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It Lives in The Basement by Sahara FoleyI found a dead girl's diary by straydog1980The Lucienne Twins by Leo PetracciThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Devil's Missal by Cathy Dobson
Horror Guaranteed to Scare the Hell out of You
64 books — 73 voters
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonDragonwyck by Anya SetonThe Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann RadcliffeSlade House by David MitchellWylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand
Suspenseful Stately Homes (in the title)
234 books — 16 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanHeart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Ghost Stories
1,481 books — 1,878 voters
Psycho Save Us by Chad HuskinsMateguas Island by Linda WatkinsBound By Blood by Shane K.P. O'NeillBound By Blood by Shane K.P. O'NeillThe Black Witch by Micheal Rivers
Best Indie Horror Books
659 books — 822 voters

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeerAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,194 books — 1,088 voters
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmItalian Folktales by Italo CalvinoThe Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-HollandNorwegian Folktales by Peter Christen AsbjørnsenEighty Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
28 books — 43 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Modern Gothic
683 books — 1,352 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceZ213 by Dimitris LyacosPOENA DAMNI by Dimitris LyacosTHE FIRST DEATH by Dimitris LyacosWith the People from the Bridge by Dimitris Lyacos
Alternative and Experimental Literature
44 books — 22 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,107 books — 1,734 voters
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen RussellVampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen RussellUtensils Have Feelings Too by Leah StrofieldBad Dog by Obren BokichOur Hearts Will Burn Us Down by Anne Valente
Best Unusual Fiction
11 books — 8 voters


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