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Masters of Horror: A Personal View

Our maverick English Teacher and genre advocate looks over the Horror genre and highlights 60 masters of the genre by selecting ONE representative book for each of them. Some of his selections may surprise or even infuriate you, but all of them are worth reading.
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American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
1
Neil Gaiman
Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
Ancient Images
2
Ramsey Campbell
Ancient Sorceries (Algernon Blackwood)
Ancient Sorceries
3
Algernon Blackwood
The Association (Bentley Little)
The Association
4
Bentley Little
Audrey's Door (Sarah Langan)
Audrey's Door
5
Sarah Langan
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu) (Lefanu)
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu)
6
Lefanu
Boy's Life (Robert McCammon)
Boy's Life
7
Robert McCammon
Burnt Offerings (Robert Marasco)
Burnt Offerings
8
Robert Marasco
The Ceremonies (T. E. D. Klein)
The Ceremonies
9
T. E. D. Klein
Coldheart Canyon: A Hollywood Ghost Story (Clive Barker)
Coldheart Canyon: A Hollywood Ghost Story
10
Clive Barker
Collected Ghost Stories (M R James)
Collected Ghost Stories
11
M R James
Conjure Wife (Fritz Leiber)
Conjure Wife
12
Fritz Leiber
The Dark Country (Dennis Etchison)
The Dark Country
13
Dennis Etchison
The Dark Eidolon (Clark Ashton Smith)
The Dark Eidolon
14
Clark Ashton Smith
Dead in the Water (Nancy Holder)
Dead in the Water
15
Nancy Holder
The Dead of Night (Onions)
The Dead of Night
16
Onions
Deliver Me From Eva (Paul Bailey)
Deliver Me From Eva
17
Paul Bailey
The Devil Rides Out (Dennis Wheatley)
The Devil Rides Out
18
Dennis Wheatley
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
19
Bram Stoker
The Dunwich Horror (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Dunwich Horror
20
H. P. Lovecraft
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
21
William Peter Blatty
The Fog (James Herbert)
The Fog
22
James Herbert
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
23
Mary Shelley
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (Edith Wharton)
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
24
Edith Wharton
"The Great God Pan" (Arthur Machen)
"The Great God Pan"
25
Arthur Machen
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
26
Shirley Jackson
A Head Full of Ghosts (Paul Tremblay)
A Head Full of Ghosts
27
Paul Tremblay
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
28
Joseph Conrad
Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
Heart-Shaped Box
29
Joe Hill
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House
30
Richard Matheson
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
31
Elizabeth Kostova
The House Next Door (Anne Rivers Siddon)
The House Next Door
32
Anne Rivers Siddon
The House on the Borderland (William Hope Hodgson)
The House on the Borderland
33
William Hope Hodgson
The Howling Man (Charles Beaumont)
The Howling Man
34
Charles Beaumont
Jekyll and Hyde (Stevenson)
Jekyll and Hyde
35
Stevenson
The Keep (F. Paul Wilson)
The Keep
36
F. Paul Wilson
Koko (Peter Straub)
Koko
37
Peter Straub
MacBeth (Shakespeare)
MacBeth
38
Shakespeare
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
39
Matthew Lewis
Mythago Wood
Mythago Wood
40
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