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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
1
Shirley Jackson
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
2
Richard Matheson
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
3
William Peter Blatty
Dark Forces (Kirby McCauley)
Dark Forces
4
Kirby McCauley
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
5
Peter Straub
The Sandman (Neil Gaiman)
The Sandman
6
Neil Gaiman
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
7
Ira Levin
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
8
Bram Stoker
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
9
Stephen King
Strange Wine (Harlan Ellison)
Strange Wine
10
Harlan Ellison
The Dark Descent (David G. Hartwell)
The Dark Descent
11
David G. Hartwell
By Bizarre Hands (Joe R. Lansdale)
By Bizarre Hands
12
Joe R. Lansdale
Mongrels (Stephen Graham Jones)
Mongrels
13
Stephen Graham Jones
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom
14
Victor Lavalle
Come Closer (Sara Gran)
Come Closer
15
Sara Gran
Wounds (Nathan Ballingrud)
Wounds
16
Nathan Ballingrud
Experimental Film (Gemma Files)
Experimental Film
17
Gemma Files
The Fisherman (John Langan)
The Fisherman
18
John Langan
The Hunger (Alma Katsu)
The Hunger
19
Alma Katsu
Sour Candy (Patrick Kealan Burke)
Sour Candy
20
Patrick Kealan Burke
Dracul (Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker)
Dracul
21
Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker
Summer of Night (Dan Simmons)
Summer of Night
22
Dan Simmons
The Atrocity Exhibition (J.G. Ballard)
The Atrocity Exhibition
23
J.G. Ballard
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
24
Ray Bradbury
Our Lady of Darkness (Fritz Leiber)
Our Lady of Darkness
25
Fritz Leiber
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
26
Margaret Atwood
Blackburn (Bradley Denton)
Blackburn
27
Bradley Denton
Disappearance at Devil's Rock (Paul Tremblay)
Disappearance at Devil's Rock
28
Paul Tremblay
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
29
Robert Bloch
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
30
Katherine Dunn
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
31
John Wyndham
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
32
George Orwell
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
33
Patrick Suskind
N0s4A2 (Joe Hill)
N0s4A2
34
Joe Hill
Brother (Ania Ahlborn)
Brother
35
Ania Ahlborn
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
36
Jim Thompson
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
37
Thomas Harris
The Ceremonies
The Ceremonies
38
The Damnation Game (Clive Barker)
The Damnation Game
39
Clive Barker
Sunglasses After Dark
Sunglasses After Dark
40
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