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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.
Hark! The Herald Angels Scream
Christopher Golden, 2018
NOS4A2
Joe Hill, 2013
Dead of Winter
Kealan Patrick Burke, 2010
Where the Dead Go to Die
Aaron Dries, Mark Allan Gunnells, 2016
White Horse
Erika T. Wurth
Season's Creepings: Tales of Holiday Horror
Ronald Kelly, 2020
When Darkness Loves Us
Elizabeth Engstrom, 1984
Seed
Ania Ahlborn, 2011
Within These Walls
Ania Ahlborn
The Neighbors
Ania Ahlborn, 2012
Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology
Sadie Hartmann, Ashley Saywers, 2022
The Good House
Tananarive Due, 2003
The Rats
James Herbert, 1974
The Cormorant
Stephen Gregory, 2013
My Soul to Keep
Tananarive Due, 1997
Blood Colony
Tananarive Due, 2008
My Soul to Take
Tananarive Due, 2011
The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, 2020
Jaws
Peter Benchley, 1973
Mongrels
Stephen Graham Jones, 2016
The Birds
Daphne du Maurier, 1952
Boys In the Valley
Philip Fracassi, 2021
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix, 2020
The Queen of the Cicadas
V. Castro, 2021
§ About this list
- Books
- 239
- Published
- 1952–2022
- Average rating (top 24)
- 3.8 / 5 across 1,847 ratings
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Horror, Classics, Young Adult
Most-rated on Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered
- 1The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires · Grady Hendrix
- 2NOS4A2 · Joe Hill
- 3The Only Good Indians · Stephen Graham Jones
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 1952 and 2022.
- Which book on Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered is the most popular?
- The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix is the most-rated book on the list, with 555 ratings and a 3.8 average.
- What is the highest-rated book on Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered?
- NOS4A2 by Joe Hill has the highest average rating among the list's books with at least 100 ratings: 3.9 out of 5.
- Where should I start with Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered?
- Start with The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, NOS4A2 and The Only Good Indians: 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 Science Fiction, Horror, Classics and Young Adult.
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