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Horror Books
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 23248 times as horror)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,722,141 ratings — published 1977
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 19378 times as horror)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,281,743 ratings — published 1986
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 18965 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,491,716 ratings — published 1897
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 16222 times as horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 400,682 ratings — published 1959
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 16161 times as horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,919,989 ratings — published 1818
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16054 times as horror)
avg rating 3.99 — 854,722 ratings — published 1974
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15821 times as horror)
avg rating 4.08 — 707,025 ratings — published 1983
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 15606 times as horror)
avg rating 4.10 — 666,026 ratings — published 1975
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 13532 times as horror)
avg rating 4.23 — 858,961 ratings — published 1987
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 12034 times as horror)
avg rating 4.35 — 841,283 ratings — published 1978
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11147 times as horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 447,527 ratings — published 2020
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 10027 times as horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 203,193 ratings — published 2000
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 9697 times as horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 300,644 ratings — published 1962
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 8775 times as horror)
avg rating 3.77 — 415,487 ratings — published 2017
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 8640 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 654,374 ratings — published 1976
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8052 times as horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 316,282 ratings — published 2020
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 7936 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 299,643 ratings — published 2013
The Only Good Indians (The Only Good Indians, #1)
by (shelved 7854 times as horror)
avg rating 3.68 — 117,029 ratings — published 2020
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 7831 times as horror)
avg rating 4.21 — 273,970 ratings — published 1971
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7545 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 570,223 ratings — published 2006
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 7414 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 787,247 ratings — published 2002
Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7348 times as horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 324,389 ratings — published 1981
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 7022 times as horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 144,541 ratings — published 2022
NOS4A2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7015 times as horror)
avg rating 4.07 — 146,816 ratings — published 2013
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 6929 times as horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 205,393 ratings — published 1872
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6839 times as horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 672,221 ratings — published 1886
My Best Friend's Exorcism (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6678 times as horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 153,760 ratings — published 2016
The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6674 times as horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 129,075 ratings — published 2014
Horrorstör (Paperback)
by (shelved 6652 times as horror)
avg rating 3.65 — 126,801 ratings — published 2014
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
by (shelved 6566 times as horror)
avg rating 4.05 — 212,004 ratings — published 2014
Heart-Shaped Box (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6553 times as horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 155,224 ratings — published 2007
The Outsider (Holly Gibney #1)
by (shelved 6474 times as horror)
avg rating 4.01 — 385,628 ratings — published 2018
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 6467 times as horror)
avg rating 3.45 — 338,516 ratings — published 2019
Needful Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 6207 times as horror)
avg rating 3.98 — 280,974 ratings — published 1991
The Final Girl Support Group (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6108 times as horror)
avg rating 3.50 — 188,875 ratings — published 2021
A Head Full of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6095 times as horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 107,232 ratings — published 2015
Christine (Paperback)
by (shelved 6079 times as horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 265,252 ratings — published 1983
How to Sell a Haunted House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6050 times as horror)
avg rating 3.63 — 171,038 ratings — published 2023
Let the Right One In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5950 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 121,566 ratings — published 2004
Night Shift (Paperback)
by (shelved 5856 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 199,699 ratings — published 1978
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 5850 times as horror)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,906,878 ratings — published 1890
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 5849 times as horror)
avg rating 4.06 — 160,850 ratings — published 1967
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 5417 times as horror)
avg rating 3.38 — 181,956 ratings — published 1898
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5181 times as horror)
avg rating 3.89 — 155,123 ratings — published 1962
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 5163 times as horror)
avg rating 4.26 — 591,150 ratings — published 1988
Firestarter (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5117 times as horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 248,350 ratings — published 1980
The Dead Zone (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5102 times as horror)
avg rating 3.97 — 247,984 ratings — published 1979
The Institute (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5086 times as horror)
avg rating 4.19 — 346,284 ratings — published 2019
We Used to Live Here (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4966 times as horror)
avg rating 3.61 — 272,105 ratings — published 2024
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
by (shelved 4965 times as horror)
avg rating 3.95 — 246,236 ratings — published 2014
Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
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