Best Horror Novels Not By King or Koontz

1.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,414,989 ratings
2.
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 259,243 ratings
3.
Swan Song
Swan Song 4.30 avg rating — 73,985 ratings
4.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,266 ratings
5.
I Am Legend and Other Stories
I Am Legend and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 135,094 ratings
6.
The Ruins
The Ruins 3.69 avg rating — 63,252 ratings
7.
Heart-Shaped Box
Heart-Shaped Box
by: Joe Hill
3.84 avg rating — 148,810 ratings
8.
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In 4.04 avg rating — 118,287 ratings
9.
The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door 3.92 avg rating — 52,205 ratings
10.
Horns
Horns
by: Joe Hill
3.93 avg rating — 118,552 ratings
11.
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 205,122 ratings
12.
I Am Legend
I Am Legend 4.05 avg rating — 147,519 ratings
13.
Ghost Story
Ghost Story 3.92 avg rating — 81,719 ratings
14.
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 578,143 ratings
15.
The Terror
The Terror 4.09 avg rating — 70,627 ratings
16.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 4.02 avg rating — 556,602 ratings
17.
Off Season (Dead River, #1)
Off Season (Dead River, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 18,952 ratings
17.
NOS4A2
NOS4A2
by: Joe Hill
4.08 avg rating — 139,859 ratings
19.
Relic (Pendergast, #1)
Relic (Pendergast, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 113,839 ratings
20.
Hell House
Hell House 3.71 avg rating — 59,829 ratings
21.
Necroscope (Necroscope, #1)
Necroscope (Necroscope, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 22,054 ratings
22.
Boy's Life
Boy's Life 4.40 avg rating — 39,723 ratings
23.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,771 ratings
24.
Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three (Books of Blood, #1-3)
Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three (Books of Blood, #1-3) 4.19 avg rating — 29,450 ratings
25.
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings 4.19 avg rating — 243,675 ratings
26.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,437 ratings
27.
At the Mountains of Madness
At the Mountains of Madness 3.79 avg rating — 61,184 ratings
28.
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by: Ira Levin
4.05 avg rating — 153,653 ratings
29.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,149 ratings
30.
The Ritual
The Ritual 3.57 avg rating — 31,359 ratings
31.
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 362,914 ratings
32.
Mine
Mine 3.93 avg rating — 11,374 ratings
33.
The Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror
by: Jay Anson
3.83 avg rating — 136,144 ratings
34.
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre 4.30 avg rating — 29,987 ratings
35.
The Troop
The Troop 3.84 avg rating — 114,046 ratings
36.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum 4.14 avg rating — 71,252 ratings
37.
The Store
The Store 3.81 avg rating — 9,102 ratings
38.
Summer of Night (Seasons of Horror, #1)
Summer of Night (Seasons of Horror, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 27,960 ratings
39.
Ghost Road Blues (Pine Deep, #1)
Ghost Road Blues (Pine Deep, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 8,882 ratings
40.
Survivor
Survivor 3.80 avg rating — 3,098 ratings
41.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,614 ratings
42.
Ghoul
Ghoul 3.87 avg rating — 4,807 ratings
43.
The Call of Cthulhu
The Call of Cthulhu 4.02 avg rating — 115,380 ratings
44.
The Damnation Game
The Damnation Game 3.82 avg rating — 21,019 ratings
45.
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales 4.17 avg rating — 74,600 ratings
46.
SEVEN-X
SEVEN-X
by: Mike Wech
3.56 avg rating — 844 ratings
47.
Dead Man's Song (Pine Deep, #2)
Dead Man's Song (Pine Deep, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 4,121 ratings
48.
The Other
The Other 3.98 avg rating — 22,601 ratings
48.
Infected (Infected, #1)
Infected (Infected, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 22,525 ratings
50.
The Rising (The Rising #1)
The Rising (The Rising #1) 3.80 avg rating — 10,829 ratings
51.
The Traveling Vampire Show
The Traveling Vampire Show 3.82 avg rating — 9,362 ratings
51.
The Night Begins
The Night Begins 4.28 avg rating — 68 ratings
53.
The Fog
The Fog 3.88 avg rating — 27,175 ratings
54.
