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Classic Monsters and Beasts of Literature

Beware! Be very, very ware! These are some of the most terrifying monsters and beasts in all of literature!
Granted, a lot of them are just allegorical representations of our own fears of the darkness of the human soul and the knowledge of our own powerlessness in an expansive, indifferent universe, but still! Spooooooky!
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Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
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Bram Stoker
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
2
Mary Shelley
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
3
Herman Melville
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
4
Robert Louis Stevenson
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
5
Richard Matheson
The Black Company (Glen Cook)
The Black Company
6
Glen Cook
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
7
H.G. Wells
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
8
H.G. Wells
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
9
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Prisoner of Azkaban
The Prisoner of Azkaban
10
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
11
Anonymous
The Call of Cthulhu (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu
12
H.P. Lovecraft
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
13
Horace Walpole
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
14
William Shakespeare
It (Stephen King)
It
15
Stephen King
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
16
George R.R. Martin
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
17
Neil Gaiman
Who Goes There? (John W. Campbell Jr.)
Who Goes There?
18
John W. Campbell Jr.
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
19
H.P. Lovecraft
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
20
John Wyndham
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
21
Washington Irving
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
22
Jules Verne
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)
The Neverending Story
23
Michael Ende
The Last Battle (C.S. Lewis)
The Last Battle
24
C.S. Lewis
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
25
Homer
The Woman in Black (Susan Hill)
The Woman in Black
26
Susan Hill
Jabberwocky
Jabberwocky
27
Goblin Market (Christina Rossetti)
Goblin Market
28
Christina Rossetti
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
29
J.R.R. Tolkien
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
30
Frank Herbert
The Witches (Roald Dahl)
The Witches
31
Roald Dahl
World War Z (Max Brooks)
World War Z
32
Max Brooks
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
33
James Hogg
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
34
Cormac McCarthy
The Horla and Other Stories (Guy De Maupassant)
The Horla and Other Stories
35
Guy De Maupassant
The Sandman (E. T. A. Hoffmann)
The Sandman
36
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Uncle Silas (Sheridan Le Fanu)
Uncle Silas
37
Sheridan Le Fanu
Rappacini's Daughter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Rappacini's Daughter
38
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Man of the Crowd
The Man of the Crowd
39
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
40
Vladimir Nabokov
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