The Greatest Weird Fiction 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
579 The Outsider And Others H. P. Lovecraft 1939 American English
662 The House On The Borderland And Other Novels William Hope Hodgson 1908 British English
710 At the Mountains of Madness H. P. Lovecraft 1936 American English
773 The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym Edgar Allan Poe 1838 American English
891 Golem Gustav Meyrink 1915 Austrian German
1079 The Book of the New Sun Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
1307 Widdershins G. Oliver Onions 1911 British English
1338 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury 1962 American English
1361 The King In Yellow Robert W. Chambers 1895 American English
1370 The House Of Souls Arthur Machen 1906 British English
1372 The Horror Horn And Other Stories E. F. Benson 1931 British English
1423 Out Of Space And Time Clark Ashton Smith 1942 American English
1444 James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl 1961 British English
1486 Locus Solus Raymond Roussel 1914 French French
1496 The Sleeping And The Dead August Derleth 1947 American English
1535 The Sound Of His Horn Sarban 1952 British English
1713 The Great God Pan Arthur Machen 1894 British English
1757 Books of Blood Clive Barker 1984 British English
1880 The Complete John Silence Stories Algernon Blackwood 1908 British English
1919 The Dying Earth Jack Vance 1950 American English
1945 Medusa E. H. Visiak 1929 British English
1953 Titus Alone Mervyn Peake 1959 British English
2029 The Land Of Laughs Jonathan Carroll 1980 American English
2057 Tales Of Horror And The Supernatural Arthur Machen 1948 British English
2078 The Lurker At The Threshold August Derleth, H. P. Lovecraft 1945 American English
2142 Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock 1984 British English
2147 The Night Land William Hope Hodgson 1912 British English
2210 Sub Rosa Robert Aickman 1968 British English
2263 The Crystal World J. G. Ballard 1966 British English
2271 In a Glass Darkly Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 Irish English
2324 The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward H. P. Lovecraft 1941 American English
2407 Best Ghost Stories Of Algernon Blackwood Algernon Blackwood 1907 British English
2432 The Call Of Cthulhu H. P. Lovecraft 1928 American English
2437 Nine Horrors And A Dream Joseph Payne Brennan 1958 American English
2452 Worse Things Waiting Manly Wade Wellman 1973 American English
2515 Deathbird Stories Harlan Ellison 1975 American English
2593 The Gods Of Pegana Lord Dunsany 1905 Irish English
2630 Our Lady Of Darkness Fritz Leiber 1977 American English
2689 The Ceremonies T. E. D. Klein 1984 American English
2732 Lost Souls Poppy Z. Brite 1992 American English
2831 Alraune Hanns Heinz Ewers 1911 German German
2831 The Room In The Tower E. F. Benson 1912 British English
2831 The Listener And Other Stories Algernon Blackwood 1907 British English
2861 The Ghost Pirates William Hope Hodgson 1909 British English
2938 Beyond The Wall Of Sleep H. P. Lovecraft 1919 American English
3018 Dark Of The Moon August Derleth 1947 American English
3146 Carrion Comfort Dan Simmons 1989 American English
3153 We Are For The Dark Robert Aickman 1951 British English
3183 Flicker Theodore Roszak 1991 American English
3395 Cities of the Red Night William S. Burroughs 1981 American English
3413 Night's Black Agents Fritz Leiber 1961 American English
3430 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury 1980 American English
3453 Magic for Beginners Kelly Link 2005 American English
3465 Murgunstrumm And Others Hugh B. Cave 1977 American English
3509 Song Of Kali Dan Simmons 1985 American English
3538 Fire And Sleet And Candlelight August Derleth 1961 American English
3587 Collected Poems H. P. Lovecraft 1963 American English
3622 The Atrocity Exhibition J. G. Ballard 1970 British English
