The Greatest Horror Books of All Time

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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
13904 Tales Of The Werewolf Clan: Vol. Ii. The Master Goes Home H. Warner Munn 1979 American English
13904 In The Mist, And Other Uncanny Encounters Elizabeth Walter 1979 British English
13904 Shadows 2 Charles L. Grant 1979 American English
13904 Weird Tales Peter Haining 1979 British English
13904 A Tide Of Terror Hugh Lamb 1979 British English
13904 The Year's Best Horror Stories: Vii Gerald W. Page 1979 American English
13904 Whispers Ii Stuart David Schiff 1979 American English
13941 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 2019 American English
13971 The Radleys Matt Haig 2010 British English
13993 The Parasite Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
13993 Necropolis Basil Copper 1980 British English
13993 New Tales Of The Cthulhu Mythos Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
13993 New Terrors Two Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
13993 Shadows 3 Charles L. Grant 1980 American English
13993 The World Fantasy Awards: Vol. 2 Fritz Leiber, Stuart David Schiff 1980 American Unknown
13993 The Year's Best Horror Stories: Viii Karl Edward Wagner 1980 American English
14071 Riddance Shelley Jackson 2018 American English
14121 Mulengro Charles de Lint 1997 Canadian English
14199 Picnic At Hanging Rock Joan Lindsay 1967 Australian English
14204 High-Rise J. G. Ballard 1975 British English
14232 The Passage Justin Cronin 2010 American English
14232 Bag Of Bones Stephen King 1998 American English
14232 Lost Boy Lost Girl Peter Straub 2003 American English
14232 The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones 2020 American English
14232 Dead In The Water Nancy Holder 1994 American English
14333 Come With Me Ronald Malfi 2021 American English
14375 We Are Here To Hurt Each Other Paula D. Ashe 2022 Unknown English
14426 How To Sell A Haunted House Grady Hendrix 2023 American English
14588 The Babysitter Liza Rodman, Jennifer Jordan 2021 Unknown English
14649 Night Watch Sergei Lukyanenko 1998 Russian Russian
14824 Necronomicon H. P. Lovecraft 1927 American English
14866 Donovan's Brain Curt Siodmak 1942 American English
14884 Tales Of The Grotesque And Arabesque Edgar Allan Poe 1840 American English
14983 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 1 Emil Ferris 2017 American English
14983 Lovecraft Country Matt Ruff 2016 American English
14983 The Cabin At The End Of The World Paul Tremblay 2018 American English
14983 Chainsaw Man Tatsuki Fujimoto 2018 Japanese Japanese
14983 Tokyo Ghoul Sui Ishida 2011 Japanese Japanese
14983 Cujo Stephen King 1981 American English
14983 Floating Dragon Peter Straub 1983 American English
14983 The Last House On Needless Street Catriona Ward 2021 British English
14983 Anita Blake Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 American English
14983 Dreamcatcher Stephen King 2001 American English
14983 Jawbone Mónica Ojeda 2018 Ecuadorian Spanish
14983 The House Across The Lake Riley Sager 2022 American English
14983 The Woman In Cabin 10 Ruth Ware 2016 British English
14983 Doctor Sleep Stephen King 2013 American English
14983 Book Of The Dead John Skipp , Craig Spector 1989 Multiple English
14983 Zombie Joyce Carol Oates 1995 American English
14983 In The Night Room Peter Straub 2004 American English
14983 Lisey's Story Stephen King 2006 American English
14983 The Missing Sarah Langan 2006 American English
14983 Duma Key Stephen King 2008 American English
14983 Audrey's Door Sarah Langan 2009 American English
14983 A Dark Matter Peter Straub 2010 American English
14983 My Heart Is A Chainsaw Stephen Graham Jones 2021 American English
14983 The Devil Takes You Home Gabino Iglesias 2022 American English
14983 Summer Of Night Dan Simmons 1991 American English
