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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 23037 times as horror)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,703,221 ratings — published 1977
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 19235 times as horror)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,266,220 ratings — published 1986
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 18821 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,473,187 ratings — published 1897
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16075 times as horror)
avg rating 3.99 — 844,165 ratings — published 1974
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 16036 times as horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 393,338 ratings — published 1959
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 15930 times as horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,881,118 ratings — published 1818
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15668 times as horror)
avg rating 4.08 — 697,766 ratings — published 1983
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 15486 times as horror)
avg rating 4.10 — 658,825 ratings — published 1975
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 13539 times as horror)
avg rating 4.23 — 846,797 ratings — published 1987
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 11953 times as horror)
avg rating 4.35 — 833,775 ratings — published 1978
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11038 times as horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 441,042 ratings — published 2020
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 9868 times as horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 199,825 ratings — published 2000
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 9579 times as horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 294,549 ratings — published 1962
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 8555 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 649,218 ratings — published 1976
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 8536 times as horror)
avg rating 3.77 — 393,668 ratings — published 2017
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7955 times as horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 309,268 ratings — published 2020
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 7885 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 296,108 ratings — published 2013
The Only Good Indians (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7757 times as horror)
avg rating 3.68 — 113,964 ratings — published 2020
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 7747 times as horror)
avg rating 4.21 — 271,071 ratings — published 1971
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7506 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 566,489 ratings — published 2006
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 7360 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 781,198 ratings — published 2002
Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7288 times as horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 321,053 ratings — published 1981
NOS4A2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6976 times as horror)
avg rating 4.07 — 144,752 ratings — published 2013
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 6848 times as horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 138,025 ratings — published 2022
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 6778 times as horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 196,073 ratings — published 1872
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6763 times as horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 664,012 ratings — published 1886
My Best Friend's Exorcism (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6618 times as horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 151,024 ratings — published 2016
The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6595 times as horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 125,473 ratings — published 2014
Horrorstör (Paperback)
by (shelved 6582 times as horror)
avg rating 3.65 — 124,043 ratings — published 2014
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
by (shelved 6532 times as horror)
avg rating 4.05 — 209,962 ratings — published 2014
Heart-Shaped Box (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6527 times as horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 153,470 ratings — published 2007
The Outsider (Holly Gibney #1)
by (shelved 6427 times as horror)
avg rating 4.01 — 379,866 ratings — published 2018
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 6326 times as horror)
avg rating 3.46 — 325,428 ratings — published 2019
Needful Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 6177 times as horror)
avg rating 3.98 — 278,428 ratings — published 1991
A Head Full of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6059 times as horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 105,702 ratings — published 2015
The Final Girl Support Group (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6053 times as horror)
avg rating 3.50 — 184,478 ratings — published 2021
Christine (Paperback)
by (shelved 6034 times as horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 263,417 ratings — published 1983
How to Sell a Haunted House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5972 times as horror)
avg rating 3.64 — 166,841 ratings — published 2023
Let the Right One In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5884 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 120,682 ratings — published 2004
Night Shift (Paperback)
by (shelved 5832 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 198,290 ratings — published 1978
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 5790 times as horror)
avg rating 4.05 — 159,018 ratings — published 1967
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 5778 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,872,077 ratings — published 1890
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 5374 times as horror)
avg rating 3.38 — 179,781 ratings — published 1898
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 5122 times as horror)
avg rating 4.26 — 587,647 ratings — published 1988
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5122 times as horror)
avg rating 3.89 — 153,617 ratings — published 1962
Firestarter (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5077 times as horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 246,665 ratings — published 1980
The Dead Zone (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5060 times as horror)
avg rating 3.97 — 245,702 ratings — published 1979
The Institute (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5039 times as horror)
avg rating 4.19 — 340,103 ratings — published 2019
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
by (shelved 4938 times as horror)
avg rating 3.95 — 244,749 ratings — published 2014
The Last House on Needless Street (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4823 times as horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 146,465 ratings — published 2021
“I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times.”
― Psycho
― Psycho
“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
― The Gunslinger
― The Gunslinger
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