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Sep 22, 2024 · 8. The Luminous Dead. (Harper Voyager) Caitlin Starling’s The Luminous Dead is the story of cave diver Gyre who is sent on a mining expedition deep underground in exchange for a big chunk of ...
- I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson.
- Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo.
- Seed of Evil by Robert Friedrich (Goodreads Author)
- The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1) by Guillermo del Toro.
Mar 13, 2023 · Hell Divers by Nicholas Sansbury Smith. Hell Divers is a really cool futuristic sci-fi horror. Taking place two hundred years after World War III when, surprise, humanity completely ruined the earth and the last remnants live on massive airships in the sky.
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- Alien: Echo, by Mira Grant
- Annihilation, by Jeff Vandermeer
- Blindsight, by Peter Watts
- The Day of The Triffids, by John Wyndham
- Dead Silence, by S.A. Barnes
- Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
- The Girl with All The Gifts, by M.R. Carey
- The Last Astronaut, by David Wellington
- The Luminous Dead, by Caitlin Starling
- The Mall, by Brandon Cornett
The movie Alien and its sequel Aliens are two of the best sci-fi horror movies ever made. They took the “space horror” genre to a terrifying new level, by introducing us to the ferocious Xenomorphspecies. These movies have also inspired dozens of authors to create Alienbooks of their own. Mira Grant is one of those authors. In her book Alien: Echo,...
Annihilationis the first novel in VanderMeer’s “Southern Reach” trilogy. It tells the story of an exploratory team of four women (a biologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, and a surveyor) who venture into a mysterious place known as Area X. Others have tried to explore it, but those expeditions ended in disaster and disappearances. Annihilati...
Confession: This book has been on my to-read list for some time, but I haven’t gotten to it yet. I did, however, read and enjoy Peter Watts’s Starfish. So I look forward to seeing how he handles a sci-fi horror mashup. Blindsighttells the story of a motley crew who ventures into space to uncover the truth behind a mysterious and possibly alien sign...
Jump into the time machine. We’re going back to 1951 for this novel. The Day of the Triffidsrepresents old-school sci-fi horror thrillers at the dawn of the genre. It helped create and popularize the post-apocalyptic genre, which is still going strong today. Though the ideas and prose are obviously dated, some folks consider it to be among the best...
Published in 2022, Dead Silenceis the most recent sci-fi horror book on this list. S.A. Barnes’s debut novel generated a lot of buzz, both before and after its release. At first glance, it might seem like a typical “terror in space” kind of novel. But this science fiction horror novel offers enough originality to warrant your consideration. The pre...
When it comes to American literature, Frankenstein is the esteemed grandfather of science fiction horror. It appears on most lists of the best sci-fi horror novels, and with good reason. It paved the way for countless other works, showing authors that it was okay to blend the two genres. This is a story of a gifted scientist who gives life to his o...
I’ve seen The Girl With All the Gifts on lists of the “best sci-fi horror books,” as well as lists focused on zombie novels, science fiction, and straight-up horror. It’s a thrilling story that checks all of these boxes. In this book, the horror comes from a mysterious fungus that turns people into zombie-like flesh eaters. The sci-fi component com...
David Wellington’s The Last Astronaut was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke award back in 2020. This novel starts off with a premise that’s reminiscent of the movie Independence Day(though the similarities end there). A gigantic alien object enters our solar system and hovers above the Earth, menacingly. Desperate and out of time, NASA officials...
This book came out in April 2019. I read and enjoyed it, but I would say it’s not for everyone. It has a minimal “cast” of characters, for one. And most of the story takes place deep underground. I appreciated the “creeping dread” pace of this sci-fi horror book, but others might find it too slow. The Luminous Deadis a story about a lone cave explo...
Yes, I put my own book on this list. But I won’t be so bold or egotistical to call it one of the best sci-horror novels. Readers can decide that on their own. I’ve included it here because it clearly falls into the science fiction horror “mashup” category. If you’re into these kinds of books, you might enjoy this one! The Malltells the story of a m...
- Carrion Comfort. by Dan Simmons – 1989. Caught behind the lines of Hitler’s Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp.
- World War Z. by Max Brooks – 2006. Yes, it’s about zombies, but the book reads more like highly technical and thoughtful science fiction than a splatterfest.
- The Tommyknockers. by Stephen King – 1987. The Tommyknockers is another #1 bestselling book by Stephen King, although he doesn’t hold it in very high esteem.
- The War of the Worlds. by H. G. Wells – 1897. The granddaddy of alien invasion stories, The War of the Worlds was classified as “scientific romance,” as was Wells’s earlier book, The Time Machine.
Dec 13, 2019 · Because House of Wisdom contains something much worse than a virus—something that Zahra and the other are about to awaken. With a story that blends zombie tropes with the gothic scares of Event Horizon, this sci-fi horror thriller looks do outdo the scares of Alien, and comes damn close. Paperback $18.99. ADD TO CART.
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Oct 24, 2022 · Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. People love to credit men for inventing science fiction and horror, but Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein predates everyone, from Orson Wells to ...
