What is the creepiest book ever written?

10 Of The Creepiest Books Of All Time

1. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.
2. Don’t Look Now by Daphne du Maurier.
3. Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes.
4. Dawn by Octavia Butler.
5. It by Stephen King.
6. What Ever Happened To Baby Jane by Henry Farrell.
7. My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due.
8. Ring by Kōji Suzuki.

What is the top 10 scariest books ever written?

30 of the Scariest Horror Books Ever Written

• Frankenstein. Reader’s Library Classics.
• The Hunger. G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
• The Other. NYRB Classics.
• House of Leaves. Pantheon.
• Fledgling: A Novel. Seven Stories Press.
• The Amityville Horror. Gallery Books.
• The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories.
• White is for Witching.

What is the best 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 most famous horror story of all time?

Without further ado, we present our choices for the best horror novels of all time.

1. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (1959)
2. It by Stephen King (1986)
3. Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (2004)
4. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (1971)
5. Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (1818)

What is the scariest book ever written?

Storyville: 10 of the Scariest Books I’ve Ever Read 1: “The Shining” by Stephen King 2: “American Psycho” by Bret Easton Ellis 3: “Come Closer” by Sara Gran 4: “The Silence of the Lambs” by Thomas Harris 5: “The Girl Next Door” by Jack Ketchum 6: ” Ghost Story ” by Peter Straub 7: “The End of Alice” by A.M. Homes 8: “I Am Legend” by Richard Matheson

What are the best horror books ever written?

1) The Shining. 2) It. 3) Salem`s Lot. 4) Dracula. 5) Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe. 6) The Exorcist. 7) Pet Sematary. 8) The Stand. 9) Frankenstein. 10) I Am Legend.

What are the best scary books of all time?

The 20 Scariest Books of All Time Do yourself a favor: Don’t read these scary books right before bed. Salem’s Lot by Stephen King Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty The Ruins by Scott Smith Coraline by Neil Gaiman The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson It by Stephen King

What are the top 10 must read books?

Dracula. This book tops our list for one simple reason and that is that Dracula has become one of the the most well-known books of all time.