Storr has written six books under his own name. His first book,
Will Storr versus The Supernatural, was an investigation into people who believe in ghosts. It included a behind-the-scenes exposé of the British television show
Most Haunted and an interview with
Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican's chief
exorcist. Storr also tracked down Janet Hodgson, who claimed to be the focus of the
Enfield Poltergeist haunting in 1977.
The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science (published in the U.S. and Canada as "
The Unpersuadables") was an investigation into irrational belief. Storr met
creationists in Australia, the
climate change denier Lord
Christopher Monckton and went undercover on a trip to former
World War II sites with a group of
holocaust deniers including
David Irving. Storr's novel
The Hunger and the Howling of Killian Lone was a work of
horror fiction set in a
Michelin-starred kitchen in 1980s London. ''Selfie: How We Became So Self-obsessed and What It's Doing to Us'' was a history of the Western self. In the book, Storr discusses the rise of social media and its effects, attributing many of the more harmful ones to increased pressure on individuals and what he calls "perfectionistic styles of thinking". In 2018
The New Yorker made a short film based on the book.
The Science of Storytelling, was a
Sunday Times Bestseller.
The Status Game describes Storr's theory about the hidden structure of social life, focusing on the need for social status and its effects on individual human life and society. Storr also works as a ghostwriter. He wrote
Ant Middleton’s memoir
First Man In that was shortlisted in the 2019
British Book Awards. == Journalism ==