The Greatest Supernatural 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
53 Dracula Bram Stoker 1897 British English
89 The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 1890 Irish English
216 A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens 1843 British English
378 Melmoth the Wanderer Charles Robert Maturin 1820 British English
400 The Shining Stephen King 1977 American English
579 The Outsider And Others H. P. Lovecraft 1939 American English
615 Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary M. R. James 1904 British English
661 Interview with the Vampire Anne Rice 1976 American English
662 The House On The Borderland And Other Novels William Hope Hodgson 1908 British English
671 The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe 1839 American English
894 Rosemary's Baby Ira Levin 1967 American English
981 It Stephen King 1986 American English
1196 Conjure Wife Fritz Leiber 1943 American English
1293 Salem's Lot Stephen King 1975 American English
1306 Widdershins G. Oliver Onions 1911 British English
1370 The House Of Souls Arthur Machen 1906 British English
1371 The Devil's Elixir E. T. A. Hoffmann 1815 German German
1398 The Exorcist William Peter Blatty 1971 American English
1425 And The Darkness Falls Boris Karloff 1943 British English
1688 Carrie Stephen King 1974 American English
1712 The Great God Pan Arthur Machen 1894 British English
1727 Down There J. K. Huysmans 1891 French French
1757 Books of Blood Clive Barker 1984 British English
1768 Carmilla Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 Irish English
1828 The Mysterious Stranger Mark Twain 1916 American English
1848 Darker Than You Think Jack Williamson 1948 American English
1880 The Complete John Silence Stories Algernon Blackwood 1908 British English
1948 The Jewel Of Seven Stars Bram Stoker 1903 British English
1948 The Second Century Of Creepy Stories Hugh Walpole 1937 British English
1978 Great Tales Of Terror And The Supernatural Herbert A. Wise 1944 American English
2056 Tales Of Horror And The Supernatural Arthur Machen 1948 British English
2060 Ghost Story Peter Straub 1979 American English
2077 The Lurker At The Threshold August Derleth, H. P. Lovecraft 1945 American English
2191 The Witches Of Eastwick John Updike 1984 American English
2195 Portrait Of Jennie Robert Nathan 1940 American English
2196 That Hideous Strength C. S. Lewis 1945 British English
2209 Sub Rosa Robert Aickman 1968 British English
2270 In a Glass Darkly Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 Irish English
2322 The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward H. P. Lovecraft 1941 American English
2372 The Tales Of Hoffmann E. T. A. Hoffmann 1814 German German
2405 Best Ghost Stories Of Algernon Blackwood Algernon Blackwood 1907 British English
2430 The Call Of Cthulhu H. P. Lovecraft 1928 American English
2435 Nine Horrors And A Dream Joseph Payne Brennan 1958 American English
2450 Worse Things Waiting Manly Wade Wellman 1973 American English
2470 The Grey King Susan Cooper 1975 British English
2513 Deathbird Stories Harlan Ellison 1975 American English
2629 Our Lady Of Darkness Fritz Leiber 1977 American English
2677 The Vampyre John William Polidori 1819 British English
2682 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English
2694 Pet Sematary Stephen King 1983 American English
2700 Witch World Andre Norton 1963 American English
2727 They Return At Evening H. Russell Wakefield 1928 British English
2731 Lost Souls Poppy Z. Brite 1992 American English
2811 The Haunted Omnibus Alexander Laing 1937 American English
2818 The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories Algernon Blackwood 1906 British English
2821 The Damnation Game Clive Barker 1985 British English
2830 The Room In The Tower E. F. Benson 1912 British English
2830 The Listener And Other Stories Algernon Blackwood 1907 British English
