NPR Reader Poll: 100 Best Horror Novels and Stories

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Source of list: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/16/632779706/click-if-you-dare-100-favorite-horror-stories
1
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
42,890 members
714 reviews
3.8
11 Members
hipdeep, raidergirl3, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, andomck, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
2
The Shining
by Stephen King
23,299 members
453 reviews
4.1
9 Members
hipdeep, raidergirl3, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Crazymamie, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
4
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
35,648 members
630 reviews
4
10 Members
hipdeep, raidergirl3, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, andomck, Kristelh, Crazymamie, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker,ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963 : Could not finish it - only managed to read a couple of chapters before boredom set in.
5
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
42,579 members
1,148 reviews
4.1
8 Members
raidergirl3, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
6
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
20,828 members
615 reviews
4.2
8 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, NinieB, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
7
The Lottery
by Shirley Jackson
1,176 members
43 reviews
4
8 Members
hipdeep, raidergirl3, sturlington, Kristelh, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
8
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
49,851 members
747 reviews
½ 3.7
7 Members
raidergirl3, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, BenTucker
9
The Yellow Wallpaper - story
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
3,228 members
145 reviews
4.1
7 Members
raidergirl3, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
10
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
22,960 members
409 reviews
3.9
6 Members
sturlington, Kristelh, ahef1963, NinieB, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
11
Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
4,655 members
139 reviews
3.8
6 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
12
The Body
by Stephen King
744 members
12 reviews
3.8
6 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
13
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
20,250 members
692 reviews
4
6 Members
hipdeep, raidergirl3, sturlington, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
14
The Monkey's Paw [short story]
by W. W. Jacobs
330 members
17 reviews
3.9
6 Members
sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
15
Interview with the Vampire / The Vampire Lestat / The Queen of the Damned
by Anne Rice
1,478 members
13 reviews
4.1
6 Members
hipdeep, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
Explanations
sturlington: The entire trilogy was on the list as one entry.
16
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
8,152 members
249 reviews
½ 3.4
5 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
17
The Tell-Tale Heart [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
875 members
29 reviews
4.1
5 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, Kristelh, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
18
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story
by Susan Hill
897 members
65 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Crazymamie, Eiseley.Staff
19
The Other
by Thomas Tryon
1,373 members
33 reviews
3.9
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
20
The Collector
by John Fowles
5,065 members
123 reviews
3.9
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, Kristelh, ahef1963, Stepn
21
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson
4,845 members
191 reviews
4
4 Members
sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, Stepn
22
At the Mountains of Madness [novella]
by H. P. Lovecraft
1,225 members
50 reviews
½ 3.6
5 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
23
The Absolute Sandman Volume One
by Neil Gaiman
1,997 members
35 reviews
½ 4.7
5 Members
hipdeep, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: The entire series was on the list as one entry.
24
The Ruins
by Scott Smith
3,659 members
195 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, Eiseley.Staff
25
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
by Angela Carter
5,541 members
149 reviews
4
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, andomck, Crazymamie
26
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
15,557 members
714 reviews
4
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Crazymamie, ManWithAnAgenda
27
The House Next Door
by Anne Rivers Siddons
1,167 members
45 reviews
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham, Eiseley.Staff
28
The Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty
5,541 members
151 reviews
3.9
3 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham
29
Swan Song
by Robert R. McCammon
3,413 members
122 reviews
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, Kristelh, TeriAndersonNeedham
30
"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" [short story]
by M. R. James
98 members
10 reviews
3.8
3 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh
31
The Girl With All the Gifts
by M. R. Carey
5,369 members
406 reviews
4
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, Crazymamie
32
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
by John Bellairs
2,500 members
74 reviews
3.9
3 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
33
Young Goodman Brown
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
253 members
8 reviews
½ 3.3
3 Members
sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie
34
Down a Dark Hall
by Lois Duncan
857 members
19 reviews
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
35
Shadowland
by Peter Straub
1,653 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham
36
The Terror
by Dan Simmons
4,740 members
204 reviews
4
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, Crazymamie
37
The Elementals
by Michael McDowell
825 members
