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This list is for modern horror books with covers that take inspiration from 70s, 80s, & 90s horror books & movies.
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Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)
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Adam Cesare (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 40,050 ratings
score: 500,
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5 people voted
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My Best Friend's Exorcism
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Grady Hendrix (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 145,016 ratings
score: 294,
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3 people voted
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I Am Not Your Final Girl
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Claire C. Holland (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 3,140 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Dead Flip
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3.48 avg rating — 1,500 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives
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Adam Cesare (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 11,665 ratings
score: 195,
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2 people voted
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Daphne
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Josh Malerman (Goodreads Author)
3.37 avg rating — 6,020 ratings
score: 194,
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2 people voted
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Motherthing
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Ainslie Hogarth (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 33,294 ratings
score: 192,
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2 people voted
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Gothic
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Philip Fracassi (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 2,283 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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The Razorblades in my Head
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3.84 avg rating — 313 ratings
score: 187,
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2 people voted
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Death by Umbrella! The 100 Weirdest Horror Movie Weapons
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3.83 avg rating — 35 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Dismembered
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Jonathan Janz (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 1,171 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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The Roo
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Alan Baxter (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 740 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Gloria
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3.61 avg rating — 502 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Psychic Teenage Bloodbath
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Carl John Lee (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 2,192 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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We Live Inside Your Eyes
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Kealan Patrick Burke (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 486 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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My Ouija Boyfriend
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David Irons (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 104 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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New Supernatural Stories [Trade Paperback]
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it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Twisted: Tainted Tales
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Janine Pipe (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 343 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Dead Eleven
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Jimmy Juliano (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 12,646 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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The Night House
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Jo Nesbø (Goodreads Author)
3.24 avg rating — 17,252 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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The Saturday Night Ghost Club
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3.83 avg rating — 29,011 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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The Queen
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Nick Cutter (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 5,635 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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