Most Popular Horror Books of the 20th century

Discover popular Horror books from the 20th century, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Firestarter

Stephen King

Horror

1980

7.1/10 73 ratings

Desperation

Stephen King

Horror · Locus Award

1996

7.2/10 60 ratings

Hearts in Atlantis

Stephen King

Horror · Short Stories

1999

7.1/10 39 ratings

Cujo

Stephen King

Horror · British Fantasy Award

1981

6.9/10 76 ratings

The Dark Half

Stephen King

Horror

1989

7.0/10 56 ratings

Hellboy #1

Hellboy: Seed of Destruction

Mike Mignola, John Byrne

Fantasy · Horror · Comics

1994

7.0/10 24 ratings

Phantoms

Dean Koontz

Horror

1983

6.9/10 38 ratings

Carrie

Stephen King

Horror

1974

6.8/10 194 ratings

The Vampire Diaries #3

The Fury

L. J. Smith

Horror · Young Adult

1991

6.8/10 129 ratings

The Vampire Diaries #4

Dark Reunion

L. J. Smith

Horror · Young Adult

1992

6.8/10 111 ratings

The Vampire Diaries #2

The Struggle

L. J. Smith

Horror · Young Adult

1991

6.6/10 143 ratings

Christine

Stephen King

Horror

1983

6.7/10 93 ratings

The Fetch

Robert Holdstock

Fantasy · Horror

1991

6.6/10 24 ratings

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Stephen King

Horror

1999

6.5/10 84 ratings

Cycle of the Werewolf

Stephen King

Horror · Werewolves

1983

6.3/10 58 ratings

The Vampire Diaries #1

The Awakening

L. J. Smith

Horror · Young Adult

1991

6.5/10 190 ratings

Swan Song

Robert R. McCammon

Horror · Science Fiction · Bram Stoker Award

1987

10.0/10 3 ratings

Shadows Over Innsmouth #1

Shadows Over Innsmouth

Stephen Jones

Horror · Cthulhu · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

1994

10.0/10 2 ratings

Books of Blood (omnibus editions)

Books of Blood: Volumes 1-3

Clive Barker

Horror · Short Stories

1988

10.0/10 2 ratings

Dark Gods

T. E. D. Klein

Horror · Short Stories

1985

10.0/10 2 ratings

The Dracula Horror Series #6

The Witching of Dracula

Robert Lory

Horror

1974

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Birds and Other Stories

Daphne du Maurier

Horror · Short Stories · Mystery

1952

10.0/10 2 ratings

Beyond the Wall of Sleep

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1943

10.0/10 2 ratings

The Connoisseur and Other Stories

Walter de la Mare

Horror · Short Stories

1926

A Prayer for the Dying

Stewart O'Nan

Horror

1999

10.0/10 1 ratings

Horowitz Horror

Anthony Horowitz

Horror · Short Stories

1999

More Annotated H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1999

10.0/10 1 ratings

Catchman

Chris Wooding

Horror · Young Adult

1998

The Annotated H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1997

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Loved Dead and Other Revisions

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1997

10.0/10 1 ratings

Mythos Omnibuses #2

Brian Lumley's Mythos Omnibus Volume Two

Brian Lumley

Fantasy · Horror · Cthulhu

1997

10.0/10 1 ratings

Mythos Omnibuses #1

Brian Lumley's Mythos Omnibus Volume One

Brian Lumley

Fantasy · Horror · Cthulhu

1997

10.0/10 1 ratings

Sabat

Dead Meat: The Complete Books of Sabat

Guy N. Smith

Horror

1996

The Diaries of the Family Dracul #3

Lord of the Vampires

Jeanne Kalogridis

Horror

1996

10.0/10 1 ratings

Call of Cthulhu Fiction

The Disciples of Cthulhu

Edward P. Berglund

Horror · Cthulhu · Anthology

1996

The Nightmare Factory

Thomas Ligotti

Horror · Bram Stoker Award · British Fantasy Award · Short Stories

1996

10.0/10 1 ratings