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The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyHell House by Richard MathesonHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinThe Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft
Best Horror Novels Not By King or Koontz
623 books — 502 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Modern Gothic
725 books — 1,382 voters

The Fisherman by John LanganThe Croning by Laird BarronHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
507 books — 1,266 voters
The Elementals by Michael McDowellHell House by Richard MathesonHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiBurnt Offerings by Robert MarascoThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Best Haunted House Fiction That Isn't 'The Shining'
222 books — 228 voters

Watchmen by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels and Comic Books
994 books — 602 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerThe Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. LovecraftThe Fisherman by John LanganAcceptance by Jeff Vandermeer
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,264 books — 1,174 voters

The Other by Thomas Tryon20th Century Ghosts by Joe HillThe Elementals by Michael McDowellHell House by Richard Matheson
Forgotten Frights: Overlooked and Underappreciated Horror
814 books — 416 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingPet Sematary by Stephen KingHell House by Richard MathesonThe Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
2015 Horror Aficionados Top 101 Horror!!!
108 books — 114 voters

The Elementals by Michael McDowell
Best Southern Gothic Literature
349 books — 516 voters
Naked Lunch by William S. BurroughsCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by William S. BurroughsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonNecronomicon by H.P. Lovecraft
Trippy Books
855 books — 909 voters

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan SwiftHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergThis Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Underrated/Overlooked Classics
183 books — 93 voters
It by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingPet Sematary by Stephen KingThe Long Walk by Richard Bachman
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,892 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Cult Classics
1,576 books — 2,165 voters
It by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen King
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,393 books — 2,005 voters