The Greatest Horror Books Since 1952

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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
11625 Dark Entries Robert Aickman 1964 British English
11625 Tales Of Science And Sorcery Clark Ashton Smith 1964 American English
11625 The Third Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories Robert Aickman 1964 British English
11625 Weird Tales Leo Marguiles 1964 American English
11638 Little Star John Ajvide Lindqvist 2010 Swedish Swedish
11802 The Ballad Of Black Tom Victor LaValle 2016 American English
11806 The Doll Who Ate His Mother Ramsey Campbell 1976 British English
11826 The Wax Child Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken 2023 Danish English
11830 Phantoms And Fantasies Rudyard Kipling 1965 British Unknown
11830 The Sixth Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories Robert Aickman 1965 British English
11830 Worlds Of Weird Leo Marguiles 1965 American English
11837 I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness Irene Solà 2023 Unknown Catalan
11871 Throat Sprockets Tim Lucas 1994 American English
11877 Powers Of Darkness Robert Aickman 1966 British English
11877 The Phantom Fighter Seabury Quinn 1966 American English
11923 The Ritual Adam Nevill 2011 British English
11926 Spirit Hunters Ellen Oh 2017 American English
12018 Infidel Pornsak Pichetshote 2018 Unknown English
12021 The Fourth Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories Robert Aickman 1967 British English
12023 The Off Season Jack Cady 1995 American English
12045 Akira Katsuhiro Otomo 1982 Japanese Japanese
12071 Night Shift Stephen King 1978 American English
12104 Vantage Point Sara Sligar 2025 Unknown English
12109 Good And Evil And Other Stories Samanta Schweblin 2025 Argentine Spanish
12112 North Sun Ethan Rutherford 2025 Unknown English
12118 Broken Monsters Lauren Beukes 2014 South African English
12120 Hauntings Henry Mazzeo 1968 American English
12138 The Nightmare Factory Thomas Ligotti 1996 American English
12172 Tom's Crossing Mark Z. Danielewski 2025 American English
12182 The Unworthy Agustina Bazterrica 2023 Argentinian Spanish
12218 Night Monsters Fritz Leiber 1969 American English
12218 The Fifth Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories Robert Aickman 1969 British English
12218 Tales Of The Cthulhu Mythos August Derleth 1969 American English
12289 Where Are You Really From Elaine Hsieh Chou 2025 American English
12295 Precious Rubbish Kayla E. 2025 Unknown English
12322 Angel Down Daniel Kraus 2025 American English
12379 Haunted Chuck Palahniuk 2005 American English
12406 The Great Work Sheldon Costa 2025 Unknown English
12411 The House On Buzzards Bay Dwyer Murphy 2025 American English
12423 Herculine Grace Byron 2025 Unknown English
12424 A Mouthful Of Dust Nghi Vo 2025 American English
12427 The Black Magic Omnibus Peter Haining 1970 British English
12427 The Taste Of Fear Hugh Lamb 1970 British English
12434 Savaging The Dark Christopher Conlon 2014 Unknown English
12439 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Stephen King 1999 American English
12445 The Summer Is Ended And We Are Not Yet Saved Joey Comeau 2014 Canadian English
12446 Hungerstone Kat Dunn 2025 Unknown English
12449 Julie Chan Is Dead Liann Zhang 2025 Unknown English
12454 The Possession Of Alba Díaz Isabel Cañas 2025 Unknown English
12468 Immaculate Conception Ling Ling Huang 2025 Unknown English
12478 Blood In The Water Tiffany D. Jackson 2025 Unknown English
12479 The Manor Of Dreams Christina Li 2025 Unknown English
12488 Secret Lives Of The Dead Tim Lebbon 2025 British English
12490 When The Wolf Comes Home Nat Cassidy 2025 Unknown English
12492 They Bloom At Night Trang Thanh Tran 2025 Unknown English
12493 Hemlock & Silver T. Kingfisher 2025 American English
12495 Old Soul Susan Barker 2025 Unknown English
12501 Girl Dinner Olivie Blake 2025 American English
12511 All Of Us Murderers K.J. Charles 2025 British English
