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  1. 1

    Dracula

    Dracula

  2. 2

    The Haunting of Hill House

    The Haunting of Hill House

  3. 3

    House of Leaves

    House of Leaves

    Mark Z. Danielewski

  4. 4

    Beloved

    Beloved

  5. 5

    Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

  6. 6

    Rebecca

    Rebecca

  7. 7

    Bird Box

    Bird Box

    Josh Malerman

  8. 8

    Pet Sematary

    Pet Sematary

    Stephen King

  9. 9

    The Exorcist

    The Exorcist

    William Peter Blatty

  10. 10

    Hell House

    Hell House

    Richard Matheson

  11. 11

    The Hunger

    The Hunger

    Alma Katsu

  12. 12

    Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

    Peter Straub

  13. 13

    Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Something Wicked This Way Comes

  14. 14

    The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

  15. 15

    Carrion Comfort

    Carrion Comfort

    Dan Simmons

  16. 16

    The Shining

    The Shining

    Stephen King

  17. 17

    Coraline

    Coraline

    Neil Gaiman

  18. 18

    The Silence of the Lambs

    The Silence of the Lambs

    Thomas Harris

  19. 19

    Interview with the Vampire

    Interview with the Vampire

    Anne Rice

  20. 20

    Night Film

    Night Film

    Marisha Pessl

  21. 21

    At the Mountains of Madness

    At the Mountains of Madness

    H. P. Lovecraft

  22. 22

    The Woman in Black

    The Woman in Black

    Susan Hill

  23. 23

    Ring

    Ring

    Koji Suzuki

  24. 24

    White is for Witching

    White is for Witching

    Helen Oyeyemi

  25. 25

    Let the Right One In

    Let the Right One In

    John Ajvide Lindqvist

  26. 26

    Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies

  27. 27

    The Stand

    The Stand

    Stephen King

  28. 28

    A Head Full of Ghosts

    A Head Full of Ghosts

    Paul Tremblay

  29. 29

    The Bloody Chamber

    The Bloody Chamber

    Angela Carter

  30. 30

    It

    It

    Stephen King

  31. 31

    The Passage

    The Passage

    Justin Cronin

  32. 32

    NOS4A2

    NOS4A2

    Joe Hill

  33. 33

    Heart-Shaped Box

    Heart-Shaped Box

    Joe Hill

  34. 34

    Horrorstor

    Horrorstor

    Grady Hendrix

  35. 35

    Penpal

    Penpal

    Dathan Auerbach

  36. 36

    The Silent Companions

    The Silent Companions

    Laura Purcell

  37. 37

    The Girl Next Door

    The Girl Next Door

    Jack Ketchum

  38. 38

    The Ruins

    The Ruins

    Scott Smith

  39. 39

    Come Closer

    Come Closer

    Sara Gran

  40. 40

    Books of Blood

    Books of Blood

    Clive Barker

  41. 41

    Those Across the River

    Those Across the River

    Christopher Buehlman

  42. 42

    World War Z

    World War Z

    Max Brooks

  43. 43

    Things We Lost in the Fire

    Things We Lost in the Fire

    Mariana Enriquez

  44. 44

    Broken Monsters

    Broken Monsters

    Lauren Beukes

  45. 45

    The Other

    The Other

    Thomas Tryon

  46. 46

    The Devil in Silver

    The Devil in Silver

    Victor LaValle

  47. 47

    Zone One

    Zone One

    Colson Whitehead

  48. 48

    The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales

    The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales

    Edgar Allan Poe

  49. 49

    The Road

    The Road

  50. 50

    The Handmaid’s Tale

    The Handmaid’s Tale

  51. 51

    I Am Legend

    I Am Legend

    Richard Matheson

  52. 52

    Blood Meridian

    Blood Meridian

    Cormac McCarthy

  53. 53

    Carrie

