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Horror fiction is fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the audience. Historically, the cause of the "horror" experience has often been the intrusion of a supernatural element into everyday human experience. Since the 1960s, any work of fiction with a morbid, grueso...more
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The Shining (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 867 times as horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 71,703 ratings — published 1977
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It (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 814 times as horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 26,194 ratings — published 1986
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The Stand (Expanded Edition)
by Stephen King (shelved 810 times as horror)
avg rating 4.26 — 32,077 ratings — published 1978
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Salem's Lot (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 692 times as horror)
avg rating 3.71 — 18,796 ratings — published 1975
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Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 689 times as horror)
avg rating 3.58 — 19,966 ratings — published 1974
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Pet Sematary (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 674 times as horror)
avg rating 3.50 — 20,445 ratings — published 1983
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Dracula (Critical Edition)
by Bram Stoker (shelved 629 times as horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 24,700 ratings — published 1897
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Misery (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 598 times as horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 22,244 ratings — published 1978
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Interview With the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by Anne Rice (shelved 595 times as horror)
avg rating 3.82 — 36,094 ratings — published 1976
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Needful Things (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 514 times as horror)
avg rating 3.52 — 15,366 ratings — published 1991
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Cujo (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 504 times as horror)
avg rating 3.31 — 14,862 ratings — published 1981
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Frankenstein (Paperback)
by Mary Shelley (shelved 496 times as horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 96,692 ratings — published 1818
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Christine (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 480 times as horror)
avg rating 3.36 — 14,090 ratings — published 1983
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The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
by Anne Rice (shelved 444 times as horror)
avg rating 3.88 — 23,589 ratings — published 1985
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Firestarter (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 431 times as horror)
avg rating 3.54 — 14,037 ratings — published 1980
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The Dead Zone (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 424 times as horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 14,199 ratings — published 1979
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Thinner (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 422 times as horror)
avg rating 3.31 — 13,495 ratings — published 1984
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The Tommyknockers (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 411 times as horror)
avg rating 3.18 — 12,720 ratings — published 1987
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Night Shift (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 397 times as horror)
avg rating 3.69 — 10,104 ratings — published 1977
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I Am Legend (And Other Stories)
by Richard Matheson (shelved 396 times as horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 13,070 ratings — published 1954
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The Dark Half (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 390 times as horror)
avg rating 3.44 — 10,234 ratings — published 1989
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Cell (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 381 times as horror)
avg rating 3.38 — 11,719 ratings — published 2006
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Skeleton Crew (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 380 times as horror)
avg rating 3.69 — 9,290 ratings — published 1985
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The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3)
by Anne Rice (shelved 369 times as horror)
avg rating 3.64 — 20,177 ratings — published 1988
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Paperback)
by Max Brooks (shelved 346 times as horror)
avg rating 4.18 — 13,854 ratings — published 2006
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Dreamcatcher (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 339 times as horror)
avg rating 3.23 — 11,714 ratings — published 2001
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Four Past Midnight (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 337 times as horror)
avg rating 3.65 — 9,124 ratings — published 1990
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Bag of Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 329 times as horror)
avg rating 3.62 — 12,123 ratings — published 1988
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Insomnia (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 325 times as horror)
avg rating 3.56 — 11,283 ratings — published 1994
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Desperation (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 322 times as horror)
avg rating 3.52 — 9,925 ratings — published 1996
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Different Seasons (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 308 times as horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 11,704 ratings — published 1981
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Gerald's Game (Hardcover)
by Stephen King (shelved 298 times as horror)
avg rating 3.08 — 10,329 ratings — published 1992
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Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Joe Hill (shelved 296 times as horror)
avg rating 3.68 — 4,575 ratings — published 2007
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Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 288 times as horror)
avg rating 3.69 — 8,108 ratings — published 2002
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Nightmares and Dreamscapes (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 287 times as horror)
avg rating 3.68 — 8,865 ratings — published 1993
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Dolores Claiborne (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 273 times as horror)
avg rating 3.48 — 11,178 ratings — published 1992
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Rose Madder (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 263 times as horror)
avg rating 3.35 — 8,278 ratings — published 1995
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The Talisman (Hardcover)
by Stephen King (shelved 260 times as horror)
avg rating 3.97 — 10,138 ratings — published 1985
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The Gunslinger (Dark Tower 1)
by Stephen King (shelved 254 times as horror)
avg rating 3.94 — 22,021 ratings — published 1976
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 253 times as horror)
avg rating 3.34 — 11,104 ratings — published 1999
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The Bachman Books (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 247 times as horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 7,283 ratings — published 1982
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The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles, #4)
by Anne Rice (shelved 238 times as horror)
avg rating 3.46 — 13,591 ratings — published 1992
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The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
by Anne Rice (shelved 236 times as horror)
avg rating 3.97 — 12,606 ratings — published 1990
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The Regulators (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 226 times as horror)
avg rating 3.32 — 6,541 ratings — published 1996
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The Green Mile Book Box Set (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 220 times as horror)
avg rating 4.25 — 14,453 ratings — published 1996
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Duma Key (Hardcover)
by Stephen King (shelved 219 times as horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 9,107 ratings — published 2007
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Das Schweigen der Lämmer. 3 Cassetten. (Audio Cassette)
by Thomas Harris (shelved 211 times as horror)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1988
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Memnoch the Devil (The Vampire Chronicles, #5)
by Anne Rice (shelved 207 times as horror)
avg rating 3.53 — 11,945 ratings — published 1999
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The Historian (Paperback)
by Elizabeth Kostova (shelved 205 times as horror)
avg rating 3.64 — 27,567 ratings — published 2005
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The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics)
by Shirley Jackson (shelved 203 times as horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 3,770 ratings — published 1959
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"Always just a brainstorm away from our next disaster..."
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— Birgit Pratcher (June Bear Adventures: The Missing Pies)
"Vampires, real vampires, didn't nibble on the necks of nubile young virgins. They tore people to pieces and sucked the blood out of the chunks. "
— David Wellington (99 Coffins: A Historical Vampire Tale)
— David Wellington (99 Coffins: A Historical Vampire Tale)
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