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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.
The Fearing
John F.D. Taff
The Silence
Tim Lebbon, 2015
Swan Song
Robert R. McCammon, 1987
The Passage
Justin Cronin, 2010
The Deep
Nick Cutter, 2015
Things We Lost in the Fire
Mariana Enriquez, 2016
Shiver
Junji Itō, 2017
The Halloween Tree
Ray Bradbury, 1972
Cry Your Way Home
Damien Angelica Walters, 2018
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales
H. P. Lovecraft, 1985
Grind Your Bones to Dust
Nicholas Day, 2019
Camp Slaughter
Sergio Gomez, 2019
Gone to See the River Man
Kristopher Triana, 2020
Transmuted
Eve Harms, 2021
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, 2014
The Little Stranger
Sarah Waters, 2009
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
Laird Barron, 2013
Through the Woods
Emily Carroll
The Thief of Always
Clive Barker, 1992
She Said Destroy
Nadia Bulkin, 2017
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley, 1818
Apartment 16
Adam Nevill, 2010
The Loop
Jeremy Robert Johnson, 2020
§ About this list
- Books
- 239
- Published
- 1818–2021
- Average rating (top 24)
- 3.9 / 5 across 5,119 ratings
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Adventure, Dystopian, Young Adult
Most-rated on Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered
- 1Frankenstein · Mary Shelley
- 2Station Eleven · Emily St. John Mandel
- 3The Passage · Justin Cronin
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 1818 and 2021.
- Which book on Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered is the most popular?
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is the most-rated book on the list, with 2,239 ratings and a 3.9 average.
- What is the highest-rated book on Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered?
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel has the highest average rating among the list's books with at least 100 ratings: 4.1 out of 5.
- Where should I start with Mother Horror's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered?
- Start with Frankenstein, Station Eleven and The Passage: 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, Adventure, Dystopian and Young Adult.
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