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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 — 1,662,266 ratings — published 1977
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 169 times as scary)
avg rating 4.13 — 765,411 ratings — published 2002
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 165 times as scary)
avg rating 3.81 — 370,365 ratings — published 1959
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 150 times as scary)
avg rating 4.08 — 675,944 ratings — published 1983
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as scary)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,427,367 ratings — published 1897
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as scary)
avg rating 4.06 — 71,652 ratings — published 1981
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as scary)
avg rating 3.99 — 820,737 ratings — published 1974
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 134 times as scary)
avg rating 4.10 — 641,748 ratings — published 1975
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as scary)
avg rating 4.23 — 823,014 ratings — published 1987
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 110 times as scary)
avg rating 4.35 — 819,525 ratings — published 1978
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as scary)
avg rating 4.09 — 193,617 ratings — published 2000
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as scary)
avg rating 4.16 — 562,114 ratings — published 2008
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 85 times as scary)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,342,391 ratings — published 2011
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as scary)
avg rating 4.05 — 206,440 ratings — published 2014
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as scary)
avg rating 4.21 — 261,496 ratings — published 1971
Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as scary)
avg rating 4.01 — 28,701 ratings — published 2018
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as scary)
avg rating 3.67 — 421,286 ratings — published 2020
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as scary)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,788,658 ratings — published 1818
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 71 times as scary)
avg rating 4.13 — 289,035 ratings — published 2013
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as scary)
avg rating 3.92 — 277,873 ratings — published 1962
The Night Gardener (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as scary)
avg rating 4.05 — 21,735 ratings — published 2014
A Head Full of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as scary)
avg rating 3.78 — 101,903 ratings — published 2015
Home Before Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as scary)
avg rating 4.05 — 285,904 ratings — published 2020
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 61 times as scary)
avg rating 3.79 — 286,001 ratings — published 2020
The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as scary)
avg rating 3.83 — 117,198 ratings — published 2014
Hidden Pictures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as scary)
avg rating 4.15 — 525,117 ratings — published 2022
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
by (shelved 60 times as scary)
avg rating 4.25 — 73,392 ratings — published 2013
Doll Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as scary)
avg rating 3.68 — 29,943 ratings — published 2013
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as scary)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,561,647 ratings — published 1939
The Only Good Indians (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as scary)
avg rating 3.68 — 105,755 ratings — published 2020
NOS4A2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as scary)
avg rating 4.08 — 140,686 ratings — published 2013
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as scary)
avg rating 4.02 — 559,389 ratings — published 2006
The Outsider (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as scary)
avg rating 4.01 — 365,843 ratings — published 2018
Heart-Shaped Box (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as scary)
avg rating 3.84 — 149,884 ratings — published 2007
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 55 times as scary)
avg rating 4.26 — 580,700 ratings — published 1988
The Winter People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as scary)
avg rating 3.82 — 90,848 ratings — published 2014
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as scary)
avg rating 3.90 — 147,019 ratings — published 1962
Wait Till Helen Comes (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as scary)
avg rating 4.12 — 25,742 ratings — published 1986
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Library Binding)
by (shelved 52 times as scary)
avg rating 4.11 — 20,253 ratings — published 1984
Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as scary)
avg rating 3.80 — 315,137 ratings — published 1981
The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as scary)
avg rating 3.75 — 78,735 ratings — published 1983
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as scary)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,286,757 ratings — published 1949
Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as scary)
avg rating 3.91 — 107,297 ratings — published 2011
Needful Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as scary)
avg rating 3.98 — 272,358 ratings — published 1991
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as scary)
avg rating 4.05 — 154,768 ratings — published 1967
Ghost Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as scary)
avg rating 3.92 — 81,977 ratings — published 1979
Bag of Bones (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as scary)
avg rating 3.92 — 209,083 ratings — published 1998
How to Sell a Haunted House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as scary)
avg rating 3.65 — 151,537 ratings — published 2023
“The dead aren't scary. They are just sad.”
― The Lightning Thief
― The Lightning Thief
“You were disrespectful to a god I follow,” Eufame said to Bonnyman. “I would protect him—”
“With your life,” Bonnyman said before Eufame could continue. “Guess what, ghost, you are already dead.”
“As are you, zombie” Eufame said.”
― Xyz
“With your life,” Bonnyman said before Eufame could continue. “Guess what, ghost, you are already dead.”
“As are you, zombie” Eufame said.”
― Xyz
