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
7859 Phantom Evil Heather Graham Pozzessere 2011 American English
7859 The Scorpio Races Maggie Stiefvater 2011 American English
7894 Communion Whitley Strieber 1987 American English
7936 Phantoms Dean R. Koontz 1983 American English
7945 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
7955 The Collected Ghost Stories Of M. R. James M. R. James 1931 British English
7955 A Sicilian Romance Ann Radcliffe 1790 British English
8009 The Hounds Of The Morrigan Pat O'Shea 1985 Irish English
8046 Masques J. N. Williamson 1984 American English
8143 Mort Terry Pratchett 1987 British English
8178 Lilith J.R. Salamanca 1961 American English
8191 The Fisherman John Langan 2016 American English
8214 Collected Stories Of Richard Matheson Richard Matheson 1989 American English
8259 Christine Stephen King 1983 American English
8268 The Dead Romantics Ashley Poston 2022 American English
8302 Darkside Dennis Etchison 1986 American English
8305 The Ghost Riders Of Ordebec Fred Vargas 2011 French French
8318 Moon Called Patricia Briggs 2006 Unknown English
8332 The Architecture Of Fear Kathryn Cramer 1987 American English
8369 The Wine Dark Sea Robert Aickman 1988 British English
8405 Wyrd Sisters Terry Pratchett 1988 British English
8411 City Of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007 American English
8423 The Green Mile Stephen King 1996 American English
8430 Those Across The River Christopher Buehlman 2011 American English
8466 La Dama Número Trece José Carlos Somoza 2003 Spanish Spanish
8473 Natural History Joan Perucho 1960 Spanish Catalan
8464 Best New Horror Ramsey Campbell 1990 British English
8495 Nazareth Hill Ramsey Campbell 1996 British English
8513 Harvest Home Thomas Tryon 1973 American English
8555 The Woodwitch Stephen Gregory 1988 British English
8599 Blood Is Not Enough Ellen Datlow 1989 American English
8800 The Edge Of Running Water William M. Sloane 1939 American English
8800 Creep, Shadow! A. Merritt 1934 American English
8800 Jumbee And Other Uncanny Tales Henry S. Whitehead 1929 American English
8820 The Werewolves Of London Brian Stableford 1990 British English
8910 The Night Guest Fiona McFarlane 2013 Australian English
8969 The Shack William P. Young 2007 American English
8995 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
8996 A Stir Of Echoes Richard Matheson 1958 American English
8999 Haunted Joyce Carol Oates 1994 American English
9071 The Town That Forgot How To Breathe Kenneth J. Harvey 2003 Canadian English
9080 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9095 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
9114 The Dunwich Horror And Others H. P. Lovecraft 1963 American English
9125 Lumberjanes Noelle Stevenson 2014 American English
9128 The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna 2022 British English
9169 Tales Of Terror Charles Higham 1961 British English
9240 Soul Music Terry Pratchett 1994 British English
9244 The Red Tree Caitlín R. Kiernan 2009 American English
9251 White Is For Witching Helen Oyeyemi 2009 British English
9332 Acceptance Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9338 Ring Koji Suzuki 2002 Japanese Japanese
9346 Demons And Shadows Robert Westall 1993 British English
9351 Dread And Delights Philippa Pearce 1995 British Unknown
9375 The Italian Ann Radcliffe 1797 British English
9375 Sir Bertrand, A Fragment Anna Laetitia Barbauld 1773 British English
9375 The Monk Of Udolpho T. J. Horsley Curties 1807 British English
9375 The Abbess William Henry Ireland 1801 British English
9375 The Necromancer Karl Friedrich Kahlert 1794 German German
9375 Midnight Bell Francis Lathom 1798 British English
9375 The Castle Spectre Matthew Lewis 1797 British English
9375 Bertram Charles Robert Maturin 1816 Irish English
9375 The Romance Of The Forest, Interspersed With Some Pieces Of Poetry Ann Radcliffe 1791 British English
