Most Popular Horror Books of the 1940s
Discover popular Horror books from the 1940s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.
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Unholy Relics
Horror · Short Stories
1947
The Angelic Avengers
Horror
1947
Not Exactly Ghosts
Horror · Short Stories
1947
A Name for Evil
Horror
1947
This Mortal Coil
Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories
1947
Lucifer and the Child
Horror
1946
The Horror of Abbot's Grange
Horror · Short Stories
1946
Spawn of the Vampire
Horror
1946
Don't Break the Seal
Horror
1946
Holy Terrors
Horror · Short Stories
1946
The Hounds of Tindalos
Horror · Short Stories
1946
The Doll and One Other
Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories
1946
Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories
Horror · Short Stories
1945
Something Near
Horror · Short Stories
1945
Witch House
Horror
1945
The Horrible Dummy and Other Stories
Horror · Short Stories
1944
The Eye and the Finger
Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories
1944
Lost Worlds
Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories
1944
Nine Ghosts
Horror · Short Stories
1943
Selected Tales of Algernon Blackwood
Fantasy · Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories
1943
Seeker to the Dead
Horror
1942
The Uninvited
Horror · Ghosts
1941
Someone in the Dark
Horror · Short Stories
1941
Dark Sanctuary
Horror
1940
The Survivor
Horror
1940