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100 Favorite Horror Stories and Novels According to NPR

Here is a list of notable horror fiction that's sure to chill your bones and curdle your blood! How many have you read?
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
1
Mary Shelley
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
2
Bram Stoker
Young Goodman Brown (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Young Goodman Brown
3
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
4
Edgar Allan Poe
Carmilla (Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
5
Sheridan Le Fanu
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
6
Henry James
The Great God Pan (Arthur Machen)
The Great God Pan
7
Arthur Machen
The Monkey's Paw (W. W. Jacobs)
The Monkey's Paw
8
W. W. Jacobs
The Willows (Algernon Blackwood)
The Willows
9
Algernon Blackwood
The Yellow Wallpaper, Herland, and Selected Writings (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper, Herland, and Selected Writings
10
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" (M.R. James)
"Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad"
11
M.R. James
The Werewolf of Paris (Endore)
The Werewolf of Paris
12
Endore
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
13
Richard Matheson
Let the Right One
Let the Right One
14
The Vampire Chronicles
The Vampire Chronicles
15
Minion (L.A. Banks)
Minion
16
L.A. Banks
The Hunger (Alma Katsu)
The Hunger
17
Alma Katsu
Those Across the River (Christopher Buehlman)
Those Across the River
18
Christopher Buehlman
Bird Box (Josh Malerman)
Bird Box
19
Josh Malerman
Feed (Mira Grant)
Feed
20
Mira Grant
World War Z (Max Brooks)
World War Z
21
Max Brooks
The Girl With All the Gifts (M R Carey)
The Girl With All the Gifts
22
M R Carey
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
23
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom
24
Victor Lavalle
The Fisherman (John Langan)
The Fisherman
25
John Langan
The Atrocity Archives (Charles Stross)
The Atrocity Archives
26
Charles Stross
The Cipher (Kathe Koja)
The Cipher
27
Kathe Koja
John Dies at the End
John Dies at the End
28
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
29
H.P. Lovecraft
"All Our Salt-Bottled Hearts" (Sonya Taffe)
"All Our Salt-Bottled Hearts"
30
Sonya Taffe
Uzumaki (Junji Ito)
Uzumaki
31
Junji Ito
Communion (Whitley Strieber)
Communion
32
Whitley Strieber
The Repairer of Reputations (Robert W. Chambers)
The Repairer of Reputations
33
Robert W. Chambers
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
34
Shirley Jackson
The House Next Door (Anne Rivers Siddon)
The House Next Door
35
Anne Rivers Siddon
Burnt Offerings (Robert Marasco)
Burnt Offerings
36
Robert Marasco
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
37
Stephen King
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves
38
Mark Danielewski
The Elementals (Michael Mcdowell)
The Elementals
39
Michael Mcdowell
The Woman in Black (Susan Hill)
The Woman in Black
40
Susan Hill
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