Best Modern Horror Novels

The Top Ten

1 The Shining - Stephen King

Also the best horror movie

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2 Phantoms - Dean Koontz

3 They Thirst - Robert McCammon

4 The Damnation Game - Clive Barker

Sounds uplifting. A tenner says that this is not your average positive thinking book.

5 Ghost Story - Peter Straub

6 Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons

7 Incarnate - Ramsey Campbell

8 The Rats - James Herbert

9 The Cellar - Richard Laymon

10 The Fog - James Herbert

The Contenders

11 I Am Legend - Richard Matheson

12 It - Stephen King

13 The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty

14 Jaws - Peter Benchley

15 Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin

16 The Amityville Horror - Jay Anson

17 The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson

18 Psycho - Robert Bloch

Yes! I was going to add this but now I don't have to. Thank you! Also like The Fog by James Herbert and Nobody True by the same author.R.I. P James Herbert. Will miss your genius.

19 The Drive-In - Joe Lansdale

20 The Manitou - Graham Masterton

21 The Keep - F. Paul Wilson

22 Interview With the Vampire - Anne Rice

23 Off Season - Jack Ketchum

24 House of Leaves - Mark Danielewski

25 The Store - Bentley Little

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