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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

by Patrick Süskind

18,224 members

453 reviews

3.9

6 Members: KimarieBee, Cecrow, mkbird, ahef1963, TehminaHZPR, AmbientSpiritLamb

2

by Stephen King

15,441 members

208 reviews

4

5 Members: Moomin_Mama, KimarieBee, Cecrow, ahef1963, blancosa

3

by Stephen King

23,308 members

453 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, Cecrow, mkbird, ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

4

Interview with the Vampire

22,966 members

333 reviews

3.8

4 Members: KimarieBee, Cecrow, ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb

5

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

19,448 members

1,137 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: Moomin_Mama, ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb, MCBacon87,ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

17,231 members

318 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: Cecrow, mkbird, ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

7

The Silence of the Lambs

by Thomas Harris

12,601 members

140 reviews

4.1

3 Members: KimarieBee, Cecrow, AmbientSpiritLamb

8

by Stephen King

4,431 members

223 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: ahef1963, rft183, AmbientSpiritLamb

9

The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole

3,701 members

127 reviews

3.1

3 Members: Moomin_Mama, Cecrow, ahef1963

10

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

52,318 members

708 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Moomin_Mama, Cecrow, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

11

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

49,913 members

748 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb

12

The Picture of Dorian Gray

39,787 members

638 reviews

4

3 Members: Cecrow, ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

13

American Gods {original}

33,707 members

933 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Cecrow, ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

14

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

24,912 members

528 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Moomin_Mama, Cecrow, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

15

by Stephen King

22,085 members

410 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, Cecrow, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

16

The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition

by Stephen King

19,895 members

370 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: Cecrow, ahef1963, rft183,ManWithAnAgenda

17

The War of the Worlds

18,509 members

310 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Cecrow, ahef1963

18

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

15,834 members

377 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Moomin_Mama, Cecrow, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

19

by Stephen King

14,696 members

291 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes

11,881 members

283 reviews

4.2

3 Members: Moomin_Mama, ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

21

Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story

by Stephen King

10,901 members

123 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb

22

by Stephen King

10,703 members

122 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb

23

by Thomas Harris

10,095 members

103 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Moomin_Mama, KimarieBee

24

by Gillian Flynn

9,811 members

539 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Moomin_Mama, AmbientSpiritLamb

25

by Stephen King

8,943 members

91 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Cecrow, ahef1963

26

by Gillian Flynn

8,636 members

416 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Moomin_Mama, AmbientSpiritLamb

27

by Stephen King

7,939 members

75 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb

28

by Stephen King

7,835 members

326 reviews

4

3 Members: ahef1963, rft183, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

29

The Day of the Triffids

by John Wyndham

7,508 members

207 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

30

The Island of Dr. Moreau

7,297 members

173 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Moomin_Mama, Cecrow

31

Full Dark, No Stars

by Stephen King

5,807 members

221 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb

32

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter

5,551 members

149 reviews

4

2 Members: Moomin_Mama, Cecrow

33

Just After Sunset

by Stephen King

5,451 members

133 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb

34

Rosemary's Baby

4,660 members

139 reviews

3.8

3 Members: Moomin_Mama, KimarieBee, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

35

The Lottery and Other Stories

by Shirley Jackson

3,670 members

93 reviews

4

3 Members: Moomin_Mama, ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

36

The Midwich Cuckoos

by John Wyndham

2,979 members

87 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Cecrow, ahef1963

37

20th Century Ghosts

2,645 members

138 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Moomin_Mama, AmbientSpiritLamb

38

by Clive Barker

1,365 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb

39

by James Herbert

1,003 members

31 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Moomin_Mama, KimarieBee

40

Night of the Crabs

by Guy N. Smith

122 members

14 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: Moomin_Mama, ManWithAnAgenda

41

by Charlotte Brontë

59,362 members

924 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Cecrow, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

42

by Mary Shelley

42,945 members

714 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Cecrow, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

