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![The Shining (The Shining, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353277730l/11588._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 20924 times as horror)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,535,052 ratings — published 1977
![It](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1334416842l/830502._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 17655 times as horror)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,146,684 ratings — published 1986
![Dracula](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387151694l/17245._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 16423 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,307,293 ratings — published 1897
![Carrie](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254258l/10592._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 14568 times as horror)
avg rating 3.99 — 749,109 ratings — published 1974
![Pet Sematary](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1480069533l/33124137._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 14023 times as horror)
avg rating 4.07 — 614,379 ratings — published 1983
![The Haunting of Hill House](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327871336l/89717._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 13927 times as horror)
avg rating 3.82 — 318,798 ratings — published 1959
![Frankenstein: The 1818 Text](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1631088473l/35031085._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 13705 times as horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,646,016 ratings — published 1818
![’Salem’s Lot](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327891565l/11590._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 13296 times as horror)
avg rating 4.10 — 588,515 ratings — published 1975
![Misery](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554220401l/10614._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 12161 times as horror)
avg rating 4.23 — 755,624 ratings — published 1987
![The Stand](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1674820514l/87591651._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 11352 times as horror)
avg rating 4.35 — 776,781 ratings — published 1978
![Mexican Gothic](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1607462569l/53152636._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 9705 times as horror)
avg rating 3.67 — 374,877 ratings — published 2020
![House of Leaves](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403889034l/24800._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 8685 times as horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 176,469 ratings — published 2000
![We Have Always Lived in the Castle](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1704229774l/89724._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 8297 times as horror)
avg rating 3.93 — 239,975 ratings — published 1962
![Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1380631642l/43763._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 7768 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 602,942 ratings — published 1976
![Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1510335480l/16130549._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 7285 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 269,230 ratings — published 2013
![World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1528312647l/8908._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 7110 times as horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 535,214 ratings — published 2006
![Coraline](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1493497435l/17061._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6790 times as horror)
avg rating 4.12 — 715,591 ratings — published 2002
![The Exorcist](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1375168676l/179780._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6767 times as horror)
avg rating 4.20 — 240,916 ratings — published 1971
![The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1584222716l/44074800._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6741 times as horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 235,970 ratings — published 2020
![Cujo](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1394208144l/10603._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6666 times as horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 293,927 ratings — published 1981
![The Only Good Indians](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1601545259l/52180399._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6477 times as horror)
avg rating 3.70 — 86,766 ratings — published 2020
![NOS4A2](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1369591617l/15729539._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 6460 times as horror)
avg rating 4.08 — 131,690 ratings — published 2013
![Tender Is the Flesh](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594563107l/49090884._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6268 times as horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 241,440 ratings — published 2017
![Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1570393096l/44646576._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6184 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 193,788 ratings — published 2014
![Heart-Shaped Box](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328043955l/153025._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6076 times as horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 140,530 ratings — published 2007
![Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1318116526l/51496._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6043 times as horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 599,951 ratings — published 1886
![What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1632936332l/58724626._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5912 times as horror)
avg rating 3.89 — 80,487 ratings — published 2022
![My Best Friend's Exorcism](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533059241l/41015038._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5793 times as horror)
avg rating 3.94 — 119,911 ratings — published 2016
![Horrorstör](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1414314217l/13129925._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 5719 times as horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 99,203 ratings — published 2014
![Needful Things](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1315767817l/107291._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5693 times as horror)
avg rating 3.97 — 257,842 ratings — published 1991
![The Outsider](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1524596540l/36124936._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5656 times as horror)
avg rating 4.01 — 324,927 ratings — published 2018
![Christine](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1663053062l/10629._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5620 times as horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 246,877 ratings — published 1983
![The Troop](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1397768496l/17571466._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5596 times as horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 92,407 ratings — published 2014
![Let the Right One In](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327893384l/943402._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5450 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 113,331 ratings — published 2004
![A Head Full of Ghosts](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1415678368l/23019294._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5446 times as horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 89,772 ratings — published 2015
![Night Shift](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1660820449l/10628._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5406 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 185,507 ratings — published 1978
![The Final Girl Support Group](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1614275199l/55829194._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5250 times as horror)
avg rating 3.52 — 147,405 ratings — published 2021
![Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1711563977l/228296._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5194 times as horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 144,386 ratings — published 1967
![Carmilla](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1657795822l/48037._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5052 times as horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 125,559 ratings — published 1872
![The Picture of Dorian Gray](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546103428l/5297._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 5009 times as horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,601,523 ratings — published 1890
![Bunny](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1588043687l/53285047._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 4878 times as horror)
avg rating 3.50 — 223,031 ratings — published 2019
![Firestarter](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1592553161l/233667._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4761 times as horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 233,117 ratings — published 1980
![The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1647930822l/23807._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4737 times as horror)
avg rating 4.25 — 557,496 ratings — published 1988
![The Turn of the Screw](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1567172392l/12948._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4734 times as horror)
avg rating 3.39 — 160,361 ratings — published 1898
![How to Sell a Haunted House](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1650818993l/59414094._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4720 times as horror)
avg rating 3.68 — 114,248 ratings — published 2023
![The Dead Zone](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1283509622l/11573._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4695 times as horror)
avg rating 3.96 — 228,102 ratings — published 1979
![The Call of Cthulhu](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1567470807l/15730101._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 4679 times as horror)
avg rating 4.03 — 114,578 ratings — published 1928
![The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403033579l/17235026._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4637 times as horror)
avg rating 3.95 — 232,187 ratings — published 2014
![Cell](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1432828013l/10567._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4516 times as horror)
avg rating 3.65 — 226,333 ratings — published 2006
![Something Wicked This Way Comes](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1409596011l/248596._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 4512 times as horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 136,353 ratings — published 1962
![Stephen King](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1362814142i/3389._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“Eddie discovered one of his childhood's great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought.”
― It
― It
![Clive Barker](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1430330407i/10366._UX200_CR0,40,200,200_.jpg)
“I think that God that we have created and allowed to shape our culture through, essentially Christian theology is a pretty villainous creature. I think that one of the things that male patriarchal figure has done is, allowed under it's, his church, his wing, all kinds of corruptions and villainies to grow and fester. In the name of that God terrible wars have been waged, in the name of that God terrible sexism has been allowed to spread. There are children being born all across this world that don't have enough food to eat because that God, at least his church, tells the mothers and fathers that they must procreate at all costs, and to prevent procreation with a condom is in contravention with his laws. Now, I don't believe that God exists. I think that God is creation of men, by men, and for men. What has happened over the many centuries now, the better part of two thousand in fact, is that that God has been slowly and steadily accruing power. His church has been accruing power, and the men who run that church, and they are all men, are not about to give it up. If they give it up, they give up luxury, they give up comfort.”
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