51 SCARIEST Books of All Time

By Sarah Mangiola

scariest books 200 years

1800-1849

Buy Grimm's Fairy Tales at Amazon

Grimm's Fairy Tales

By The Brothers Grimm

Buy Frankenstein at Amazon

Frankenstein

By Mary Shelley

Buy Nightmare Abbey at Amazon

Nightmare Abbey

By Thomas Love Peacock

Buy The Vampyre at Amazon

The Vampyre

By John William Polidori

Buy The Fall of the House of Usher at Amazon

The Fall of the House of Usher

By Edgar Allan Poe

1850-1899

Buy The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Amazon

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

By Robert Louis Stevenson

Buy The Picture of Dorian Gray at Amazon

The Picture of Dorian Gray

By Oscar Wilde

Buy The Yellow Wallpaper at Amazon

The Yellow Wallpaper

By Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Buy The King in Yellow at Amazon

The King in Yellow

By Robert W. Chambers

Buy Dracula at Amazon

Dracula

By Bram Stoker

Buy The Turn of the Screw at Amazon

The Turn of the Screw

By Henry James

1900-1949

Buy The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft at Amazon

The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft

By H.P. Lovecraft

Buy We at Amazon

We

By Yevgeny Zamyatin

Buy The Most Dangerous Game at Amazon

The Most Dangerous Game

By Richard Connell

Buy Rebecca at Amazon

Rebecca

By Daphne du Maurier

Buy The Lottery at Amazon

The Lottery

By Shirley Jackson

1950s

Buy Lord of the Flies at Amazon

Lord of the Flies

By William Golding

Buy I Am Legend at Amazon

I Am Legend

By Richard Matheson

Buy The Haunting of Hill House at Amazon

The Haunting of Hill House

By Shirley Jackson

Buy Psycho at Amazon

Psycho

By Robert Bloch

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1960s

Buy Something Wicked This Way Comes at Amazon

Something Wicked This Way Comes

By Ray Bradbury

Buy The Collector at Amazon

The Collector

By John Fowles

Buy In Cold Blood at Amazon

In Cold Blood

By Truman Capote

Buy Rosemary’s Baby at Amazon

Rosemary’s Baby

By Ira Levin

1970s

Buy The Exorcist at Amazon

The Exorcist

By William Peter Blatty

Buy Harvest Home at Amazon

Harvest Home

By Thomas Tryon

Buy Crawlspace at Amazon

Crawlspace

By Herbert Lieberman

Buy The Manitou at Amazon

The Manitou

By Graham Masterton

Buy Requiem for a Dream at Amazon

Requiem for a Dream

By Hubert Selby Jr.

1980s

Buy Pet Sematary at Amazon

Pet Sematary

By Stephen King

Buy The Wanting at Amazon

The Wanting

By Campbell Armstrong

Buy The Silence of the Lambs at Amazon

The Silence of the Lambs

By Thomas Harris

Buy Swan Song at Amazon

Swan Song

By Robert R. McCammon

Buy Dawn at Amazon

Dawn

By Octavia E. Butler

1990s

Buy American Psycho at Amazon

American Psycho

By Bret Easton Ellis

Buy Boy's Life at Amazon

Boy's Life

By Robert R. McCammon

Buy Summer of Night at Amazon

Summer of Night

By Dan Simmons

Buy The Cipher at Amazon

The Cipher

By Kathe Koja

2000s

Buy House of Leaves at Amazon

House of Leaves

By Mark Z. Danielewski

Buy The Black Gondolier at Amazon

The Black Gondolier

By Fritz Leiber

Buy We Need to Talk About Kevin at Amazon

We Need to Talk About Kevin

By Lionel Shriver

Buy The Resurrection Man's Legacy at Amazon

The Resurrection Man's Legacy

By Dale Bailey

Buy The Loveliest Dead at Amazon

The Loveliest Dead

By Ray Garton

Buy The Ruins at Amazon

The Ruins

By Scott Smith

Buy Heart-Shaped Box at Amazon

Heart-Shaped Box

By Joe Hill

2010s

Buy The Ritual at Amazon

The Ritual

By Adam Nevill

Buy Penpal at Amazon

Penpal

By Dathan Auerbach

Buy Broken Monsters at Amazon

Broken Monsters

By Lauren Beukes

Buy Bird Box at Amazon

Bird Box

By Josh Malerman

Buy Wylding Hall at Amazon

Wylding Hall

By Elizabeth Hand

Buy The Doll-Master at Amazon

The Doll-Master

By Joyce Carol Oates

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Published on 14 May 2019