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Great Horror Books According to the Horror Writers Association of America

As we move into fall and the Halloween season, our retired English Teacher and genre enthusiast looks for good horror novels and collections to keep him up nights. Here is a recommended reading list from the Horror Writers Association of America that just might do the trick. The list is quirky, with several surprising inclusions and omissions, but on the whole it seems to be quite the spook-fest.
Note: The list refers to "Darklands" by Dennis Etchison, but I can find no work of that title in any Etchison bibliography. I have assumed the compilers meant "The Dark Country", so I have included it.
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At the Mountains of Madness
At the Mountains of Madness
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Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood (Algernon Blackwood)
Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood (Algernon Blackwood)
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The Between (Tananarive Due)
The Between (Tananarive Due)
4
Book of the Dead (John Skipp)
Book of the Dead (John Skipp)
5
Complete Ghost Stories
Complete Ghost Stories
6
Conjure Wife (Fritz Leiber)
Conjure Wife (Fritz Leiber)
7
The Dark Country (Dennis Etchison)
The Dark Country (Dennis Etchison)
8
Dark Dance (Tanith Lee)
Dark Dance (Tanith Lee)
9
Dead in the Water
Dead in the Water
10
Dr. Adder (K.W. Jeter)
Dr. Adder (K.W. Jeter)
11
Dracula
Dracula
12
The Dunwich Horror (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Dunwich Horror (H. P. Lovecraft)
13
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
14
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
15
Ghoul (Michael Slade)
Ghoul (Michael Slade)
16
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
17
The Hill of Dreams (Arthur Machen)
The Hill of Dreams (Arthur Machen)
18
The Hungry Moon (Campbell)
The Hungry Moon (Campbell)
19
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
20
Lost Souls
Lost Souls
21
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
22
Lovers Living, Lovers Dead (Richard Lortz)
Lovers Living, Lovers Dead (Richard Lortz)
23
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
24
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
25
Phantom (Thomas Tessier)
Phantom (Thomas Tessier)
26
Raven (Grant)
Raven (Grant)
27
Relic (Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child)
Relic (Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child)
28
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
29
Sacrifice (Andrew Vachss)
Sacrifice (Andrew Vachss)
30
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining (Stephen King)
31
Sineater (Elizabeth Massie)
Sineater (Elizabeth Massie)
32
Skin (Kathe Koja)
Skin (Kathe Koja)
33
Some of Your Blood (Theodore Sturgeon)
Some of Your Blood (Theodore Sturgeon)
34
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Bradbury)
35
Songs of a Dead Dreamer (Thomas Ligotti)
Songs of a Dead Dreamer (Thomas Ligotti)
36
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand (Stephen King)
37
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
38
Tales of Horror (Arthur Machen)
Tales of Horror (Arthur Machen)
39
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
40
Vampire Junction (S.P. Somtow)
Vampire Junction (S.P. Somtow)
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