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Jones and Newman's Horror: The 100 Best Books

Type: Preset list created by Rtrace

Members: 4 participating members (show all)

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1
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
23,143 members, 202 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), Rtrace (1), hipdeep (3), ManWithAnAgenda (22)

Score: 12.89

2
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
36,966 members, 648 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (1), Rtrace (2), ahef1963 (3)

Score: 10.4

3
The Shining
by Stephen King
20,522 members, 417 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1), ahef1963 (2), ManWithAnAgenda (21)

Score: 9.23

4
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
15,531 members, 300 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (3), ManWithAnAgenda (4), ahef1963 (5)

Score: 8.54

5
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
7,866 members, 379 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (2), ahef1963 (6), Rtrace (9)

Score: 8.23

6
Doctor Faustus
by Christopher Marlowe
4,567 members, 67 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (2), ahef1963 (4)

Score: 6.19

7
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
30,281 members, 565 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (4), ManWithAnAgenda (7)

Score: 5.29

8
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
7,141 members, 221 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (5), Rtrace (15)

Score: 4.71

9
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
21,334 members, 353 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8), ManWithAnAgenda (11)

Score: 4.58

10
Psycho
by Robert Bloch
1,472 members, 54 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (8), ManWithAnAgenda (16)

Score: 4.38

11
Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
14,372 members, 276 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10), ManWithAnAgenda (15)

Score: 4.28

12
Grendel
by John Gardner
5,526 members, 103 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (12), ManWithAnAgenda (13)

Score: 4.26

13
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
19,351 members, 396 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), ManWithAnAgenda (20)

Score: 4.2

14
The Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty
4,789 members, 134 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13), ManWithAnAgenda (17)

Score: 4.08

15
The Outsider, and Others
by H. P. Lovecraft
26 members, 1 review
5 stars (5 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (16), ahef1963 (17)

Score: 3.97

16
Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
1,290 members, 32 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (3)

Score: 3.04

17
Out of Space and Time
by Clark Ashton Smith
95 members, 1 review
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (5)

Score: 2.68

18
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
by M. R. James
735 members, 25 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (6)

Score: 2.56

19
Conjure Wife
by Fritz Leiber Jr.
584 members, 16 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (6)

Score: 2.56

20
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
44,524 members, 703 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7)

Score: 2.46

21
The October Country
by Ray Bradbury
3,129 members, 49 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (7)

Score: 2.46

22
The collected works of Ambrose Bierce
by Ambrose Bierce
8 members, 0 reviews
4.5 stars (4.5 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (8)

Score: 2.38

23
The Best Tales of Hoffmann
by E. T. A. Hoffmann
279 members, 3 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (9)

Score: 2.31

24
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
by Philip K. Dick
3,979 members, 65 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (10)

Score: 2.25

25
Burnt Offerings
by Robert Marasco
467 members, 24 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (10)

Score: 2.25

26
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
6,527 members, 195 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11)

Score: 2.2

27
Worse Things Waiting
by Manly Wade Wellman
70 members, 2 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (11)

Score: 2.2

28
The Trial
by Franz Kafka
18,278 members, 218 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (12)

Score: 2.15

29
Murgunstrumm and Others
by Hugh B. Cave
58 members, 3 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (12)

Score: 2.15

30
The Land of Laughs
by Jonathan Carroll
1,369 members, 45 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (13)

Score: 2.11

31
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
by G. K. Chesterton
6,337 members, 162 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (14)

Score: 2.07

32
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson
4,380 members, 170 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (14)

Score: 2.07

33
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
by Edgar Allan Poe
3,792 members, 36 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (14)

Score: 2.07

34
She
by H. Rider Haggard
2,688 members, 70 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15)

Score: 2.03

35
The Lurking Fear and Other Stories
by H. P. Lovecraft
943 members, 9 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16)

Score: 2

36
Twice-Told Tales
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
1,528 members, 8 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (18)

Score: 1.94

37
Deathbird Stories
by Harlan Ellison
1,370 members, 20 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (19)

Score: 1.92

38
Red Dragon
by Thomas Harris
9,043 members, 90 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Score: 0

39
The Island of Dr. Moreau
by H. G. Wells
6,455 members, 164 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Score: 0

40
The Anubis Gates
by Tim Powers
3,553 members, 112 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Score: 0

41
Johnny Got His Gun
by Dalton Trumbo
3,358 members, 67 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Score: 0

42
Swan Song
by Robert R. McCammon
3,020 members, 107 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Score: 0

43
The Painted Bird
by Jerzy Kosiński
2,749 members, 73 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Score: 0

44
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
by James Hogg
2,153 members, 35 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Score: 0

45
The Damnation Game
by Clive Barker
2,065 members, 20 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Score: 0

46
Mythago Wood
by Robert Holdstock
1,987 members, 50 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Score: 0

47
Hawksmoor
by Peter Ackroyd
1,754 members, 37 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Score: 0

48
Song of Kali
by Dan Simmons
1,637 members, 58 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Score: 0

49
The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
1,518 members, 35 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Score: 0

