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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 � 1,403,576 ratings � published 1897
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.89 � 1,756,562 ratings � published 1818
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.81 � 359,952 ratings � published 1959
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.83 � 636,701 ratings � published 1886
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Carmilla Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.87 � 160,960 ratings � published 1872
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 � 1,760,241 ratings � published 1890
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The Turn of the Screw The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.38 � 171,188 ratings � published 1898
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The Shining (The Shining, #1) The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.28 � 1,669,396 ratings � published 1977
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.78 � 147,996 ratings � published 1820
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The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1) The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.21 � 257,169 ratings � published 1971
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The Complete Stories and Poems The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.40 � 290,311 ratings � published 1849
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The Call of Cthulhu The Call of Cthulhu (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.03 � 115,500 ratings � published 1928
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.92 � 270,063 ratings � published 1962
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Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1) Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.05 � 152,606 ratings � published 1967
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Carrie Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.99 � 806,629 ratings � published 1974
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Something Wicked This Way Comes Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.90 � 145,140 ratings � published 1962
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The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.96 � 265,715 ratings � published 1910
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The Yellow Wall-Paper The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.08 � 333,497 ratings � published 1892
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It It (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.24 � 1,218,517 ratings � published 1986
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The Great God Pan The Great God Pan (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.68 � 15,562 ratings � published 1890
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The Willows The Willows (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.05 � 15,779 ratings � published 1907
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At the Mountains of Madness At the Mountains of Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.79 � 60,535 ratings � published 1931
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The Wendigo The Wendigo (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.80 � 7,575 ratings � published 1910
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The Island of Dr. Moreau The Island of Dr. Moreau (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 16 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.73 � 130,723 ratings � published 1896
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’Salem’s Lot ’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.10 � 631,661 ratings � published 1975
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Psycho (Psycho, #1) Psycho (Psycho, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 � 73,565 ratings � published 1959
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The Monk The Monk (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 � 31,442 ratings � published 1796
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The House on the Borderland The House on the Borderland (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.59 � 10,113 ratings � published 1908
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The Castle of Otranto The Castle of Otranto (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.19 � 39,433 ratings � published 1764
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Hell House Hell House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.71 � 59,091 ratings � published 1971
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The Fall of the House of Usher The Fall of the House of Usher (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.86 � 82,762 ratings � published 1839
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The Woman in Black The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.75 � 77,348 ratings � published 1983
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.92 � 137,950 ratings � published 1886
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I Am Legend I Am Legend (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.05 � 146,226 ratings � published 1954
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Pet Sematary Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.08 � 662,433 ratings � published 1983
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The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.19 � 243,403 ratings � published 1843
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The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.34 � 36,145 ratings � published
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The Amityville Horror The Amityville Horror (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.83 � 135,748 ratings � published 1977
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The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.25 � 575,830 ratings � published 1988
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The Tell-Tale Heart The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 11 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.24 � 115,722 ratings � published 1843
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The Pit and the Pendulum The Pit and the Pendulum (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.15 � 71,015 ratings � published 1842
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The Vampyre The Vampyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.31 � 14,573 ratings � published 1819
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The Masque of the Red Death The Masque of the Red Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.06 � 44,420 ratings � published 1842
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Misery Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.23 � 808,536 ratings � published 1987
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The Jewel of Seven Stars The Jewel of Seven Stars (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.42 � 4,523 ratings � published 1903
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The Canterville Ghost The Canterville Ghost (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.88 � 67,850 ratings � published 1887
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The Beetle The Beetle (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.50 � 3,882 ratings � published 1897
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The Omen The Omen (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.04 � 68,978 ratings � published 1976
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The Lottery The Lottery (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.04 � 103,155 ratings � published 1948
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The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.30 � 29,921 ratings � published 1963
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Andrew Barger
“The difficulty with Poe is not figuring out which of his stories rise to the level required of this collection, but rather which of his stories to exclude from it.”
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“Old incompetence is incompetence still.”
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