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
5
The Shining
by Stephen King
27,453 members
530 reviews
4.1
9 Members
hipdeep, raidergirl3, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Crazymamie, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
6
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
48,515 members
1,238 reviews
4.1
10 Members
raidergirl3, amanda4242, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, sungir1, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
24,002 members
690 reviews
4.2
10 Members
amanda4242, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, NinieB, booksbooks63, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
5,343 members
157 reviews
3.8
8 Members
amanda4242, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda, lizabeth150
9
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
57,489 members
820 reviews
½ 3.7
8 Members
raidergirl3, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, sungir1, BenTucker
11
The Body
by Stephen King
1,337 members
19 reviews
3.9
7 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda, lizabeth150, BenTucker
12
The Tell-Tale Heart [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
1,133 members
40 reviews
4.1
7 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, sturlington, Kristelh, sungir1, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
13
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
23,142 members
757 reviews
4
7 Members
hipdeep, raidergirl3, amanda4242, sturlington, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
14
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story
by Susan Hill
4,224 members
254 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
amanda4242, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Crazymamie, ahef1963, Eiseley.Staff
15
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
26,631 members
449 reviews
3.9
6 Members
sturlington, Kristelh, ahef1963, NinieB, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
16
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
9,456 members
296 reviews
½ 3.4
6 Members
amanda4242, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
17
Interview with the Vampire / The Vampire Lestat / The Queen of the Damned
by Anne Rice
1,704 members
10 reviews
4.2
7 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
Explanations
sturlington: The entire trilogy was on the list as one entry.
18
The Monkey's Paw [short story]
by W. W. Jacobs
398 members
20 reviews
3.8
6 Members
sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
19
At the Mountains of Madness [novella]
by H. P. Lovecraft
1,509 members
53 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
amanda4242, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
20
The Absolute Sandman Volume One
by Neil Gaiman
2,102 members
38 reviews
½ 4.6
6 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: The entire series was on the list as one entry.
21
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
by John Bellairs
2,880 members
90 reviews
3.9
5 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, Varshan
22
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
by Angela Carter
6,450 members
163 reviews
4
5 Members
amanda4242, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, andomck, Crazymamie
23
The Other
by Thomas Tryon
1,567 members
35 reviews
3.9
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
24
The Collector
by John Fowles
5,590 members
137 reviews
3.9
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, Kristelh, ahef1963, Stepn
25
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson
5,602 members
217 reviews
4
4 Members
sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, Stepn
26
The Ruins
by Scott Smith
4,177 members
210 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, Eiseley.Staff
27
Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale
by Sheridan Le Fanu
4,812 members
189 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker, Eiseley.Staff
28
The Girl With All the Gifts
by M. R. Carey
6,336 members
448 reviews
4
4 Members
amanda4242, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Crazymamie
29
Young Goodman Brown [short story]
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
297 members
14 reviews
½ 3.3
5 Members
amanda4242, sturlington, Kristelh, Crazymamie, ManWithAnAgenda
30
The Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty
6,821 members
174 reviews
3.9
4 Members
amanda4242, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham
31
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
17,577 members
763 reviews
4
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Crazymamie, ManWithAnAgenda
32
"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" (short story)
by M. R. James
116 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Kristelh, ManWithAnAgenda
33
The Terror
by Dan Simmons
5,487 members
225 reviews
4
3 Members
amanda4242, DeltaQueen50, Crazymamie
34
The House Next Door
by Anne Rivers Siddons
1,323 members
52 reviews
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham, Eiseley.Staff
35
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
by Octavia E. Butler
884 members
39 reviews
4.2
3 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
36
Swan Song
by Robert R. McCammon
3,920 members
136 reviews
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, Kristelh, TeriAndersonNeedham
37
The Shadow Over Innsmouth [novella]
by H. P. Lovecraft
615 members
18 reviews
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, BenTucker
38
Down a Dark Hall
by Lois Duncan
964 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
39
Shadowland
by Peter Straub
1,849 members
26 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham
40
Goblin Market
by Christina Rossetti
842 members
15 reviews
4.1
3 Members
amanda4242, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
41
The Elementals
by Michael McDowell
