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Scary Books
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 277 times as scary)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,750,576 ratings — published 1977
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 171 times as scary)
avg rating 4.13 — 798,019 ratings — published 2002
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 170 times as scary)
avg rating 3.81 — 414,460 ratings — published 1959
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 153 times as scary)
avg rating 4.09 — 722,700 ratings — published 1983
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as scary)
avg rating 4.10 — 677,494 ratings — published 1975
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as scary)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,522,099 ratings — published 1897
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as scary)
avg rating 3.99 — 872,171 ratings — published 1974
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1)
by (shelved 137 times as scary)
avg rating 4.06 — 73,841 ratings — published 1981
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as scary)
avg rating 4.22 — 846,740 ratings — published 1987
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as scary)
avg rating 4.09 — 209,513 ratings — published 2000
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 114 times as scary)
avg rating 4.35 — 855,287 ratings — published 1978
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 90 times as scary)
avg rating 4.21 — 279,317 ratings — published 1971
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 86 times as scary)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,374,260 ratings — published 2011
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as scary)
avg rating 4.15 — 570,033 ratings — published 2008
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as scary)
avg rating 4.05 — 215,229 ratings — published 2014
Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)
by (shelved 81 times as scary)
avg rating 4.01 — 30,583 ratings — published 2018
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as scary)
avg rating 3.66 — 458,444 ratings — published 2020
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as scary)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,972,679 ratings — published 1818
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 72 times as scary)
avg rating 4.13 — 305,137 ratings — published 2013
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as scary)
avg rating 3.90 — 311,640 ratings — published 1962
Home Before Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as scary)
avg rating 4.04 — 335,021 ratings — published 2020
The Night Gardener (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as scary)
avg rating 4.05 — 22,405 ratings — published 2014
A Head Full of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as scary)
avg rating 3.78 — 110,625 ratings — published 2015
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 64 times as scary)
avg rating 3.78 — 328,046 ratings — published 2020
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
by (shelved 63 times as scary)
avg rating 4.25 — 77,703 ratings — published 2013
The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as scary)
avg rating 3.82 — 136,067 ratings — published 2014
Hidden Pictures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as scary)
avg rating 4.14 — 661,747 ratings — published 2022
The Only Good Indians (The Only Good Indians, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as scary)
avg rating 3.68 — 122,559 ratings — published 2020
Doll Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as scary)
avg rating 3.68 — 30,496 ratings — published 2013
NOS4A2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as scary)
avg rating 4.07 — 149,677 ratings — published 2013
The Outsider (Holly Gibney #1)
by (shelved 58 times as scary)
avg rating 4.02 — 395,076 ratings — published 2018
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as scary)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,683,982 ratings — published 1939
Heart-Shaped Box (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as scary)
avg rating 3.84 — 158,203 ratings — published 2007
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 58 times as scary)
avg rating 4.26 — 597,608 ratings — published 1988
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as scary)
avg rating 4.02 — 576,974 ratings — published 2006
The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as scary)
avg rating 3.76 — 84,810 ratings — published 1983
The Winter People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as scary)
avg rating 3.81 — 103,126 ratings — published 2014
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as scary)
avg rating 4.06 — 164,574 ratings — published 1967
Ghost Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as scary)
avg rating 3.91 — 84,259 ratings — published 1979
Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as scary)
avg rating 3.81 — 328,888 ratings — published 1981
Needful Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as scary)
avg rating 3.99 — 285,136 ratings — published 1991
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as scary)
avg rating 3.89 — 157,708 ratings — published 1962
Wait Till Helen Comes (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as scary)
avg rating 4.11 — 26,522 ratings — published 1986
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Library Binding)
by (shelved 52 times as scary)
avg rating 4.11 — 20,946 ratings — published 1984
We Used to Live Here (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as scary)
avg rating 3.58 — 310,926 ratings — published 2024
Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as scary)
avg rating 3.91 — 108,033 ratings — published 2011
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as scary)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,264,286 ratings — published 2006
Incidents Around the House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as scary)
avg rating 3.55 — 102,676 ratings — published 2024
“The dead aren't scary. They are just sad.”
― The Lightning Thief
― The Lightning Thief
“Just remember,” he told her. “If you run from me, I will pursue.”
― Fearscape
― Fearscape
