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51 Scariest Books of the Last 200 Years 1800-2016 - Kbear

51 plus actually because I added a few different editions for the older books. The books are listed in order of publication.
These come from an article by Sarah Mangiola on May 14, 2019 on The Lineup.
#1 - 16 are all from the 1800's #17-22 are from 1900 - 1949 #23-26 1950's #27-30 1960's #31-35 1970's #36-40 1980's
#41-44 1990's #45-51 2000's and #52-57 2010's
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The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm)
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm)
2
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Grimm's Fairy Tales
3
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Mary Shelley)
4
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
5
Nightmare Abbey (Thomas Love Peacock)
Nightmare Abbey (Thomas Love Peacock)
6
The Vampyre (John Polidori)
The Vampyre (John Polidori)
7
The Vampyre (John William Polidori)
The Vampyre (John William Polidori)
8
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
9
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
10
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
11
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Annotated)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Annotated)
12
The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
13
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
14
The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
15
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
16
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
17
HP Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction (HP Lovecraft)
HP Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction (HP Lovecraft)
18
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
19
The Most Dangerous Game (Connell)
The Most Dangerous Game (Connell)
20
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
21
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
22
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
23
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
24
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
25
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
26
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
27
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
28
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector (John Fowles)
29
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
30
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
31
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
32
Harvest Home (Thomas Tryon)
Harvest Home (Thomas Tryon)
33
Crawlspace (Herbert Lieberman)
Crawlspace (Herbert Lieberman)
34
The Manitou (Graham Masterton)
The Manitou (Graham Masterton)
35
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
36
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
37
The Wanting (Campbell Armstrong)
The Wanting (Campbell Armstrong)
38
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
39
Swan Song (Robert R. McCammon)
Swan Song (Robert R. McCammon)
40
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
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