What are some good horror novels?

The Best Horror Novels of All Time

1. The Shining by Stephen King.
2. Dracula by Bram Stoker.
3. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.
4. Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin.
5. The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson.
6. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.
7. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
8. Hell House by Richard Matheson.

Who has written the most horror novels?

The “Master of Horror” Stephen King is the author of 87 books, most of them worldwide bestsellers.

What is the best horror book to read?

The Best Horror Books of All Time

• At the Mountains of Madness. by H.P. Lovecraft.
• The Bad Seed. by William March.
• Beloved. by Toni Morrison.
• The Bloody Chamber. by Angela Carter.
• Clive Barker’s Books of Blood 1-3. by Clive Barker.
• The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories. by H. P. Lovecraft.
• Carrie.
• The Case Against Satan.

What is the most famous horror story?

• Frankenstein. by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
• Dracula. by Bram Stoker.
• ‘Young Goodman Brown’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
• ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ by Edgar Allan Poe.
• ‘Carmilla’ by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
• ‘The Turn Of The Screw’ by Henry James.
• ‘The Great God Pan’ by Arthur Machen.
• ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ by W. W. Jacobs.

Who is the scariest horror writer?

Who Are the Best Horror Authors of All Time?

• Stephen King (5)
• Dean Koontz (5)
• Clive Barker (4)
• Peter Straub (4)
• Bram Stoker (4)
• Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (4)
• Anne Rice (4)
• Ramsey Campbell (3)

What are the best horror books of the 21st century?

Novels, collections, anthologies – anything that is able to give us a true scare in this mad, mad, mad century. 1. Books originally published before January 1st, 2000 will be removed. 2. Books with less than 75 ratings will be removed. Please don’t see this list as a way to promote your books with a little help from your friends.

What makes a book a good horror book?

A book should enjoy at least a modest popularity to be considered “best”. NB: This rule does not apply to horror anthologies. A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.

Which is the most scary book of all time?

4. Bird Box by Josh Malerman “This book is super high up on my list of best horror books in terms of creativity, slow burn terror, and ideas that have haunted me for weeks. This story is set in a not-too-distant dystopian future where humankind has resorted to wearing blindfolds 24/7.

Are there any new horror books coming out?

Then a stranger moves into the neighborhood, and Patricia soon becomes convinced her new neighbor is a vampire. Stephen Graham Jones has not one but two new horror novels out this year. But if you’re only going to read one 2020 Stephen Graham Jones novel, make it The Only Good Indians.