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
17162 In A Dark, Dark Wood Ruth Ware 2015 British English
17162 Death In Andes Mario Vargas Llosa 1993 Peruvian Spanish
17162 The Dream Master Roger Zelazny 1966 American English
17162 The Rats James Herbert 1974 British English
17162 Dawn Of The Dead George Romero 1978 American Unknown
17162 The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil Stephen Collins 2013 British English
17162 The Ruin Of All Witches Malcolm Gaskill 2021 British English
17043 Domnisoara Christina. Sarpele Mircea Eliade 1936 Romanian Romanian
17078 Dulce Ca Mierea E Glonțul Patriei Petru Popescu 1974 Romanian Romanian
17162 Far Away Caryl Churchill 2000 British English
17011 A Delicate Balance Edward Albee 1966 American English
16985 Journey’s End R. C. Sherriff 1929 British English
17162 The Long Lost Ramsey Campbell 1993 British English
17162 No One Gets Out Alive Adam Nevill 2014 British English
17162 Disappearance At Devil's Rock Paul Tremblay 2016 American English
17162 The Reddening Adam Nevill 2019 British English
17162 The Book Of Accidents Chuck Wendig 2021 American English
17162 The Hollow Places T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
17162 I'm Thinking Of Ending Things Iain Reid 2016 Canadian English
17134 Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry 1940 American English
17162 Iron Curtain Anne Applebaum 2012 American English
17162 The Shadow Knows Diane Johnson 1974 American English
17162 Harry Truman And The War Scare Of 1948 Frank Kofsky 1993 American English
17162 Beirut Nightmares Ghada Samman 1977 Syrian Arabic
17162 The Epidemic Hani al-Raheb 1981 Syrian Unknown
17162 A Taste of Fear Tharwat Abaza 1968 Egyptian Unknown
17162 Under The Dome Stephen King 2009 American English
17162 Wool Omnibus Hugh Howey 2012 American English
17162 Needful Things Stephen King 1991 American English
17162 The Desert Spear Peter V. Brett 2010 American English
17162 The Book Of Lost Things John Connolly 2006 Irish English
17162 Gone Michael Grant 2008 American English
17162 Fool Moon Jim Butcher 2001 American English
17162 Love's Executioner Irvin D. Yalom 1989 American English
17162 The Last White Man Mohsin Hamid 2022 Pakistani English
17162 The Hot Zone Richard Preston 1994 American English
17162 The Jaunt Stephen King 1981 American English
17162 Three Letter Plague Jonny Steinberg 2008 South African English
17162 Vampires Of El Norte Isabel Cañas 2023 Unknown English
17162 The Penguin Book Of First World War Poetry George Walter 1979 British English
17162 Llama Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney 2005 American English
17162 Bluebeard’s First Wife Ha Seong-nan 2002 Korean Korean
17162 Silo 1 Hugh Howey 2012 American English
17162 The Twelve Justin Cronin 2012 American English
17162 Run Blake Crouch 2011 American English
17162 Lights Out Navessa Allen Unknown Unknown
17021 Nightfall And Other Stories Isaac Asimov 1969 American English
17162 Of Wolves And Men Barry Lopez 1978 American English
17162 Mystery Stories Stanley Ellin 1956 American English
17162 The Expendable Man Dorothy B. Hughes 1963 American English
17162 Young Man, I Think You're Dying Joan Fleming 1970 British English
17162 The Long Shadow Celia Fremlin 1975 British English
17162 Angry Candy Harlan Ellison 1988 American English
17162 I Am, I Am, I Am Maggie O'Farrell 2017 British English
17162 War Sebastian Junger 2010 American English
17162 The Twenty Days Of Turin Giorgio De Maria 1977 Italian Italian
17162 Junie B. Jones And The Stupid Smelly Bus A.K.A. Junie B. Jones Is On Her Way! Barbara Park 1992 American English
16849 Sette Piani Dino Buzzati 1954 Italian Italian
17162 My Heart Hemmed In Marie NDiaye 2007 French French
17162 Coma Robin Cook 1977 American English
16804 The Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1902 American English
17162 The Five Gates Of Hell Rupert Thomson 1991 British English
17162 Communion Town Sam Thompson 2012 British English
17162 The Year Of The Ladybird Graham Joyce 2013 British English
17162 Dracula Jon J. Muth Unknown Unknown
17162 The Same Dog Robert Aickman 2023 British Unknown
17162 Beware The Woman Megan Abbott 2023 American English
17162 Strega Johanne Lykke Holm, Saskia Vogel 2020 Unknown Swedish
17162 The Skull Jon Klassen 2023 Canadian English
17162 Fear Is Just A Word Azam Ahmed 2023 Unknown English
17162 A Haunting On The Hill Elizabeth Hand 2023 American English
17162 The Plague Jacqueline Rose 2023 Unknown Unknown
17162 The Talk Darrin Bell 2023 American English
17162 The Strange Nathan Ballingrud 2023 American English
17162 A Haunting On The Hill Elizabeth Hand 2023 American English
17162 Starkweather Harry N. MacLean 2023 Unknown English
17162 Under The Eye Of Power Colin Dickey 2023 American English
17162 The Devil And The Dark Water Stuart Turton 2020 British English
17162 I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom Jason Pargin American Unknown
17162 The Militia House John Milas 2023 Unknown English
17162 Such Sharp Teeth Rachel Harrison 2022 American English
17162 The Lesser Dead Christopher Buehlman 2014 American English
17162 The Mastery Of Love Don Miguel Ruiz 1999 Mexican English
17162 Bride Of The Tornado James Kennedy Unknown Unknown
17162 Born Victim Hillary Waugh 1962 American English
17162 Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang Mordecai Richler 1975 Canadian English
17162 A Red Death Walter Mosley 1991 American English
17162 Grasping Evil I’m Ink Unknown Unknown
17162 Deep Freeze Lisa Jackson 2005 American English
17162 Left To Die Lisa Jackson 2008 American English
17162 House To House David Bellavia 2007 American English
17162 Hot Blooded Lisa Jackson 2001 American English
17162 The 9th Girl Tami Hoag 2013 American English
17162 Mouthful Of Birds Samanta Schweblin 2009 Argentinian Spanish
17162 The Long Drop Denise Mina 2017 Scottish English
17162 La Bombe Alcante 2020 Unknown French
17162 Gossamer Lois Lowry 2006 American English
17162 All The Fiends Of Hell Adam Nevill British Unknown
17162 Smell Nagabe Unknown Unknown
17005 The Other Side Alfred Kubin 1909 Austrian English
17162 How To Survive Your Murder Danielle Valentine 2022 Unknown English
17162 Bright Fear Mary Jean Chan 2023 Unknown English
17162 O Homem De Giz C. J. Tudor 2018 British Portuguese
17162 The Voice Of Knowledge Don Miguel Ruiz 2004 American English
17162 To Shake The Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins 2018 American English
17162 The Circle Of Fire Don Miguel Ruiz 2013 Unknown English
16882 Nightmares And Geezenstacks Frederic Brown 1961 American English
17162 The Ogress And The Orphans Kelly Barnhill 2022 American English
17162 Island Of Whispers Frances Hardinge 2023 British English
17162 La Boutique Del Mistero Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17162 Just Take My Heart Mary Higgins Clark 2009 English
17162 Absolute Fear Lisa Jackson 2007 American English