Stanley Wiater's "Modern Horror Fiction: 113 Best Books"

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From Stanley Wiater’s book Dark Thoughts on Writing (http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1227949 ). In the reference section at the back is this list of books by horror, dark fantasy, or dark suspense authors who have "received critical success or awards in his or her career." Wiater’s list includes "styles ranging from the most repulsively explicit to the most maddeningly subtle."

"Modern" here means published after 1960 (but before 1997, when the book was published.)

The list is alphabetical by author.

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  1. 51.
    The Girl Next Door
    by Jack Ketchum

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  2. 52.
    Skeleton Crew (Signet)
    by Stephen King

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  3. 53.
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    The Surly Sullen Bell
    by Russell Kirk

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  4. 54.
    Dark Gods
    by T.E.D. Klein

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  5. 55.
    Strange Highways
    by Dean Koontz

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  6. 56.
    Strange Angels
    by Kathe Koja

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  7. 57.
    The Nightrunners
    by Joe R. Lansdale

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  8. 58.
    Darkfall
    by Stephen Laws

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  9. 59.
    Out Are the Lights
    by Richard Laymon

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  10. 60.
    Succubi
    by Edward Lee

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  11. 61.
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    Dreams of Dark and Light
    by Tanith Lee

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  12. 62.
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    Our Lady Of Darkness
    by Fritz Leiber

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  13. 63.
    Rosemary's Baby
    by Ira Levin

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  14. 64.
    The Nightmare Factory
    by Ligotti

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  15. 65.
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    Evil Deeds
    by Bentley Little

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  16. 66.
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    Rim of the Unknown
    by Frank Belknap Long

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  17. 67.
    Throat Sprockets
    by Tim Lucas

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  18. 68.
    Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi
    by Brian Lumley

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  19. 69.
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    Burnt Offerings
    by Robert Marasco

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  20. 70.
    Shadow Dreams
    by Elizabeth Massie

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  21. 71.
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    Night Warriors (Death)
    by Graham Masterton

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  22. 72.
    Collected Stories
    by Richard Matheson

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  23. 73.
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    Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks
    by Richard Christian Matheson

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  24. 74.
    Blue World
    by Robert McCammon

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  25. 75.
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    Toplin
    by Michael Mcdowell

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  26. 76.
    The Cement Garden
    by Ian Mcewan

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  27. 77.
    Blood and Water and Other Tales
    by Patrick McGrath

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  28. 78.
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    Something Breathing
    by Stanley McNail

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  30. 80.
    Slob
    by Rex Miller

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  31. 81.
    The Blood of the Lamb
    by Thomas F. Monteleone

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  32. 82.
    From Hell
    by Alan Moore

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  33. 83.
    Testament
    by David Morrell

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  34. 84.
    Anno Dracula
    by Kim Newman

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  35. 85.
    Things Beyond Midnight (Classic Dark Fantasy Collection)
    by William F. Nolan

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  36. 86.
    Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque
    by Joyce Carol Oates

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  37. 87.
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    Bad Intentions
    by Norman Partridge

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  38. 88.
    Interview with the Vampire
    by Anne Rice

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  39. 89.
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  40. 90.
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    With Wounds Still Wet
    by Wayne Allen Sallee

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  41. 91.
    Suffer the Children
    by John Saul

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  42. 92.
    Seeing Red
    by David J. Schow

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  43. 93.
    The Jaguar Hunter
    by Lucius Shepard

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  44. 94.
    Lovedeath
    by Dan Simmons

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  45. 95.
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    Dead Lines
    by John Skipp & Craig Spector

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  46. 96.
    Houses without Doors (Signet)
    by Peter Straub

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  47. 97.
    Evenings with Demons
    by Whitley Strieber

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  48. 98.
    Some of Your Blood
    by Theodore Sturgeon

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  49. 99.
    Vampire Junction
    by S. P. Somtow

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  50. 100.
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    The Reaping
    by Bernard Taylor

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