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NPR's 100 Best Horror Novels and Stories - Page 3

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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Alone With the Horrors (Ramsey Campbell)
Alone With the Horrors
81
Ramsey Campbell
Things We Lost in the Fire (Mariana Enriquez)
Things We Lost in the Fire
82
Mariana Enriquez
Shadowland
Shadowland
83
A Head Full of Ghosts (Paul Tremblay)
A Head Full of Ghosts
84
Paul Tremblay
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
85
Ira Levin
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
86
William Peter Blatty
The Body
The Body
87
It's a Good Life (Jerome Bixby)
It's a Good Life
88
Jerome Bixby
The Other (Thomas Tryon)
The Other
89
Thomas Tryon
The Troop (Nick Cutter)
The Troop
90
Nick Cutter
Elizabeth (Ken Greenhall)
Elizabeth
91
Ken Greenhall
Please, Momma (Chesya Burke)
Please, Momma
92
Chesya Burke
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Alvin Schwartz)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
93
Alvin Schwartz
Goosebumps (R.L. Stine)
Goosebumps
94
R.L. Stine
Rotters (Daniel Kraus)
Rotters
95
Daniel Kraus
The Jumbies (Tracey Baptiste)
The Jumbies
96
Tracey Baptiste
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
97
Spirit Hunters (Ellen Oh)
Spirit Hunters
98
Ellen Oh
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
99
Neil Gaiman
Down a Dark Hall (Lois Duncan)
Down a Dark Hall
100
Lois Duncan
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