14983 Holly Stephen King 2023 American English
14983 The Dark Tower Stephen King 1982 American English
14983 I Was A Teenage Slasher Stephen Graham Jones 2024 American Unknown
14983 We Used To Live Here Marcus Kliewer 2024 Unknown Unknown
14983 The Library At Mount Char Scott Hawkins 2015 American English
14983 My Death Lisa Tuttle 2004 Unknown English
14983 Monstrilio Gerardo Sámano Córdova 2023 Unknown English
14969 The Stepford Wives Ira Levin 1972 American English
14983 The Vorrh Brian Catling 2012 British English
14983 The Dead Cat Tail Assassins P. Djèlí Clark 2024 American English
14983 The Haunting Of Velkwood Gwendolyn Kiste 2024 Unknown English
14983 Middle Of The Night Riley Sager 2024 American English
14983 Starling House Alix E. Harrow 2023 American English
15849 Japanese Tales Of Mystery & Imagination Edogawa Ranpo 1956 Japanese Japanese
15897 The House Of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton 1968 American English
15897 Old House Of Fear Russell Kirk 1961 American English
15897 My Bones And My Flute Edgar Mittelholzer 1955 British English
15897 The Thing On The Doorstep H. P. Lovecraft 1937 American English
15897 American Gothic Robert Bloch 1974 American English
15897 The Dreams In The Witch House And Other Weird Stories H. P. Lovecraft 1933 American English
15897 Who Goes There? John Campbell 1938 American English
15891 Dracul Bram Stoker 1897 Unknown English
15896 The Complete Stories Edgar Allan Poe 1832 American English
16584 The Halloween Tree Ray Bradbury 1972 American English
16592 The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe 1843 American English
16518 The Red Laugh Leonid Andreyev 1904 Russian English
16612 City Of The Dead Herbert Lieberman 1976 American English
16693 The Colour Out Of Space H. P. Lovecraft 1927 American English
16732 The Collected Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1908 American English
16741 De Dødes Tjern André Bjerke 1942 Norwegian Norwegian
16664 The Black Castle Les Daniels 1978 American English
17119 The Stain Rikki Ducornet 1984 American English
17119 Boneshaker Cherie Priest 2009 American English
17119 Briar Rose Jane Yolen 1992 American English
17119 The Devil All The Time Donald Ray Pollock 2011 American English
17119 Alice Christina Henry 2015 American English
17119 The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion Margaret Killjoy 2017 American English
17119 Justine Alice Thompson 1996 British English
17119 Fledgling Octavia E. Butler 2005 American English
17119 Wizard And Glass Stephen King 1997 American English
17119 The Rats James Herbert 1974 British English
17119 Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami 2018 Japanese Japanese
17006 Domnisoara Christina. Sarpele Mircea Eliade 1936 Romanian Romanian
17119 Marked (House Of Night) Unknown 2007 American English
17119 To Wake The Dead Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
17119 Dark Sister Graham Joyce 1992 British English
17119 The Long Lost Ramsey Campbell 1993 British English
17119 The Tooth Fairy Graham Joyce 1996 British English
17119 Dusk Tim Lebbon 2006 British English
17119 The Grin Of The Dark Ramsey Campbell 2007 British English
17119 One Conrad Williams 2009 British English
17119 Last Days Adam Nevill 2012 British English
17119 No One Gets Out Alive Adam Nevill 2014 British English
17119 Rawblood Catriona Ward 2015 British English
17119 Little Eve Catriona Ward 2018 British English
17119 The Reddening Adam Nevill 2019 British English
17119 A House With Good Bones T. Kingfisher 2023 American English
17119 The Book Of Accidents Chuck Wendig 2021 American English
17119 The Hollow Places T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
17119 The Twisted Ones T. Kingfisher 2019 American English
17119 Sleeping Beauties Stephen King, Owen King 2017 American English
17119 Vampire Academy Richelle Mead 2007 American English