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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 22791 times as horror)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,682,195 ratings — published 1977
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 19072 times as horror)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,250,472 ratings — published 1986
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 18243 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,452,855 ratings — published 1897
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15917 times as horror)
avg rating 3.99 — 833,726 ratings — published 1974
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 15873 times as horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 386,007 ratings — published 1959
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15560 times as horror)
avg rating 4.08 — 688,886 ratings — published 1983
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 15361 times as horror)
avg rating 4.10 — 651,860 ratings — published 1975
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 15310 times as horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,839,792 ratings — published 1818
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 13417 times as horror)
avg rating 4.23 — 835,866 ratings — published 1987
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 11872 times as horror)
avg rating 4.35 — 827,140 ratings — published 1978
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10938 times as horror)
avg rating 3.67 — 434,396 ratings — published 2020
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 9758 times as horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 197,096 ratings — published 2000
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 9459 times as horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 288,640 ratings — published 1962
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 8450 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 643,996 ratings — published 1976
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 8320 times as horror)
avg rating 3.77 — 375,457 ratings — published 2017
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7851 times as horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 302,364 ratings — published 2020
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 7831 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 292,863 ratings — published 2013
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 7679 times as horror)
avg rating 4.21 — 268,242 ratings — published 1971
The Only Good Indians (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7661 times as horror)
avg rating 3.68 — 110,904 ratings — published 2020
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7470 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 563,248 ratings — published 2006
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 7315 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 774,695 ratings — published 2002
Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7255 times as horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 318,721 ratings — published 1981
NOS4A2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6913 times as horror)
avg rating 4.07 — 142,435 ratings — published 2013
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6637 times as horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 656,814 ratings — published 1886
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 6619 times as horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 132,354 ratings — published 2022
My Best Friend's Exorcism (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6562 times as horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 148,546 ratings — published 2016
The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6542 times as horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 122,440 ratings — published 2014
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 6515 times as horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 187,066 ratings — published 1872
Horrorstör (Paperback)
by (shelved 6509 times as horror)
avg rating 3.65 — 121,830 ratings — published 2014
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
by (shelved 6490 times as horror)
avg rating 4.05 — 208,560 ratings — published 2014
Heart-Shaped Box (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6457 times as horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 151,960 ratings — published 2007
The Outsider (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6380 times as horror)
avg rating 4.01 — 374,202 ratings — published 2018
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 6171 times as horror)
avg rating 3.47 — 313,566 ratings — published 2019
Needful Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 6117 times as horror)
avg rating 3.98 — 275,061 ratings — published 1991
A Head Full of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6011 times as horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 104,376 ratings — published 2015
Christine (Paperback)
by (shelved 6005 times as horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 261,916 ratings — published 1983
The Final Girl Support Group (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5996 times as horror)
avg rating 3.50 — 180,851 ratings — published 2021
How to Sell a Haunted House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5875 times as horror)
avg rating 3.64 — 162,355 ratings — published 2023
Let the Right One In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5844 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 120,034 ratings — published 2004
Night Shift (Paperback)
by (shelved 5810 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 196,973 ratings — published 1978
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 5761 times as horror)
avg rating 4.05 — 157,560 ratings — published 1967
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 5675 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,839,952 ratings — published 1890
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 5315 times as horror)
avg rating 3.38 — 177,582 ratings — published 1898
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5093 times as horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 151,918 ratings — published 1962
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 5079 times as horror)
avg rating 4.26 — 584,693 ratings — published 1988
Firestarter (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5050 times as horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 245,249 ratings — published 1980
The Dead Zone (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5032 times as horror)
avg rating 3.97 — 243,805 ratings — published 1979
The Institute (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4979 times as horror)
avg rating 4.20 — 334,726 ratings — published 2019
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
by (shelved 4918 times as horror)
avg rating 3.95 — 243,592 ratings — published 2014
The Last House on Needless Street (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4768 times as horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 142,639 ratings — published 2021
“You know how sometimes you tell yourself that you have a choice, but really you don't have a choice? Just because there are alternatives doesn't mean they apply to you.”
― The 5th Wave
― The 5th Wave
“Blood is really warm,
it's like drinking hot chocolate
but with more screaming.”
― Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains
it's like drinking hot chocolate
but with more screaming.”
― Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains
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