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