As much as I’d love to lock myself in a cozy library and read all day, I simply don’t have the time — have I ever mentioned that being an adult is a scam? — which usually means I don’t get through the pile of unread books on my nightstand as fast as I’d like. So, to mix my reading tempo up, it’s always nice when I stumble upon an unexpectedly short novel. Especially when that novel happens to be 1.) in the horror genre (a personal fave), and 2.) excellent. Just in case you’re also on the hunt for a quick read that will leave you terrified, flooded with nightmares, and/or scarred (and scared) for life all in the space of an hour or two, keep scrolling to see some of my favorite short horror books: organized from longest to shortest, all around 250 pages or less.