    Carrie

  54. 54

    American Psycho

    American Psycho

    Bret Easton Ellis

  55. 55

    The Terror

    The Terror

    Dan Simmons

  56. 56

    Fever Dream

    Fever Dream

    Samanta Schweblin

  57. 57

    Uzumaki

    Uzumaki

    Junji Ito

  58. 58

    Swan Song

    Swan Song

    Robert R. McCammon

  59. 59

    The Troop

    The Troop

    Nick Cutter

  60. 60

    John Dies at the End

    John Dies at the End

    David Wong

  61. 61

    The Yellow Wallpaper

    The Yellow Wallpaper

    Charlotte Perkins Gilman

  62. 62

    Intensity

    Intensity

    Dean Koontz

  63. 63

    Pandemonium

    Pandemonium

    Lauren Oliver

  64. 64

    Blindness

    Blindness

    Jose Saramago

  65. 65

    Her Body and Other Parties

    Her Body and Other Parties

    Carmen Maria Machado

  66. 66

    Haunted

    Haunted

    James Herbert

  67. 67

    The Elementals

    The Elementals

    Michael McDowell

  68. 68

    Fledgling

    Fledgling

    Octavia E. Butler

  69. 69

    Meddling Kids

    Meddling Kids

    Edgar Cantero

  70. 70

    Feed

    Feed

    Mira Grant

  71. 71

    From Hell

    From Hell

    Alan Moore

  72. 72

    The House With a Clock In Its Walls

    The House With a Clock In Its Walls

    John Bellairs

  73. 73

    The Changeling

    The Changeling

    Victor LaValle

  74. 74

    Whispers

    Whispers

    Dean Koontz

  75. 75

    Exquisite Corpse

    Exquisite Corpse

    Poppy Z. Brite

  76. 76

    The Call Of Cthulhu And Other Stories

    The Call Of Cthulhu And Other Stories

    H.P. Lovecraft

  77. 77

    Burnt Offerings

    Burnt Offerings

    Robert Marasco

  78. 78

    The Last Werewolf

    The Last Werewolf

    Glen Duncan

  79. 79

    The Bad Seed

    The Bad Seed

    William March

  80. 80

    The Lesser Dead

    The Lesser Dead

    Christopher Buehlman

  81. 81

    The Fifth Child

    The Fifth Child

    Doris Lessing

  82. 82

    Frankenstein in Baghdad

    Frankenstein in Baghdad

    Ahmed Saadawi

  83. 83

    Carmilla

    Carmilla

    Joseph Sheridan Lefanu

  84. 84

    Drawing Blood

    Drawing Blood

    Poppy Z. Brite

  85. 85

    Parasite Eve

    Parasite Eve

    Hideaki Sena

  86. 86

    Fiend

    Fiend

    Peter Stenson

  87. 87

    Maplecroft

    Maplecroft

    Cherie Priest

  88. 88

    The Drowning Girl

    The Drowning Girl

    Caitlin R. Kiernan

  89. 89

    Three Moments of an Explosion

    Three Moments of an Explosion

    China Miéville

  90. 90

    Gothic Tales

    Gothic Tales

    Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

  91. 91

    The Case Against Satan

    The Case Against Satan

    Ray Russell

  92. 92

    The Frangipani Hotel

    The Frangipani Hotel

    Violet Kupersmith

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Blog25 Terrifying Horror Books Ever

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50 Best Horror Books of All Time - Scariest Books to Read Now

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Best horror books - these are scariest books of all time

4. The 50 Best Horror Novels of All Time - Paste Magazine
The 50 Best Horror Novels of All Time - Paste Magazine

5. The Best Horror Books of All Time | Penguin Random House
The Best Horror Books of All Time | Penguin Random House

6. 100 Best (and Scariest) Horror Books of All Time | Reedsy Discovery
100 Best (and Scariest) Horror Books of All Time | Reedsy Discovery

7. 100 Best Horror Novels And Stories : NPR
100 Best Horror Novels And Stories : NPR

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