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Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered
A comprehensive list of every book recommended in Sadie Hartmann's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered, including side suggestions.
Of Foster Homes and Flies
Chad Lutzke, 2016
No One Gets Out Alive
Adam Nevill, 2014
True Crime
Samantha Kolesnik, 2020
Night of the Mannequins
Stephen Graham Jones, 2020
Good Neighbors
Sarah Langan, 2021
Wanderers
Chuck Wendig, 2018
The Fireman
Joe Hill, 2016
The Road
Cormac McCarthy, 2006
The Hunger
Alma Katsu, 2018
The Deep
Alma Katsu, 2020
Stranded
Bracken MacLeod, 2016
We Are Here to Hurt Each Other
Paula D. Ashe, 2022
Coraline
Neil Gaiman, 2001
Tribal Screams
Owl Goingback, 2018
Revelator
Daryl Gregory, 2021
The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells, 1897
Goth
Otsuichi, 2003
A Place For Sinners
Aaron Dries, 2014
The Fervor
Alma Katsu, 2022
The Ruins
Scott Smith, 2006
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
Brom, 2021
The Trees Grew Because I Bled There
Eric LaRocca, 2023
The Year of the Witching
Alexis Henderson, 2020
§ About this list
- Books
- 239
- Published
- 1897–2023
- Average rating (top 23)
- 3.9 / 5 across 4,798 ratings
- Genres
- Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller, Dystopian
Most-rated on Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered
- 1The Road · Cormac McCarthy
- 2Coraline · Neil Gaiman
- 3The War of the Worlds · H. G. Wells
Common questions about Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered
- How many books are on Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered?
- Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered has 239 books, published between 1897 and 2023.
- Which book on Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered is the most popular?
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy is the most-rated book on the list, with 1,781 ratings and a 4.0 average.
- What is the highest-rated book on Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered?
- Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom has the highest average rating among the list's books with at least 100 ratings: 4.3 out of 5.
- Where should I start with Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered?
- Start with The Road, Coraline and The War of the Worlds: the three most-rated books on the list.
- What genres are on Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered?
- The books on this list are tagged Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller and Dystopian.
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