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101 Best Horror Books

This is a list of my favorite horror books, including collections, anthologies, a novelization, and a couple of graphic novels, including one graphic novel series. Note that many were not published as horror, but meet critic Douglas E. Winter's dictum of it being not a genre but an emotion. The only restriction in place was that an author could only appear once on the list.
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The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
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I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
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The Exorcist
The Exorcist
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Dark Forces (Kirby McCauley)
Dark Forces (Kirby McCauley)
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Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
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The Sandman
The Sandman
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Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
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Dracula
Dracula
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The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining (Stephen King)
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Strange Wine (Harlan Ellison)
Strange Wine (Harlan Ellison)
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The Dark Descent (David G. Hartwell)
The Dark Descent (David G. Hartwell)
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By Bizarre Hands (Joe R. Lansdale)
By Bizarre Hands (Joe R. Lansdale)
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Mongrels (Stephen Graham Jones)
Mongrels (Stephen Graham Jones)
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The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
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Come Closer (Sara Gran)
Come Closer (Sara Gran)
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Wounds (Nathan Ballingrud)
Wounds (Nathan Ballingrud)
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Experimental Film (Gemma Files)
Experimental Film (Gemma Files)
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The Fisherman (John Langan)
The Fisherman (John Langan)
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The Hunger (Alma Katsu)
The Hunger (Alma Katsu)
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Sour Candy (Patrick Kealan Burke)
Sour Candy (Patrick Kealan Burke)
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Dracul (Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker)
Dracul (Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker)
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Summer of Night (Dan Simmons)
Summer of Night (Dan Simmons)
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The Atrocity Exhibition (J.G. Ballard)
The Atrocity Exhibition (J.G. Ballard)
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Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
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Our Lady of Darkness (Fritz Leiber)
Our Lady of Darkness (Fritz Leiber)
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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Blackburn (Bradley Denton)
Blackburn (Bradley Denton)
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Disappearance at Devil's Rock (Paul Tremblay)
Disappearance at Devil's Rock (Paul Tremblay)
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Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
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Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
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The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
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N0s4A2 (Joe Hill)
N0s4A2 (Joe Hill)
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Brother (Ania Ahlborn)
Brother (Ania Ahlborn)
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The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
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The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
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The Ceremonies
The Ceremonies
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The Damnation Game (Clive Barker)
The Damnation Game (Clive Barker)
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Sunglasses After Dark
Sunglasses After Dark
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