- Reprieve, by James Han Mattson.
- A Cosmology of Monsters, by Shaun Hamill.
- The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson.
- Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
- Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley.
- Fledgling, by Octavia E.
- White is for Witching, by Helen Oyeyemi.
What is the darkest book of all time?
1 1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating — 3,698,305 ratings score: 25,748, and 261 people voted
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2 American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 3.82 avg rating — 263,950 ratings score: 23,593, and 246 people voted
Who is the scariest book writer?
- Stephen King (5)
- Dean Koontz (5)
- Clive Barker (4)
- Peter Straub (4)
- Bram Stoker (4)
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (4)
- Anne Rice (4)
- Ramsey Campbell (3)
What is the scariest book to read?
- The Shining by Stephen King (1977)
- The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (1898)
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (1959)
- The Woman in Black by Susan Hill (1983)
- Salem's Lot by Stephen King (1975)
- A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay (2015)
What is considered the scariest book ever written?
- The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson — 14 lists.
- The Exorcist, by William Peter Blatty — 11 lists.
- House of Leaves, Mark Z.
- It, by Stephen King — 9 lists.
- Dracula, by Bram Stoker — 7 lists.
- The Shining, by Stephen King — 7 lists.
- Salem's Lot, by Stephen King — 7 lists.
What is the most popular horror story?
- Frankenstein. by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
- Dracula. by Bram Stoker.
- 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- 'The Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe.
- 'Carmilla' by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
- 'The Turn Of The Screw' by Henry James.
- 'The Great God Pan' by Arthur Machen.
- 'The Monkey's Paw' by W. W. Jacobs.
What is the top 10 scariest books ever written?
- 6Frankenstein. by Mary Shelley.
- 7The Exorcist. by William Peter Blatty.
- 8Something Wicked This Way Comes. by Ray Bradbury.
- 9Silence of the Lambs. by Thomas Harris.
- 10Hell House. by Richard Matheson.
- 11Rosemary's Baby. by Ira Levin.
- 12Dracula. by Bram Stoker.
- 13House of Leaves. by Mark Z.