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
1306 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
1712 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
2028 The Land Of Laughs Jonathan Carroll 1980 American English
2056 Tales Of Horror And The Supernatural Arthur Machen 1948 British English
2077 The Lurker At The Threshold August Derleth, H. P. Lovecraft 1945 American English
2141 Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock 1984 British English
2146 The Night Land William Hope Hodgson 1912 British English
2209 Sub Rosa Robert Aickman 1968 British English
2262 The Crystal World J. G. Ballard 1966 British English
2270 In a Glass Darkly Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 Irish English
2323 The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward H. P. Lovecraft 1941 American English
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
2513 Deathbird Stories Harlan Ellison 1975 American English
2592 The Gods Of Pegana Lord Dunsany 1905 Irish English
2629 Our Lady Of Darkness Fritz Leiber 1977 American English
2688 The Ceremonies T. E. D. Klein 1984 American English
2731 Lost Souls Poppy Z. Brite 1992 American English
2830 Alraune Hanns Heinz Ewers 1911 German German
2830 The Room In The Tower E. F. Benson 1912 British English
2830 The Listener And Other Stories Algernon Blackwood 1907 British English
2859 The Ghost Pirates William Hope Hodgson 1909 British English
2937 Beyond The Wall Of Sleep H. P. Lovecraft 1919 American English
3016 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
3396 Cities of the Red Night William S. Burroughs 1981 American English
3414 Night's Black Agents Fritz Leiber 1961 American English
3431 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury 1980 American English
3453 Magic for Beginners Kelly Link 2005 American English
3466 Murgunstrumm And Others Hugh B. Cave 1977 American English
3510 Song Of Kali Dan Simmons 1985 American English
3539 Fire And Sleet And Candlelight August Derleth 1961 American English
3588 Collected Poems H. P. Lovecraft 1963 American English
3623 The Atrocity Exhibition J. G. Ballard 1970 British English
3820 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
3827 Shadows Charles L. Grant 1978 American English
3851 Fourth Mansions R. A. Lafferty 1969 American English
3953 Proză Fantastică Mircea Eliade 1963 Romanian Romanian
4065 A Feast Unknown Philip José Farmer 1969 American English
4103 Selected Poems Of Clark Ashton Smith Clark Ashton Smith 1971 American English
4147 The Dark Descent David Hartwell 1987 American English
4273 The Blue Book Mikhail Zoshchenko 1923 Russian Russian
4297 The Year's Best Horror Stories Richard Davis 1972 British English
4309 The Lurking Fear And Other Stories H. P. Lovecraft 1923 American English
4456 The Circus Of Dr. Lao Charles G. Finney 1935 American English
4472 Nifft The Lean Michael Shea 1982 American English
4534 Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
4591 Vurt Jeff Noon 1993 British English
4605 Swords And Deviltry Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
4651 Cold Hand In Mine Robert Aickman 1975 British English
4768 Dark Carnival Ray Bradbury 1947 American English
4952 Songs Of A Dead Dreamer And Grimscribe Thomas Ligotti 1985 American English
4955 Black God's Shadow C. L. Moore 1934 American English
4955 Supernatural Horror In Literature H. P. Lovecraft 1927 American English
4955 The Human Chord Algernon Blackwood 1910 British English
5011 The Hungry Moon Ramsey Campbell 1986 British English
5028 The City & the City China Miéville 2009 British English
5043 The Death Of Halpin Frayser Ambrose Bierce 1891 American English
5043 Who Wants A Green Bottle? Tod Robbins 1926 American English
5164 Jirel of Joiry C. L. Moore 1934 American English
5165 Northwest Smith C. L. Moore 1933 American English
5170 Omniumgathum Jonathan Bacon, Steve Troyanovich 1976 Unknown Unknown
5171 Adept's Gambit Fritz Leiber 1947 American English
5171 Land Under England Joseph O'Neill 1935 British English
5188 Xelucha And Others M. P. Shiel 1896 British English
5188 The Dark World Henry Kuttner 1946 American English
5226 The Green Face Gustav Meyrink 1916 German German
5227 The Ringstones And Other Curious Tales Sarban 1951 British English
5229 Whispers Stuart David Schiff 1977 American English
5252 The Boats Of The "Glen Carrig" William Hope Hodgson 1907 British English
5252 Carnacki The Ghost Finder William Hope Hodgson 1913 British English
5262 The Exploits Of Engelbrecht Maurice Richardson 1950 British English
5326 A Storm Of Wings M. John Harrison 1980 British English
5507 Always Come Evening Robert E. Howard 1957 American English
5519 Lost Worlds Clark Ashton Smith 1944 American English
5571 Stranger Things Happen Kelly Link 2001 American English
5575 VALIS Philip K. Dick 1981 American English
5579 The Opener Of The Way Robert Bloch 1945 American English
5654 Soul Eater K. W. Jeter 1983 American English
5663 New Terrors Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
5680 Frights Kirby McCauley 1980 American English
5809 John Dies At The End David Wong 2007 American English
5961 Swords In The Mist Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
5961 Swords Against Wizardry Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
6138 Cry Horror! H. P. Lovecraft 1963 American English
6243 Skeleton Crew Stephen King 1985 American English
6477 Who Fears The Devil? Manly Wade Wellman 1963 American English
6513 The Year's Best Fantasy And Horror Ellen Datlow 1988 American English
6564 Songs And Sonnets Atlantean Donald Sidney-Fryer 1971 American English
6571 Zothique Clark Ashton Smith 1970 American English
6678 The Imago Sequence And Other Stories Laird Barron 2007 American English
6691 Swords And Ice Magic Fritz Leiber 1977 American English
7064 Creep To Death Joseph Payne Brennan 1981 American English
7605 Les Praticiens De L'infernal Pierre La Police 1993 French French
7924 Myths Of The Near Future J. G. Ballard 1982 British English
8053 The Jaguar Hunter Lucius Shepard 1987 American English