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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 112 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,787,714 ratings — published 1977
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,574,262 ratings — published 1897
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,037,504 ratings — published 1818
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,334,323 ratings — published 1986
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 694,746 ratings — published 1975
Carrie (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.99 — 903,694 ratings — published 1974
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 82 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 742,722 ratings — published 1983
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 73 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 869,634 ratings — published 1978
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 873,411 ratings — published 1987
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 443,837 ratings — published 1959
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 676,833 ratings — published 1976
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 291,316 ratings — published 1971
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 311,386 ratings — published 2013
NOS4A2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 152,916 ratings — published 2013
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 216,910 ratings — published 2000
Night Shift (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 205,483 ratings — published 1978
The Dead Zone (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 256,520 ratings — published 1979
Needful Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.99 — 289,951 ratings — published 1991
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 584,986 ratings — published 2006
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.66 — 477,417 ratings — published 2020
Christine (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 272,123 ratings — published 1983
Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.81 — 334,859 ratings — published 1981
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.83 — 709,708 ratings — published 1886
The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.82 — 146,970 ratings — published 2014
Hell House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.67 — 68,052 ratings — published 1971
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.77 — 501,248 ratings — published 2017
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 163,825 ratings — published 1962
Ghost Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 85,382 ratings — published 1979
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.38 — 191,471 ratings — published 1898
Bag of Bones (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 216,593 ratings — published 1998
The Hellbound Heart (Hellraiser #1)
by (shelved 32 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 75,267 ratings — published 1986
Firestarter (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 254,771 ratings — published 1980
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 331,576 ratings — published 1962
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 170,781 ratings — published 1967
Under the Dome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 333,656 ratings — published 2009
The Long Walk (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 318,365 ratings — published 1979
I Am Legend and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 138,580 ratings — published 1954
Horrorstör (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.64 — 138,595 ratings — published 2014
The Tommyknockers (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.61 — 170,304 ratings — published 1987
A Head Full of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.77 — 115,719 ratings — published 2015
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 812,616 ratings — published 2002
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 387,683 ratings — published 1981
The Outsider (Holly Gibney, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 405,503 ratings — published 2018
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 386,262 ratings — published 1991
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 593,286 ratings — published 1985
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 606,470 ratings — published 1988
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.78 — 361,602 ratings — published 2020
The Dark Half (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.81 — 156,767 ratings — published 1989
Let the Right One In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 125,054 ratings — published 2004
Desperation (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as horror-fiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 158,279 ratings — published 1996
“Water has a memory. It remembers the shape of things submerged. It remembers the final breaths of those who surrender to its depths. It remembers the paths their lives would have taken.
Most of all, it remembers the face outside, holding you down by the neck, looking down onto the now-still surface.”
― The Bucket
Most of all, it remembers the face outside, holding you down by the neck, looking down onto the now-still surface.”
― The Bucket
“The werewolf has been romanced and watered down until there's nothing left to fear. I wanted to give it back its teeth.”
― Shadow of the Wolves: book 1 of 3
― Shadow of the Wolves: book 1 of 3