9375 The Nocturnal Visit Regina Maria Roche 1800 British English
9375 The Ghost Seer Friedrich Schiller 1787 German German
9375 Zastrozzi Percy Bysshe Shelley 1810 British English
9375 Saint Irvyne Percy Bysshe Shelley 1811 British English
9375 The Orphan Of The Rhine Elanor Sleath 1798 British English
9375 The Mysterious Mother Horace Walpole 1768 British English
9375 Tales For Christmas Eve Rhoda Broughton 1873 British English
9375 Monos And Daimonos Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1830 British English
9375 The Night Side Of Nature Catherine Crowe 1848 British English
9375 Checkmate Sheridan Le Fanu 1871 British Unknown
9375 The Vroucolacas James Kirke Paulding 1846 American Unknown
9375 Varney, The Vampire Thomas Prest 1845 British English
9375 Wagner, The Wehr Wolf George William MacArthur Reynolds 1847 British English
9375 Spook Stories E. F. Benson 1928 British English
9375 Can Such Things Be? Ambrose Bierce 1893 American English
9375 Ghost And Horror Stories Of Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce 1904 American English
9375 Ancient Sorceries And Other Tales Algernon Blackwood 1927 British English
9375 The Dance Of Death And Other Tales Algernon Blackwood 1927 British English
9375 Day And Night Stories Algernon Blackwood 1917 British English
9375 Incredible Adventures Algernon Blackwood 1914 British English
9375 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Algernon Blackwood 1908 British English
9375 The Lost Valley And Other Stories Algernon Blackwood 1910 British English
9375 Pan's Garden Algernon Blackwood 1912 British English
9375 Strange Stories Algernon Blackwood 1929 British English
9375 Ten Minute Stories Algernon Blackwood 1914 British English
9375 Tongues Of Fire And Other Sketches Algernon Blackwood 1924 British English
9375 The Willows And Other Queer Tales Algernon Blackwood 1907 British English
9375 The Maker Of Moons Robert W. Chambers 1896 American English
9375 The Slayer Of Souls Robert W. Chambers 1920 American English
9375 The Spider Hanns Heinz Ewers 1908 German German
9375 Stories Of The Supernatural Henry James 1908 American English
9375 More Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary M. R. James 1911 British English
9375 A Thin Ghost And Others M. R. James 1919 British English
9375 A Warning To The Curious And Other Ghost Stories M. R. James 1925 British English
9375 The Phantom Rickshaw Rudyard Kipling 1888 British English
9375 They Rudyard Kipling 1904 British English
9375 The Purcell Papers Sheridan Le Fanu 1838 Irish English
9375 The Glorious Mystery Arthur Machen 1924 British English
9375 The Shining Pyramid Arthur Machen 1895 British English
9375 Ghosts In Daylight G. Oliver Onions 1924 British Unknown
9375 The Painted Face G. Oliver Onions 1929 British English
9375 The Merry Men And Other Tales And Fables Robert Louis Stevenson 1887 British English
9375 Phantoms And Other Stories Ivan Turgenev 1864 Russian Russian
9375 The Plattner Story And Others H. G. Wells 1897 British English
9375 Thirty Strange Stories H. G. Wells 1897 British English
9375 Twelve Stories And A Dream H. G. Wells 1903 British English
9375 Tales Of Men And Ghosts Edith Wharton 1910 American English
9375 Fishhead Irvin S. Cobb 1913 British English
9375 The Beast With Five Fingers, And Other Tales W. F. Harvey 1928 British English
9375 Midnight Tales W. F. Harvey 1928 British English
9375 The Hounds Of Tindalos Frank Belknap Long 1929 American English
9375 The Werewolf Of Ponkert H. Warner Munn 1925 American English
9375 At Dead Of Night Christine Campbell Thomson 1931 British English
9375 By Daylight Only Christine Campbell Thomson 1929 British English
9375 Switch On The Light Christine Campbell Thompson 1931 British Unknown
9375 Lenore Gottfried Burger 1773 German German
9375 The Haunted Hour Margaret Widdemer 1920 American English