49 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, Eiseley.Staff
38
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
by Octavia E. Butler
687 members
30 reviews
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
39
Those Across the River
by Christopher Buehlman
682 members
75 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington
40
Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
2,924 members
134 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
BenTucker, Eiseley.Staff
41
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
by Alvin Schwartz
4,137 members
87 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
42
The Fisherman
by John Langan
884 members
34 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, Eiseley.Staff
43
The Hunger
by Alma Katsu
1,075 members
53 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, andomck
44
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
by Carmen Maria Machado
2,644 members
122 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, andomck
45
Come Closer
by Sara Gran
958 members
49 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington
46
The Shadow Over Innsmouth [novelette]
by H. P. Lovecraft
487 members
12 reviews
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, BenTucker
47
Elizabeth
by Ken Greenhall
126 members
5 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, Eiseley.Staff
48
Let the Right One In
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
5,732 members
265 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
49
A Head Full of Ghosts
by Paul Tremblay
2,178 members
146 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
50
The October Country
by Ray Bradbury
3,534 members
54 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, BenTucker
51
Through the Woods
by Emily Carroll
1,906 members
158 reviews
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, Crazymamie
52
Intensity
by Dean Koontz
4,655 members
66 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham
53
It's A Good Life
by Jerome Bixby
22 members
3.8
Member
hipdeep
54
Goosebumps: Complete Set (#1-62)
by R. L. Stine
12 members
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
55
Lunar Park
by Bret Easton Ellis
3,008 members
54 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
56
The Bone Key
by Sarah Monette
446 members
28 reviews
4.1
Member
Eiseley.Staff
57
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski
15,801 members
377 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Kristelh, ManWithAnAgenda,ahef1963
58
Burnt Offerings
by Robert Marasco
571 members
28 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
59
The Atrocity Archives
by Charles Stross
3,538 members
142 reviews
3.8
Member
Kristelh
60
Bird Box
by Josh Malerman
3,283 members
257 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
61
Experimental Film
by Gemma Files
350 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
62
The Ballad of Black Tom
by Victor LaValle
1,576 members
85 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
63
John Dies at the End
by David Wong
3,642 members
177 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
64
The Cipher
by Kathe Koja
622 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
65
Bloodchild [short fiction]
by Octavia E. Butler
157 members
15 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
66
The Great God Pan
by Arthur Machen
853 members
38 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
67
The Screwfly Solution [short fiction]
by Raccoona Sheldon
34 members
4.1
Member
sturlington
68
Goblin Market
by Christina Rossetti
749 members
14 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
69
The Red Tree
by Caitlín R. Kiernan
625 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
70
Books of Blood 1-3
by Clive Barker
2,474 members
32 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
71
The Willows
by Algernon Blackwood
555 members
30 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
72
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Selected Early Stories
by Joyce Carol Oates
336 members
1 review
3.9
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Just the title story.
73
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream [short story]
by Harlan Ellison
19 members
4.1
Member
sturlington
74
Exquisite Corpse
by Poppy Z. Brite
1,859 members
43 reviews
½ 3.7
75
Uzumaki
by Junji Ito
1,568 members
39 reviews
½ 4.3
76
Communion
by Whitley Strieber
1,237 members
21 reviews
½ 3.3
77
Minion
by L. A. Banks
1,170 members
33 reviews
2.8
78
Things We Lost in the Fire
by Mariana Enríquez
920 members
121 reviews
4
79
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories
by Ann VanderMeer
831 members
21 reviews
½ 4.3
80
Penpal
by Dathan Auerbach
819 members
46 reviews
½ 3.7
81
The Jumbies
by Tracey Baptiste
576 members
30 reviews
3.9
82
The Imago Sequence and Other Stories
by Laird Barron
510 members
16 reviews
4
83
Wylding Hall
by Elizabeth Hand
472 members
43 reviews
3.9
84
Rotters
by Daniel Kraus
383 members
34 reviews
½ 3.5
85
Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell, 1961-1991
by Ramsey Campbell
351 members
4 reviews
3.9
86
The Werewolf of Paris
by Guy Endore
295 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
87
Spirit Hunters
by Ellen Oh
287 members
21 reviews
3.9
88
Infidel
by Pornsak Pichetshote
162 members
11 reviews
4.1
89
The Devil in America
by Kai Ashante Wilson
109 members
9 reviews
3.8
90
Furnace
by Livia Llewellyn
87 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
91
Night They Missed the Horror Show [short fiction]
by Joe R. Lansdale
21 members
1 review
4
92
The Repairer of Reputations [short story]
by Robert W. Chambers
17 members
1 review
4
93
Left Foot, Right (short story)
by Nalo Hopkinson
1 member
96
NOS4A2
by Joe Hill
4,188 members
306 reviews
4
Member
sturlington,andomck
97
The Troop
by Craig Davidson
1,747 members
137 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
DeltaQueen50,sturlington
98
White Is for Witching
by Helen Oyeyemi
1,215 members
51 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington,andomck
99
The Girl Next Door
by Jack Ketchum
1,564 members
81 reviews
4
100
Feed
by Mira Grant
3,403 members
279 reviews
3.8
Member
DeltaQueen50,sturlington ,andomck