Jones & Newman's "Horror: 100 Best Books"

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From the 1988 book Horror: 100 Best Books edited by Stephen Jones & Kim Newman. It’s a collection of essays by “leading horror writers” about their nominations for best horror stories/novels. This is a list of their choices.

The list is chronological by date of publication.

If you’re looking for more, there’s also a Recommended Reading List http://www.listsofbests.com/list/29606 at the back of the book – books that didn’t make the top 100 but that the editors and contributors consider important to the genre. There’s also a follow-up book, Horror: Another 100 Best Books, which I’ve made of list of here: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/35260.

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  1. 51.
    The Track of the Cat: A Novel (Western Literature)
    by Walter Van Tilburg Clark

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  2. 52.
    The Sound of His Horn
    by Sarban

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  3. 53.
    Lord of the Flies
    by William Golding

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  4. 54.
    I Am Legend (ties into movie)
    by Richard Matheson

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  5. 55.
    The October Country
    by Ray Bradbury

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  6. 56.
    Nine Horrors and a Dream
    by Joseph Payne Brennan

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  7. 57.
    Psycho
    by Robert Bloch

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  8. 58.
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    Quatermass and the Pit (screenplay)
    by Nigel Kneale

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  9. 59.
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  10. 60.
    The Haunting of Hill House
    by Shirley Jackson

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  11. 61.
    The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
    by Philip K. Dick

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  12. 62.
    The Painted Bird
    by Jerzy N. Kosinski

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  13. 63.
    The Crystal World
    by J. G. Ballard

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  14. 64.
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    Sub Rosa: Strange Tales
    by Robert Aickman

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  15. 65.
    The Green Man
    by Kingsley Amis

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  16. 66.
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  17. 67.
    Grendel
    by John Gardner

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  18. 68.
    The Exorcist
    by William Peter Blatty

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  19. 69.
    The Sheep Look Up
    by John Brunner

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  20. 70.
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    Worse Things Waiting
    by Manly Wade Wellman

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  21. 71.
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    Burnt Offerings
    by Robert Marasco

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  22. 72.
    Salem's Lot
    by Stephen King

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  23. 73.
    Deathbird Stories
    by Harlan Ellison

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  24. 74.
    Murgunstrumm & Others
    by Hugh B. Cave

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  25. 75.
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    Sweetheart, Sweetheart
    by Bernard Taylor

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  26. 76.
    All Heads Turn When The Hunt Goes By
    by John Farris

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  27. 77.
    The Shining
    by Stephen King

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  28. 78.
    Falling Angel
    by William Hjortsberg

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  29. 79.
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    The Wolfen
    by Whitley Strieber

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  30. 80.
    The Totem
    by David Morrell

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  31. 81.
    Ghost Story
    by Peter Straub

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  32. 82.
    The Land of Laughs: A Novel
    by Jonathan Carroll

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  33. 83.
    The Cellar
    by Richard Laymon

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  34. 84.
    Red Dragon
    by Thomas Harris

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  35. 85.
    The Keep
    by F. Paul Wilson

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  36. 86.
    The Dark Country
    by Dennis Etchison

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  37. 87.
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    In a Lonely Place
    by Karl Edward Wagner

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  38. 88.
    The Anubis Gates
    by Tim Powers

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  39. 89.
    The Arabian Nightmare
    by Robert Irwin

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  40. 90.
    The Wasp Factory
    by Iain Banks

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  41. 91.
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    The Ceremonies
    by T.E.D. Klein

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  42. 92.
    Mythago Wood
    by Robert Holdstock

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  43. 93.
    Who Made Stevie Crye?
    by Michael Bishop

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  44. 94.
    Song of Kali
    by Dan Simmons

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  45. 95.
    The Damnation Game
    by Clive Barker

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  46. 96.
    Hawksmoor
    by Peter Ackroyd

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  47. 97.
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    A Nest of Nightmares
    by Lisa Tuttle

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  48. 98.
    The Pet
    by Charles Grant

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  49. 99.
    Swan Song
    by Robert McCammon

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  50. 100.
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    Dark Feasts: The World of Ramsey Campbell
    by Ramsey Campbell

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