3819 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
3826 Shadows Charles L. Grant 1978 American English
3850 Fourth Mansions R. A. Lafferty 1969 American English
3954 Proză Fantastică Mircea Eliade 1963 Romanian Romanian
4066 A Feast Unknown Philip José Farmer 1969 American English
4104 Selected Poems Of Clark Ashton Smith Clark Ashton Smith 1971 American English
4148 The Dark Descent David Hartwell 1987 American English
4274 The Blue Book Mikhail Zoshchenko 1923 Russian Russian
4298 The Year's Best Horror Stories Richard Davis 1972 British English
4310 The Lurking Fear And Other Stories H. P. Lovecraft 1923 American English
4457 The Circus Of Dr. Lao Charles G. Finney 1935 American English
4473 Nifft The Lean Michael Shea 1982 American English
4535 Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
4592 Vurt Jeff Noon 1993 British English
4606 Swords And Deviltry Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
4652 Cold Hand In Mine Robert Aickman 1975 British English
4769 Dark Carnival Ray Bradbury 1947 American English
4954 Songs Of A Dead Dreamer And Grimscribe Thomas Ligotti 1985 American English
4957 Black God's Shadow C. L. Moore 1934 American English
4957 Supernatural Horror In Literature H. P. Lovecraft 1927 American English
4957 The Human Chord Algernon Blackwood 1910 British English
5014 The Hungry Moon Ramsey Campbell 1986 British English
5031 The City & the City China Miéville 2009 British English
5046 The Death Of Halpin Frayser Ambrose Bierce 1891 American English
5046 Who Wants A Green Bottle? Tod Robbins 1926 American English
5166 Jirel of Joiry C. L. Moore 1934 American English
5167 Northwest Smith C. L. Moore 1933 American English
5172 Omniumgathum Jonathan Bacon, Steve Troyanovich 1976 Unknown Unknown
5173 Adept's Gambit Fritz Leiber 1947 American English
5173 Land Under England Joseph O'Neill 1935 British English
5190 Xelucha And Others M. P. Shiel 1896 British English
5190 The Dark World Henry Kuttner 1946 American English
5228 The Green Face Gustav Meyrink 1916 German German
5229 The Ringstones And Other Curious Tales Sarban 1951 British English
5231 Whispers Stuart David Schiff 1977 American English
5253 The Boats Of The "Glen Carrig" William Hope Hodgson 1907 British English
5253 Carnacki The Ghost Finder William Hope Hodgson 1913 British English
5263 The Exploits Of Engelbrecht Maurice Richardson 1950 British English
5327 A Storm Of Wings M. John Harrison 1980 British English
5509 Always Come Evening Robert E. Howard 1957 American English
5521 Lost Worlds Clark Ashton Smith 1944 American English
5573 Stranger Things Happen Kelly Link 2001 American English
5577 VALIS Philip K. Dick 1981 American English
5581 The Opener Of The Way Robert Bloch 1945 American English
5657 Soul Eater K. W. Jeter 1983 American English
5666 New Terrors Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
5683 Frights Kirby McCauley 1980 American English
5812 John Dies At The End David Wong 2007 American English
5964 Swords In The Mist Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
5964 Swords Against Wizardry Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
6141 Cry Horror! H. P. Lovecraft 1963 American English
6247 Skeleton Crew Stephen King 1985 American English
6479 Who Fears The Devil? Manly Wade Wellman 1963 American English
6515 The Year's Best Fantasy And Horror Ellen Datlow 1988 American English
6566 Songs And Sonnets Atlantean Donald Sidney-Fryer 1971 American English
6573 Zothique Clark Ashton Smith 1970 American English
6679 The Imago Sequence And Other Stories Laird Barron 2007 American English
6692 Swords And Ice Magic Fritz Leiber 1977 American English
7064 Creep To Death Joseph Payne Brennan 1981 American English
7606 Les Praticiens De L'infernal Pierre La Police 1993 French French
7925 Myths Of The Near Future J. G. Ballard 1982 British English
8054 The Jaguar Hunter Lucius Shepard 1987 American English