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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,505,387 ratings — published 1897
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,944,385 ratings — published 1818
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The Graveyard Book The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.15 — 568,481 ratings — published 2008
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.91 — 305,394 ratings — published 1962
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.06 — 243,859 ratings — published 2003
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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 21 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.21 — 110,509 ratings — published 2014
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The Complete Stories and Poems The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.40 — 298,254 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 — 658,378 ratings — published 1976
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Tender Is the Flesh Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.77 — 430,807 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 13 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.29 — 47,506 ratings — published 2017
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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 — 406,539 ratings — published 1959
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.04 — 567,956 ratings — published 1985
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,931,805 ratings — published 1890
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.83 — 679,040 ratings — published 1886
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Coraline Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.13 — 791,807 ratings — published 2002
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It It (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,291,793 ratings — published 1986
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Carmilla Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.86 — 211,760 ratings — published 1872
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The Stand The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 11 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.35 — 847,090 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 — 84,150 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 — 245,081 ratings — published 1843
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The Cask of Amontillado The Cask of Amontillado (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.07 — 89,409 ratings — published 1846
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Carrie Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.99 — 861,848 ratings — published 1974
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The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1) The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.91 — 671,513 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 3.89 — 156,291 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 — 12,910 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 — 48,622 ratings — published 2019
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Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1) Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.92 — 22,239 ratings — published 2009
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The Call of Cthulhu The Call of Cthulhu (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.01 — 121,134 ratings — published 1928
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’Salem’s Lot ’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.10 — 670,967 ratings — published 1975
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.80 — 371,062 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 — 142,683 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 — 3,248,113 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 3.84 — 148,907 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 — 127,755 ratings — published 1843
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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 4.11 — 43,400 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 — 183,506 ratings — published 1898
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Pet Sematary Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.09 — 713,685 ratings — published 1983
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.09 — 741,511 ratings — published 1966
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Mexican Gothic Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.66 — 452,341 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 — 24,942 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 — 769,361 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 — 593,754 ratings — published 1988
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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 — 75,038 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 — 1,367,555 ratings — published 2011
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Cujo Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.80 — 326,268 ratings — published 1981
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The Shining (The Shining, #1) The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,734,241 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 — 573,045 ratings — published 2006
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The Wasp Factory The Wasp Factory (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.76 — 112,550 ratings — published 1984
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,217,391 ratings — published 1847
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Don't Let the Forest In (Don't Let The Forest In, #1) Don't Let the Forest In (Don't Let The Forest In, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.05 — 55,121 ratings — published 2024
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Edward Gorey
“Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin.”
Edward Gorey

Jana Beňová
“Two cats on a highway. Nighttime. One is lying on the shoulder. Hit by a car. The second is sitting by it, mouth open toward the heavens in silent pain. Full of pointy teeth. Instead of stars. Like ammunition. An empty road. Behind them. In front of them. Only the omnipresent dotted white line.”
Jana Beňová, Away! Away!

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