Most Popular Psychological Horror Books of the 20th century

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

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Pan Book of Horror Stories #10

The Tenth Pan Book of Horror Stories

Herbert van Thal

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Weird Fiction

December 7, 1969

Pan Book of Horror Stories #4

The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories

Herbert van Thal

Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Weird Fiction · Anthology

December 4, 1969

Armada Ghost Book #2

The Second Armada Ghost Book

Christine Ruth Bernard

Horror · Childrens · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

1968

The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories #3

The Third Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories

Christine Ruth Bernard

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Weird Fiction

March 1968

Pan Book of Horror Stories #9

The Ninth Pan Book of Horror Stories

Herbert van Thal

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Weird Fiction

1968

The Gentlewomen of Evil

Peter Haining

Horror · 19th century · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

August 13, 1967

The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories #4

The fourth Fontana book of great ghost stories

Robert Aickman

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

December 1967

Pan Book of Horror Stories #8

The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories

Herbert van Thal

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Weird Fiction

December 7, 1967

The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories #3

The Third Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories

Robert Aickman

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

1966

The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories #2

The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories

Robert Aickman

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

January 1, 1966

The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories #1

The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories

Christine Ruth Bernard

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Weird Fiction

February 1966

The Haunted Garden

Rosemary Timperley

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror

December 6, 1966

Pan Book of Horror Stories #7

Seventh Pan Book of Horror Stories

Herbert van Thal

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Weird Fiction

September 1966

The Ghost Book #4

Fourth Ghost Book

James Turner

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

1965

Monster Festival

Eric Protter, Edward Gorey

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Anthology · Short Stories

May 31, 1965

Pan Book of Horror Stories #6

The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories

Herbert van Thal

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Weird Fiction

December 6, 1965

The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories #1

The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories

Robert Aickman

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

1964

Pan Book of Horror Stories #5

The Fith Book of Pan Book of Horror Stories

Herbert van Thal

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Weird Fiction

January 1, 1964

Dark Encounters: A Collection of Ghost Stories

William Croft Dickinson

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Collection · Short Stories

1963

Rod Serling’s Triple W

Gordon R. Dickson, Rod Serling

Horror · Psychological Horror · Werewolves · Witches

1963

Twilight Zone Collections #3

New Stories From the Twilight Zone

Rod Serling

Horror · Science Fiction · Psychological Horror · Collection · Short Stories

April 28, 1962

Pan Book of Horror Stories #3

The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories

Herbert van Thal

Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Weird Fiction · Anthology

January 1, 1962

Twilight Zone Collections #2

More Stories from the Twilight Zone

Rod Serling

Horror · Science Fiction · Psychological Horror · Collection · Short Stories

April 1961

Pan Book of Horror Stories #2

The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories

Herbert van Thal

Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Weird Fiction · Anthology

1960

The Haunted Looking Glass

Edward Gorey

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Anthology

January 1, 1958

The Ghost Book #3

The Third Ghost Book

Cynthia Asquith

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

1955

The Ghost Book #2

The Second Ghost Book

Cynthia Asquith

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Anthology

1952

British Library Tales of the Weird #70

The Black Fox

Gerald Heard

Horror · 19th century · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Historical Fiction

1950

The Vaivaisukko Bride

D Scott-Moncrieff

Horror · Science Fiction · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

1949

British Library Tales of the Weird #80

The Unwelcome

Claude Seignolle

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Witches

1948

Not for the Squeamish

D Scott-Moncrieff

Horror · Science Fiction · Psychological Horror · Vampires · Weird Fiction

1948

Slayer by Stealth

Wilton Hazzard

Fantasy · Horror · Psychological Horror

1948

Revelations in Black

Carl Jacobi

Horror · Science Fiction · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

1947

Selected Tales of Algernon Blackwood

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1943

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

Couching at the Door

Dorothy Kathleen Broster

Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

1942

Satan's Circus and Other Stories

Lady Eleanor Smith

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror

1932