1,054 members
59 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, Eiseley.Staff
42
Those Across the River
by Christopher Buehlman
842 members
86 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington
43
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
by Alvin Schwartz
4,963 members
96 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, BenTucker
44
Lunar Park
by Bret Easton Ellis
3,237 members
56 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
amanda4242, ManWithAnAgenda
45
The Fisherman
by John Langan
1,417 members
51 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, Eiseley.Staff
46
The Hunger
by Alma Katsu
1,446 members
68 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, andomck
47
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski
19,363 members
438 reviews
4.1
3 Members
amanda4242, Kristelh, ManWithAnAgenda,ahef1963
48
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
by Carmen Maria Machado
3,731 members
136 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, andomck
49
Come Closer
by Sara Gran
1,396 members
64 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington
50
Goosebumps
12 members
2 Members
amanda4242, ManWithAnAgenda
51
Elizabeth: A Novel of the Unnatural
by Ken Greenhall
172 members
5 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, Eiseley.Staff
52
Let the Right One In
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
6,459 members
283 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
53
The Ballad of Black Tom
by Victor LaValle
2,042 members
102 reviews
3.9
2 Members
amanda4242, sturlington
54
A Head Full of Ghosts
by Paul Tremblay
2,819 members
160 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
55
The October Country
by Ray Bradbury
4,125 members
70 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, BenTucker
56
Through the Woods
by Emily Carroll
2,298 members
172 reviews
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, Crazymamie
57
The Troop
by Nick Cutter
2,638 members
165 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, ManWithAnAgenda
58
Intensity
by Dean Koontz
5,191 members
70 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham
59
Bloodchild [short fiction]
by Octavia E. Butler
193 members
18 reviews
3.9
2 Members
amanda4242, sturlington
60
The Great God Pan
by Arthur Machen
1,037 members
44 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
amanda4242, sturlington
61
Books of Blood 1-3
by Clive Barker
2,717 members
35 reviews
4.1
2 Members
amanda4242, sturlington
62
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream [short story]
by Harlan Ellison
21 members
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
63
It's a Good Life
by Jerome Bixby
30 members
3 reviews
3.9
Member
hipdeep
64
The Bone Key
by Sarah Monette
479 members
28 reviews
4.2
Member
Eiseley.Staff
65
Burnt Offerings
by Robert Marasco
702 members
32 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
66
Bird Box
by Josh Malerman
4,156 members
282 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
67
The Atrocity Archives
by Charles Stross
3,869 members
153 reviews
3.8
Member
Kristelh
68
Exquisite Corpse
by Billy Martin
2,240 members
47 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
amanda4242
69
Minion
by L. A. Banks
1,249 members
33 reviews
2.8
Member
amanda4242
70
Wylding Hall
by Elizabeth Hand
628 members
50 reviews
3.9
Member
amanda4242
71
Experimental Film
by Gemma Files
422 members
10 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
72
John Dies at the End
by David Wong
4,381 members
196 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
73
The Cipher
by Kathe Koja
793 members
38 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
74
The Screwfly Solution [short fiction]
by Raccoona Sheldon
47 members
1 review
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
75
The Red Tree
by Caitlín R. Kiernan
702 members
29 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
76
The Willows (short story)
by Algernon Blackwood
755 members
36 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
77
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Selected Early Stories
by Joyce Carol Oates
387 members
3 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Just the title story.
78
Uzumaki
by Junji Ito
2,483 members
59 reviews
½ 4.3
79
Communion
by Whitley Strieber
1,409 members
23 reviews
½ 3.3
80
Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories
by Mariana Enríquez
1,368 members
133 reviews
3.9
81
Penpal
by Dathan Auerbach
1,314 members
54 reviews
3.8
82
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories
by Ann VanderMeer
968 members
22 reviews
½ 4.3
83
The Jumbies
by Tracey Baptiste
756 members
29 reviews
3.9
84
The Imago Sequence and Other Stories
by Laird Barron
604 members
17 reviews
4
85
Rotters
by Daniel Kraus
417 members
38 reviews
½ 3.5
86
Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell, 1961–1991
by Ramsey Campbell
390 members
4 reviews
3.9
87
Spirit Hunters
by Ellen Oh
340 members
24 reviews
3.9
88
The Werewolf of Paris
by Guy Endore
334 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
89
Infidel
by Pornsak Pichetshote
220 members
15 reviews
4
90
The Devil in America
by Kai Ashante Wilson
122 members
10 reviews
3.9
91
Furnace
by Livia Llewellyn
108 members
3 reviews
4
92
Night They Missed the Horror Show [short fiction]
by Joe R. Lansdale
25 members
1 review
½ 3.3
93
The Repairer of Reputations [short story]
by Robert W. Chambers
23 members
1 review
4.1
94
Left Foot, Right (short story)
by Nalo Hopkinson
1 member
97
NOS4A2
by Joe Hill
5,059 members
327 reviews
4
Member
sturlington,andomck
98
White Is for Witching
by Helen Oyeyemi
1,452 members
54 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington,andomck
99
The Girl Next Door
by Jack Ketchum
1,890 members
92 reviews
4
100
Feed
by Mira Grant
3,743 members
295 reviews
3.8
Member
DeltaQueen50,sturlington ,andomck