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Scariest Horror Books

A list from ranker.com of the scariest horror novels ever written. How many of them have you read so far?
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It (Stephen King)
It
1
Stephen King
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
2
Stephen King
Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
Salem's Lot
3
Stephen King
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
4
Stephen King
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
5
William Peter Blatty
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
6
Stephen King
The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
7
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
8
Bram Stoker
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
9
Thomas Harris
Night Shift (Stephen King)
Night Shift
10
Stephen King
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
11
Stephen King
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
12
Ira Levin
The Amityville Horror (Jay Anson)
The Amityville Horror
13
Jay Anson
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
14
Robert Bloch
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
15
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
16
Shirley Jackson
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
17
Ray Bradbury
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
18
Richard Matheson
The Dunwich Horror and Others (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Dunwich Horror and Others
19
H.P. Lovecraft
Needful Things (Stephen King)
Needful Things
20
Stephen King
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
21
H.P. Lovecraft
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
22
Mary Shelley
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
23
Stephen King
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
24
Peter Straub
The Call of Cthulhu (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu
25
H.P. Lovecraft
Skeleton Crew (Stephen King)
Skeleton Crew
26
Stephen King
Books of Blood (Clive Barker)
Books of Blood
27
Clive Barker
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House
28
Richard Matheson
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
29
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
30
Oscar Wilde
Swan Song (Robert R. McCammon)
Swan Song
31
Robert R. McCammon
Watchers (Dean Koontz)
Watchers
32
Dean Koontz
The Fog (James Herbert)
The Fog
33
James Herbert
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws
34
Peter Benchley
Phantoms
Phantoms
35
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
36
Henry James
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
37
Thomas Harris
Christine (Stephen King)
Christine
38
Stephen King
Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Carla Jablonski)
Legend of Sleepy Hollow
39
Carla Jablonski
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
40
Edgar Allan Poe
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