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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 278 times as scary)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,772,900 ratings — published 1977
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 170 times as scary)
avg rating 4.13 — 806,455 ratings — published 2002
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 169 times as scary)
avg rating 3.81 — 426,983 ratings — published 1959
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 154 times as scary)
avg rating 4.09 — 735,777 ratings — published 1983
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as scary)
avg rating 4.10 — 687,027 ratings — published 1975
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 141 times as scary)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,545,984 ratings — published 1897
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as scary)
avg rating 3.99 — 887,232 ratings — published 1974
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1)
by (shelved 139 times as scary)
avg rating 4.06 — 74,304 ratings — published 1981
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as scary)
avg rating 4.22 — 862,297 ratings — published 1987
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as scary)
avg rating 4.09 — 214,057 ratings — published 2000
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 113 times as scary)
avg rating 4.35 — 864,774 ratings — published 1978
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 93 times as scary)
avg rating 4.21 — 283,913 ratings — published 1971
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as scary)
avg rating 4.15 — 571,941 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 — 1,382,354 ratings — published 2011
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
by (shelved 83 times as scary)
avg rating 4.05 — 217,758 ratings — published 2014
Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)
by (shelved 81 times as scary)
avg rating 4.00 — 31,046 ratings — published 2018
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as scary)
avg rating 3.66 — 469,035 ratings — published 2020
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as scary)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,009,624 ratings — published 1818
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 72 times as scary)
avg rating 4.13 — 309,028 ratings — published 2013
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as scary)
avg rating 3.90 — 321,065 ratings — published 1962
The Night Gardener (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as scary)
avg rating 4.05 — 22,573 ratings — published 2014
Home Before Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as scary)
avg rating 4.03 — 347,270 ratings — published 2020
A Head Full of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as scary)
avg rating 3.77 — 113,332 ratings — published 2015
Hidden Pictures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as scary)
avg rating 4.13 — 699,541 ratings — published 2022
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 65 times as scary)
avg rating 3.78 — 340,574 ratings — published 2020
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
by (shelved 64 times as scary)
avg rating 4.25 — 78,641 ratings — published 2013
The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as scary)
avg rating 3.82 — 142,352 ratings — published 2014
The Only Good Indians (The Only Good Indians, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as scary)
avg rating 3.68 — 127,004 ratings — published 2020
Doll Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as scary)
avg rating 3.67 — 30,648 ratings — published 2013
NOS4A2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as scary)
avg rating 4.07 — 151,578 ratings — published 2013
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as scary)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,717,757 ratings — published 1939
Heart-Shaped Box (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as scary)
avg rating 3.83 — 160,477 ratings — published 2007
Incidents Around the House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as scary)
avg rating 3.55 — 125,223 ratings — published 2024
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 58 times as scary)
avg rating 4.26 — 602,911 ratings — published 1988
The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as scary)
avg rating 3.76 — 86,433 ratings — published 1983
The Outsider (Holly Gibney, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as scary)
avg rating 4.02 — 401,959 ratings — published 2018
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as scary)
avg rating 4.02 — 582,058 ratings — published 2006
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as scary)
avg rating 4.06 — 167,806 ratings — published 1967
The Winter People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as scary)
avg rating 3.81 — 105,031 ratings — published 2014
Ghost Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as scary)
avg rating 3.91 — 84,908 ratings — published 1979
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as scary)
avg rating 3.89 — 159,993 ratings — published 1962
Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as scary)
avg rating 3.81 — 332,762 ratings — published 1981
We Used to Live Here (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as scary)
avg rating 3.58 — 336,259 ratings — published 2024
Needful Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as scary)
avg rating 3.99 — 288,349 ratings — published 1991
Wait Till Helen Comes (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as scary)
avg rating 4.12 — 26,753 ratings — published 1986
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Library Binding)
by (shelved 52 times as scary)
avg rating 4.10 — 21,154 ratings — published 1984
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as scary)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,284,876 ratings — published 2006
Bag of Bones (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as scary)
avg rating 3.92 — 215,784 ratings — published 1998
“If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there. We become like mushrooms, living in the dark, with poop up to our chins. If you want to know only what you already know, you're dying. You're saying: Leave me alone; I don't mind this little rathole. It's warm and dry. Really, it's fine.
When nothing new can get in, that's death. When oxygen can't find a way in, you die. But new is scary, and new can be disappointing, and confusing - we had this all figured out, and now we don't.
New is life.”
― Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
When nothing new can get in, that's death. When oxygen can't find a way in, you die. But new is scary, and new can be disappointing, and confusing - we had this all figured out, and now we don't.
New is life.”
― Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
“The dead aren't scary. They are just sad.”
― The Lightning Thief
― The Lightning Thief
