Horror

The best books on horror, ranked by quality.

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Supernatural horror Gothic

1
The Stand Stephen King · 1978
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (94 ratings)

EN Dystopian Horror
2
House of Leaves Mark Z. Danielewski · 1998
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (66 ratings)

EN Horror
3
We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson, Bernadette Dunne · 1962
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (62 ratings)

EN Classics Gothic
4
The Shining Stephen King · 1977
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (296 ratings)

EN Supernatural horror
5
Misery Stephen King · 1978
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (147 ratings)

EN Psychological thriller Horror
6
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde · 1890
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (141 ratings)

EN Free ebook Classics Gothic
7
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore · 2004
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (28 ratings)

EN Horror Graphic novels & comics
8
The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 1892
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (103 ratings)

EN Free ebook Classics Gothic
9
Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë · 1846
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (311 ratings)

EN Free ebook Classics Gothic
10
The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe · 1958
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (60 ratings)

EN Gothic Short stories
11
It Stephen King · 1986
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (498 ratings)

EN Supernatural horror
12
Desperation Stephen King · 1996
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (17 ratings)

EN Supernatural horror
13
Rebecca Daphne du Maurier · 1938
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (57 ratings)

EN Classics Gothic
14
Pet Sematary Stephen King · 1983
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (185 ratings)

EN Supernatural horror
15
Skeleton Crew Stephen King · 1985
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (36 ratings)

EN Horror Short stories
16
Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë · 1847
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (191 ratings)

EN Free ebook Classics Romance Gothic
17
The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe · 1704
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (23 ratings)

EN Free ebook Classics Gothic Short stories
18
Uncle Silas Sheridan Le Fanu · 1864
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (11 ratings)

EN Free ebook Classics Horror Gothic
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The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe · 1846
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (22 ratings)

EN Free ebook Gothic Short stories
20
Dracula Bram Stoker · 1897
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (255 ratings)

EN Free ebook Classics Gothic
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The Exorcist William Peter Blatty · 1971
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (25 ratings)

EN Supernatural horror
22
I am legend Richard Matheson · 1970
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (24 ratings)

EN Science fiction Horror
23
Nine coaches waiting Mary Stewart · 1958
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (12 ratings)

EN Historical romance Gothic
24
The October Country Ray Bradbury · 1955
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (8 ratings)

EN Horror Short stories

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