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50 Most Popular Horror Novels on Goodreads

In honour of Horror Week 2019, a list of the 50 most popular horror titles on Goodreads. These are the ones that have been added most often to Goodreads readers' shelves.
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A Head Full of Ghosts (Paul Tremblay)
A Head Full of Ghosts
1
Paul Tremblay
Alice (Christina Henry)
Alice
2
Christina Henry
Anna Dressed in Blood (Kendare Blake)
Anna Dressed in Blood
3
Kendare Blake
Bird Box (Josh Malerman)
Bird Box
4
Josh Malerman
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
5
Stephen King
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
6
Neil Gaiman
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
7
Bram Stoker
Feed (Mira Grant)
Feed
8
Mira Grant
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
9
V.C. Andrews
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
10
Mary Shelley
Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
Heart-Shaped Box
11
Joe Hill
Horns (Joe Hill)
Horns
12
Joe Hill
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
13
Mark Z. Danielewski
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
14
Richard Matheson
Interview With a Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With a Vampire
15
Anne Rice
It (Stephen King)
It
16
Stephen King
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws
17
Peter Benchley
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
18
John Ajvide Lindqvist
Locke & Key (Joe Hill)
Locke & Key
19
Joe Hill
Lovecraft Country (Matt Ruff)
Lovecraft Country
20
Matt Ruff
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
21
Stephen King
NOS4A2 (Joe Hill)
NOS4A2
22
Joe Hill
Odd Thomas (Dean Koontz)
Odd Thomas
23
Dean Koontz
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
24
Ira Levin
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
25
Ray Bradbury
The Amityville Horror (Jay Anson)
The Amityville Horror
26
Jay Anson
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom
27
Victor Lavalle
The Butterfly Garden (Dot Hutchinson)
The Butterfly Garden
28
Dot Hutchinson
The Call of Cthulu
The Call of Cthulu
29
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
30
Edgar Allen Poe
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
31
William Peter Blatty
The Girl From the Well (Rin)
The Girl From the Well
32
Rin
The Girl With All the Gifts (M R Carey)
The Girl With All the Gifts
33
M R Carey
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
The Graveyard Book
34
Neil Gaiman
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
35
Shirley Jackson
The Hellbound Heart (Clive Barker)
The Hellbound Heart
36
Clive Barker
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
37
Elizabeth Kostova
The Last American Vampire (Seth Grahame-Smith)
The Last American Vampire
38
Seth Grahame-Smith
The Passage (Justin Cronin)
The Passage
39
Justin Cronin
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
40
Stephen King
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