112 books
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Classic Horror Books
Showing 1-50 of 1,534

by (shelved 102 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 � 1,402,884 ratings � published 1897

by (shelved 80 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.89 � 1,755,638 ratings � published 1818

by (shelved 54 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.81 � 359,642 ratings � published 1959

by (shelved 52 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.83 � 636,424 ratings � published 1886

by (shelved 42 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.87 � 160,679 ratings � published 1872

by (shelved 33 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 � 1,758,971 ratings � published 1890

by (shelved 32 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.38 � 171,126 ratings � published 1898

by (shelved 25 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.28 � 1,638,886 ratings � published 1977

by (shelved 24 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.78 � 147,957 ratings � published 1820

by (shelved 24 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.21 � 257,016 ratings � published 1971

by (shelved 23 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.40 � 290,228 ratings � published 1849

by (shelved 22 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.03 � 115,436 ratings � published 1928

by (shelved 22 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.92 � 269,859 ratings � published 1962

by (shelved 20 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.05 � 152,535 ratings � published 1967

by (shelved 20 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.99 � 806,200 ratings � published 1974

by (shelved 19 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.90 � 145,094 ratings � published 1962

by (shelved 19 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.96 � 265,601 ratings � published 1910

by (shelved 18 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.08 � 333,212 ratings � published 1892

by (shelved 18 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.24 � 1,218,145 ratings � published 1986

by (shelved 18 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.68 � 15,551 ratings � published 1890

by (shelved 17 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.05 � 15,758 ratings � published 1907

by (shelved 17 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.73 � 130,665 ratings � published 1896

by (shelved 17 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.79 � 60,509 ratings � published 1931

by (shelved 17 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.80 � 7,567 ratings � published 1910

by (shelved 15 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.10 � 631,407 ratings � published 1975

by (shelved 15 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 � 73,542 ratings � published 1959

by (shelved 15 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.84 � 31,431 ratings � published 1796

by (shelved 15 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.59 � 10,107 ratings � published 1908

by (shelved 14 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.19 � 39,413 ratings � published 1764

by (shelved 14 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.71 � 59,059 ratings � published 1971

by (shelved 14 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.86 � 82,715 ratings � published 1839

by (shelved 14 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.75 � 77,305 ratings � published 1983

by (shelved 13 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.92 � 137,895 ratings � published 1886

by (shelved 13 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.05 � 146,143 ratings � published 1954

by (shelved 13 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.08 � 662,088 ratings � published 1983

by (shelved 13 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.19 � 243,383 ratings � published 1843

by (shelved 12 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.34 � 36,136 ratings � published

by (shelved 12 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.83 � 135,714 ratings � published 1977

by (shelved 11 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.25 � 575,664 ratings � published 1988

by (shelved 11 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.24 � 115,649 ratings � published 1843

by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.15 � 71,010 ratings � published 1842

by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.31 � 14,568 ratings � published 1819

by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.06 � 44,399 ratings � published 1842

by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.23 � 808,111 ratings � published 1987

by (shelved 10 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.42 � 4,519 ratings � published 1903

by (shelved 9 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 3.88 � 67,810 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 � 68,967 ratings � published 1976

by (shelved 9 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.04 � 103,091 ratings � published 1948

by (shelved 9 times as classic-horror)
avg rating 4.30 � 29,918 ratings � published 1963

“I do not like children. I do not know how to speak to them. They frightened and confused me when I was a child myself, and they frighten and confuse me now that I am an adult.”
― The Bone Key: The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth
― The Bone Key: The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth

“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