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51 Scariest Books of the Last 200 Years 1800-2016 - Kbear

51 plus actually because I added a few different editions for the older books. The books are listed in order of publication.
These come from an article by Sarah Mangiola on May 14, 2019 on The Lineup.
#1 - 16 are all from the 1800's #17-22 are from 1900 - 1949 #23-26 1950's #27-30 1960's #31-35 1970's #36-40 1980's
#41-44 1990's #45-51 2000's and #52-57 2010's
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The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm)
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
1
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Grimm's Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
2
The Brothers Grimm
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
3
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
4
Mary Shelley
Nightmare Abbey (Thomas Love Peacock)
Nightmare Abbey
5
Thomas Love Peacock
The Vampyre (John Polidori)
The Vampyre
6
John Polidori
The Vampyre (John William Polidori)
The Vampyre
7
John William Polidori
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
8
Edgar Allan Poe
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
9
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
10
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Annotated)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Annotated)
11
The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray
12
Oscar Wilde
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
13
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
The King in Yellow
14
Robert W. Chambers
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
15
Bram Stoker
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
16
Henry James
HP Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction (HP Lovecraft)
HP Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction
17
HP Lovecraft
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
18
Yevgeny Zamyatin
The Most Dangerous Game (Connell)
The Most Dangerous Game
19
Connell
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
20
Daphne Du Maurier
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
21
Shirley Jackson
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
22
Shirley Jackson
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
23
William Golding
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
24
Richard Matheson
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
25
Shirley Jackson
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
26
Robert Bloch
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
27
Ray Bradbury
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
28
John Fowles
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
29
Truman Capote
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
30
Ira Levin
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
31
William Peter Blatty
Harvest Home (Thomas Tryon)
Harvest Home
32
Thomas Tryon
Crawlspace (Herbert Lieberman)
Crawlspace
33
Herbert Lieberman
The Manitou (Graham Masterton)
The Manitou
34
Graham Masterton
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream
35
Hubert Selby Jr.
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
36
Stephen King
The Wanting (Campbell Armstrong)
The Wanting
37
Campbell Armstrong
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
38
Thomas Harris
Swan Song (Robert R. McCammon)
Swan Song
39
Robert R. McCammon
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
Dawn
40
Octavia Butler
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