The Definitive Horror Book List

101.
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black 3.75 avg rating — 77,960 ratings
102.
Still Life With Crows (Pendergast, #4)
Still Life With Crows (Pendergast, #4) 4.21 avg rating — 41,106 ratings
103.
Dreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher 3.66 avg rating — 183,532 ratings
104.
One Rainy Night
One Rainy Night 3.85 avg rating — 4,630 ratings
105.
The Great and Secret Show (Book of the Art #1)
The Great and Secret Show (Book of the Art #1) 4.06 avg rating — 31,135 ratings
106.
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 286,753 ratings
107.
Fevre Dream
Fevre Dream 3.90 avg rating — 32,583 ratings
108.
Shadowland
Shadowland 3.89 avg rating — 12,601 ratings
109.
Carmilla
Carmilla 3.87 avg rating — 166,850 ratings
110.
The Great God Pan
The Great God Pan 3.68 avg rating — 15,731 ratings
111.
In the Dark
In the Dark 3.85 avg rating — 5,146 ratings
112.
The Shadow Crucible
The Shadow Crucible 4.07 avg rating — 114 ratings
113.
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 205,114 ratings
113.
The Rats (Rats, #1)
The Rats (Rats, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 24,254 ratings
115.
Reliquary (Pendergast, #2)
Reliquary (Pendergast, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 49,448 ratings
116.
The Fog
The Fog 3.88 avg rating — 27,174 ratings
117.
The Store
The Store 3.81 avg rating — 9,103 ratings
117.
The Omen
The Omen 4.04 avg rating — 69,123 ratings
119.
Insomnia
Insomnia 3.84 avg rating — 165,076 ratings
120.
Cycle of the Werewolf
Cycle of the Werewolf 3.67 avg rating — 63,260 ratings
121.
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
122.
Everything's Eventual
Everything's Eventual 3.97 avg rating — 107,005 ratings
123.
Collected Ghost Stories
Collected Ghost Stories 4.13 avg rating — 7,689 ratings
124.
I Am Legend
I Am Legend 4.05 avg rating — 147,512 ratings
125.
The Passage (The Passage, #1)
The Passage (The Passage, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 220,284 ratings
126.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,692 ratings
127.
Necroscope (Necroscope, #1)
Necroscope (Necroscope, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 22,054 ratings
128.
The Stake
The Stake 3.83 avg rating — 3,357 ratings
129.
Children of the Night (Seasons of Horror #2)
Children of the Night (Seasons of Horror #2) 3.72 avg rating — 8,719 ratings
130.
Stinger
Stinger 3.90 avg rating — 9,785 ratings
131.
Ring (Ring, #1)
Ring (Ring, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 28,615 ratings
132.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum 4.14 avg rating — 71,250 ratings
133.
The Tomb (Repairman Jack, #1)
The Tomb (Repairman Jack, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 9,078 ratings
134.
Among the Missing
Among the Missing 3.75 avg rating — 2,582 ratings
135.
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids 4.01 avg rating — 115,097 ratings
136.
Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood
Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood 4.15 avg rating — 3,163 ratings
137.
Ghost Road Blues (Pine Deep, #1)
Ghost Road Blues (Pine Deep, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 8,882 ratings
138.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,182 ratings
139.
Floating Dragon
Floating Dragon 3.83 avg rating — 12,639 ratings
140.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,262 ratings
141.
Harvest Home
Harvest Home 3.82 avg rating — 10,721 ratings
142.
A Winter Haunting (Seasons of Horror #4)
A Winter Haunting (Seasons of Horror #4) 3.60 avg rating — 10,698 ratings
143.
Thinner
Thinner 3.78 avg rating — 222,749 ratings
144.
The Descent (Descent, #1)
The Descent (Descent, #1)
by: Jeff Long
3.94 avg rating — 10,006 ratings
145.
The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles, #4)
The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles, #4)
by: Anne Rice
3.76 avg rating — 90,883 ratings
146.
Velocity
Velocity 3.87 avg rating — 66,441 ratings
147.
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
148.
Midnight
Midnight 3.87 avg rating — 28,084 ratings
149.
Dead Sea
Dead Sea 3.86 avg rating — 5,773 ratings
150.
A Stir of Echoes
A Stir of Echoes 3.86 avg rating — 14,912 ratings
151.
The Association
The Association 3.89 avg rating — 5,528 ratings
152.
