Seven great horror novels inspired by "Frankenstein"

Leah Rachel von Essen is an editor, writer, and book reviewer. She is a copyeditor and fact-checker at Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as a contributing editor, Adult Books, for American Library Association’s magazine Booklist. She writes regularly for Chicago Review of Books and is a senior contributor at Book Riot.

At Book Riot she tagged seven "horror novels [that] retell, draw from, or are inspired by Frankenstein, using its rich cultural influence and references to tell their own stories or retell it in new and exciting ways." One title on the list:

Frankenstein: Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz and Kevin J. Anderson

In this mystery by the author of perhaps a countless number of suspense novels, a serial killer is haunting the streets of humid New Orleans. He seems to be collecting body parts from the corpses, but to what end? The mysterious Deucalion, detective O’Connor, and partner Maddison come together to try and solve the mystery, only to break open a can of worms much bigger than one serial killer case. It’s a Koontz series, so be ready for cliffhangers and being roped into the sequels.

Read about another novel on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue