Top Horror Books

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

Updated April 1, 2026
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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