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Horror: 200 Best Books

Combined list of the books featured in Stephen Jones and Kim Newman's Horror: 100 Best Books (1988) and its sequel, Horror: Another 100 Best Books (2005). Books are listed in as close to chronological order as I could determine.
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Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
1
Thomas Mann
The Revenger's Tragedy (Thomas Middleton)
The Revenger's Tragedy
2
Thomas Middleton
The White Devil
The White Devil
3
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
4
William Shakespeare
Caleb Williams (William Godwin)
Caleb Williams
5
William Godwin
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
6
Matthew Lewis
Tales of Hoffmann (E. T. A. Hoffmann)
Tales of Hoffmann
7
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
8
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
9
Mary Shelley
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Maturin)
Melmoth the Wanderer
10
Charles Maturin
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
11
James Hogg
The Queen of Spades (Alexander Pushkin)
The Queen of Spades
12
Alexander Pushkin
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe)
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
13
Edgar Allan Poe
Twice-Told Tales (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Twice-Told Tales
14
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Black Spider (Jeremias Gotthelf)
The Black Spider
15
Jeremias Gotthelf
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
16
Charles Dickens
The Wandering Jew (Eugene Sue)
The Wandering Jew
17
Eugene Sue
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
18
Charlotte Brontë
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (Jan Potocki)
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
19
Jan Potocki
The Confidence-Man (Herman Melville)
The Confidence-Man
20
Herman Melville
Uncle Silas (Sheridan Le Fanu)
Uncle Silas
21
Sheridan Le Fanu
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
22
Robert Louis Stevenson
She (H. Rider Haggard)
She
23
H. Rider Haggard
New Grub Street (George Gissing)
New Grub Street
24
George Gissing
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
25
Oscar Wilde
The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
The King in Yellow
26
Robert W. Chambers
The Island of Doctor Moreau (H.G. Wells)
The Island of Doctor Moreau
27
H.G. Wells
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
28
Bram Stoker
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
29
Henry James
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
30
H.G. Wells
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
31
Joseph Conrad
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
32
Doyle
The Jewel of the Seven Stars (Bram Stoker)
The Jewel of the Seven Stars
33
Bram Stoker
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, by M.P. James
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, by M.P. James
34
The House of Souls (Arthur Machen)
The House of Souls
35
Arthur Machen
The Boats of the Glen Carrig (William Hope Hodgson)
The Boats of the Glen Carrig
36
William Hope Hodgson
The Complete John Silence Stories (Blackwood)
The Complete John Silence Stories
37
Blackwood
The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday
38
G.K. Chesterton
The House on the Borderland (William Hope Hodgson)
The House on the Borderland
39
William Hope Hodgson
Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (Ambrose Bierce)
Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce
40
Ambrose Bierce
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