§Collection
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.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from American Folklore
Alvin Schwartz, 1981
Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, 1976
We Sold Our Souls
Grady Hendrix, 2018
The Final Girl Support Group
Grady Hendrix, 2021
The Shining
Stephen King, 1977
Kindred
Octavia E. Butler, 1979
Ghoul
Brian Keene, 2007
Bird Box
Josh Malerman, 2014
Books of Blood: Volume I
Clive Barker, 1984
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski, 1999
Beneath
Kristi Demeester, 2017
The Wingspan of Severed Hands
Joanna Koch, 2020
Mapping the Interior
Stephen Graham Jones, 2017
Attack of the 50 Foot Indian
Stephen Graham Jones
The Babysitter Lives
Stephen Graham Jones, 2022
Red Hands
Christopher Golden, 2020
Red Widow
Alma Katsu, 2021
The Taker
Alma Katsu, 2011
Falling in Love with Hominids
Nalo Hopkinson, 2015
It
Stephen King, 1986
The Hacienda
Isabel Cañas, 2022
Just Like Home
Sarah Gailey, 2022
Kill Creek
Scott Thomas, 2017
The Ancestor
Danielle Trussoni, 2020
§ About this list
- Books
- 239
- Published
- 1976–2022
- Average rating (top 24)
- 4.0 / 5 across 6,299 ratings
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Lgbtq
Most-rated on Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered
- 1The Shining · Stephen King
- 2It · Stephen King
- 3Interview with the Vampire · Anne Rice
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 1976 and 2022.
- Which book on Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered is the most popular?
- The Shining by Stephen King is the most-rated book on the list, with 1,588 ratings and a 4.2 average.
- What is the highest-rated book on Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered?
- Kindred by Octavia E. Butler has the highest average rating among the list's books with at least 100 ratings: 4.4 out of 5.
- Where should I start with Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered?
- Start with The Shining, It and Interview with the Vampire: 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, Classics, Fantasy and Lgbtq.
Explore: Science Fiction · Classics · Fantasy · Lgbtq