2848 The Ghost Stories Of Edith Wharton Edith Wharton 1937 American English
2860 The Ghost Pirates William Hope Hodgson 1909 British English
2860 The Haunters And The Haunted Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1859 British English
2868 Dead Zone Stephen King 1979 American English
2915 The Broken Sword Poul Anderson 1954 American English
2916 The Woman In Black Susan Hill 1983 British English
2932 The Compleat Werewolf And Other Stories Of Fantasy And Science Fiction Anthony Boucher 1969 American English
2938 Best Ghost Stories Sheridan Le Fanu 1923 Irish English
2938 Beyond The Wall Of Sleep H. P. Lovecraft 1919 American English
2938 The Ghost Book Cynthia Asquith 1926 British English
2938 Dracula's Guest Bram Stoker 1914 British English
2938 The Supernatural Omnibus Montague Summers 1931 British English
2938 Wandering Ghosts F. Marion Crawford 1911 American English
2938 Visible And Invisible E. F. Benson 1923 British English
2954 The Dark Country Dennis Etchison 1981 American English
2971 Collected Ghost Stories G. Oliver Onions 1935 British English
2984 The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice 1985 American English
3018 Dark Of The Moon August Derleth 1947 American English
3070 Kecksies And Other Twilight Tales Marjorie Bowen 1946 British English
3093 The Travelling Grave L. P. Hartley 1948 British English
3137 The Keep F. Paul Wilson 1981 American English
3147 Carrion Comfort Dan Simmons 1989 American English
3153 Dark Forces Kirby McCauley 1980 American English
3154 We Are For The Dark Robert Aickman 1951 British English
3253 Dwellers In The Mirage A. Merritt 1932 American English
3254 All Hallows' Eve Charles Williams 1945 British English
3259 A Fine And Private Place Peter S. Beagle 1960 American English
3267 Tales Of Mystery And Imagination Edgar Allan Poe 1908 American English
3407 All Heads Turn When The Hunt Goes By John Farris 1977 American English
3414 Night's Black Agents Fritz Leiber 1961 American English
3448 Falling Angel William Hjortsberg 1978 American English
3463 The Raven Edgar Allan Poe 1845 American English
3465 Murgunstrumm And Others Hugh B. Cave 1977 American English
3465 Sweetheart, Sweetheart Bernard Taylor 1977 British English
3486 Descent Into Hell Charles Williams 1937 British English
3509 Song Of Kali Dan Simmons 1985 American English
3510 Alone With The Horrors Ramsey Campbell 1993 British English
3538 Fire And Sleet And Candlelight August Derleth 1961 American English
3548 The Wolfen Whitley Strieber 1978 American English
3571 The Day After Judgement James Blish 1971 American English
3634 The Totem David Morrell 1979 American English
3637 The Seeress Of Prevorst Justinus Kerner 1829 German German
3814 Dark Lover J. R. Ward 2005 American English
3819 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
3826 Shadows Charles L. Grant 1978 American English
3905 Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories Robert Aickman 1964 British English
3952 Proză Fantastică Mircea Eliade 1963 Romanian Romanian
4198 The Elementals Michael McDowell 1981 American English
4231 Mariette In Ecstasy Ron Hansen 1991 American English
4296 The Year's Best Horror Stories Richard Davis 1972 British English
4308 The Lurking Fear And Other Stories H. P. Lovecraft 1923 American English
4612 Cold Heaven Brian Moore 1983 British English
4639 Prime Evil Douglas Winter 1988 American English
4650 Cold Hand In Mine Robert Aickman 1975 British English
4753 Angels And Demons Dan Brown 2000 American English
4767 Dark Carnival Ray Bradbury 1947 American English
4767 The Supernatural Tales Of Fitz James O'brien Fitz-James O'Brien 1908 British English
4804 The Dybbuk S. Ansky 1914 Russian Yiddish
4826 The Prestige Christopher Priest 1995 British English
4834 A Haunted Man And The Ghost's Bargain Charles Dickens 1848 British English
4932 The Terror Dan Simmons 2007 American English
4953 The Trickster of Seville and His Guest of Stone Tirso de Molina 1630 Spanish Spanish