Read Horror: The 100 Best Books Online
Authors: Stephen Jones,Kim Newman
Tags: #Collection.Anthology, #Literary Criticism, #Non-Fiction, #Essays & Letters, #Reference
1949.
The Screaming Mimi
, Fredric Brown
Tomato Cain and Other Stories
, Nigel Kneale
Nineteen Eighty-Four
, George Orwell
1950-54:
Tales From the Crypt
,
The Vault of Horror
,
The Haunt of Fear
, William M. Gaines (publisher)
1951:
Fancies and Goodnights
, John Collier
Ringstones and Other Curious Tales
, Sarban
1952:
The Killer Inside Me
, Jim Thompson
1953:
Night of The Hunter
, Davis Grubb
The Doll Maker and Other Tales
, Sarban
1954:
Someone
Like You
, Roald Dahl
1955:
The Body Snatchers
, Jack Finney
Men Without Bones
, Gerald Kersh
Satan In Goray
, Isaac Beshevis Singer
1956:
The Shrinking Man
, Richard Matheson
1957:
The Cosmic Puppets
, Philip K. Dick
The Midwich Cuckoos
, John Wyndham
1958:
A Scent of New-Mown Hay
, John Blackburn
The Third Level
, Jack Finney
The Sundial
, Shirley Jackson
1959:
The Naked Lunch
, William S. Burroughs
Night of The Big Heat
, John Lymington
Doctors Wear Scarlet
, Simon Raven
The Pan Book of Horror Stories
, Herbert Van Thai (ed.)
1961:
Nightmares and Geezenstacks
, Fredrick Brown
Some of Your Blood
, Theodore Sturgeon
1962:
Yours Truly, Jack The Ripper
, Robert Bloch
A Clockwork Orange
, Anthony Burgess
We Have Always Lived in The Castle
, Shirley Jackson
The Surly Sullen Bell
, Russell Kirk
The Case Against Satan
, Ray Russell
1963:
Something Wicked This Way Comes
, Ray Bradbury
The Dark Man and Others
, Robert E. Howard
Who Fears The Devil?
, Manly Wade Wellman
1964:
The Kiss of Death
, Charles Birkin
Seconds
, David Ely
1965-77:
The Dark Is Rising
, Susan Cooper
1965:
In Cold Blood
, Truman Capote
The Magic Man
, Charles Beaumont
Something Breathing
, Stanley McNail
1966:
Le Locutaire
/
The Tenant
, Roland Topor
1967:
Not After Nightfall
, Basil Copper
Camp Concentration
, Thomas M. Disch
Rosemary's Baby
, Ira Levin
The Playboy Book of Horror and The Supernatural
,
Unholy Trinity
, Ray Russell
The Mind Parasites
, Colin Wilson
1968:
Dagon
, Fred Chappell
The Ring of Thoth
, Arthur Conan Doyle
Dance of The Dwarfs
, Geoffrey Household
1971:
The Caller of The Black
, Brian Lumley
Hell House
, Richard Matheson
The Other
, Thomas Tryon
1972:
For Fear of Little Men
, John Blackburn
First Blood
, David Morrell
1973:
Crash
, J. G. Ballard
Demons By Daylight
, Ramsey Campbell
From Evil's Pillow
, Basil Copper
Gravity's Rainbow
, Thomas Pyncheon
Harvest Home
, Thomas Tryon
1974:
The Elemental
, R. Chetwynd-Hayes
The Burrowers Beneath
, Brian Lumley
The Black House
, Paul Theroux
Collected Ghost Stories
, Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
1975:
Cold Hand In Mine
, Robert Aickman
The Fog
, James Herbert
Testament
, David Morrell
Nameless Places,
Gerald W. Page (ed.)
The Auctioneer
, Joan Samson
Julia
, Peter Straub
1976:
Eaters of The Dead
, Michael Crichton
The Year of The Sex Olympics: 3 TV Plays
, Nigel Kneale
Interview With A Vampire
, Anne Rice
The Children of Dynmouth
, William Trevor
1977:
Echoes From The Macabre
, Daphne Du Maurier
Our Lady of Darkness
, Fritz Leiber
Night-Side
, Joyce Carol Oates
Blind Voices
, Tom Reamy
Nightwing
, Martin Cruz Smith
1978:
Half In Shadow
, Mary Elizabeth Counselman
The Black Castle
, Les Daniels
The Cement Garden
, Ian McEwan
San Diego Lightfoot Sue and Other Stories
, Tom Reamy
The House Next Door
, Anne Rivers Siddons
1979:
Flowers In The Attic
, V. C. Andrews
The Lizard's Tail
, Marc Brendel
The Face That Must Die
, Ramsey Campbell
Kiss of The Spider Woman
, Manuel Puig
The Nightwalker
, Thomas Tessier
1980:
The Shapes of Midnight
, Joseph Payne Brennan
New Terrors
, Ramsey Campbell (ed.)