50
The King in Yellow
by Robert W. Chambers
1,518 members, 49 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Score: 0

51
Melmoth the Wanderer
by Charles Maturin
1,481 members, 30 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Score: 0

52
The House on the Borderland
by William Hope Hodgson
1,316 members, 44 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Score: 0

53
The Keep
by F. Paul Wilson
1,205 members, 39 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Score: 0

54
Caleb Williams
by William Godwin
1,126 members, 9 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Score: 0

55
A Voyage to Arcturus
by David Lindsay
1,126 members, 32 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

Score: 0

56
The Crystal World
by J. G. Ballard
1,103 members, 24 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Score: 0

57
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade
by Herman Melville
1,099 members, 13 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Score: 0

58
The Dark Tower and Other Stories
by C. S. Lewis
1,093 members, 8 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Score: 0

59
The Green Man
by Kingsley Amis
831 members, 19 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Score: 0

60
The Lurker at the Threshold
by H. P. Lovecraft
756 members, 15 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Score: 0

61
Falling Angel
by William Hjortsberg
712 members, 27 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Score: 0

62
The Black Spider
by Jeremias Gotthelf
671 members, 13 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Score: 0

63
The Jewel of Seven Stars
by Bram Stoker
586 members, 22 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Score: 0

64
The Cellar
by Richard Laymon
577 members, 26 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Score: 0

65
The Wolfen
by Whitley Strieber
506 members, 7 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Score: 0

66
The Ceremonies
by T. E. D. Klein
445 members, 11 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Score: 0

67
The Arabian Nightmare
by Robert Irwin
367 members, 5 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Score: 0

68
The White Devil
by John Webster
315 members, 2 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

Score: 0

69
Something about Eve : a comedy of fig-leaves
by James Branch Cabell
294 members, 3 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Score: 0

70
The Totem
by David Morrell
286 members, 9 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Score: 0

71
The Wandering Jew
by Eugène Sue
275 members, 2 reviews
2.71 stars (2.71 stars)

Score: 0

72
The Werewolf of Paris
by Guy Endore
262 members, 10 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Score: 0

73
All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By
by John Farris
243 members, 13 reviews
3.22 stars (3.22 stars)

Score: 0

74
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
by Cornell Woolrich
222 members, 14 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Score: 0

76
The Sound of His Horn
by Sarban
160 members, 6 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Score: 0

77
The Pet
by Charles L. Grant
160 members, 3 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Score: 0

78
The House of Souls
by Arthur Machen
144 members, 1 review
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Score: 0

79
Sweetheart, Sweetheart
by Bernard Taylor
126 members, 7 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Score: 0

80
Widdershins
by Oliver Onions
123 members, 0 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Score: 0

81
The Dark Country
by Dennis Etchison
117 members, 4 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Score: 0

82
Quatermass and the Pit
by Nigel Kneale
98 members, 0 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Score: 0

83
Who Made Stevie Crye?
by Michael Bishop
91 members, 3 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Score: 0

84
In a Lonely Place
by Karl Edward Wagner
84 members, 0 reviews
4.69 stars (4.69 stars)

Score: 0

85
A Nest of Nightmares
by Lisa Tuttle
83 members, 2 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Score: 0

86
The Track of the Cat
by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
76 members, 2 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Score: 0

87
The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck
by Alexander Laing
73 members, 4 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Score: 0

88
Nine Horrors and a Dream
by Joseph Payne Brennan
56 members, 2 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Score: 0

89
John Silence, Physician Extraordinary
by Algernon Blackwood
53 members, 1 review
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Score: 0

90
Sub Rosa: Strange Tales
by Robert Aickman
51 members, 0 reviews
4.86 stars (4.86 stars)

Score: 0

91
Dark Feasts: The World of Ramsey Campbell
by Ramsey Campbell
44 members, 1 review
4 stars (4 stars)

Score: 0

92
Medusa : a Story of Mystery, and Ecstasy & Strange Horror
by E. H. Visiak
31 members, 0 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Score: 0

93
Horror Horn
by E. F. Benson
22 members, 0 reviews
4.5 stars (4.5 stars)

Score: 0

94
And the Darkness Falls
by Boris Karloff
22 members, 1 review
4 stars (4 stars)

Score: 0

95
The Second Century of Creepy Stories
by Sir Hugh Walpole
19 members, 0 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Score: 0

96
Deliver Me From Eva
by Paul Bailey
18 members, 0 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Score: 0

97
The Last Bouquet: Some Twilight Tales
by Marjorie Bowen
8 members, 1 review
3.25 stars (3.25 stars)

Score: 0

98
The Sleeping and the Dead
by August Derleth
5 members, 0 reviews
5 stars (5 stars)

Score: 0

99
The Monk
by Matthew Lewis
3,934 members, 91 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: -2

100
Ghost Story
by Peter Straub
3,391 members, 107 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: -2

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Started by: Rtrace (January 2017)

Type: Numbered

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