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An attempt at making a comprehensive list of older horror books.
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The Mephisto Waltz
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3.69 avg rating — 420 ratings
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The Little Wax Doll
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3.23 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Dreadful Hollow
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3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
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They Thirst
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3.91 avg rating — 13,630 ratings
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The Wolf's Hour (Michael Gallatin #1)
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Valentine
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S.P. Somtow (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 133 ratings
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Bride of Darkness
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3.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Children of the Night
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3.46 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Making Love
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Deathgrip
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3.71 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Oasis
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Brian Hodge (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Wet Work
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3.66 avg rating — 265 ratings
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Fangs
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3.55 avg rating — 40 ratings
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The Pyx
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2.97 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The Brownstone (The Brownstone, #1)
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3.24 avg rating — 156 ratings
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In a Lonely Place
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4.25 avg rating — 871 ratings
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Shockwaves
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3.19 avg rating — 59 ratings
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The Vampires of Finistere (The Guardians, #4)
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3.26 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Dark Advent
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Brian Hodge (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 228 ratings
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Lizzie Borden
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Elizabeth Engstrom (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 317 ratings
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New Moon
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3.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Fright Night
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3.96 avg rating — 626 ratings
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The Golden
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Stories From The Clock Strikes 12
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The Hunger (Hunger, #1)
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Whitley Strieber (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 3,742 ratings
score: 165,
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The Tenant
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Spawn of Hell
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William Schoell (Goodreads Author)
3.44 avg rating — 96 ratings
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The Cleanup
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3.81 avg rating — 351 ratings
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The Undying Monster
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3.55 avg rating — 159 ratings
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Moonchild
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3.33 avg rating — 88 ratings
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The Great White Space
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3.75 avg rating — 244 ratings
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Famine
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3.60 avg rating — 729 ratings
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Wild Violets
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3.12 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Under the Fang
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Robert McCammon (Editor)
3.93 avg rating — 1,347 ratings
score: 83,
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Rest in Agony
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Ivar Jorgensen (Writing as)
3.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Dead Lines
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3.61 avg rating — 241 ratings
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The Shaft
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3.57 avg rating — 174 ratings
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Choice Cuts
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3.39 avg rating — 448 ratings
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Blue World
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3.97 avg rating — 5,760 ratings
score: 75,
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Ripper!
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Gardner Dozois (Editor)
3.43 avg rating — 23 ratings
score: 73,
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Young Blood
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4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings
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The Oni
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3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The werewolf of Ponkert (Time-lost series)
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3.61 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Shadow of Evil
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3.53 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Urban Horrors
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William F. Nolan (Editor)
3.88 avg rating — 32 ratings
score: 65,
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Lowland Rider
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Chet Williamson (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 69 ratings
score: 64,
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The Fog
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3.85 avg rating — 416 ratings
score: 62,
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The Dragon
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William Schoell (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 49 ratings
score: 61,
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Through the Dark Curtain
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3.34 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Girl Next Door
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3.92 avg rating — 53,840 ratings
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Witches' Brew
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Alfred Hitchcock (Editor)
3.49 avg rating — 121 ratings
score: 58,
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A Feast of Eggshells
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3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
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3.85 avg rating — 3,097 ratings
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She Wakes
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3.04 avg rating — 807 ratings
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The Unforeseen
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3.57 avg rating — 199 ratings
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Bestsellers Guaranteed
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Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 89 ratings
score: 52,
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Shock III: 13 Electrifying Tales
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3.77 avg rating — 195 ratings
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Rapture
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3.66 avg rating — 387 ratings
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Bad Ronald
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3.77 avg rating — 342 ratings
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The Dark Chamber
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3.55 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Why Not You and I?
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3.91 avg rating — 130 ratings
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The Manse
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3.29 avg rating — 294 ratings
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...Walkers
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3.68 avg rating — 146 ratings
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65MM
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2.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Penance
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3.70 avg rating — 64 ratings
score: 43,
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Hide and Seek
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3.39 avg rating — 2,897 ratings
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The Scarlet Boy
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3.46 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Satan's Love Child
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3.09 avg rating — 47 ratings
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The Little People
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2.92 avg rating — 231 ratings
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The Voice in the Basement
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Return from the grave
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The Gatherer
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2.91 avg rating — 33 ratings
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The Nature of The Beast
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Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks
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3.71 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Evil
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3.28 avg rating — 40 ratings
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The Long Dark Night
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3.41 avg rating — 373 ratings
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The Shinglo
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2.94 avg rating — 16 ratings
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A Cold Blue Light
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Claimed
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The Gilded Sarcophagus
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House of Illusions
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3.86 avg rating — 276 ratings
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Dark Enchantment
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3.37 avg rating — 111 ratings
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The Book of the Damned
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3.61 avg rating — 95 ratings
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Blood Secrets
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3.89 avg rating — 330 ratings
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Eight Strange Tales
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Vic Ghidalia (Editor)
3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
score: 18,
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Charmed Life
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3.05 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Cold Whisper
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3.60 avg rating — 110 ratings
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The Traitor Within
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2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Saxon's Ghost
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3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Night Creature
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3.08 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Blizzard
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The Landlady
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3.14 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Rebekka Moon
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3.25 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Nightshade
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Dead Voices
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3.66 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Montana Gothic
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4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Cook
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The Transformation
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3.22 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Blue Motel
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Peter Crowther (Editor / Contributor)
3.16 avg rating — 32 ratings
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list created June 7th, 2021
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