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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 24212 times as horror)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,785,800 ratings — published 1977
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 20133 times as horror)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,333,073 ratings — published 1986
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 20025 times as horror)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,570,838 ratings — published 1897
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 17405 times as horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 441,894 ratings — published 1959
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 17098 times as horror)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,033,886 ratings — published 1818
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16764 times as horror)
avg rating 3.99 — 901,493 ratings — published 1974
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16447 times as horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 741,303 ratings — published 1983
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 16233 times as horror)
avg rating 4.10 — 693,711 ratings — published 1975
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 13775 times as horror)
avg rating 4.22 — 871,973 ratings — published 1987
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 12480 times as horror)
avg rating 4.35 — 868,939 ratings — published 1978
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11755 times as horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 476,412 ratings — published 2020
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 10806 times as horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 216,588 ratings — published 2000
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 10475 times as horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 330,393 ratings — published 1962
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 9829 times as horror)
avg rating 3.77 — 498,875 ratings — published 2017
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 9052 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 676,202 ratings — published 1976
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8564 times as horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 360,450 ratings — published 2020
The Only Good Indians (The Only Good Indians, #1)
by (shelved 8396 times as horror)
avg rating 3.68 — 130,165 ratings — published 2020
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 8370 times as horror)
avg rating 4.21 — 290,396 ratings — published 1971
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 8182 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 311,018 ratings — published 2013
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 7882 times as horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 166,726 ratings — published 2022
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7742 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 584,625 ratings — published 2006
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 7696 times as horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 240,139 ratings — published 1872
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 7658 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 811,899 ratings — published 2002
Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7571 times as horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 334,557 ratings — published 1981
The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7298 times as horror)
avg rating 3.82 — 146,434 ratings — published 2014
NOS4A2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7253 times as horror)
avg rating 4.07 — 152,747 ratings — published 2013
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7221 times as horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 708,725 ratings — published 1886
Horrorstör (Paperback)
by (shelved 7036 times as horror)
avg rating 3.64 — 138,319 ratings — published 2014
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 7025 times as horror)
avg rating 3.43 — 379,749 ratings — published 2019
My Best Friend's Exorcism (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6992 times as horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 166,616 ratings — published 2016
Heart-Shaped Box (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6808 times as horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 161,766 ratings — published 2007
The Outsider (Holly Gibney, #1)
by (shelved 6739 times as horror)
avg rating 4.01 — 405,013 ratings — published 2018
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
by (shelved 6735 times as horror)
avg rating 4.05 — 219,153 ratings — published 2014
How to Sell a Haunted House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6463 times as horror)
avg rating 3.63 — 187,363 ratings — published 2023
A Head Full of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6444 times as horror)
avg rating 3.77 — 115,488 ratings — published 2015
The Final Girl Support Group (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6430 times as horror)
avg rating 3.49 — 203,738 ratings — published 2021
Needful Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 6408 times as horror)
avg rating 3.99 — 289,720 ratings — published 1991
Christine (Paperback)
by (shelved 6260 times as horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 271,960 ratings — published 1983
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 6245 times as horror)
avg rating 4.06 — 170,519 ratings — published 1967
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 6225 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,029,981 ratings — published 1890
Let the Right One In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6121 times as horror)
avg rating 4.03 — 124,963 ratings — published 2004
We Used to Live Here (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6076 times as horror)
avg rating 3.57 — 355,050 ratings — published 2024
Night Shift (Paperback)
by (shelved 6075 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 205,326 ratings — published 1978
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 5680 times as horror)
avg rating 3.38 — 191,167 ratings — published 1898
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5492 times as horror)
avg rating 3.89 — 163,373 ratings — published 1962
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 5408 times as horror)
avg rating 4.26 — 606,074 ratings — published 1988
The Institute (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5328 times as horror)
avg rating 4.19 — 365,215 ratings — published 2019
The Last House on Needless Street (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5294 times as horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 171,086 ratings — published 2021
The Dead Zone (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5282 times as horror)
avg rating 3.97 — 256,313 ratings — published 1979
Firestarter (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5247 times as horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 254,583 ratings — published 1980
“I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times.”
― Psycho
― Psycho
“I do not love men: I love what devours them.”
― Prometheus Illbound
― Prometheus Illbound
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