Suffer the Children
Suffer the Children
by: John Saul
3.92 avg rating — 31,319 ratings
55.
20th Century Ghosts
20th Century Ghosts
by: Joe Hill
3.90 avg rating — 46,887 ratings
56.
Carrion Comfort
Carrion Comfort 3.91 avg rating — 24,889 ratings
57.
The Hellbound Heart
The Hellbound Heart 4.08 avg rating — 65,181 ratings
58.
Weave World
Weave World 4.13 avg rating — 33,643 ratings
59.
The Keep (Adversary Cycle, #1)
The Keep (Adversary Cycle, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 19,497 ratings
60.
A Gathering of Twine
A Gathering of Twine 4.25 avg rating — 296 ratings
61.
Shadowland
Shadowland 3.89 avg rating — 12,602 ratings
62.
The Summer I Died (The Roger Huntington Saga, #1)
The Summer I Died (The Roger Huntington Saga, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 7,281 ratings
63.
Halloween (Halloween #1)
Halloween (Halloween #1) 4.15 avg rating — 8,836 ratings
64.
The Cellar
The Cellar 3.64 avg rating — 8,651 ratings
65.
Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce
Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce 4.12 avg rating — 3,174 ratings
66.
Floating Dragon
Floating Dragon 3.83 avg rating — 12,639 ratings
67.
Whispers of the Dead
Whispers of the Dead 4.64 avg rating — 92 ratings
68.
Patient Zero (Joe Ledger, #1)
Patient Zero (Joe Ledger, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30,894 ratings
69.
FOREVER AND EVER
FOREVER AND EVER 4.07 avg rating — 114 ratings
70.
John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)
John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 81,894 ratings
71.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw 3.38 avg rating — 172,351 ratings
72.
The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.10 avg rating — 122,714 ratings
73.
Harvest Home
Harvest Home 3.82 avg rating — 10,722 ratings
74.
Zombie
Zombie 3.32 avg rating — 12,630 ratings
75.
The Association
The Association 3.89 avg rating — 5,528 ratings
76.
Snow
Snow 3.68 avg rating — 4,434 ratings
77.
City of the Dead (The Rising #2)
City of the Dead (The Rising #2) 3.89 avg rating — 6,407 ratings
78.
Reliquary (Pendergast, #2)
Reliquary (Pendergast, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 49,450 ratings
79.
Drawing Blood
Drawing Blood 4.03 avg rating — 10,943 ratings
80.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward 4.12 avg rating — 22,456 ratings
81.
The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives
by: Ira Levin
3.87 avg rating — 51,730 ratings
82.
Night in the Lonesome October
Night in the Lonesome October 3.83 avg rating — 4,162 ratings
83.
The Strain (The Strain #1)
The Strain (The Strain #1) 3.80 avg rating — 89,388 ratings
84.
I Hope You Find Me (Find Me #1)
I Hope You Find Me (Find Me #1) 3.85 avg rating — 1,389 ratings
85.
Endless Night
Endless Night 3.91 avg rating — 5,929 ratings
86.
The Willows
The Willows 4.05 avg rating — 16,015 ratings
87.
Kin
Kin 3.88 avg rating — 5,440 ratings
88.
Dweller
Dweller really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,150 ratings
89.
The Passage (The Passage, #1)
The Passage (The Passage, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 220,284 ratings
90.
The Resurrectionist
The Resurrectionist 3.70 avg rating — 1,925 ratings
91.
The Omen
The Omen 4.04 avg rating — 69,124 ratings
92.
Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)
Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 27,430 ratings
93.
The Town
The Town 3.62 avg rating — 2,552 ratings
94.
In the Dark
In the Dark 3.85 avg rating — 5,146 ratings
95.
Lost And Found (Find Me #2)
Lost And Found (Find Me #2) 4.31 avg rating — 325 ratings
96.
Haunted (David Ash, #1)
Haunted (David Ash, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 8,687 ratings
97.
Resort
Resort 3.67 avg rating — 3,828 ratings
97.
Vamphyri! (Necroscope, #2)
Vamphyri! (Necroscope, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 8,283 ratings
99.
They Thirst
They Thirst 3.91 avg rating — 13,546 ratings
100.
Wake the Wicked
Wake the Wicked 3.45 avg rating — 76 ratings
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