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Classic Horror Books
Showing 1-50 of 1,535

by (shelved 102 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 � 1,403,576 ratings � published 1897

by (shelved 80 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.89 � 1,756,562 ratings � published 1818

by (shelved 54 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.81 � 359,952 ratings � published 1959

by (shelved 52 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.83 � 636,701 ratings � published 1886

by (shelved 42 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.87 � 160,960 ratings � published 1872

by (shelved 33 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 � 1,760,241 ratings � published 1890

by (shelved 32 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.38 � 171,188 ratings � published 1898

by (shelved 25 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.28 � 1,669,396 ratings � published 1977

by (shelved 24 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.78 � 147,996 ratings � published 1820

by (shelved 24 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.21 � 257,169 ratings � published 1971

by (shelved 23 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.40 � 290,311 ratings � published 1849

by (shelved 23 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.03 � 115,500 ratings � published 1928

by (shelved 22 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.92 � 270,063 ratings � published 1962

by (shelved 20 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.05 � 152,606 ratings � published 1967

by (shelved 20 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.99 � 806,629 ratings � published 1974

by (shelved 19 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.90 � 145,140 ratings � published 1962

by (shelved 19 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.96 � 265,715 ratings � published 1910

by (shelved 18 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.08 � 333,497 ratings � published 1892

by (shelved 18 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.24 � 1,218,517 ratings � published 1986

by (shelved 18 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.68 � 15,562 ratings � published 1890

by (shelved 17 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.05 � 15,779 ratings � published 1907

by (shelved 17 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.79 � 60,535 ratings � published 1931

by (shelved 17 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.80 � 7,575 ratings � published 1910

by (shelved 16 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.73 � 130,723 ratings � published 1896

by (shelved 15 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.10 � 631,661 ratings � published 1975

by (shelved 15 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 � 73,565 ratings � published 1959

by (shelved 15 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 � 31,442 ratings � published 1796

by (shelved 15 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.59 � 10,113 ratings � published 1908

by (shelved 14 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.19 � 39,433 ratings � published 1764

by (shelved 14 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.71 � 59,091 ratings � published 1971

by (shelved 14 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.86 � 82,762 ratings � published 1839

by (shelved 14 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.75 � 77,348 ratings � published 1983

by (shelved 13 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.92 � 137,950 ratings � published 1886

by (shelved 13 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.05 � 146,226 ratings � published 1954

by (shelved 13 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.08 � 662,433 ratings � published 1983

by (shelved 13 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.19 � 243,403 ratings � published 1843

by (shelved 12 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.34 � 36,145 ratings � published

by (shelved 12 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.83 � 135,748 ratings � published 1977

by (shelved 11 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.25 � 575,830 ratings � published 1988

by (shelved 11 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.24 � 115,722 ratings � published 1843

by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.15 � 71,015 ratings � published 1842

by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.31 � 14,573 ratings � published 1819

by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.06 � 44,420 ratings � published 1842

by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.23 � 808,536 ratings � published 1987

by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.42 � 4,523 ratings � published 1903

by (shelved 9 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.88 � 67,850 ratings � published 1887

by (shelved 9 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.50 � 3,882 ratings � published 1897

by (shelved 9 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.04 � 68,978 ratings � published 1976

by (shelved 9 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.04 � 103,155 ratings � published 1948

by (shelved 9 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.30 � 29,921 ratings � published 1963

“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.”
― The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Horror Anthology
― The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Horror Anthology

“Old incompetence is incompetence still.”
― The Bone Key: The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth
― The Bone Key: The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth