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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 280 times as scary)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,779,564 ratings — published 1977
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 172 times as scary)
avg rating 3.80 — 434,366 ratings — published 1959
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 171 times as scary)
avg rating 4.13 — 809,384 ratings — published 2002
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 154 times as scary)
avg rating 4.09 — 736,667 ratings — published 1983
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as scary)
avg rating 4.10 — 690,313 ratings — published 1975
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as scary)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,559,521 ratings — published 1897
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1)
by (shelved 142 times as scary)
avg rating 4.06 — 74,548 ratings — published 1981
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 142 times as scary)
avg rating 3.99 — 893,305 ratings — published 1974
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as scary)
avg rating 4.22 — 867,376 ratings — published 1987
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as scary)
avg rating 4.09 — 215,449 ratings — published 2000
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 113 times as scary)
avg rating 4.35 — 867,073 ratings — published 1978
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 95 times as scary)
avg rating 4.21 — 286,818 ratings — published 1971
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as scary)
avg rating 4.15 — 572,571 ratings — published 2008
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
by (shelved 86 times as scary)
avg rating 4.05 — 218,529 ratings — published 2014
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 85 times as scary)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,383,974 ratings — published 2011
Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)
by (shelved 81 times as scary)
avg rating 4.00 — 31,241 ratings — published 2018
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as scary)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,022,073 ratings — published 1818
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as scary)
avg rating 3.66 — 472,876 ratings — published 2020
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as scary)
avg rating 3.90 — 325,877 ratings — published 1962
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 74 times as scary)
avg rating 4.13 — 310,086 ratings — published 2013
Home Before Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as scary)
avg rating 4.03 — 352,286 ratings — published 2020
A Head Full of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as scary)
avg rating 3.77 — 114,431 ratings — published 2015
The Night Gardener: A Spooky Middle Grade Gothic Horror Novel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as scary)
avg rating 4.05 — 22,623 ratings — published 2014
Hidden Pictures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as scary)
avg rating 4.13 — 712,664 ratings — published 2022
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 68 times as scary)
avg rating 3.78 — 345,737 ratings — published 2020
The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as scary)
avg rating 3.82 — 144,648 ratings — published 2014
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
by (shelved 64 times as scary)
avg rating 4.25 — 78,913 ratings — published 2013
The Only Good Indians (The Only Good Indians, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as scary)
avg rating 3.68 — 128,571 ratings — published 2020
Incidents Around the House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as scary)
avg rating 3.54 — 135,642 ratings — published 2024
Heart-Shaped Box (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as scary)
avg rating 3.83 — 161,223 ratings — published 2007
The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as scary)
avg rating 3.76 — 87,437 ratings — published 1983
NOS4A2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as scary)
avg rating 4.07 — 152,209 ratings — published 2013
Doll Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as scary)
avg rating 3.67 — 30,706 ratings — published 2013
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 59 times as scary)
avg rating 4.26 — 604,689 ratings — published 1988
The Winter People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as scary)
avg rating 3.81 — 105,920 ratings — published 2014
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as scary)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,726,307 ratings — published 1939
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as scary)
avg rating 4.02 — 583,481 ratings — published 2006
The Outsider (Holly Gibney, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as scary)
avg rating 4.01 — 403,639 ratings — published 2018
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as scary)
avg rating 4.06 — 169,298 ratings — published 1967
We Used to Live Here (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as scary)
avg rating 3.58 — 346,017 ratings — published 2024
Ghost Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as scary)
avg rating 3.91 — 85,133 ratings — published 1979
Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as scary)
avg rating 3.81 — 333,748 ratings — published 1981
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as scary)
avg rating 3.89 — 161,593 ratings — published 1962
How to Sell a Haunted House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as scary)
avg rating 3.63 — 185,198 ratings — published 2023
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Library Binding)
by (shelved 53 times as scary)
avg rating 4.10 — 21,257 ratings — published 1984
Needful Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as scary)
avg rating 3.99 — 289,054 ratings — published 1991
Wait Till Helen Comes (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as scary)
avg rating 4.11 — 26,834 ratings — published 1986
“She put all of her weight against the sill of the balcony, her lovesick heart ready and willing to join the man she loved. She closed her eyes and pushed herself forward. From three stories high, she plummeted to the earth. Before hitting the ground, she swore she saw him, racing down from the heavens and lifting her up towards God’s domain where lovers never ceased to rule.”
― The Odd and The Strange: A Collection of Very Short Fiction
― The Odd and The Strange: A Collection of Very Short Fiction
“Just remember,” he told her. “If you run from me, I will pursue.”
― Fearscape
― Fearscape
