Updated November 11, 2022 by Ernie
Halloween has all geared up with spooktacular moments so I hope you had you’re scare on during the holiday! This time, what better way to extend the celebration then by going through horror novels!
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But anyways, welcome to QUOTETHEANIME blog, here to bring you the best anime content that you could never find in other blogs! Today we’ll be discussing the best horror light novel that might hunt you in your sleep.
So, prepare your salt and fle- I mean flashlight as I take you to the horror tunnel of recommendations! Get ready because these are the best horror light novels that you should check out! AND BIG WARNING, this light novel is not for the faint heart.
DO NOT READ THESE LIGHT NOVELS ALONE ESPECIALLY AT MIDNIGHT
16. Torture Princess: Fremd Tortuchen
| Title | Torture Princess: Fremd Tortuchen |
| Author | Ayasato, Keishi |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Published | 2016 |
Our first trauma, I mean recommendation, is no other than Torture Princess: Fremd Tortuchen. Who needs ghost and monster when you can read a sadistic character who will torture you. Kinda sounds great on my end (if it’s a dude) but probably different from most people.
The light novel is about a pitiful main character named Kaito Sena. The dude thought he was free from 17 years of abuse, in his eye’s death means freedom. But he was wrong!
He is now a servant of a girl that was tasked to exterminate 14 demons. She ordered him to accompany him, he didn’t want it at first but what can a guy like to do? Elisbeth, his mistress, is a sadist character after all.
If you like pain and suffering then why not try reading a light novel that will offer you the same experience!
15. Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse
| Title | Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse by Otsuichi |
| Author | Otsuichi |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Published | 1996 |
This masterpiece is a collection of two short novels as well as an additional bonus story. Summer is pretty simple, it’s about a story of dead girl, telling the events or a pov about the children who attempted to escape the gruesome fate away from the murder.
Black Fairy Tale is a pretty straightforward story about a Japanese young girl who loses her eyes in an accident. However, she received a transplant and was able to see once again. But little did the poor girl know, was that her eye belonged to a deceased owner. Secret memories are all visible with the left eye. What gruesome fate lies at the cost of gaining an eye from a dead person?
Otsuichi’s Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse is something you should check out if you want a bone chilling experience without the cost of confusion. Sometimes a good ol classic Japanese Horror is enough to double check your windows and doors.
14. Goblin Slayer
| Title | Goblin Slayer |
| Author | Kagyuu, Kumo |
| Volumes | On-going |
| Published | 2016 |
Well, if ghosts are not your thing, then we also have Goblins. But you might be thinking, what’s scary about goblins? Well, the goblins in this light novel might look like weak and ugly Gollum, but these creatures can mess up your life, especially if you’re a lady.
A young priestess was jolly on her first adventure, she joins a party but instantly experiences the danger of being an adventurer when they are attacked and captured by goblins. Almost on the verge of being demoralized by the cunning goblins, a man came and saved her life.
He was the goblin slayer, dedicated to exterminating all the goblins that exist. heThe goblins might not be bone chilling, but they can make you “they are just little kids” to “why am I here just to suffer?” It is a disturbing light novel to read, but also thrilling as you gain satisfaction whenever evil goblins are punished!
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13. Ghost Hunt
| Title | Ghost Hunt |
| Author | Ono Fuyumi |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Published | 1994 |
If you’re looking for a casual mild horror story. A horror light novel that you can read without fearing to go into your toilet at night, then Ghost hunt is a perfect recommendation. A group of classmates heard the rumor about a creepy abandoned high school.
They all agreed to meet and talk about horror stories in hopes of signs of supernatural beings. However, t o their disappointment, they didn’t find any. But instead encountered an attractive young man named Kazuya Shibuya who was hired to investigate the school.
If there’s no sign of the ghost, then how come there were people hired to solve the mystery, not only the owner of the psychic research was involved but also a Buddhist monk. Something must be off?
It’s time to ghost hunt!
12. ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!
| Title | ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! |
| Ht Author | kiki |
| Volumes | On-going |
| Published | 2018 |
For our next entrée, we have bloody gore anime that might fascinate or disturb you. If you love a good cutesy anime but have the scene of fear at the same time, then ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword is the right light novel for you.
Set in a world filled with magic and supernatural abilities. One girl suffers a deleterious effect making her weaker from a normal village girl. Despite this, she was picked to be an aid of a hero by a god called Origin.
Due to her being useless she was sold to slavery by one member of the hero party. But when she experiences a deadly situation, she discovers her power. The stronger the curse is applied to her, the more powerful she becomes.
11. Tokyo Ghoul
| Title | Tokyo Ghoul |
| Author | Towada Shin |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Published | 2013 |
I’m sure you have heard of the Tokyo Ghoul anime and the manga, but have you read the light novel? Well, the original story explores a better detail of the story. It is already frightening to see Ghoul’s feast upon human beings like us. But did you know it’s scarier to read it?
Tokyo Ghoul follows the story of Ken Kaneki, a young college student who had a good date, but turns bad when he discovers that the girl she likes is actually Ghoul. She tried to eat him but Ken managed to survive.
Upon waking up, he discovered that he was no longer a human, but a half ghoul!
