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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All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By

John Farris

Horror

1977

The Curse of the Fleers

Basil Copper

Horror

1976

Cold Hand in Mine: Eight Strange Stories

Robert Aickman

Horror · Short Stories

1975

Ghost Stories and Mysteries

Sheridan Le Fanu

Horror · Short Stories

1971

Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos

August Derleth

Horror · Anthology

1969

Fontana Tales of Terror

European Tales of Terror

J. J. Strating

Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

December 1968

The Disorientated Man

Peter Saxon

Horror

1967

Between the Minute & the Hour: Stories of the Unseen

A. M. Burrage

Horror · Short Stories

1967

The Unquiet Grave

August Derleth

Horror · Anthology

1964

The Inhabitant of the Lake & Less Welcome Tenants

Ramsey Campbell

Horror · Short Stories

1964

Twilight Zone Collections #5

Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone

Rod Serling, Walter B Gibson

Horror · Science Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · TV Series

1963

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural

Robert Louis Stevenson

Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Anthology · Collection

1963

Some of Your Blood

Theodore Sturgeon

Horror

1961

The Brides of Dracula

Dean Owen

Horror

1960

The Sundial

Shirley Jackson

Horror

1958

The Survivor and Others

H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth

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

1957

Tales of Piracy, Crime and Ghosts

Daniel Defoe

Horror · Short Stories · Mainstream · Thriller

1945

Mist and Other Ghost Stories

Richmal Crompton

Horror · Short Stories

1928

The Elemental

Ulric Daubeney

Horror · 19th century · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror

1919

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

Horror

1911

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux

Horror · Crime Fiction · Gothic Horror · Mainstream · Mystery

1910

John Silence: Psychical Investigator

A Psychical Invasion

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Occult Detective · Psychological Horror · Mystery

1908

Songs of a Dead Dreamer

Thomas Ligotti

Horror · Short Stories

1986

Nightflyers and Other Stories

George R. R. Martin

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

The Dracula Poems: A Poetic Encounter with the Lord of Vampires

Robin Spriggs, Brent L. Glenn

Horror

1992

Live Girls

Ray Garton

Horror

1987

The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1970