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Horror Literature Books and Works List

Horror Literature Books and Works List

Horror is a genre of speculative fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare an audience. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon, in 1984, defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length ... which shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing". Horror intends to create an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. Often the central menace of a work of horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for larger fears of a society.

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  1. 51
    The Horla
    250634
    98926
  2. 53
    The Tommyknockers
    238976
    45100
  3. 54
    The Dead Zone
    233737
    36654
  4. 57
    Ring
    230891
    85566
  5. 58
    Needful Things
    230677
    83368
  6. 60
    The Collector
    204999
    57330
  7. 61
    The Vampyre
    197774
    3420
  8. 62
    The Hellbound Heart
    194739
    42832
  9. 63
    The Jaunt
    188355
    56480
  10. 64
    The Blind Owl
    185285
    66730
  11. 65
    Dolores Claiborne
    181738
    29302
  12. 66
    Skeleton Crew
    179952
    52172
  13. 67
    The Institute
    177342
    69608
  14. 68
    Four Past Midnight
    170321
    52536
  15. 69
    Dagon
    167664
    61442
  16. 70
    The Changeling
    165498
    2636
  17. 71
    Thinner
    163994
    31990
  18. 72
    Psycho
    163173
    3026
  19. 73
    The Talisman
    163015
    55044
  20. 74
    Dreamcatcher
    161307
    39540
  21. 75
    Pickman's Model
    160941
    61694
  22. 76
    Insomnia
    159767
    57368
  23. 77
    Firestarter
    158399
    62682
  24. 78
    The Girl Next Door
    157309
    60222
  25. 79
    Cell
    155318
    51832
  26. 80
    Bird Box
    155292
    30170
  27. 84
    Desperation
    144255
    43592
  28. 85
    The Prestige
    141551
    3972
  29. 87
    Rosemary's Baby
    140238
    15456
  30. 89
    William Wilson
    134310
    49750
  31. 90
    Bag of Bones
    132835
    26054
  32. 91
    Lisey's Story
    129933
    40746
  33. 92
    Jerusalem's Lot
    128820
    50774
  34. 94
    The Dark Half
    127455
    44550
  35. 96
    Revival
    126726
    44616
  36. 97
    Spiral
    125684
    27860
  37. 98
    Hell Screen
    123204
    36132
  38. 100
    Ligeia
    122070
    5562
 
 

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