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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 22791 times as horror)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,680,283 ratings — published 1977
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 19060 times as horror)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,249,055 ratings — published 1986
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 18243 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,450,543 ratings — published 1897
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15917 times as horror)
avg rating 3.99 — 832,671 ratings — published 1974
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 15855 times as horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 384,944 ratings — published 1959
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15498 times as horror)
avg rating 4.08 — 687,838 ratings — published 1983
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 15361 times as horror)
avg rating 4.10 — 651,001 ratings — published 1975
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 15310 times as horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,833,871 ratings — published 1818
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 13371 times as horror)
avg rating 4.23 — 834,784 ratings — published 1987
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 11824 times as horror)
avg rating 4.35 — 826,397 ratings — published 1978
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10894 times as horror)
avg rating 3.67 — 433,383 ratings — published 2020
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 9753 times as horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 196,773 ratings — published 2000
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 9444 times as horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 287,756 ratings — published 1962
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 8450 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 643,395 ratings — published 1976
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 8309 times as horror)
avg rating 3.77 — 373,659 ratings — published 2017
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7839 times as horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 301,339 ratings — published 2020
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 7816 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 292,482 ratings — published 2013
The Only Good Indians (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7648 times as horror)
avg rating 3.68 — 110,486 ratings — published 2020
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 7597 times as horror)
avg rating 4.21 — 267,840 ratings — published 1971
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7464 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 562,902 ratings — published 2006
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 7315 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 773,950 ratings — published 2002
Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7242 times as horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 318,419 ratings — published 1981
NOS4A2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6898 times as horror)
avg rating 4.07 — 142,236 ratings — published 2013
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6637 times as horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 655,872 ratings — published 1886
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 6619 times as horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 131,559 ratings — published 2022
My Best Friend's Exorcism (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6556 times as horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 148,211 ratings — published 2016
The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6537 times as horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 122,071 ratings — published 2014
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 6515 times as horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 186,021 ratings — published 1872
Horrorstör (Paperback)
by (shelved 6505 times as horror)
avg rating 3.65 — 121,566 ratings — published 2014
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
by (shelved 6486 times as horror)
avg rating 4.05 — 208,376 ratings — published 2014
Heart-Shaped Box (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6457 times as horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 151,791 ratings — published 2007
The Outsider (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6373 times as horror)
avg rating 4.01 — 373,568 ratings — published 2018
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 6158 times as horror)
avg rating 3.47 — 312,219 ratings — published 2019
Needful Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 6112 times as horror)
avg rating 3.98 — 274,814 ratings — published 1991
A Head Full of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6011 times as horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 104,196 ratings — published 2015
Christine (Paperback)
by (shelved 6002 times as horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 261,728 ratings — published 1983
The Final Girl Support Group (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5987 times as horror)
avg rating 3.50 — 180,322 ratings — published 2021
How to Sell a Haunted House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5875 times as horror)
avg rating 3.64 — 161,677 ratings — published 2023
Let the Right One In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5832 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 119,938 ratings — published 2004
Night Shift (Paperback)
by (shelved 5801 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 196,820 ratings — published 1978
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 5728 times as horror)
avg rating 4.05 — 157,360 ratings — published 1967
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 5675 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,836,868 ratings — published 1890
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 5315 times as horror)
avg rating 3.38 — 177,256 ratings — published 1898
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 5079 times as horror)
avg rating 4.26 — 584,334 ratings — published 1988
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5078 times as horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 151,598 ratings — published 1962
Firestarter (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5051 times as horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 245,081 ratings — published 1980
The Dead Zone (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5030 times as horror)
avg rating 3.97 — 243,577 ratings — published 1979
The Institute (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4953 times as horror)
avg rating 4.20 — 334,122 ratings — published 2019
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
by (shelved 4913 times as horror)
avg rating 3.95 — 243,436 ratings — published 2014
The Last House on Needless Street (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4764 times as horror)
avg rating 3.82 — 142,119 ratings — published 2021
“We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't.”
― The 5th Wave
― The 5th Wave
“I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times.”
― Psycho
― Psycho
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