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48 Books That Scared the Bejesus Out of Readers

"A good scare can be good fun, especially when you're curled up with an extremely creepy horror novel and you're just daring yourself to turn that next page!
We wanted to take it a step further. So we asked our fellow readers, "What's the most terrifying horror novel you've ever read?" You responded (see the threads on Twitter and Facebook) with some blood-chilling reading, including some true crime that you say was more frightening than fiction."
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The Troop (Nick Cutter)
The Troop (Nick Cutter)
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Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
3
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
4
Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
5
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
6
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
7
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining (Stephen King)
8
Carrion Comfort (Dan Simmons)
Carrion Comfort (Dan Simmons)
9
A Head Full of Ghosts (Paul Tremblay)
A Head Full of Ghosts (Paul Tremblay)
10
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
11
The Amityville Horror (Jay Anson)
The Amityville Horror (Jay Anson)
12
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
13
Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
14
The Ruins (Scott Smith)
The Ruins (Scott Smith)
15
The Hellbound Heart (Clive Barker)
The Hellbound Heart (Clive Barker)
16
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
17
Fever Dream (Samanta Schweblin)
Fever Dream (Samanta Schweblin)
18
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery (Stephen King)
19
Full Throttle (Joe Hill)
Full Throttle (Joe Hill)
20
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
21
The Horla and Others: Guy De Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Mu (Guy De Maupassant)
The Horla and Others: Guy De Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Mu (Guy De Maupassant)
22
The Woman in Black (Susan Hill)
The Woman in Black (Susan Hill)
23
The Fisherman (John Langan)
The Fisherman (John Langan)
24
Watchers (Dean Koontz)
Watchers (Dean Koontz)
25
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
26
The Girl Next Door (Jack Ketchum)
The Girl Next Door (Jack Ketchum)
27
Zodiac (Robert Graysmith)
Zodiac (Robert Graysmith)
28
The Terror (Dan Simmons)
The Terror (Dan Simmons)
29
The Deep (Nick Cutter)
The Deep (Nick Cutter)
30
The Silent Companions (Laura Purcell)
The Silent Companions (Laura Purcell)
31
What the Hell Did I Just Read (David Wong)
What the Hell Did I Just Read (David Wong)
32
Exquisite Corpse (Poppy Z. Brite)
Exquisite Corpse (Poppy Z. Brite)
33
Experimental Film (Gemma Files)
Experimental Film (Gemma Files)
34
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Iain Reid)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Iain Reid)
35
Naomi's Room, by Jonathan Aycliffe
Naomi's Room, by Jonathan Aycliffe
36
Dark Matter (Michelle Paver)
Dark Matter (Michelle Paver)
37
Imaginary Friend (Stephen Chbosky)
Imaginary Friend (Stephen Chbosky)
38
Into the Drowning Deep (Mira Grant)
Into the Drowning Deep (Mira Grant)
39
Ring (Koji Suzuki)
Ring (Koji Suzuki)
40
The House on the Borderland (William Hope Hodgson)
The House on the Borderland (William Hope Hodgson)
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