These 40 books were chosen by the Horror Writers Association as suggested reading. Please do not change or remove the books on this list. From the HWA’s website:
"The Horror Writers Association was formed, in part, to foster a greater appreciation of dark fiction among members of the general public. Whether you are new to Horror, or simply want to become familiar with some of the classics and "bests" of dark fiction, the following books are a wonderful place to begin. Like most "best of" lists, ours is somewhat quirky. The books that appear here were picked using a survey of HWA’s general membership in 1996, so many excellent books published more recently do not appear here, and some of those that do are now out of print. Most of the recognized classics of dark fiction do appear here, though." List is alphabetical by author. (found at: http://www.horror.org/readlist.htm)
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The Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood
by Algernon Blackwood
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The Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
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Lost Souls
by Poppy Z. Brite
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The Hungry Moon
by Ramsey Campbell
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The Between
by Tananarive Due
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The Dark Country
by Dennis Etchison
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Raven
by Charles L. Grant
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Dead in the Water
by Nancy Holder
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The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics)
by Shirley Jackson
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The Lottery: And Other Stories
by Shirley Jackson
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The Turn of the Screw (Penguin Popular Classics)
by Henry James
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The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James
by M. R. James
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Dr Adder
by K. W Jeter
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Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Franz Kafka
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Pet Sematary
by Stephen King
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The Shining
by Stephen King
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The Stand (Modern Classics)
by Stephen King
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Skin
by Kathe Koja
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Dark Dance
by Tanith Lee
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Conjure Wife
by Fritz Leiber
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Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
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Songs of a Dead Dreamer
by Thomas Ligotti
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Lovers Living, Lovers Dead
by Richard Lortz
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The Dunwich Horror and Others
by H. P. Lovecraft
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At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror
by H. P. Lovecraft
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The Hill of Dreams
by Arthur Machen
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Tales of Horror and the Supernatural
by Arthur Machen
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Sineater
by Elizabeth Massie
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I Am Legend (ties into movie)
by Richard Matheson
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Relic
by Lincoln Child
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Frankenstein (Penguin Classics)
by Mary Shelley
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Book of the Dead
by John Skipp
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Ghoul
by Michael Slade
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Vampire Junction
by S. P. Somtow
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales (Oxford World's Classics)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
by Bram Stoker
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Some of Your Blood
by Theodore Sturgeon
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Phantom
by Thomas Tessier
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Sacrifice
by Andrew Vachss
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