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Books That Were Made Into Horror Movies

Follow me on Instagram (@lorofthereads) I read a book based on a movie every month and then I compare them and decide if the book, indeed is always better than the movie. This list is based in the horror genre, but i'm working on another list for all my non-horror book/movie reads.
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The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
1
Shirley Jackson
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
2
Henry James
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws
3
Peter Benchley
Jaws 2 (Hank Searls)
Jaws 2
4
Hank Searls
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
5
Robert Bloch
It (Stephen King)
It
6
Stephen King
Stephen King: Carrie
Stephen King: Carrie
7
Christine (Stephen King)
Christine
8
Stephen King
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
9
Stephen King
Stephen King: The Dead Zone
Stephen King: The Dead Zone
10
Stephen King: Cujo
Stephen King: Cujo
11
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
12
Ken Kesey
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
13
Washington Irving
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
14
Neil Gaiman
Cycle of the Werewolf (Stephen King)
Cycle of the Werewolf
15
Stephen King
The Woman in Black (Susan Hill)
The Woman in Black
16
Susan Hill
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
17
John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
18
William Peter Blatty
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
19
H.G. Wells
The Mist (Stephen King)
The Mist
20
Stephen King
Doctor Sleep (Stephen King)
Doctor Sleep
21
Stephen King
The Forbidden (Clive Barker)
The Forbidden
22
Clive Barker
Ring - Koji Suzuki
Ring - Koji Suzuki
23
The Ruins
The Ruins
24
The Amityville Horror (Jay Anson)
The Amityville Horror
25
Jay Anson
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
26
Stephen King
Dreamcatcher (Stephen King)
Dreamcatcher
27
Stephen King
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
28
Ira Levin
Audition (Ryu Murakami)
Audition
29
Ryu Murakami
I Know What You Did Last Summer (Lois Duncan)
I Know What You Did Last Summer
30
Lois Duncan
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
31
Stephen King
The Moth Diaries (Rachel Klein)
The Moth Diaries
32
Rachel Klein
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
33
Anne Rice
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
34
Thomas Harris
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (Henry Farrell)
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
35
Henry Farrell
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
36
Mary Shelley
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
37
Bram Stoker
Bird Box (Josh Malerman)
Bird Box
38
Josh Malerman
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
39
Bret Easton Ellis
The Birds (Daphne Du Maurier)
The Birds
40
Daphne Du Maurier
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