Most Popular Horror Books of the 1930s

The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1938

The Outsider and Others

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1939

The Shadow Over Innsmouth and Other Stories of Horror

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1936

The Room Opposite & Other Tales

F. M. Mayor

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Anthology · Short Stories

April 1, 1935

The Hound of Death and Other Stories

Agatha Christie

Horror · Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

1933

Rebecca #1

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

Horror · Ghosts · Mystery

1938

Dr. Lowell #1

Burn, Witch, Burn!

A. Merritt

Horror

1933

Dr. Lowell #2

Creep, Shadow, Creep!

A. Merritt

Horror

1934

The Willows and Other Queer Tales

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1932

The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James

M. R. James

Horror · Short Stories

1931

Seven Gothic Tales

Isak Dinesen

Horror · Short Stories

1934

The Curse of Cantire

Walter S. Masterman

Horror

1939

The Edge of Running Water

William Sloane

Horror · Science Fiction

1939

The Clock Strikes Twelve

H. Russell Wakefield

Horror · Short Stories

1939

The Hand of Kornelius Voyt

Oliver Onions

Fantasy · Horror · Gothic Horror · Paranormal Fantasy

1939

The Night Wind Howls

Frederick Cowles

Horror · Short Stories

1938

The Tales of Algernon Blackwood

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1938

The Border Line

Walter S. Masterman

Horror

1937

To Walk the Night

William Sloane

Horror · Science Fiction

1937

The Whistling Ancestors

Richard E. Goddard

Horror

1936

The Bride of Frankenstein

Michael Egremont

Horror · Science Fiction

1936

Who Wants a Green Bottle? and Other Uneasy Tales

Tod Robbins

Horror · Short Stories

1936

The Wind Blows Over

Walter de la Mare

Horror · Short Stories

1936

The Cosy Room

Arthur Machen

Horror · Short Stories

1936

The Children of the Pool and Other Stories

Arthur Machen

Horror · Short Stories

1936

The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror

Edmond Hamilton

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1936

Devil's Spawn

Charles Birkin

Horror · Short Stories

1936

Lycanthia

Frances Layland-Barratt

Horror

1935

A Ghostly Company

H. Russell Wakefield

Horror · Short Stories

1935

The Collected Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions

Oliver Onions

Horror · Short Stories

1935

Shocks

Algernon Blackwood

Horror · Short Stories

1935

The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck

Alexander Laing

Horror

1934

The Foghorn

Gertrude Atherton

Horror · Short Stories

1934

More Spook Stories

E. F. Benson

Horror · Short Stories

1934

Twisted Clay

Frank Walford

Horror

1933

The Unmeasured Place

John Lambourne

Horror

1933