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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James Herbert

Horror · Alternate History

1996

10.0/10 1 ratings

Darkness Creeping #2

More Tales to Trouble Your Sleep

Neal Shusterman

Horror · Young Adult · Short Stories

1995

10.0/10 1 ratings

Spook Night

David Robbins

Horror

1995

The Diaries of the Family Dracul #2

Children of the Vampire

Jeanne Kalogridis

Horror

1995

10.0/10 1 ratings

Predator

Predator: Concrete Jungle

Nathan Archer

Horror · Science Fiction · Alien

1995

Monsieur de Phocas

Jean Lorrain

Fantasy · Horror · Translation

1994

10.0/10 1 ratings

Lord Horror #8

Lord Horror #8

John Coulthart, David Britton, Kris Guidio

Horror · Comics

1994

10.0/10 1 ratings

Noctuary

Thomas Ligotti

Horror · Short Stories

1994

10.0/10 1 ratings

Aliens Vs. Predator #2

Hunter's Planet

David Bischoff

Horror · Science Fiction · Alien

1994

H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror

Stephen Jones, Dave Carson

Horror · Anthology

1993

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Pines Trilogy #1

The Pines

Robert Dunbar

Horror

1992

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Mammoth Book of ...

The Mammoth Book of Vampires

Stephen Jones

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Vampires · Anthology

1992

10.0/10 1 ratings

Lost Boys

Orson Scott Card

Horror

1992

10.0/10 1 ratings

Blood Wine #1

A Taste of Blood Wine

Freda Warrington

Horror · Vampires

1992

10.0/10 1 ratings

Lot Lizards

Ray Garton

Horror

1991

10.0/10 1 ratings

Nightlife

Brian Hodge

Horror

1991

10.0/10 1 ratings

Necroscope #5

Necroscope V: Deadspawn

Brian Lumley

Horror

1991

10.0/10 1 ratings

Lord Horror #7

Lord Horror #7

John Coulthart, David Britton

Horror · Comics

1990

10.0/10 1 ratings

Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Golden Anniversary Anthology

H. P. Lovecraft, Divers Hands

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1990

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Best Ghost Stories

various authors (The Best Ghost Stories anthology)

Horror · Anthology

1990

10.0/10 1 ratings

Firefly

Piers Anthony

Horror

1990

10.0/10 1 ratings

Book of the Dead

John Skipp, Craig Spector

Horror · Anthology

1989

Endangered Species

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

1989

10.0/10 1 ratings

Batman: The killing joke

Alan Moore, Brian Bolland

Horror · Science Fiction · Superheroes · Graphic Novels · Comics

1988

10.0/10 1 ratings

Books of Blood (omnibus editions)

Books of Blood: Volumes 4-6

Clive Barker

Horror · Short Stories

1988

10.0/10 1 ratings

Tread Softly

Richard Kelly

Horror

1987

The Cormorant

Stephen Gregory

Horror

1986

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Caller

Richard Laymon

Horror

1985

Nomads

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Horror

1984

The Wereling

David Robbins

Horror

1983

8.0/10 1 awaiting ratings

Saint-Germain #4

Path of the Eclipse

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Horror

1981

They Thirst

Robert R. McCammon

Horror

1981

10.0/10 1 ratings

Cradle and All

James Patterson

Horror · Young Adult

1980

10.0/10 1 ratings

Painted Devils: Strange Stories

Robert Aickman

Horror · Short Stories

1979

10.0/10 1 ratings

Falling Angel

William Hjortsberg

Horror

1978

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Satanists

Robert Black

Horror

1977