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Top 50 Favorite Horror Novels on Goodreads

For Horror Week, Goodreads set out to reveal readers' favorite scary books. The titles were chosen based on overall shelvings (i.e., the number of times each book has been marked as "read" or "want to read"), plus reader reviews and ratings.
From literal monsters to purely psychological terrors, these are tales of madness and pandemonium, retribution and absolution. Long heralded as the "Master of Horror," Stephen King reigns supreme with five books on our list, but his son Joe Hill is not far behind, nabbing four spots. And along with classics from Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Kirkman's end-of-the-world comic, The Walking Dead, made the cut as well as an award-winning children's ghost story, The Graveyard Book, from Neil Gaiman.
And now, for those who dare, we present the top 50 horror books on Goodreads in alphabetical order. Proceed at your own riskā€”and then tell us how many you've read in the comments.
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from goodreads.com · made by Dario Vaccaro
avg. score: 12 of 50 (24%)
required scores: 1, 4, 8, 13, 18 

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1
A Head Full of Ghosts (Paul Tremblay)
A Head Full of Ghosts (Paul Tremblay)
2
Alice (Christina Henry)
Alice (Christina Henry)
3
Anna Dressed in Blood (Kendare Blake)
Anna Dressed in Blood (Kendare Blake)
4
Bird Box (Josh Malerman)
Bird Box (Josh Malerman)
5
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie (Stephen King)
6
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
7
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
8
Feed (Mira Grant)
Feed (Mira Grant)
9
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
10
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
11
Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
12
Horns (Joe Hill)
Horns (Joe Hill)
13
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
14
I Am Legend and Other Stories (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend and Other Stories (Richard Matheson)
15
It (Stephen King)
It (Stephen King)
16
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
17
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
18
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
19
Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft (Joe Hill)
Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft (Joe Hill)
20
Lovecraft Country (Matt Ruff)
Lovecraft Country (Matt Ruff)
21
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery (Stephen King)
22
NOS4A2
NOS4A2
23
Odd Thomas
Odd Thomas
24
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
25
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
26
The Amityville Horror (Jay Anson)
The Amityville Horror (Jay Anson)
27
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
28
The Butterfly Garden (Dot Hutchinson)
The Butterfly Garden (Dot Hutchinson)
29
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown (Holly Black)
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown (Holly Black)
30
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
31
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
32
The Girl From the Well (Rin Chupeco)
The Girl From the Well (Rin Chupeco)
33
The Girl With All the Gifts (M R Carey)
The Girl With All the Gifts (M R Carey)
34
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
35
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
36
The Hellbound Heart (Clive Barker)
The Hellbound Heart (Clive Barker)
37
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
38
The Last American Vampire (Seth Grahame-Smith)
The Last American Vampire (Seth Grahame-Smith)
39
The Passage (Passage #1) (Justin Cronin)
The Passage (Passage #1) (Justin Cronin)
40
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining (Stephen King)
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