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![The Shining (The Shining, #1)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353277730l/11588._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 20750 times as horror)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,520,729 ratings — published 1977
![It](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1334416842l/830502._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 17526 times as horror)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,135,769 ratings — published 1986
![Dracula](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387151694l/17245._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 16275 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,297,514 ratings — published 1897
![Carrie](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254258l/10592._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 14418 times as horror)
avg rating 3.99 — 740,608 ratings — published 1974
![Pet Sematary](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1480069533l/33124137._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 13816 times as horror)
avg rating 4.06 — 605,495 ratings — published 1983
![The Haunting of Hill House](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327871336l/89717._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 13740 times as horror)
avg rating 3.82 — 314,052 ratings — published 1959
![Frankenstein: The 1818 Text](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1631088473l/35031085._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 13574 times as horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,630,016 ratings — published 1818
![’Salem’s Lot](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327891565l/11590._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 12168 times as horror)
avg rating 4.06 — 466,250 ratings — published 1975
![Misery](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554220401l/10614._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 11970 times as horror)
avg rating 4.22 — 715,102 ratings — published 1987
![The Stand](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1674820514l/87591651._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 11285 times as horror)
avg rating 4.35 — 771,803 ratings — published 1978
![Mexican Gothic](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1607462569l/53152636._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 9574 times as horror)
avg rating 3.67 — 369,194 ratings — published 2020
![House of Leaves](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403889034l/24800._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 8541 times as horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 174,530 ratings — published 2000
![We Have Always Lived in the Castle](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1704229774l/89724._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 8168 times as horror)
avg rating 3.93 — 235,923 ratings — published 1962
![Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1380631642l/43763._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 7690 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 598,550 ratings — published 1976
![Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1510335480l/16130549._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 7238 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 266,914 ratings — published 2013
![World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1528312647l/8908._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 7069 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 532,333 ratings — published 2006
![Coraline](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1493497435l/17061._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6724 times as horror)
avg rating 4.12 — 708,188 ratings — published 2002
![The Exorcist](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1375168676l/179780._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6692 times as horror)
avg rating 4.20 — 239,050 ratings — published 1971
![The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1584222716l/44074800._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6617 times as horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 230,073 ratings — published 2020
![Cujo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1394208144l/10603._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6608 times as horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 291,403 ratings — published 1981
![NOS4A2](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1369591617l/15729539._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 6431 times as horror)
avg rating 4.08 — 130,844 ratings — published 2013
![The Only Good Indians](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1601545259l/52180399._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6390 times as horror)
avg rating 3.70 — 85,006 ratings — published 2020
![Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1570393096l/44646576._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6117 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 192,012 ratings — published 2014
![Tender Is the Flesh](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594563107l/49090884._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6066 times as horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 230,466 ratings — published 2017
![Heart-Shaped Box](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328043955l/153025._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6043 times as horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 139,395 ratings — published 2007
![Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1318116526l/51496._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5923 times as horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 592,545 ratings — published 1886
![What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1632936332l/58724626._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5724 times as horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 76,191 ratings — published 2022
![My Best Friend's Exorcism](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533059241l/41015038._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5704 times as horror)
avg rating 3.94 — 116,946 ratings — published 2016
![Needful Things](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1315767817l/107291._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5663 times as horror)
avg rating 3.97 — 256,073 ratings — published 1991
![Horrorstör](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1414314217l/13129925._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 5638 times as horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 97,153 ratings — published 2014
![Christine](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1663053062l/10629._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5596 times as horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 245,338 ratings — published 1983
![The Outsider](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1524596540l/36124936._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5576 times as horror)
avg rating 4.01 — 319,912 ratings — published 2018
![The Troop](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1397768496l/17571466._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5480 times as horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 89,742 ratings — published 2014
![Let the Right One In](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327893384l/943402._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5401 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 112,658 ratings — published 2004
![A Head Full of Ghosts](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1415678368l/23019294._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5380 times as horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 88,203 ratings — published 2015
![Night Shift](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1660820449l/10628._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5354 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 184,397 ratings — published 1978
![The Final Girl Support Group](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1614275199l/55829194._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5168 times as horror)
avg rating 3.52 — 143,933 ratings — published 2021
![Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1711563977l/228296._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5146 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 143,252 ratings — published 1967
![Carmilla](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1657795822l/48037._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4954 times as horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 122,107 ratings — published 1872
![The Picture of Dorian Gray](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546103428l/5297._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4946 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,579,410 ratings — published 1890
![Bunny](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1588043687l/53285047._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 4775 times as horror)
avg rating 3.51 — 213,529 ratings — published 2019
![Firestarter](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1592553161l/233667._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4729 times as horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 231,745 ratings — published 1980
![The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1647930822l/23807._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4701 times as horror)
avg rating 4.25 — 554,501 ratings — published 1988
![The Turn of the Screw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1567172392l/12948._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4680 times as horror)
avg rating 3.39 — 159,017 ratings — published 1898
![The Dead Zone](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1283509622l/11573._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4666 times as horror)
avg rating 3.96 — 226,560 ratings — published 1979
![The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403033579l/17235026._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4613 times as horror)
avg rating 3.95 — 230,869 ratings — published 2014
![How to Sell a Haunted House](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1650818993l/59414094._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4580 times as horror)
avg rating 3.69 — 109,443 ratings — published 2023
![Cell](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1432828013l/10567._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4498 times as horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 225,238 ratings — published 2006
![Something Wicked This Way Comes](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1409596011l/248596._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4477 times as horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 135,394 ratings — published 1962
![The Institute](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1549241208l/43798285._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4386 times as horror)
avg rating 4.20 — 283,399 ratings — published 2019
![Stephen King](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1362814142i/3389._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“Eddie discovered one of his childhood's great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought.”
― It
― It
![Rick Yancey](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1612972358i/3377941._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“You know how sometimes you tell yourself that you have a choice, but really you don't have a choice? Just because there are alternatives doesn't mean they apply to you.”
― The 5th Wave
― The 5th Wave
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classic-horror, fiction_speculative_horror, horror-classics, horror-fiction, and horror-literature