12512 Spread Me Sarah Gailey 2025 American English
12558 The Night Birds Christopher Golden 2025 American English
12559 Hansel And Gretel Stephen King, Maurice Sendak 2025 American English
12562 The Stalker Paula Bomer 2025 American English
12569 Meet Me At The Crossroads Megan Giddings 2025 American English
12588 The Second Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories Robert Aickman 1971 British English
12608 Psychopomp & Circumstance Eden Royce 2025 American English
12638 The Garden Nick Newman 2025 British English
12704 A Winter Haunting Dan Simmons 2002 American English
12704 Cold Skin Albert Sánchez Piñol 2002 Spanish Catalan
12712 Beasts Of Carnaval Rosália Rodrigo 2025 Unknown English
12780 Tender Is The Flesh Agustina Bazterrica 2017 Argentine Spanish
12772 Blood On Her Tongue Johanna van Veen 2025 Unknown English
12773 The Burial Tide Neil Sharpson 2025 Unknown English
12777 The Confessional Paige Hender 2025 Unknown English
12778 The Country Under Heaven Frederic S. Durbin 2025 American English
12801 The Eighth Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories Robert Aickman 1972 British English
12801 The Lucifer Society Peter Haining 1972 British English
12804 Captain's Dinner Adam Cohen 2025 Unknown English
12822 Rage Steve Gerlach 2006 Australian English
12825 The Starving Saints Caitlin Starling 2025 Unknown English
12826 Witchcraft For Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix 2025 Unknown English
12829 King Sorrow Joe Hill 2025 Unknown English
12831 Bat Eater And Other Names For Cora Zeng Kylie Lee Baker 2025 Unknown English
12833 Of Monsters And Mainframes Barbara Truelove 2025 Unknown English
12868 Hollow Spaces Victor Suthammanont 2025 Unknown English
12864 The Bleeding Season Greg F. Gifune 2003 American English
12954 Lost In The Dark And Other Excursions John Langan 2025 American English
12971 Uncanny Valley Girls Zefyr Lisowski 2025 Unknown English
13007 Thus Were Their Faces Silvina Ocampo 1988 Argentinian Spanish
13006 O Sinners! Nicole Cuffy 2025 Unknown English
13052 Marguerite By The Lake Mary Dixie Carter 2025 Unknown English
13069 Aunt Tigress Emily Yu-Xuan Qin 2025 Unknown English
13227 A Haunting Beauty Charles Birkin 2000 British Unknown
13232 My Best Friend’s Exorcism Grady Hendrix 2016 American English
13233 The Bram Stoker Bedside Companion Bram Stoker 1973 British Unknown
13233 From Evil's Pillow Basil Copper 1973 British English
13233 The Year's Best Horror Stories: Iii Richard Davis 1973 British English
13233 A Wave Of Fear Hugh Lamb 1973 British English
13256 House Of Psychotic Women Kier-La Janisse 2012 Unknown English
13299 The Fatal Revenge Charles Robert Maturin 1974 Irish English
13299 The Great White Space Basil Copper 1974 British English
13299 The Year's Best Horror Stories: Ii Richard Davis 1974 British English
13305 Maze Of Blood Marly Youmans 2015 American English
13356 The Penny Dreadful Peter Haining 1975 British English
13356 The Early Long Frank Belknap Long 1975 American Unknown
13510 Feesters In The Lake And Other Stories Bob Leman 2002 American English
13514 Gil's All Fright Diner A. Lee Martinez 2005 American English
13534 The Height Of The Scream Ramsey Campbell 1976 British English
13534 Blood Summer Louise Cooper 1976 British English
13534 The Vampire Of Mons Desmond Stewart 1976 British Unknown
13534 Nightmares Charles L. Grant 1976 American English
13534 Return From The Grave Hugh Lamb 1976 British English
13581 More Tomorrow & Other Stories Michael Marshall Smith 2003 British English
13601 A Father's Love Jacques Chessex 1973 Swiss French
13695 Masters Of Terror William Hope Hodgson 1977 British Unknown
13695 Tales Of Love And Death Robert Aickman 1977 British English
13695 Cold Chills Robert Bloch 1977 American English
13695 Night Side Joyce Carol Oates 1977 American English
13695 Cold Fear Hugh Lamb 1977 British English
13695 The Thrill Of Horror Hugh Lamb 1977 British English