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100 Best Horror Books of All Time

"Even if she be not harmed, her heart may fail her in so much and so many horrors; and hereafter she may suffer--both in waking, from her nerves, and in sleep, from her dreams."
― Bram Stoker, Dracula
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
1
Mary Shelley
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
2
Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
3
Edgar Allan Poe
Gothic Tales (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Gothic Tales
4
Elizabeth Gaskell
Carmilla (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
5
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
6
Bram Stoker
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
7
Henry James
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales
8
H. P. Lovecraft
Collected Ghost Stories (M.R James)
Collected Ghost Stories
9
M.R James
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
10
H.P. Lovecraft
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
11
Daphne Du Maurier
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
12
Richard Matheson
The Bad Seed (William March)
The Bad Seed
13
William March
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
14
Shirley Jackson
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
15
Robert Bloch
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
16
Shirley Jackson
The Case Against Satan (Ray Russell)
The Case Against Satan
17
Ray Russell
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
18
Ray Bradbury
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
19
Ira Levin
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House
20
Richard Matheson
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
21
William Peter Blatty
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
22
Stephen King
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
23
Anne Rice
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
24
Stephen King
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
25
Angela Carter
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
26
Peter Straub
Whispers
Whispers
27
The Mask (Dean R. Koontz)
The Mask
28
Dean R. Koontz
The Woman in Black (Susan Hill)
The Woman in Black
29
Susan Hill
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
30
Iain Banks
Books of Blood (Clive Barker)
Books of Blood
31
Clive Barker
City of Glass (Paul Auster)
City of Glass
32
Paul Auster
It (Stephen King)
It
33
Stephen King
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
34
Toni Morrison
The Fifth Child
The Fifth Child
35
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
36
Thomas Harris
Carrion Comfort (Dan Simmons)
Carrion Comfort
37
Dan Simmons
Ring
Ring
38
Drawing Blood
Drawing Blood
39
Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve
40
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