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The Definitive Horror Book List, Per Goodreads - Page 2

This list is troll-free. Well, a couple of the books may have troll characters, I can't be sure, but the creator of the list warned aspiring authors against using it to plug their own books and unless Stephen King has multiple personalities (not impossible, if you think about it), that seems to have worked.
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Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
41
Robert Bloch
Intensity (Dean Koontz)
Intensity
42
Dean Koontz
The Dark Half (Stephen King)
The Dark Half
43
Stephen King
The Cellar (Richard Laymon)
The Cellar
44
Richard Laymon
Desperation (Stephen King)
Desperation
45
Stephen King
The Amityville Horror (Jay Anson)
The Amityville Horror
46
Jay Anson
The Vampire Lestat (Anne Rice)
The Vampire Lestat
47
Anne Rice
The Hellbound Heart
The Hellbound Heart
48
Weaveworld (Clive Barker)
Weaveworld
49
Clive Barker
Strangers
Strangers
50
The Ruins
The Ruins
51
The Girl Next Door (Jack Ketchum)
The Girl Next Door
52
Jack Ketchum
The Walking Dead (Robert Kirkman)
The Walking Dead
53
Robert Kirkman
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
54
Shirley Jackson
The Strain (Guillermo Del Toro / Chuck Hogan)
The Strain
55
Guillermo Del Toro / Chuck Hogan
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft: Commemorative Edition
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft: Commemorative Edition
56
Cabinet of Curiosities
Cabinet of Curiosities
57
They Thirst
They Thirst
58
The Call of Cthulu
The Call of Cthulu
59
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
60
Edgar Allan Poe
One Rainy Night (Richard Laymon)
One Rainy Night
61
Richard Laymon
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
62
Henry James
Island (Richard Laymon)
Island
63
Richard Laymon
The Keep (F. Paul Wilson)
The Keep
64
F. Paul Wilson
The Rising (Brian Keene)
The Rising
65
Brian Keene
The Traveling Vampire Show
The Traveling Vampire Show
66
The Long Walk (Stephen King)
The Long Walk
67
Stephen King
Off Season (Jack Ketchum)
Off Season
68
Jack Ketchum
Christine (Stephen King)
Christine
69
Stephen King
In the Dark (Richard Laymon)
In the Dark
70
Richard Laymon
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger
71
Stephen King
The Island of Dr. Moreau (H.G. Wells)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
72
H.G. Wells
The Damnation Game (Clive Barker)
The Damnation Game
73
Clive Barker
The Other
The Other
74
Song of Kali
Song of Kali
75
Hearts in Atlantis (Stephen King)
Hearts in Atlantis
76
Stephen King
Duma Key (Stephen King)
Duma Key
77
Stephen King
Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones
78
The Tommyknockers (Stephen King)
The Tommyknockers
79
Stephen King
Under the Dome (Stephen King)
Under the Dome
80
Stephen King
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