Horror: Another 100 Best Books

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Horror: Another 100 Best Books features one hundred of the top names in the horror field discussing one hundred of the most spine-chilling novels ever written. Each entry includes a synopsis of the work as well as publication history, biographical information about the author of each title, and recommended reading and biographical notes on the contributor. Author Ramsey Campbell also offers a new foreword to the book describing the evolution of horror over the past two decades from the way it's written by a crop of new and exciting writers to the way it's received by a new market of readers. Horror: Another 100 Best Books will be the definitive guide to the tremendous library of horror fiction available today. a reference that no fan can live without.

This list was originally published in 2005 and was added to this site over 1 year ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
216 A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens 1843 British English
372 War of the Worlds H. G. Wells 1898 British English
164 The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle 1902 British English
1338 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury 1962 American English
89 The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 1890 Irish English
861 We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson 1962 American English
23 The Stranger Albert Camus 1942 French French
29 Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë 1847 British English
5520 Lost Worlds Clark Ashton Smith 1944 American English
6 Nineteen Eighty Four George Orwell 1949 British English
143 The Talented Mr. Ripley Patricia Highsmith 1955 American English
570 American Psycho Bret Easton Ellis 1991 American English
525 Gormenghast Mervyn Peake 1950 British English
2695 Pet Sematary Stephen King 1983 American English
607 House of Leaves Mark Z. Danielewski 2000 American English
894 Rosemary's Baby Ira Levin 1967 American English
10200 From Hell Alan Moore 1991 British English
10541 Sweeney Todd Stephen Sondheim 1979 American English
1757 Books of Blood Clive Barker 1984 British English
8800 The Edge Of Running Water William M. Sloane 1939 American English
7847 The Case Against Satan Ray Russell 1962 American English
8513 Harvest Home Thomas Tryon 1973 American English
2529 The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen Alan Garner 1960 British English
6479 Who Fears The Devil? Manly Wade Wellman 1963 American English
9948 The Book Of Skulls Robert Silverberg 1972 American English
5252 The Boats Of The "Glen Carrig" William Hope Hodgson 1907 British English
1086 Misery Stephen King 1987 American English
811 The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux 1909 French French
511 Perfume Patrick Suskind 1985 German German
1636 The Collector John Fowles 1963 British English
1071 The Midwich Cuckoos John Wyndham 1957 British English
6603 Collected Stories Elizabeth Bowen 1980 Irish English
10777 Tales From The Nightside Charles L. Grant 1981 American English
8949 The Hunger And Other Stories Charles Beaumont 1957 American English
606 New Grub Street George Gissing 1891 British English
2323 The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward H. P. Lovecraft 1941 American English
578 The Silence of the Lambs Thomas Harris 1988 American English
2103 The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories Angela Carter 1979 British English
2917 The Woman In Black Susan Hill 1983 British English
1578 The Cement Garden Ian McEwan 1978 British English
1679 The Killer Inside Me Jim Thompson 1952 American English
2732 Lost Souls Poppy Z. Brite 1992 American English
3147 Carrion Comfort Dan Simmons 1989 American English
8209 Outer Dark Cormac McCarthy 1968 American English
797 The Manuscript Found in Saragossa Jan Potocki 1805 Polish French
2358 Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Jack Finney 1955 American English
11214 A Sight for Sore Eyes Ruth Rendell 1999 British English
8996 A Stir Of Echoes Richard Matheson 1958 American English
1975 Peace Gene Wolfe 1975 American English
10777 They Thirst Robert R. McCammon 1981 American English
1994 Fancies And Goodnights John Collier 1951 British English
4147 The Dark Descent David Hartwell 1987 American English
1978 Great Tales Of Terror And The Supernatural Herbert A. Wise 1944 American English
1061 Fantômas Marcel Allain, Pierre Souvestre 1911 French French
1848 Darker Than You Think Jack Williamson 1948 American English
4640 Prime Evil Douglas Winter 1988 American English
3153 Dark Forces Kirby McCauley 1980 American English
5252 Carnacki The Ghost Finder William Hope Hodgson 1913 British English
3184 Flicker Theodore Roszak 1991 American English
2630 Our Lady Of Darkness Fritz Leiber 1977 American English
1993 The Queen Of Spades Alexander Pushkin 1834 Russian Russian
5279 Some Of Your Blood Theodore Sturgeon 1961 American English
5839 The Grotesque Patrick McGrath 1989 British English
5307 The Devil Rides Out Dennis Wheatley 1934 British English
8800 The Revenger's Tragedy Thomas Middleton 1606 British English
11599 The Course Of The Heart M. John Harrison 1992 British English
9828 Darkness Weaves Karl Edward Wagner 1970 American English
12136 The Nightmare Factory Thomas Ligotti 1996 American English
10541 The Face That Must Die Ramsey Campbell 1979 British English
9524 A Wrinkle In The Skin John Christopher 1965 British English
10507 Skin Kathe Koja 1993 American English
8800 The Trail Of Fu Manchu Sax Rohmer 1934 British English
2056 Tales Of Horror And The Supernatural Arthur Machen 1948 British English
11182 Strange Toys Patricia Geary 1987 American English
11324 By Bizarre Hands Joe R. Lansdale 1989 American English
8996 A Scent Of New Mown Hay John Blackburn 1958 British English
10432 Finishing Touches Thomas Tessier 1978 American English
2812 The Haunted Omnibus Alexander Laing 1937 American English
5580 The Opener Of The Way Robert Bloch 1945 American English
10016 The Night Stalker Jeff Rice 1973 American English
9636 The Playboy Book Of Horror And The Supernatural Ray Russell 1967 American English
11805 X, Y Michael Blumlein 1993 American English
11869 Throat Sprockets Tim Lucas 1994 American English
8800 Creep, Shadow! A. Merritt 1934 American English
12021 The Off Season Jack Cady 1995 American English
13580 More Tomorrow & Other Stories Michael Marshall Smith 2003 British English
10086 Blood Sport Robert F. Jones 1974 American English
5911 The Third Ghost Book Cynthia Asquith 1955 British English
5520 Sleep No More August Derleth 1944 American English
8800 Pages From Cold Point Paul Bowles 1947 American English
13509 Feesters In The Lake And Other Stories Bob Leman 2002 American English
12734 Reprisal Mitchell Smith 1999 American English
2728 They Return At Evening H. Russell Wakefield 1928 British English
8800 Jumbee And Other Uncanny Tales Henry S. Whitehead 1929 American English
8800 House Of Flesh Bruno Fischer 1950 American English
9691 Nightshade Derek Marlowe 1968 British English
13225 A Haunting Beauty Charles Birkin 2000 British Unknown
9691 Year Of The Sex Olympics Nigel Kneale 1968 British English
9169 Tales Of Terror Charles Higham 1961 British English
604 The Blind Owl Ṣādiq Hidāyat 1937 Iranian Persian