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It (Paperback)
by (shelved 731 times as terror)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,330,545 ratings — published 1986
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 725 times as terror)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,563,780 ratings — published 1897
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 716 times as terror)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,782,033 ratings — published 1977
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 642 times as terror)
avg rating 3.99 — 896,724 ratings — published 1974
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 536 times as terror)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,026,560 ratings — published 1818
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 534 times as terror)
avg rating 4.22 — 869,163 ratings — published 1987
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 530 times as terror)
avg rating 4.09 — 738,455 ratings — published 1983
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 491 times as terror)
avg rating 4.10 — 691,587 ratings — published 1975
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 370 times as terror)
avg rating 3.80 — 437,413 ratings — published 1959
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 351 times as terror)
avg rating 4.21 — 288,122 ratings — published 1971
Our Share of Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 340 times as terror)
avg rating 4.24 — 72,810 ratings — published 2019
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 296 times as terror)
avg rating 3.83 — 706,447 ratings — published 1886
Things We Lost in the Fire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 295 times as terror)
avg rating 4.02 — 70,997 ratings — published 2016
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 289 times as terror)
avg rating 3.86 — 237,386 ratings — published 1872
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 274 times as terror)
avg rating 3.38 — 190,445 ratings — published 1898
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 236 times as terror)
avg rating 3.90 — 327,625 ratings — published 1962
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 230 times as terror)
avg rating 4.13 — 310,434 ratings — published 2013
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 225 times as terror)
avg rating 3.77 — 494,042 ratings — published 2017
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 223 times as terror)
avg rating 3.79 — 71,703 ratings — published 2009
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 206 times as terror)
avg rating 3.78 — 357,653 ratings — published 2020
Carcoma (Paperback)
by (shelved 204 times as terror)
avg rating 4.06 — 40,055 ratings — published 2021
Hell House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 194 times as terror)
avg rating 3.67 — 67,685 ratings — published 1971
The Outsider (Holly Gibney, #1)
by (shelved 193 times as terror)
avg rating 4.01 — 404,198 ratings — published 2018
The Long Walk (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 191 times as terror)
avg rating 3.98 — 316,689 ratings — published 1979
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 190 times as terror)
avg rating 4.35 — 867,813 ratings — published 1978
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 186 times as terror)
avg rating 3.66 — 474,325 ratings — published 2020
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 182 times as terror)
avg rating 4.02 — 674,995 ratings — published 1976
I Am Legend (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 179 times as terror)
avg rating 4.05 — 162,166 ratings — published 1954
How to Sell a Haunted House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 177 times as terror)
avg rating 3.63 — 186,072 ratings — published 2023
Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 177 times as terror)
avg rating 3.81 — 334,061 ratings — published 1981
The Flood (Blackwater, #1)
by (shelved 172 times as terror)
avg rating 3.68 — 91,964 ratings — published 1983
At the Mountains of Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 162 times as terror)
avg rating 3.77 — 68,871 ratings — published 1936
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 162 times as terror)
avg rating 4.06 — 169,810 ratings — published 1967
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 159 times as terror)
avg rating 4.09 — 215,845 ratings — published 2000
The Mist (Paperback)
by (shelved 159 times as terror)
avg rating 3.92 — 192,293 ratings — published 1980
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 156 times as terror)
avg rating 4.13 — 810,394 ratings — published 2002
The Hellbound Heart (Hellraiser #1)
by (shelved 155 times as terror)
avg rating 4.08 — 74,491 ratings — published 1986
A Sunny Place for Shady People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 154 times as terror)
avg rating 3.76 — 29,468 ratings — published 2024
Night Shift (Paperback)
by (shelved 154 times as terror)
avg rating 4.04 — 205,044 ratings — published 1978
The Last House on Needless Street (Hardcover)
by (shelved 142 times as terror)
avg rating 3.79 — 169,895 ratings — published 2021
Come Closer (Paperback)
by (shelved 141 times as terror)
avg rating 3.64 — 59,382 ratings — published 2003
The Institute (Hardcover)
by (shelved 139 times as terror)
avg rating 4.19 — 364,150 ratings — published 2019
My Best Friend's Exorcism (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 138 times as terror)
avg rating 3.92 — 165,803 ratings — published 2016
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 136 times as terror)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,025,126 ratings — published 1890
Uzumaki (Hardcover)
by (shelved 135 times as terror)
avg rating 4.45 — 96,210 ratings — published 1998
A Head Full of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 132 times as terror)
avg rating 3.77 — 114,836 ratings — published 2015
Horrorstör (Paperback)
by (shelved 131 times as terror)
avg rating 3.64 — 137,744 ratings — published 2014
The Levee (Blackwater, #2)
by (shelved 127 times as terror)
avg rating 3.76 — 65,090 ratings — published 1983
The Dunwich Horror (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as terror)
avg rating 3.81 — 17,075 ratings — published 1928
“Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.”
― Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
― Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”
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