Horror books can indeed be frightening sometimes. But it is still quite rare that you actually get that sheer jolt of horror, when something literally jumps out of the pages and scares you.
This is a list of books that are not just scary, but were actually able to freak the fuck out of me while I was reading them.
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3.69 avg rating — 45 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 56 ratings
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3.98 avg rating — 41 ratings
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3.75 avg rating — 55 ratings
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4.45 avg rating — 316,951 ratings
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3.66 avg rating — 49,780 ratings
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4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings
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4.33 avg rating — 30 ratings
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3.27 avg rating — 22 ratings
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 63 ratings
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3.42 avg rating — 152 ratings
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3.49 avg rating — 137 ratings
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4.53 avg rating — 78 ratings
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4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings
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3.25 avg rating — 20 ratings
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3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings
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4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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3.58 avg rating — 38 ratings
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4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings
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3.74 avg rating — 146 ratings
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3.79 avg rating — 57 ratings
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3.55 avg rating — 422 ratings
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
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3.81 avg rating — 129 ratings
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4.86 avg rating — 77 ratings
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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3.57 avg rating — 67 ratings
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3.72 avg rating — 137 ratings
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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3.91 avg rating — 91 ratings
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3.63 avg rating — 46 ratings
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4.45 avg rating — 146 ratings
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings
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3.75 avg rating — 178 ratings
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3.67 avg rating — 2,855,437 ratings
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4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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3.78 avg rating — 88 ratings
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3.72 avg rating — 32 ratings
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3.69 avg rating — 48 ratings
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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3.74 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Jacob Symons 50 shades of grey??


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Benjamin Stahl I haven't read him yet.


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