10. Blood+
| Title | Blood+ |
| Author | Hashii Chizu |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Published | 2006 |
Another bloody light novel to read! It’s a good story about an ordinary girl who lives with her adoptive family. She suffers anemia, and amnesia struggling to remember the things that happened in the previous years.
But the glimpse of the past haunts her back when a creature appears and attacks her. But she was saved by Haji, a mysterious stranger who was able to drive the monster away. Upon falling into trance after drinking Haji’s blood, the world turns different from her.
She was able to kill the monster, and discover an organization that is dedicated to eliminating monsters that are linked to her past.
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9. Another Episode S
| Title | Another Episode S |
| Author | Yukito Ayatsuji |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Published | 2013 |
It follows the short additional story of a horror light novel that is already nightmare inducing. However, it is more mellow compared to the first light novel. Another S, follows the event of Mei Misaki back in the summer of 1998.
Mei traveled on a seaside vacation with her family, she encounters Teruya Sakaki, the ghost of her classmate who also experiences the tragic events that exist with the story of, Another.
Compared to the original, it is more on the ghost side of the story rather than the curse. But it is interesting to read, but I suggest you read Another first!
8. Dai Katana
| Title | Dai Katana |
| Author | Kumo Kagyu |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Published | 2019 |
There’s nothing better than reading a side story of an already grotesque light novel! In fact, it is more of a 1st person point of view which makes it engaging and interesting. Seeing the story of goblin slayer is already scary.
Imagine reading a story with you as a main character!
In a world where death is uprising, the king issued an order that they might find the source and seal it. You are part of the adventurers who took the quest of going to the dungeon. What kind of monster will you face?
7. Yume Nikki: I Am Not In Your Dream
| Title | Yume Nikki: I Am Not In Your Dream |
| Author | Akira Hijiri |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Published | 2018 |
Based on the breath-taking game, the light novel explores the story of a lonely girl experiencing a nightmare! If reality is scary, then dreams are fatal because you are stuck within a completely helpless state, and the enemy you face is something that your brain creates.
It sets up from other light novels, with simple and less daunting vocabulary. It’s a horror novel that you shouldn’t read if you want to sleep, otherwise it will induce anxiety and fear. Giving you doubts before you tug tight in your bed!
5. GOTH: A Novel Of Horror
| Title | GOTH: A Novel Of Horror |
| Author | Otsuichi |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Published | 2003 |
Goth is a staple in the light novel horror community, it is a collection of 2 short stories about two students from highschool. The play touches on the weird, having the main character named as Boku or “I” in order to give the readers personal point of view while reading.
It explores the dark side of humans, as they encounter strangely bizarre incidents. Along with a girl named Yoru, the two seem to have a fascination towards the evil within man.
It’s a deep bone chilling novel, nothing scarier than something that shadows reality. Because the truth exists within, we can feel the wind blow, rather than imagining it.
4. Perfect Blue
| Title | Perfect Blue |
| Author | Yoshikazu Takeuchi |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Published | 1991 |
If you don’t know Perfect Blue, then my question is why? It is a masterpiece guys! Reading it in detail pulls emotion better.
It tackles the dark side of being a pop idol. A psychological thriller about Kirigoe Mima, known to be a pure and innocent character. But when she decided for a new look, from cute to sexy. The fans were outraged.
In order to restore the innocent, someone decided to create a plan to instill chaos in his life. It really explores the toxicity of J-pop culture and how obsessive fans destroy the idol that they love.
3. Missing
| Title | Missing |
| Author | Kouda Gakuto |
| Volumes | 13 |
| Published | 2001 |
A modern fantasy story about students solving supernatural mysteries. When Kyoichi Utsume, who calls himself His Majesty, Lord of Darkness, disappeared in front of their friends, they were appalled.
The question was unanswered; however, one clue is that Kyouchi has an obsession with the other side. Ayama, a mysterious ghost-like girl could be the reason, after all Kyochi introduced her as his girlfriend before he disappeared.
2. Battle Royale
| Title | Missing |
| Author | Kouda Gakuto |
| Volumes | 13 |
| Published | 2001 |
This story is cursed!
Battle Royale is about the government under totalitarian rule creating a program where students from 9th grade are taken to an isolated island given with food, map and even weapons. They are forced with a collar that will explode if they break the rule.
The instruction was that they must kill each other for three days, one can only survive. It is btw televised for people to see. Did you know that series is the reason? It is a high–octane thriller that you should think twice before reading. After all, it inspired a little girl to commit something very gruesome.
1. Another
| Title | Another |
| Author | Yatsuji Yukito |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Published | 2009 |
For our final entrée, we have of course Another! The anxiety that this story provides is unbelievable. You will never see the umbrella the same way you see it once you read the story.
Another follows the story of Kouichi Sakakibara who was a transfer student to a school called Yomiyama North Junior High. At first it looked ordinary, but once he noticed a mysterious girl that seemed to be invisible in the eyes of his classmate, everything started to become dark.
Death occurs and Kouichi slowly unravels the truth. Their classroom is cursed, and now he and his classmate Mei, the ignored girl, must find an answer to save themselves from the potential death that can be a weapon to every student in their classroom.
Conclusion
And that will be all! Here is the scariest horror light novel that you should think twice before reading! Are you brave enough to take the challenge? Or do you still need a night light before you sleep!
Anyways thank you for reading! Feel free to comment on the horror novel that you want to check out!
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