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Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,570,838 ratings — published 1897
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 441,894 ratings — published 1959
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,033,886 ratings — published 1818
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.83 — 708,725 ratings — published 1886
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.21 — 290,396 ratings — published 1971
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 330,393 ratings — published 1962
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.86 — 240,139 ratings — published 1872
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,029,994 ratings — published 1890
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,785,800 ratings — published 1977
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.38 — 191,167 ratings — published 1898
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.06 — 170,519 ratings — published 1967
The Call of Cthulhu (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.02 — 112,825 ratings — published 1928
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.89 — 163,376 ratings — published 1962
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.02 — 676,202 ratings — published 1976
I Am Legend (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.04 — 162,510 ratings — published 1954
The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.76 — 88,326 ratings — published 1983
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.26 — 606,074 ratings — published 1988
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.06 — 393,071 ratings — published 1892
The Willows (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.02 — 20,380 ratings — published 1907
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.77 — 161,252 ratings — published 1820
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 901,493 ratings — published 1974
The Great God Pan (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.66 — 18,219 ratings — published 1890
The Fall of the House of Usher (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.84 — 95,525 ratings — published 1839
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,333,073 ratings — published 1986
The Phantom of the Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.96 — 292,754 ratings — published 1910
The Amityville Horror (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.82 — 140,620 ratings — published 1977
The House on the Borderland (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.57 — 12,414 ratings — published 1908
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 693,711 ratings — published 1975
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 216,588 ratings — published 2000
The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.40 — 302,270 ratings — published 1849
The Wendigo (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.76 — 9,458 ratings — published 1910
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.25 — 779,725 ratings — published 1938
The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 6 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.23 — 133,761 ratings — published 1843
The October Country (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 22,738 ratings — published 1955
At the Mountains of Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.77 — 69,106 ratings — published 1936
Hell House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.67 — 67,952 ratings — published 1971
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 741,305 ratings — published 1983
The Hellbound Heart (Hellraiser #1)
by (shelved 5 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.08 — 75,032 ratings — published 1986
Burnt Offerings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.78 — 10,584 ratings — published 1973
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.89 — 68,258 ratings — published 1979
The Other (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 23,382 ratings — published 1971
Ghost Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.91 — 85,324 ratings — published 1979
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.22 — 871,983 ratings — published 1987
The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.34 — 38,036 ratings — published 2020
The Raven (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.29 — 177,413 ratings — published 1845
The King in Yellow (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.50 — 34,369 ratings — published 1895
The Castle of Otranto (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.20 — 46,775 ratings — published 1764
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,965 ratings — published 1904
I Am Legend and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 138,532 ratings — published 1954
The Monk (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as horror-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 37,379 ratings — published 1796