Slayers-newly legion-have gotten organized and are kicking some serious undead butt. But not everything's fun and firearms, as an old enemy reappears and Dawn experiences some serious growing pains. Meanwhile, one of the "Buffy" decoy slayers is going through major pain of her own. Buffy creator Joss Whedon brings Buffy back to Dark Horse in this direct follow-up to season seven of the smash-hit TV series. The bestselling and critically acclaimed issues 1-5 are collected here for the first time, as are their covers by Jo Chen and Georges Jeanty

World War Z

released in: 2006
World War Z
The deluxe slipcase edition of World War Z, the #1 New York Times bestselling novel chronicling the Zombie War, brings the dead to life with these stunning features: More than 350 annotations and a new introduction by author Max Brooks Illustrated slipcase featuring a horde of zombies Designed slipcase cutout revealing the book inside Trade paperback with new cover and full wraparound art Five full color interior illustrations of pivotal scenes “Will grab you as tightly as a dead man’s fist.”—Entertainment Weekly Twenty years ago, Max Brooks shared the first-hand experiences of the survivors of the Zombie War in the powerful oral history, World War Z. Brooks traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet to record the harrowing testimony of those who came face-to-face with the living dead. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years. In more than 350 annotations and a new introduction, the author reveals personal anecdotes about his family and their impact on his writing, the real-world events that inspired the book’s famous scenes, and the painstaking research he did to bring the undead to life. “The perfect book for all us zombie junkies.”—Paste “Will spook you for real.”—The New York Times Book Review “Probably the most topical and literate scare since Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds radio broadcast.”—Dallas Morning News

The Walking Dead, Vol. 10

released in: 2006
The Walking Dead, Vol. 10
Rick and his, and a new band of refugees, make their way to Washington, D.C. Will they survive? And if they do, will the new location be any better for them?

Dark Visions

released in: 1998
Dark Visions
Take three of the leading names in contemporary horror writing, commission one-third of a book's worth of stories from each, and the result is DARK VISIONS. Stephen King leads off with three stories, including "Sneakers", about a very unusual haunting, and "Dedication", one of the most powerful and unsettling of all his works. Dan Simmons pays homage to Philip K Dick with "Metastasis", one of three highly accomplished stories. And George Martin rounds off the book with the brilliant werewolf novella, "The Skin Trade". DARK VISIONS is a brilliantly original showcase from three masters of the macabre.

The Hot Zone

released in: 1994
The Hot Zone
The virus kills nine out of ten of its victims. Its effects are so quick and so gruesome that even biohazard experts are terrified. It is airborne, it is extremely contagious, and it is about to burn through the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Is there any way to stop it? This doomsday scenario confronted a biohazard SWAT team struggling in secret to stop the outbreak of an exotic "hot" virus at an Army research facility outside Washington. "The Hot Zone" tells the dramatic story of their dangerous race against time, along with an alarming account of how previously unknown viruses that have lived undetected in the rain forest for eons are now entering human populations. From the airlocked confines of a biosafety level 4 military lab, to an airliner over Kenya carrying a passenger dissolving into a human virus bomb, to a deserted jungle cave alive with deadly virus, THE HOT ZONE is a non-fiction thriller like no other. "The Andromeda Strain" was fiction--- "this is real!"
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