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100 Best Horror Books -Stephen Jones and Kim Newman

In their 1988 Book, editors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman polled the leading horror writers of the day ( and in one case reprinted an appreciation - Edgar Allan Poe on Nathaniel Hawthorne ) and ask them for a brief article on the one book they thought was the best or the scariest or the most disturbing in the field. The pairings, such as Peter Straub on Stephen King or Dennis Etchison on Dalton Trumbo, are fascinating. Jones and Newman later published a second volume on a Second Hundred Books which is also fascinating.
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Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
1
Thomas Mann
MacBeth (Shakespeare)
MacBeth
2
Shakespeare
The White Devil
The White Devil
3
Caleb Williams (William Godwin)
Caleb Williams
4
William Godwin
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
5
Matthew Lewis
The Best Tales of Hoffmann (E. T. A. Hoffmann)
The Best Tales of Hoffmann
6
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
7
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
8
Mary Shelley
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Maturin)
Melmoth the Wanderer
9
Charles Maturin
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
10
James Hogg
Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe)
Tales of Mystery & Imagination
11
Edgar Allan Poe
Twice Told Tales
Twice Told Tales
12
The Black Spider
The Black Spider
13
The Wandering Jew (Eugene Sue)
The Wandering Jew
14
Eugene Sue
The Confidence Man (Herman Melville)
The Confidence Man
15
Herman Melville
Uncle Silas (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Uncle Silas
16
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
17
Robert Louis Stevenson
She (Haggard)
She
18
Haggard
The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
The King in Yellow
19
Robert W. Chambers
The Island of Dr. Moreau (H.G. Wells)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
20
H.G. Wells
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
21
Bram Stoker
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
22
Henry James
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
23
Joseph Conrad
The Jewel of Seven Stars (Bram Stoker)
The Jewel of Seven Stars
24
Bram Stoker
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, by M.P. James
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, by M.P. James
25
Widdershins (Oliver Onions)
Widdershins
26
Oliver Onions
The House of Souls (Arthur Machen)
The House of Souls
27
Arthur Machen
The Complete John Silence Stories (Blackwood)
The Complete John Silence Stories
28
Blackwood
The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday
29
G.K. Chesterton
The House on the Borderland (William Hope Hodgson)
The House on the Borderland
30
William Hope Hodgson
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce (Bierce)
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce
31
Bierce
The Horror Horn (E. F. Benson)
The Horror Horn
32
E. F. Benson
A Voyage to Arcturus (David Lindsay)
A Voyage to Arcturus
33
David Lindsay
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
34
Franz Kafka
Something About Eve (James Branch Cabell)
Something About Eve
35
James Branch Cabell
Medusa (E. H. Visiak)
Medusa
36
E. H. Visiak
The Werewolf of Paris (Endore)
The Werewolf of Paris
37
Endore
The Last Bouquet (Marjorie Bowen)
The Last Bouquet
38
Marjorie Bowen
The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck (Alexander Laing)
The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck
39
Alexander Laing
A Second Century of Creepy Stories (Hugh Walpole, Ed.)
A Second Century of Creepy Stories
40
Hugh Walpole, Ed.
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