Read Horror: The 100 Best Books Online

Authors: Stephen Jones,Kim Newman

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Horror: The 100 Best Books (37 page)

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

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Something blue by Charlotte Armstrong, Internet Archive


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