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
42,762 members
714 reviews
3.8
11 Members
hipdeep, raidergirl3, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, andomck, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
2
The Shining
by Stephen King
23,216 members
453 reviews
4.1
9 Members
hipdeep, raidergirl3, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Crazymamie, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
4
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
35,518 members
626 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
42,415 members
1,142 reviews
4.1
8 Members
raidergirl3, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
6
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
20,786 members
613 reviews
4.2
8 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, NinieB, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
7
The Lottery
by Shirley Jackson
1,171 members
43 reviews
4
8 Members
hipdeep, raidergirl3, sturlington, Kristelh, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
8
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
49,705 members
745 reviews
½ 3.7
7 Members
raidergirl3, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, BenTucker
9
The Yellow Wallpaper - story
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
3,213 members
145 reviews
4.1
7 Members
raidergirl3, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
10
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
22,889 members
408 reviews
3.9
6 Members
sturlington, Kristelh, ahef1963, NinieB, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
11
Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
4,632 members
138 reviews
3.8
6 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
12
The Body
by Stephen King
729 members
10 reviews
3.8
6 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
13
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
20,179 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
1,472 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
8,124 members
249 reviews
½ 3.4
5 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
17
The Tell-Tale Heart [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
871 members
29 reviews
4.1
5 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, Kristelh, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
18
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story
by Susan Hill
894 members
65 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Crazymamie, Eiseley.Staff
19
The Other
by Thomas Tryon
1,364 members
33 reviews
3.9
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
20
The Collector
by John Fowles
5,061 members
123 reviews
3.9
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, Kristelh, ahef1963, Stepn
21
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson
4,836 members
190 reviews
4
4 Members
sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, Stepn
22
At the Mountains of Madness [novella]
by H. P. Lovecraft
1,221 members
49 reviews
½ 3.6
5 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
23
The Absolute Sandman Volume One
by Neil Gaiman
1,995 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
3,641 members
195 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, Eiseley.Staff
25
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
by Angela Carter
5,526 members
149 reviews
4
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, andomck, Crazymamie
26
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
15,503 members
713 reviews
4
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Crazymamie, ManWithAnAgenda
27
The House Next Door
by Anne Rivers Siddons
1,162 members
45 reviews
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham, Eiseley.Staff
28
The Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty
5,519 members
151 reviews
3.9
3 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham
29
Swan Song
by Robert R. McCammon
3,402 members
121 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
5,339 members
403 reviews
4
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, Crazymamie
32
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
by John Bellairs
2,494 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
855 members
19 reviews
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
35
Shadowland
by Peter Straub
1,648 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham
36
The Terror
by Dan Simmons
4,720 members
204 reviews
4
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, Crazymamie
37
The Elementals
by Michael McDowell
819 members
49 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, Eiseley.Staff
38
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
by Octavia E. Butler
682 members
30 reviews
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
39
Those Across the River
by Christopher Buehlman
674 members
75 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington
40
Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
2,912 members
134 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
BenTucker, Eiseley.Staff
41
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
by Alvin Schwartz
4,118 members
86 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
42
The Fisherman
by John Langan
881 members
34 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, Eiseley.Staff
43
The Hunger
by Alma Katsu
1,064 members
53 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, andomck
44
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
by Carmen Maria Machado
2,621 members
121 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, andomck
45
Come Closer
by Sara Gran
944 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
123 members
5 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, Eiseley.Staff
48
Let the Right One In
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
5,718 members
265 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
49
A Head Full of Ghosts
by Paul Tremblay
2,154 members
145 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
50
The October Country
by Ray Bradbury
3,521 members
54 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, BenTucker
51
Through the Woods
by Emily Carroll
1,892 members
156 reviews
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, Crazymamie
52
Intensity
by Dean Koontz
4,648 members
66 reviews
3.8
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
2,998 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
15,737 members
377 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Kristelh, ManWithAnAgenda,ahef1963
58
Burnt Offerings
by Robert Marasco
568 members
28 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
59
The Atrocity Archives
by Charles Stross
3,529 members
141 reviews
3.8
Member
Kristelh
60
Bird Box
by Josh Malerman
3,269 members
254 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
61
Experimental Film
by Gemma Files
348 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
62
The Ballad of Black Tom
by Victor LaValle
1,562 members
84 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
63
John Dies at the End
by David Wong
3,630 members
177 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
64
The Cipher
by Kathe Koja
617 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
850 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
743 members
14 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
69
The Red Tree
by Caitlín R. Kiernan
623 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
70
Books of Blood 1-3
by Clive Barker
2,467 members
32 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
71
The Willows
by Algernon Blackwood
554 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
1,850 members
43 reviews
½ 3.7
75
Uzumaki
by Junji Ito
1,558 members
39 reviews
½ 4.3
76
Communion
by Whitley Strieber
1,234 members
21 reviews
½ 3.3
77
Minion
by L. A. Banks
1,168 members
33 reviews
2.8
78
Things We Lost in the Fire
by Mariana Enríquez
917 members
121 reviews
4
79
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories
by Ann VanderMeer
827 members
21 reviews
½ 4.3
80
Penpal
by Dathan Auerbach
804 members
46 reviews
½ 3.7
81
The Jumbies
by Tracey Baptiste
571 members
30 reviews
3.9
82
The Imago Sequence and Other Stories
by Laird Barron
508 members
16 reviews
4
83
Wylding Hall
by Elizabeth Hand
468 members
43 reviews
3.9
84
Rotters
by Daniel Kraus
382 members
34 reviews
½ 3.5
85
Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell, 1961-1991
by Ramsey Campbell
349 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
160 members
10 reviews
4
89
The Devil in America
by Kai Ashante Wilson
109 members
9 reviews
3.8
90
Furnace
by Livia Llewellyn
86 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
4,173 members
305 reviews
4
Member
sturlington,andomck
97
The Troop
by Craig Davidson
1,748 members
136 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
DeltaQueen50,sturlington
98
White Is for Witching
by Helen Oyeyemi
1,207 members
51 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington,andomck
99
The Girl Next Door
by Jack Ketchum
1,560 members
80 reviews
4
100
Feed
by Mira Grant
3,382 members
279 reviews
3.8
Member
DeltaQueen50,sturlington ,andomck