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What is this?

Here is a list of all the horror-ish books I've read.

All of the books I finish have brought value to my life in one way or another. I wanted to share my list with you to show some of my inspirations and to (hopefully) add something to your reading list.

I have divided all of the books into different genres, with the understanding that this is a terrible way to organize books. If something struck me as being strongly in the Haunted House category, it went there even though it could have easily gone into the Gothic or Supernatural category. Some books I felt the need to add notes on other categories they could go in, but most of them are just categorized by heart.

I almost exclusively "read" my books through audiobooks, so you can find all of these in audio form if that's also your preferred consumption form.

Finally, I do have some books that I am PASSIONATE about. You can find a little "*" beside them.

Okay, enough of my rambling. Hopefully you can find something you enjoy in this horribly organized list.

Anthologies

The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eight by Ellen Datlow

Eldritch Prisoners: A Cthulhu Mythos Anthology by David Conyers, John A. DeLaughter, Matthew Davenport, David Hambling (could also go under Cosmic)

Collective Darkness: A Horror Anthology by Elizabeth Suggs, Brandon Prows, Jonathan Reddoch, Jen Ellwyn, K.R. Patterson, Becca Rose, Samuel Smith, Edward Suggs, Alex Child, B. Todd Orgill

The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft by H. P. Lovecraft (most of his works belong in Cosmic Horror)

Cosmic

The Fisherman by John Langan

The Croning by Laird Barron

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

Dark Fantasy

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

Epistolary Novel

FantasticLand: A Novel by Mike Bockoven*

World War Z by Max Brooks*

Gothic

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux*

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson*

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley*

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

Dracula by Bram Stoker (is also an Epistolary Novel)

Haunted House

Hell House by Richard Matheson (is also a Supernatural vs Science novel)*

Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

The September House by Carissa Orlando

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Supernatural vs. Science

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson*

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty*

Thriller

The Shining by Stephen King (could be a Haunted House story)

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Psycho by Robert Bloch

Dark Harvest by Norman Partidge*

Horror Movie: A Novel by Paul Tremblay

Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie

The Troop by Nick Cutter*

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

Weird

John Dies at the End by David Wong/ Jason Pargin*

This Book is Full of Spiders by David Wong/Jason Pargin*

What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror by David Wong/Jason Pargin*

If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe by David Wong/Jason Pargin*

The Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett (technically, could be an anthology or collection)

Annihilation: A Novel by Jeff Vandermeer*

Authority by Jeff VanderMeer

Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer

Veniss Underground by Jeff Vandermeer*

Earthlings: A Novel by Sayaka Murata*

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata*

The Vegetarian by Han Kang