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The English Teacher's Short List: 25 Favorite Horror Books

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast lists 25 of his favorite books in the Horror genre. The list is purely personal, and it's compiler makes no claim that it is authoritative or a "best of..." list. He just likes the books.
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Ancient Sorceries (Algernon Blackwood)
Ancient Sorceries
1
Algernon Blackwood
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu) (Lefanu)
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu)
2
Lefanu
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft, by H.P. Lovecraft
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft, by H.P. Lovecraft
3
Books of Blood (Clive Barker)
Books of Blood
4
Clive Barker
Boys Life (Robert R. McCammon)
Boys Life
5
Robert R. McCammon
The Ceremonies (T. E. D. Klein)
The Ceremonies
6
T. E. D. Klein
Collected Stories Richard Matheson (Matheson)
Collected Stories Richard Matheson
7
Matheson
The Dark Country (Dennis Etchison)
The Dark Country
8
Dennis Etchison
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
9
Bram Stoker
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
10
William Peter Blatty
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
11
Peter Straub
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
12
Shirley Jackson
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House
13
Richard Matheson
The Howling Man (Charles Beaumont)
The Howling Man
14
Charles Beaumont
It (Stephen King)
It
15
Stephen King
Koko (Peter Straub)
Koko
16
Peter Straub
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
17
Matthew Lewis
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
18
Thomas Harris
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
19
Stephen King
Song of Kali (Dan Simmons)
Song of Kali
20
Dan Simmons
Collected Ghost Stories (M.R James)
Collected Ghost Stories
21
M.R James
Carrion Comfort (Dan Simmons)
Carrion Comfort
22
Dan Simmons
Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
Ancient Images
23
Ramsey Campbell
A Headful of Ghosts (Paul Tremblay)
A Headful of Ghosts
24
Paul Tremblay
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
25
Joan Lindsay
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