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Best Horror Books from International
Horror is the literature of fear — not the cheap fear of a jump scare, but the sustained, atmospheric dread that a great horror novel can maintain for hundreds of pages, the uncanny sense that something is wrong with the world in ways that cannot be precisely named. International has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in horror, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best horror from International by editorial consensus.
#1
literary-fiction
Анна Каренина
Лев Толстой· 1876
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#2
literary-fiction
The Jewel of Seven Stars
Bram Stoker· 1902
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#3
literary-fiction
Herland
Charlotte Perkins Gilman· 1915
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#4
literary-fiction
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories
Bram Stoker· 1937
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#5
literary-fiction
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson· 1875
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#6
literary-fiction
The Vampyre
John William Polidori· 1819
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#7
literary-fiction
In the Midst of Life. Tales of Civilians
Ambrose Bierce· 1891
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#8
science-fiction
Eaters of the Dead
Michael Crichton· 1976
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#9
literary-fiction
The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman· 1892
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#10
literary-fiction
Carmilla
Sheridan Le Fanu· 1871
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#11
literary-fiction
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James· 1898
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#12
literary-fiction
A thin ghost and others
Montague Rhodes James· 1919
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#13
literary-fiction
The Passage
Justin Cronin· 2010
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#14
literary-fiction
Future perfect
H. Bruce Franklin· 1955
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#15
literary-fiction
Fiction
R. S. Gwynn· 1993
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#16
literary-fiction
The Best Short Stories of the Modern Age -- Revised
Douglas Angus· 1974
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#17
literary-fiction
Short Fiction, Classic and Contemporary -- Second Edition
Charles H. Bohner· 1989
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#18
classic-literature
Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries
Barrett Harper Clark· 1922
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#19
classic-literature
The House on the Borderland
William Hope Hodgson· 1946
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#20
classic-literature
21 Great Stories
Abraham Harold Lass· 1969
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#21
classic-literature
Nightmare Alley
William Lindsay Gresham· 1946
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#22
science-fiction
Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer· 2014
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#23
fantasy
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia· 2020
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#24
fantasy
Death Note, Vol. 8
Tsugumi Ohba· 2005
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#25
mystery-thriller
Short Stories
Schweikert, Harry Christian· 1925
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#26
horror
Hellboy
Mike Mignola· 1999
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#27
horror
Bram Stoker's Dracula omnibus
Bram Stoker· 1897
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#28
horror
World's Great Adventure Stories
Alphonse Daudet· 1929
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#29
horror
Selections from the Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Assignation / Cask of Amontillado / Descent Into the Maelstrom / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Pit and the Pendulum / Silence / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1908
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#30
horror
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales (Angel of the Odd / Cask of Amontillado / Domain of Arnheim / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Landor's Cottage / Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. / Mellonta Tauta / Power of Words / Purloined Letter / Some Words with a Mummy / Sphinx / System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether / Thou Art the Man / Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade / Von Kempelen and His Discovery / X-Ing a Paragrab)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1902
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#31
horror
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume I - Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque I
Edgar Allan Poe· 1894
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#32
horror
Tales (Black Cat / Colloquy of Monos and Una / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent Into the Maelström / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Lionizing / Man in the Crowd / Mesmeric Revelation / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1845
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#33
horror
The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Stories (Assignation / Berenice / Domain of Arnheim / Eleonora / Landor's Cottage / Ligeia / Metzengerstein / Morella / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1900
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#34
horror
Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires (Angel of the Odd / Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Colloquy of Monos and Una / Conversation of Eiros and Charmi / Devil in the Belfry / Domain of Arnheim / Eleonora / Fall of the House of Usher / Four Beasts in One / Hop-frog / Imp of the Perverse / Island of the Fay / King Pest / Landor's Cottage / Lionizing / Maelzel's Chess Player / Man of the Crowd / Masque of the Red Death / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Power of Words / Shadow / Silence / Some Words with a Mummy / System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether / Tale of Jerusalem / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1884
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#35
horror
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales (Devil in the Belfry / Fall of the House of Usher / How to Write a Blackwood Article / Ligeia / Man That Was Used Up / Narrative of A. Gordon Pym--Continued / Predicament / Silence / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1902
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#36
horror
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales (Balloon-Hoax / Black Cat / Diddling / Gold-Bug / Mesmeric Revelation / Mystery of Marie Roget / Oblong Box / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Spectacles / Tale of the Ragged Mountains / Tell-Tale Heart)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1902
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#37
horror
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume III - Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque III (Gold-Bug / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Mystification / Oblong Box / Premature Burial / Purloined Letter / Spectacles / Sphinx / System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether / Thou Art the Man)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1894
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#38
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horror
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe including the choicest of his critical essays [42 stories, 37 poems, 10 essays]
Edgar Allan Poe· 1872
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#39
horror
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume Five - Tales-Mystery and Occultism (Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Gold-Bug / Imp of the Perverse / Man of the Crowd / Mesmeric Revelation / Metzengerstein / Some Words with a Mummy / Von Kempelen and His Discovery / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1904
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#40
horror
Tales (Business Man / Colloquy of Monos and Una / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent Into the Maelstrom / Eleonora / Island of the Fay / Journal of Julius Rodman / Man of the Crowd / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystification / Never Bet the Devil Your Head / Oval Portrait / Three Sundays in a Week / Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1902
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#41
horror
Edgar Allan Poe's Tales (Cask of Amontillado / Descent into the Maelstrom / Gold Bug / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Pit and the Pendulum)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1904
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#42
horror
Short Stories (Black Cat / Descent Into the Maelstrom / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold Bug / Ligeia / Masque of the Red Death / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Pit and the Pendulum / Purloined Letter)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1845
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#43
horror
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume Seven - Tales-Fantasy and Extravaganza
Edgar Allan Poe· 1904
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#44
horror
Selected Tales of Mystery (Assignation / Cask of Amontillado / Eleonora / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold Bug / Ligeia / Masque of the Red Death / Metzengerstein / Pit and the Pendulum / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1909
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#45
horror
TALES OF THE GROTESQUE AND ARABESQUE - In Two Volumes - Vol. I (Bon-Bon / Devil in the Belfry / Duc de L’omelette / Fall of the House of Usher / King Pest / Ligeia / Lionizing / Man That Was Used Up / Morella / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Scythe of Time / Shadow / Signora Zenobia / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1840
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#46
horror
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume Six - Tales-Horror and Death (Assignation / Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Eleonora / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Morella / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Shadow / Tell-Tale Heart)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1904
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#47
horror
HISTORIAS ESTRAORDINARIAS (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Four Beasts in One / Gold-Bug / Imp of the Perverse / Lionizing / Man of the Crowd / Oval Portrait / Premature Burial / Some Words with a Mummy / Tell-Tale Heart / Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1871
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#48
horror
Seltsame Geschichten (Balloon-Hoax / Descent into the Maelström / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Gold-Bug / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1890
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#49
horror
Storie incredibili (Berenice / Colloquy of Monos and Una / Descent Into the Maelstrom / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Man of the Crowd / Masque of the Red Death / Morella / Shadow / Silence / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1869
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#50
horror
Oeuvres complètes de Ch. Baudelaire - Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires (Angel of the Odd / Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Conversation of Eiros and Charmi / Devil in the Belfry / Domain of Arnheim / Eleonora / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / King Pest / Landor's Cottage / Lionizing / Oval Portrait / Power of Words / Silence / Some Words with a Mummy / System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe· 1892
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
