The Greatest Books of All Time on Fear

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17117 Death In Andes Mario Vargas Llosa 1993 Peruvian Spanish
17117 The Dream Master Roger Zelazny 1966 American English
17117 The Rats James Herbert 1974 British English
17117 Dawn Of The Dead George Romero 1978 American Unknown
17117 The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil Stephen Collins 2013 British English
17117 The Ruin Of All Witches Malcolm Gaskill 2021 British English
16998 Domnisoara Christina. Sarpele Mircea Eliade 1936 Romanian Romanian
17029 Dulce Ca Mierea E Glonțul Patriei Petru Popescu 1974 Romanian Romanian
17117 Far Away Caryl Churchill 2000 British English
16972 A Delicate Balance Edward Albee 1966 American English
16945 Journey’s End R. C. Sherriff 1929 British English
17117 The Long Lost Ramsey Campbell 1993 British English
17117 No One Gets Out Alive Adam Nevill 2014 British English
17117 Disappearance At Devil's Rock Paul Tremblay 2016 American English
17117 The Reddening Adam Nevill 2019 British English
17117 The Book Of Accidents Chuck Wendig 2021 American English
17117 The Hollow Places T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
17117 I'm Thinking Of Ending Things Iain Reid 2016 Canadian English
17090 Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry 1940 American English
17117 Iron Curtain Anne Applebaum 2012 American English
17117 The Shadow Knows Diane Johnson 1974 American English
17117 Harry Truman And The War Scare Of 1948 Frank Kofsky 1993 American English
17117 Beirut Nightmares Ghada Samman 1977 Syrian Arabic
17117 The Epidemic Hani al-Raheb 1981 Syrian Unknown
17117 A Taste of Fear Tharwat Abaza 1968 Egyptian Unknown
17117 Under The Dome Stephen King 2009 American English
17117 Wool Omnibus Hugh Howey 2012 American English
17117 Needful Things Stephen King 1991 American English
17117 The Desert Spear Peter V. Brett 2010 American English
17117 The Book Of Lost Things John Connolly 2006 Irish English
17117 Gone Michael Grant 2008 American English
17117 Fool Moon Jim Butcher 2001 American English
17117 Love's Executioner Irvin D. Yalom 1989 American English
17117 The Last White Man Mohsin Hamid 2022 Pakistani English
17117 The Hot Zone Richard Preston 1994 American English
17117 The Jaunt Stephen King 1981 American English
17117 Three Letter Plague Jonny Steinberg 2008 South African English
17117 Vampires Of El Norte Isabel Cañas 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Penguin Book Of First World War Poetry George Walter 1979 British English
17117 Llama Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney 2005 American English
17117 Bluebeard’s First Wife Ha Seong-nan 2002 Korean Korean
17117 Silo 1 Hugh Howey 2012 American English
17117 The Twelve Justin Cronin 2012 American English
17117 Run Blake Crouch 2011 American English
17117 Lights Out Navessa Allen Unknown Unknown
17006 Nightfall And Other Stories Isaac Asimov 1969 American English
17117 Of Wolves And Men Barry Lopez 1978 American English
17117 Mystery Stories Stanley Ellin 1956 American English
17117 The Expendable Man Dorothy B. Hughes 1963 American English
17117 Young Man, I Think You're Dying Joan Fleming 1970 British English
17117 The Long Shadow Celia Fremlin 1975 British English
17117 Angry Candy Harlan Ellison 1988 American English
17117 I Am, I Am, I Am Maggie O'Farrell 2017 British English
17117 War Sebastian Junger 2010 American English
17117 The Twenty Days Of Turin Giorgio De Maria 1977 Italian Italian
17117 Junie B. Jones And The Stupid Smelly Bus A.K.A. Junie B. Jones Is On Her Way! Barbara Park 1992 American English
16802 Sette Piani Dino Buzzati 1954 Italian Italian
17117 My Heart Hemmed In Marie NDiaye 2007 French French
17117 Coma Robin Cook 1977 American English
16754 The Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1902 American English
17117 The Five Gates Of Hell Rupert Thomson 1991 British English
17117 Communion Town Sam Thompson 2012 British English
17117 The Year Of The Ladybird Graham Joyce 2013 British English
17117 Dracula Jon J. Muth Unknown Unknown
17117 The Same Dog Robert Aickman 2023 British Unknown
17117 Beware The Woman Megan Abbott 2023 American English
17117 Strega Johanne Lykke Holm, Saskia Vogel 2020 Unknown Swedish
17117 The Skull Jon Klassen 2023 Canadian English
17117 Fear Is Just A Word Azam Ahmed 2023 Unknown English
17117 A Haunting On The Hill Elizabeth Hand 2023 American English
17117 The Plague Jacqueline Rose 2023 Unknown Unknown
17117 The Talk Darrin Bell 2023 American English
17117 The Strange Nathan Ballingrud 2023 American English
17117 A Haunting On The Hill Elizabeth Hand 2023 American English
17117 Starkweather Harry N. MacLean 2023 Unknown English
17117 Under The Eye Of Power Colin Dickey 2023 American English
17117 The Devil And The Dark Water Stuart Turton 2020 British English
17117 I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom Jason Pargin American Unknown
17117 The Militia House John Milas 2023 Unknown English
17117 Such Sharp Teeth Rachel Harrison 2022 American English
17117 The Lesser Dead Christopher Buehlman 2014 American English
17117 The Mastery Of Love Don Miguel Ruiz 1999 Mexican English
17117 Bride Of The Tornado James Kennedy Unknown Unknown
17117 Born Victim Hillary Waugh 1962 American English
17117 Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang Mordecai Richler 1975 Canadian English
17117 A Red Death Walter Mosley 1991 American English
17117 Grasping Evil I’m Ink Unknown Unknown
17117 Deep Freeze Lisa Jackson 2005 American English
17117 Left To Die Lisa Jackson 2008 American English
17117 House To House David Bellavia 2007 American English
17117 Hot Blooded Lisa Jackson 2001 American English
17117 The 9th Girl Tami Hoag 2013 American English
17117 Mouthful Of Birds Samanta Schweblin 2009 Argentinian Spanish
17117 The Long Drop Denise Mina 2017 Scottish English
17117 La Bombe Alcante 2020 Unknown French
17117 Gossamer Lois Lowry 2006 American English
17117 All The Fiends Of Hell Adam Nevill British Unknown
17117 Smell Nagabe Unknown Unknown
16949 The Other Side Alfred Kubin 1909 Austrian English
17117 How To Survive Your Murder Danielle Valentine 2022 Unknown English
17117 Bright Fear Mary Jean Chan 2023 Unknown English
17117 O Homem De Giz C. J. Tudor 2018 British Portuguese
17117 The Voice Of Knowledge Don Miguel Ruiz 2004 American English
17117 To Shake The Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins 2018 American English
17117 The Circle Of Fire Don Miguel Ruiz 2013 Unknown English
16841 Nightmares And Geezenstacks Frederic Brown 1961 American English
17117 The Ogress And The Orphans Kelly Barnhill 2022 American English
17117 Island Of Whispers Frances Hardinge 2023 British English
17117 Just Take My Heart Mary Higgins Clark 2009 English
17117 Absolute Fear Lisa Jackson 2007 American English