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Classics of Terror, Horror, and the Supernatural for the Halloween Season 2024 Edition

75+ true "classics" of dark fantasy and horror. As much as possible, I've tried to picture editions that are still easily obtainable; hence the large number of Penguin Classics. I arbitrarily decided that the works to be included should be at least 50 years old (even though the editions are newer), but I then made exceptions for a few more recent works by King, Straub, and others that are already considered to be classics of the genre.
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American Supernatural Fiction (Joshi)
American Supernatural Fiction
1
Joshi
Ancient Sorceries (Algernon Blackwood)
Ancient Sorceries
2
Algernon Blackwood
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu) (Lefanu)
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu)
3
Lefanu
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft
4
H. P. Lovecraft
The Best of Richard Matheson (Matheson)
The Best of Richard Matheson
5
Matheson
The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle
6
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories (Marjorie Bowen)
The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories
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Marjorie Bowen
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
8
Angela Carter
Burnt Offerings (Robert Marasco)
Burnt Offerings
9
Robert Marasco
The Castle of Otranto, Vathek & Nightmare Abbey (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto, Vathek & Nightmare Abbey
10
Horace Walpole
The Celestial Railroad and Other Stories (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Celestial Railroad and Other Stories
11
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Children of the Night (Davies)
Children of the Night
12
Davies
Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (Collings)
Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories
13
Collings
The Dark Eidolon (Clark Ashton Smith)
The Dark Eidolon
14
Clark Ashton Smith
The Dead of Night (Onions)
The Dead of Night
15
Onions
The Devil Rides Out (Dennis Wheatley)
The Devil Rides Out
16
Dennis Wheatley
Dr. Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Dr. Faustus
17
Christopher Marlowe
Dracula (Stoker)
Dracula
18
Stoker
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
19
William Peter Blatty
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
20
Mary Shelley
Ghost and Horror Stories (Ambrose Bierce)
Ghost and Horror Stories
21
Ambrose Bierce
Ghost Stories and Mysteries (J Sheridan Le Fanu)
Ghost Stories and Mysteries
22
J Sheridan Le Fanu
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (M.R. James)
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
23
M.R. James
Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens (Peter Haining, Ed.)
Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens
24
Peter Haining, Ed.
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (Edith Wharton)
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
25
Edith Wharton
Ghost Stories of Henry James (Henry James)
Ghost Stories of Henry James
26
Henry James
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
27
Peter Straub
Gothic Short Stories (Blair)
Gothic Short Stories
28
Blair
The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories (Arthur Machen)
The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories
29
Arthur Machen
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
30
Shirley Jackson
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House
31
Richard Matheson
The Horla and Others: Guy De Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Mu (Guy De Maupassant)
The Horla and Others: Guy De Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Mu
32
Guy De Maupassant
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
33
Arthur Conan Doyle
The House of the Seven Gables (Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
34
Hawthorne
The Howling Man (Charles Beaumont)
The Howling Man
35
Charles Beaumont
In the Land of Time & Other Fantasy Tales (Lord Dunsany)
In the Land of Time & Other Fantasy Tales
36
Lord Dunsany
The Italian (Ann Radcliffe)
The Italian
37
Ann Radcliffe
The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
The King in Yellow
38
Robert W. Chambers
The Lodger (Marie Belloc Lowndes)
The Lodger
39
Marie Belloc Lowndes
MacBeth (Shakespeare)
MacBeth
40
Shakespeare
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