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Goodreads Community: 100 Best Voted Horror Novels

Goodreads has a community, vote based system called "listopia" in which members can vote on books they find worthy of a subject. This list contains the top 100 horror novels based on users' votes! (Number 1 being the highest voted)
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The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
1
Stephen King
It (Stephen King)
It
2
Stephen King
Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
Salem's Lot
3
Stephen King
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
4
Bram Stoker
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
5
Stephen King
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
6
Stephen King
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
7
William Peter Blatty
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
8
Shirley Jackson
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
9
Thomas Harris
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
10
Stephen King
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
11
Mary Shelley
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
12
Anne Rice
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
13
Ira Levin
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
14
Peter Straub
Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
Heart-Shaped Box
15
Joe Hill
World War Z (Max Brooks)
World War Z
16
Max Brooks
Swan Song (Robert R. McCammon)
Swan Song
17
Robert R. McCammon
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
18
Mark Z. Danielewski
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
19
Thomas Harris
Needful Things (Stephen King)
Needful Things
20
Stephen King
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
21
Ray Bradbury
The Amityville Horror (Jay Anson)
The Amityville Horror
22
Jay Anson
Cujo (Stephen King)
Cujo
23
Stephen King
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House
24
Richard Matheson
The Green Mile (Stephen King)
The Green Mile
25
Stephen King
Watchers (Dean Koontz)
Watchers
26
Dean Koontz
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
27
Oscar Wilde
Christine (Stephen King)
Christine
28
Stephen King
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
29
Robert Louis Stevenson
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
30
Bret Easton Ellis
Desperation (Stephen King)
Desperation
31
Stephen King
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
32
John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
The Dead Zone
33
Stephen King
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws
34
Peter Benchley
The Talisman (Stephen King & Peter Straub)
The Talisman
35
Stephen King & Peter Straub
The Vampire Lestat (Anne Rice)
The Vampire Lestat
36
Anne Rice
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
37
Shirley Jackson
Horns (Joe Hill)
Horns
38
Joe Hill
The Ruins
The Ruins
39
The Long Walk (Stephen King)
The Long Walk
40
Stephen King
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