Top Horror Books

The top 33 books in this category, curated and ranked.

Updated April 1, 2026

Rank	Book
#1	The Green Mile by Stephen King
#2	It by Stephen King
#3	Dracula by Bram Stoker
#4	Night Shift by Stephen King
#5	The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
#6	'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
#7	The Shining by Stephen King
#8	Pet Sematary by Stephen King
#9	Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
#10	Desperation by Stephen King
#11	Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
#12	The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
#13	Carrie by Stephen King
#14	The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
#15	The Dead Zone by Stephen King
#16	I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
#17	Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
#18	Coraline by Neil Gaiman
#19	Four Past Midnight by Stephen King
#20	The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
#21	Misery by Stephen King
#22	The Book of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft
#23	The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
#24	The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King
#25	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
#26	Insomnia by Stephen King
#27	Cell by Stephen King
#28	Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King
#29	Danse Macabre by Stephen King
#30	Lisey's Story by Stephen King
#31	The Shadow over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft
#32	Cujo by Stephen King
#33	Skeleton Crew by Stephen King