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The Best of Horror Fiction 1951-1990

Douglas E. Winter writes: "The following list of approximately 150 books is intended to provide a comprehensive, if occasionally idiosyncratic, reader's guide to the best of the modern generation of horror fiction. My definition of horror--which, like Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart's definition of obscenity, is to know it when I see it--embraces authors and titles that some readers may identify with other genres. The only limitation I have observed is to restrict my selections to no more than five titles from any individual author."
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Chatterton
Chatterton
1
First Light (Peter Ackroyd)
First Light
2
Peter Ackroyd
Cold Hand in Mine
Cold Hand in Mine
3
Tales of Love and Death (Robert Aickman)
Tales of Love and Death
4
Robert Aickman
Painted Devils (Robert Aickman)
Painted Devils
5
Robert Aickman
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
6
V.C. Andrews
My Sweet Audrina (V.C. Andrews)
My Sweet Audrina
7
V.C. Andrews
The Atrocity Exhibition (J. G. Ballard)
The Atrocity Exhibition
8
J. G. Ballard
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
9
J.G. Ballard
Concrete Island (J.G. Ballard)
Concrete Island
10
J.G. Ballard
High Rise (J G Ballard)
High Rise
11
J G Ballard
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
12
Iain Banks
Books of Blood (Clive Barker)
Books of Blood
13
Clive Barker
The Damnation Game (Clive Barker)
The Damnation Game
14
Clive Barker
Weaveworld (Clive Barker)
Weaveworld
15
Clive Barker
The Great and Secret Show (Clive Barker)
The Great and Secret Show
16
Clive Barker
The Hunger and Other Stories (Charles Beaumont)
The Hunger and Other Stories
17
Charles Beaumont
The Howling Man (Charles Beaumont)
The Howling Man
18
Charles Beaumont
The Kiss of Death (Charles Birkin)
The Kiss of Death
19
Charles Birkin
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
20
William Peter Blatty
Legion (William Peter Blatty)
Legion
21
William Peter Blatty
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
22
Robert Bloch
Pleasant Dreams (Robert Bloch)
Pleasant Dreams
23
Robert Bloch
Bogey Men (Robert Bloch)
Bogey Men
24
Robert Bloch
Screams: Three Novels of Suspense (Robert Bloch)
Screams: Three Novels of Suspense
25
Robert Bloch
The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch (Robert Bloch)
The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch
26
Robert Bloch
Ariel
Ariel
27
The October Country (Ray Bradbury)
The October Country
28
Ray Bradbury
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
29
Ray Bradbury
The Stories of Ray Bradbury (Ray Bradbury)
The Stories of Ray Bradbury
30
Ray Bradbury
Nine Horrors and a Dream (Joseph Payne Brennan)
Nine Horrors and a Dream
31
Joseph Payne Brennan
Nightmares and Geezenstacks (Fredric Brown)
Nightmares and Geezenstacks
32
Fredric Brown
The Well (Jack Cady)
The Well
33
Jack Cady
The Jonah Watch (Jack Cady)
The Jonah Watch
34
Jack Cady
Demons by Daylight (Ramsey Campbell)
Demons by Daylight
35
Ramsey Campbell
The Height of the Scream (Ramsey Campbell)
The Height of the Scream
36
Ramsey Campbell
The Face That Must Die (Campbell)
The Face That Must Die
37
Campbell
Dark Companions (Ramsey Campbell)
Dark Companions
38
Ramsey Campbell
Incarnate (Ramsey Campbell)
Incarnate
39
Ramsey Campbell
The Land of Laughs (Jonathan Carroll)
The Land of Laughs
40
Jonathan Carroll
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