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The Definitive Horror Book List, Per Goodreads

This list is troll-free. Well, a couple of the books may have troll characters, I can't be sure, but the creator of the list warned aspiring authors against using it to plug their own books and unless Stephen King has multiple personalities (not impossible, if you think about it), that seems to have worked.
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The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
1
Stephen King
It (Stephen King)
It
2
Stephen King
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
3
Stephen King
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
4
Bram Stoker
Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
Salem's Lot
5
Stephen King
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
6
Stephen King
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
7
William Peter Blatty
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
8
Richard Matheson
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
9
Shirley Jackson
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
10
Stephen King
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
11
Edgar Allan Poe
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
12
Peter Straub
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
13
Ira Levin
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
14
Thomas Harris
Swan Song (Robert R. McCammon)
Swan Song
15
Robert R. McCammon
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
16
Stephen King
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
17
Mary Shelley
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
18
Anne Rice
Watchers (Dean Koontz)
Watchers
19
Dean Koontz
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
20
Ray Bradbury
The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
The Dead Zone
21
Stephen King
Books of Blood (Clive Barker)
Books of Blood
22
Clive Barker
Phantoms
Phantoms
23
Relic (Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child)
Relic
24
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House
25
Richard Matheson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
26
Robert Louis Stevenson
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
27
Thomas Harris
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
28
Bret Easton Ellis
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
29
Mark Z. Danielewski
The Mist (Stephen King)
The Mist
30
Stephen King
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws
31
Peter Benchley
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
32
H.P. Lovecraft
Boy's Life
Boy's Life
33
World War Z (Max Brooks)
World War Z
34
Max Brooks
Cujo (Stephen King)
Cujo
35
Stephen King
Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
Heart-Shaped Box
36
Joe Hill
Summer of Night (Dan Simmons)
Summer of Night
37
Dan Simmons
Needful Things (Stephen King)
Needful Things
38
Stephen King
Houdini Heart
Houdini Heart
39
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
40
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