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100 Best Horror Books -Stephen Jones and Kim Newman - Page 2

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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The Dark Tower (C.S. Lewis)
The Dark Tower
41
C.S. Lewis
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
42
Dalton Trumbo
The Outsider
The Outsider
43
Out of Space and Time (Clark Ashton Smith)
Out of Space and Time
44
Clark Ashton Smith
Conjure Wife (Fritz Leiber)
Conjure Wife
45
Fritz Leiber
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Cornell Woolrich)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
46
Cornell Woolrich
The Lurker at the Threshold
The Lurker at the Threshold
47
Deliver Me From Eva (Paul Bailey)
Deliver Me From Eva
48
Paul Bailey
And the Darkness Falls (Boris Karloff, Ed.)
And the Darkness Falls
49
Boris Karloff, Ed.
The Sleeping and the Dead (August Derleth, Ed.)
The Sleeping and the Dead
50
August Derleth, Ed.
Track of the Cat (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
Track of the Cat
51
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
The Sound of His Horn (John William Wall)
The Sound of His Horn
52
John William Wall
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
53
William Golding
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
54
Richard Matheson
The October Country (Ray Bradbury)
The October Country
55
Ray Bradbury
Nine Horrors and a Dream (Joseph Payne Brennan)
Nine Horrors and a Dream
56
Joseph Payne Brennan
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
57
Robert Bloch
Quatermass and the Pit (Nigel Kneale)
Quatermass and the Pit
58
Nigel Kneale
The Lurking Fear and Other Stories (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Lurking Fear and Other Stories
59
H.P. Lovecraft
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
60
Shirley Jackson
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (Philip K. Dick)
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
61
Philip K. Dick
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
62
Jerzy Kosinski
The Crystal World (J. G. Ballard)
The Crystal World
63
J. G. Ballard
Sub Rosa (Robert Aikman)
Sub Rosa
64
Robert Aikman
The Green Man (Kingsley Amis)
The Green Man
65
Kingsley Amis
The Compleat Werewolf, and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Anthony Boucher)
The Compleat Werewolf, and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction
66
Anthony Boucher
Grendel (John Gardner)
Grendel
67
John Gardner
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
68
William Peter Blatty
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
The Sheep Look Up
69
John Brunner
Worse Things Waiting (Manly Wade Wellman)
Worse Things Waiting
70
Manly Wade Wellman
Burnt Offerings (Robert Marasco)
Burnt Offerings
71
Robert Marasco
Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
Salem's Lot
72
Stephen King
Deathbird Stories
Deathbird Stories
73
Murgunstrumm and Others (Hugh B. Cave)
Murgunstrumm and Others
74
Hugh B. Cave
Sweetheart, Sweetheart (Bernard Taylor)
Sweetheart, Sweetheart
75
Bernard Taylor
All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes by (John Farris)
All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By
76
John Farris
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
77
Stephen King
Falling Angel (William Hjortsberg)
Falling Angel
78
William Hjortsberg
The Wolfen, by Whitley Strieber
The Wolfen, by Whitley Strieber
79
The Totem (David Morrell)
The Totem
80
David Morrell
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