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NPR's 100 Best Horror Novels and Stories - Page 2

Who doesn't love a good scary story, something to send a chill across your skin in the middle of summer's heat? NPR asked readers to nominate your favorite horror novels and stories, and then assembled an expert panel of judges to take the 7000 nominations and turn them into a final, curated list of 100 spine-tingling favorites for all kinds of readers.
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Lunar Park
Lunar Park
41
The Bone Key (Sarah Monette)
The Bone Key
42
Sarah Monette
Wylding Hall (Elizabeth Hand)
Wylding Hall
43
Elizabeth Hand
Infidel (Aaron Campbell, Jose Villarrubia, Pornsak Pichetsh)
Infidel
44
Aaron Campbell, Jose Villarrubia, Pornsak Pichetsh
The Ruins
The Ruins
45
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
46
Daphne Du Maurier
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
47
The Red Tree
The Red Tree
48
Swan Song (Robert R. McCammon)
Swan Song
49
Robert R. McCammon
The Screwfly Solution (James Tiptree Jr.)
The Screwfly Solution
50
James Tiptree Jr.
Left Foot, Right (Nalo Hopkinson)
Left Foot, Right
51
Nalo Hopkinson
Come Closer (Sara Gran)
Come Closer
52
Sara Gran
Furnace (Livia Llewellyn)
Furnace
53
Livia Llewellyn
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
54
Angela Carter
Through the Woods (Emily Carroll)
Through the Woods
55
Emily Carroll
The Sandman (Neil Gaiman)
The Sandman
56
Neil Gaiman
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
57
Carmen Maria Machado
White Is for Witching (Helen Oyeyemi)
White Is for Witching
58
Helen Oyeyemi
Goblin Market (Christina Rossetti)
Goblin Market
59
Christina Rossetti
Experimental Film (Gemma Files)
Experimental Film
60
Gemma Files
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
61
Shirley Jackson
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
62
John Fowles
The Terror (Dan Simmons)
The Terror
63
Dan Simmons
Intensity (Dean Koontz)
Intensity
64
Dean Koontz
The Girl Next Door (Jack Ketchum)
The Girl Next Door
65
Jack Ketchum
Exquisite Corpse
Exquisite Corpse
66
Night They Missed the Horror Show (Joe R. Lansdale)
Night They Missed the Horror Show
67
Joe R. Lansdale
Penpal, by Dathan Auerbach
Penpal, by Dathan Auerbach
68
NOS4A2 (Joe Hill)
NOS4A2
69
Joe Hill
Bloodchild (Octavia Butler)
Bloodchild
70
Octavia Butler
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
71
William Golding
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
72
Margaret Atwood
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
73
Toni Morrison
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, and John Jennings)
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
74
Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, and John Jennings
The Devil in America (Kai Ashante Wilson)
The Devil in America
75
Kai Ashante Wilson
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
76
Harlan Ellison
Books of Blood (Clive Barker)
Books of Blood
77
Clive Barker
The October Country (Ray Bradbury)
The October Country
78
Ray Bradbury
The Weird (Ann Vandermeer)
The Weird
79
Ann Vandermeer
The Imago Sequence
The Imago Sequence
80
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