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40 Scariest Books of the Last 200 Years

Do you appreciate a good scary story? Here's The Lineup's compilation of 40 of the scariest books of the past 200 years. How many of them have you dared to read?
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Grimm's Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
1
The Brothers Grimm
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
2
Mary Shelley
Nightmare Abbey (Thomas Love Peacock)
Nightmare Abbey
3
Thomas Love Peacock
The Vampyre (John William Polidori)
The Vampyre
4
John William Polidori
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
5
Edgar Allan Poe
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
6
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
7
Oscar Wilde
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
8
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
9
Bram Stoker
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
10
The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
11
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
12
Yevgeny Zamyatin
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
13
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
14
Daphne Du Maurier
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
15
Shirley Jackson
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
16
William Golding
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
17
Richard Matheson
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
18
Shirley Jackson
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
19
Robert Bloch
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
20
Ray Bradbury
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
21
John Fowles
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
22
Truman Capote
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
23
Ira Levin
Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
Exorcist
24
William Peter Blatty
Harvest Home (Thomas Tryon)
Harvest Home
25
Thomas Tryon
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream
26
Hubert Selby Jr.
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
27
Stephen King
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
28
Thomas Harris
Swan Song (Robert McCammon)
Swan Song
29
Robert McCammon
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
Dawn
30
Octavia Butler
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
31
Bret Easton Ellis
Summer of Night (Dan Simmons)
Summer of Night
32
Dan Simmons
The Cipher
The Cipher
33
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
34
Mark Z. Danielewski
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
35
Lionel Shriver
The Ruins (Scott Smith)
The Ruins
36
Scott Smith
Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
Heart-Shaped Box
37
Joe Hill
The Ritual, by Adam Nevill
The Ritual, by Adam Nevill
38
Penpal, by Dathan Auerbach
Penpal, by Dathan Auerbach
39
Broken Monsters (Lauren Beukes)
Broken Monsters
40
Lauren Beukes
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