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A List of Classics Horror Tales

By "classics", I'm going to go with a chronological definition and say pre-1930 (that's almost 100 years from the time of this list's publication), as opposed to the definition of popularity and being considered iconic. (By what standard, at what point, is a classic old enough to qualify by age as among The Classics? Would "The House on Haunted Hill" or "Rosemary's Baby" or "The Shining" or "House of Leaves" qualify?)
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A Sicilian Romance (Ann Radcliffe)
A Sicilian Romance
1
Ann Radcliffe
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1890)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
2
1890
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
3
H.P. Lovecraft
Carmilla (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
4
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
5
Bram Stoker
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
6
Mary Shelley
Gothic Tales (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Gothic Tales
7
Elizabeth Gaskell
Japanese Ghost Stories (Lafcadio Hearn)
Japanese Ghost Stories
8
Lafcadio Hearn
M.R. James Ghost Stories (M.R. James)
M.R. James Ghost Stories
9
M.R. James
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Maturin)
Melmoth the Wanderer
10
Charles Maturin
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories (H.P Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories
11
H.P Lovecraft
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
12
Horace Walpole
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
13
Edgar Allan Poe
The Haunted House (Charles Dickens)
The Haunted House
14
Charles Dickens
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
15
H.G. Wells
The Island of Dr. Moreau (H.G. Wells)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
16
H.G. Wells
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
17
Washington Irving
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death
18
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
19
Matthew Lewis
The Monkey's Paw (W. W. Jacobs)
The Monkey's Paw
20
W. W. Jacobs
The Mummy! a Tale of the Twenty-Second Century (Jane C. Loudon)
The Mummy! a Tale of the Twenty-Second Century
21
Jane C. Loudon
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
22
Ann Radcliffe
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
23
Gaston Leroux
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
24
Oscar Wilde
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven
25
Edgar Allan Poe
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
26
Henry James
The Vampyre (John William Polidori)
The Vampyre
27
John William Polidori
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
28
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Uncle Silas (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Uncle Silas
29
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Varney the Vampire (James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest)
Varney the Vampire
30
James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest
Vathek (William Beckford)
Vathek
31
William Beckford
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