Lightning
Lightning 4.09 avg rating — 64,644 ratings
153.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward 4.12 avg rating — 22,455 ratings
154.
The Funhouse
The Funhouse 3.65 avg rating — 24,440 ratings
155.
Brimstone (Pendergast, #5; Diogenes, #1)
Brimstone (Pendergast, #5; Diogenes, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 42,687 ratings
156.
The Servants of Twilight
The Servants of Twilight 3.95 avg rating — 23,945 ratings
157.
The Woods Are Dark
The Woods Are Dark 3.53 avg rating — 5,827 ratings
158.
The Throat
The Throat 3.97 avg rating — 3,968 ratings
159.
The Raven
The Raven 4.29 avg rating — 163,382 ratings
160.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,697 ratings
161.
20th Century Ghosts
20th Century Ghosts
by: Joe Hill
3.90 avg rating — 46,886 ratings
162.
The Inhuman Condition (Books of Blood, #4)
The Inhuman Condition (Books of Blood, #4) 3.95 avg rating — 8,669 ratings
163.
Lost Souls
Lost Souls 3.90 avg rating — 18,830 ratings
164.
Joyland
Joyland 3.93 avg rating — 173,494 ratings
165.
After Midnight
After Midnight 3.85 avg rating — 3,847 ratings
166.
Suffer the Children
Suffer the Children
by: John Saul
3.92 avg rating — 31,317 ratings
167.
Uzumaki
Uzumaki
by: Junji Ito
4.45 avg rating — 82,612 ratings
168.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,575 ratings
169.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,077 ratings
170.
The Wolf's Hour (Michael Gallatin #1)
The Wolf's Hour (Michael Gallatin #1) 4.08 avg rating — 11,985 ratings
171.
Comes the Blind Fury
Comes the Blind Fury
by: John Saul
3.98 avg rating — 7,568 ratings
172.
Tick Tock
Tick Tock 3.75 avg rating — 35,549 ratings
173.
The Beast House
The Beast House 3.81 avg rating — 4,921 ratings
174.
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart 4.24 avg rating — 117,076 ratings
175.
The Troop
The Troop 3.84 avg rating — 114,027 ratings
176.
Coldheart Canyon
Coldheart Canyon 3.72 avg rating — 8,958 ratings
177.
The Mummy (Ramses the Damned, #1)
The Mummy (Ramses the Damned, #1)
by: Anne Rice
3.86 avg rating — 48,327 ratings
178.
The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft
The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft 4.34 avg rating — 36,320 ratings
179.
Body Rides
Body Rides 3.85 avg rating — 3,094 ratings
180.
The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed 4.01 avg rating — 19,568 ratings
181.
Usher's Passing
Usher's Passing 3.96 avg rating — 5,794 ratings
182.
Coraline
Coraline 4.13 avg rating — 760,474 ratings
183.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 4.02 avg rating — 650,357 ratings
184.
Thunderhead (Nora Kelly, #0A)
Thunderhead (Nora Kelly, #0A) 4.13 avg rating — 31,738 ratings
185.
All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By
All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By 3.60 avg rating — 1,243 ratings
186.
The Hungry Moon
The Hungry Moon 3.58 avg rating — 2,030 ratings
187.
Ghosts
Ghosts
by: Noel Hynd
3.97 avg rating — 1,325 ratings
188.
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest 3.60 avg rating — 12,726 ratings
189.
The Thief of Always
The Thief of Always 4.19 avg rating — 2,682 ratings
190.
A Head Full of Ghosts
A Head Full of Ghosts 3.78 avg rating — 100,567 ratings
191.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,564 ratings
192.
The God Project
The God Project
by: John Saul
3.93 avg rating — 11,359 ratings
193.
Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft
Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft
by: Joe Hill
4.15 avg rating — 98,990 ratings
194.
Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3)
Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 114,419 ratings
195.
The Hellfire Club
The Hellfire Club 3.74 avg rating — 7,307 ratings
195.
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book 4.16 avg rating — 560,836 ratings
197.
The Colour Out of Space and others
The Colour Out of Space and others 4.20 avg rating — 5,088 ratings
198.
The Monk
The Monk 3.85 avg rating — 31,706 ratings
199.
The Dark
The Dark 3.83 avg rating — 7,412 ratings
200.
The Ritual
The Ritual 3.57 avg rating — 31,358 ratings
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