Macabre Books

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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,453,128 ratings — published 1897
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,840,432 ratings — published 1818
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The Graveyard Book The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.15 — 564,594 ratings — published 2008
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.06 — 237,936 ratings — published 2003
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.91 — 288,730 ratings — published 1962
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.22 — 107,320 ratings — published 2014
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The Complete Stories and Poems The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.40 — 294,234 ratings — published 1849
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.02 — 644,059 ratings — published 1976
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.81 — 386,112 ratings — published 1959
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Tender Is the Flesh Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.77 — 375,671 ratings — published 2017
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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.30 — 46,136 ratings — published 2017
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Coraline Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.13 — 774,753 ratings — published 2002
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.04 — 544,458 ratings — published 1985
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,840,254 ratings — published 1890
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.83 — 656,923 ratings — published 1886
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The Stand The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 11 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.35 — 827,223 ratings — published 1978
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The Gashlycrumb Tinies (The Vinegar Works, #1) The Gashlycrumb Tinies (The Vinegar Works, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.08 — 83,179 ratings — published 1963
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The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.19 — 244,294 ratings — published 1843
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Carmilla Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.87 — 187,189 ratings — published 1872
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The Cask of Amontillado The Cask of Amontillado (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.07 — 87,301 ratings — published 1846
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Carrie Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.99 — 833,874 ratings — published 1974
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It It (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,250,622 ratings — published 1986
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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.91 — 658,516 ratings — published 1982
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Something Wicked This Way Comes Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.90 — 151,949 ratings — published 1962
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All the Living and the Dead All the Living and the Dead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.25 — 12,236 ratings — published 2022
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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.12 — 47,294 ratings — published 2019
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The Call of Cthulhu The Call of Cthulhu (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.02 — 116,849 ratings — published 1928
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’Salem’s Lot ’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.10 — 651,952 ratings — published 1975
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.80 — 357,476 ratings — published 1991
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #1) Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.32 — 141,971 ratings — published 2009
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,164,605 ratings — published 1954
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What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.85 — 132,427 ratings — published 2022
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The Tell-Tale Heart The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.24 — 121,406 ratings — published 1843
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Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1) Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.92 — 21,860 ratings — published 2009
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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.12 — 42,825 ratings — published 1997
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The Turn of the Screw The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.38 — 177,609 ratings — published 1898
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Pet Sematary Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.08 — 688,986 ratings — published 1983
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.09 — 722,014 ratings — published 1966
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Mexican Gothic Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.67 — 434,501 ratings — published 2020
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At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.25 — 24,797 ratings — published 1981
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.00 — 751,275 ratings — published 2003
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The Silence of the Lambs  (Hannibal Lecter, #2) The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.26 — 584,733 ratings — published 1988
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The Raven The Raven (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.29 — 167,120 ratings — published 1845
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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.17 — 74,788 ratings — published 1960
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,349,374 ratings — published 2011
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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.09 — 197,128 ratings — published 2000
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The Shining (The Shining, #1) The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,684,629 ratings — published 1977
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.02 — 563,288 ratings — published 2006
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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.23 — 220,456 ratings — published 1812
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The Final Girl Support Group The Final Girl Support Group (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.50 — 180,900 ratings — published 2021
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Shirley Jackson
“I wonder if I could eat a child if I had the chance.'
'I doubt if I could cook one,' said Constance.”
Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle

H.P. Lovecraft
“That's because only a real artist knows the actual anatomy of the terrible or the physiology of fear - the exact sort of lines and proportions that connect up with latent instincts or hereditary memories of fright, and the proper colour contrasts and lighting effects to stir the dormant sense of strangeness.”
H.P. Lovecraft, Pickman's Model

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