The Vampire Tapestry
, Suzy McKee Charnas
The Specialty of The House and Other Stories
, Stanley Ellin
The Voice of The Night
, Dean R. Koontz
Dark Forces
, Kirby McCauley (ed.)
Cold Moon Over Babylon
, Michael McDowell
Shadowland
, Peter Straub
Puffball
, Fay Weldon
1981:
Tales From The Nightside
, Charles L. Grant
They Thirst
, Robert R. McCammon
The Elementals,
Michael McDowell
1982:
Psycho II
, Robert Bloch
The Nestling
, Charles L. Grant
Different Seasons,
Stephen King
Fevre Dream
, George R. R. Martin
Blackwater
, Michael McDowell
The Book of The Beast
, Robert Stallman
1983/87:
Nighthunter
, Robert Faulcon (Robert Holdstock)
1983:
The Ice Maiden
, Marc Behm
Incarnate
, Ramsey Campbell
The Name of The Rose
, Umberto Eco
Flying To Nowhere,
John Fuller
The Ice Monkey and Other Stories
, M. John Harrison
A Cold Blue Light,
Marvin Kaye and Parke Godwin
Pet Sematary
, Stephen King
Mystery Walk
, Robert R. McCammon
Claw
, Jay Ramsey (Ramsey Campbell)
Dead White
, Alan Ryan
Monkey Shines,
Michael Stewart
Phantom
, Thomas Tessier
Familiar Spirit
, Lisa Tuttle
1984/86:
The Books of Blood
, Clive Barker
1984:
The Voice of Our Shadow
, Jonathan Carroll
The Businessman: A Tale of Terror
, Thomas M. Disch
Stiffled Dreams
, Dennis Etchison
Catch Your Death
, John Gordon
Domain
, James Herbert
The Ghost Light
, Fritz Leiber
Night Train
, Thomas F. Monteleone
Things Beyond Midnight
, William F. Nolan
Cast A Cold Eye
, Alan Ryan
Vampire function
, S. P. Somtow (Somtow Sucharitkul)
A Manhattan Ghost Story
, T. M. Wright
1985:
Death Is A Lonely Business
, Ray Bradbury
Obsession
, Ramsey Campbell
Son of The Endless Night
, John Farris
Darklings
, Ray Carton
The Tea Party
, Charles L. Grant
Moon
, James Herbert
Dark Gods
, T. E. D. Klein
Angelus!
, Peter Tremayne
1986:
The Cormorant
, Stephen Gregory
Witchwater Country
, Garry Kilworth
Dreams of Dark and Light
, Tanith Lee
Time Out of Mind
, John R. Maxim
The Vampire Lestat
, Anne Rice
The Unconquered Country
, Geoff Ryman
Green Eyes
, Lucius Shepard
The Light at The End,
John Skipp and Craig Spector
1987:
Weaveworld
, Clive Barker
The Hungry Moon
, Ramsey Campbell
Bones of The Moon
, Jonathan Carroll
Valley of Lights
, Stephen Gallagher
Wildwood
, John Farris
Strange Toys
, Patricia Geary
The Dark Descent
, David G. Hartwell (ed.)
Dark Seeker
, K. W. Jeter
Mantis
, K. W. Jeter
Misery
, Stephen King
The Wyrm
, Stephen Laws
Slob
, Rex Martin
Scars & Other Distinguishing Marks
, Richard Christian Matheson
Finishing Touches
, Thomas Tessier
Why Not You And I?
, Karl Edward Wagner
The Power
, Ian Watson
1988:
Ripper
! (UK:
Jack the Ripper)
, Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper (ed.)
Selected Stories
, Charles Beaumont
The Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
The Influence
, Ramsey Campbell
Sleeping in Flame
Jonathan Carroll
The Big Nowhere
, James Ellroy
For Fear of the Night
, Charles L. Grant
Immortal Blood
(US:
Those Who Hunt The Night
), Barbara Hambly
The Silence of the Lambs
, Thomas Harris
Lavondyss
, Robert Holdstock
The Nightrunners
, Joe R. Lansdale
The Troupe
, Gordon Linzer
Blood and Water and Other Tales
, Patrick McGrath
The Magnificent Gallery
, Thomas F. Montelone
The Kill Riff
, David J. Schow
Silver Scream
, David J. Schow (ed.)
White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings
, Iain Sinclair
The Empire of Fear
, Brian Stableford
Koko
, Peter Straub
Perfume
, Patrick Suskind
Dark Winds
, Graham Watkins
1989:
Webs
, Scott Baker
The Great and Secret Show
, Clive Barker