185 books
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Horror Fiction Books
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 106 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,682,278 ratings — published 1977
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,452,929 ratings — published 1897
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,839,988 ratings — published 1818
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 651,887 ratings — published 1975
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,250,520 ratings — published 1986
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.99 — 833,768 ratings — published 1974
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 79 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 688,922 ratings — published 1983
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 72 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 827,166 ratings — published 1978
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 835,905 ratings — published 1987
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 644,013 ratings — published 1976
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.81 — 386,044 ratings — published 1959
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 268,254 ratings — published 1971
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 45 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 292,877 ratings — published 2013
NOS4A2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 142,440 ratings — published 2013
Night Shift (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 196,978 ratings — published 1978
The Dead Zone (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 243,812 ratings — published 1979
Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 318,731 ratings — published 1981
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 563,258 ratings — published 2006
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.67 — 434,426 ratings — published 2020
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 197,103 ratings — published 2000
Christine (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 261,926 ratings — published 1983
Needful Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.98 — 275,069 ratings — published 1991
Hell House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.69 — 62,408 ratings — published 1971
Firestarter (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 245,259 ratings — published 1980
Bag of Bones (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 210,345 ratings — published 1998
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.83 — 656,846 ratings — published 1886
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 151,929 ratings — published 1962
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.77 — 375,523 ratings — published 2017
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 157,567 ratings — published 1967
The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.83 — 122,454 ratings — published 2014
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.38 — 177,586 ratings — published 1898
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 288,663 ratings — published 1962
Under the Dome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 321,763 ratings — published 2009
The Long Walk (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 261,318 ratings — published 1978
The Hellbound Heart (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 67,518 ratings — published 1986
I Am Legend and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 135,936 ratings — published 1954
Ghost Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 82,703 ratings — published 1979
The Outsider (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 374,220 ratings — published 2018
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 370,185 ratings — published 1981
The Tommyknockers (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.61 — 163,958 ratings — published 1987
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 584,701 ratings — published 1988
Let the Right One In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 120,038 ratings — published 2004
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 544,397 ratings — published 1985
Cell (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.65 — 235,862 ratings — published 2006
The Institute (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 334,737 ratings — published 2019
The Dark Half (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.81 — 151,644 ratings — published 1989
Horrorstör (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.65 — 121,843 ratings — published 2014
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 774,722 ratings — published 2002
Dreamcatcher (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.66 — 185,169 ratings — published 2001
The Final Girl Support Group (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.50 — 180,861 ratings — published 2021
“Orpheus had found his wife waiting for him and bargained with Hades and Persephone for her release. But Dietmar had no sweet songs to soften the Devil's heart, only his love. Perhaps he would be forced to remain so that they might go free? He would take that bargain and be glad for it.”
― Pilgrim: A Medieval Horror
― Pilgrim: A Medieval Horror
“Lucky catch, Fatso!" Casey called. Margaret hated the name Fatso even more than she hated Princess. People in her family jokingly called her Fatso because she was so thin, like father.”
― Stay Out of the Basement
― Stay Out of the Basement