43

25,034 members

580 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

44

by Stephen King

22,934 members

495 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Graveyard Book

22,288 members

1,264 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

46

by Elizabeth Kostova

21,497 members

759 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

47

by Stephen King

16,434 members

295 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

48

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

14,931 members

966 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

49

by Stephen King

14,274 members

231 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Cecrow, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

50

by Stephen King

13,727 members

769 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

51

by Stephen King

12,448 members

165 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ahef1963

52

Living Dead in Dallas

by Charlaine Harris

11,737 members

318 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

53

by Stephen King

11,717 members

454 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

54

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

by Seth Grahame-Smith

11,021 members

457 reviews

3.2

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

55

by Wilkie Collins

10,853 members

251 reviews

4

2 Members: Cecrow, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

56

by Charlaine Harris

10,702 members

268 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

57

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions

10,305 members

126 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

58

by Stephen King

9,733 members

92 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ahef1963

59

Dead as a Doornail

by Charlaine Harris

9,730 members

185 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

60

by Stephen King

9,644 members

106 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

61

Definitely Dead

by Charlaine Harris

9,557 members

181 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

62

The Tommyknockers

by Stephen King

9,360 members

82 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ahef1963

63

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

by Stephen King

9,332 members

154 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

64

Different Seasons

by Stephen King

8,982 members

122 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

65

Dolores Claiborne

by Stephen King

8,630 members

97 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

66

The Sandman: The Doll's House

8,326 members

150 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

67

by Stephen King

8,313 members

252 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, AmbientSpiritLamb,ManWithAnAgenda

68

The Zombie Survival Guide

7,401 members

132 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

69

The Wasp Factory

7,124 members

204 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

70

by Jeff VanderMeer

6,399 members

371 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Moomin_Mama

71

Flowers In The Attic

by V. C. Andrews

6,386 members

188 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

72

by Clive Barker

4,210 members

50 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

73

The October Country

by Ray Bradbury

3,544 members

54 reviews

4

Member: Moomin_Mama

74

by Octavia E. Butler

3,458 members

129 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Stepford Wives

3,087 members

92 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Cecrow, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

76

by Scott Westerfeld

2,953 members

121 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

77

by Richard Kadrey

2,493 members

178 reviews

3.8

Member: hipdeep

78

by Poppy Z. Brite

2,413 members

47 reviews

3.8

Member: Moomin_Mama

79

Frankenstein (Enriched Classics)

by Mary Shelley

2,355 members

43 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Cecrow, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

80

Summer of Night

1,934 members

46 reviews

3.9

Member: KimarieBee

81

by Peter Straub

1,481 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: rft183

82

I Know What You Did Last Summer

1,371 members

42 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

83

by Peter Straub

1,175 members

18 reviews

3.8

Member: rft183

84

Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos

by H. P. Lovecraft

995 members

3 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, rft183,ManWithAnAgenda

85

by Lauren Oliver

798 members

47 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: mkbird

86

Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

by Thomas Ligotti

788 members

12 reviews

4

Member: Moomin_Mama

87

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

by Cherie Priest

769 members

34 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

88

Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories

by Robert Aickman

665 members

11 reviews

4

Member: Moomin_Mama

89

The Devil in Silver

by Victor LaValle

633 members

60 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Moomin_Mama

90

Between Two Fires

by Christopher Buehlman

564 members

25 reviews

4

Member: Moomin_Mama

91

by James Herbert

526 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: KimarieBee

92

Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell, 1961-1991

by Ramsey Campbell

353 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: Moomin_Mama

93

The House of Lost Souls

by F. G. Cottam

326 members

19 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Moomin_Mama

94

Ghost Stories of Henry James

303 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

95

House of Echoes

by Brendan Duffy

272 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Moomin_Mama

96

by Caroline B. Cooney

220 members

3 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

97

American Gothic

by Robert Bloch

173 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: Moomin_Mama

98

The Sound of Building Coffins

by Louis Maistros

147 members

17 reviews

3.8

Member: Moomin_Mama

99

All on a Winter's Day

58 members

1 review

3.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

100

The Christmas Killer

by Patricia Windsor

50 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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