http://www.listsofbests.com/list/21218 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._ Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:44:36 GMT en-us 0 50 40 0 0 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1012966 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1012966"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0755108132.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Algernon Blackwood</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1600 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1600"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061007226.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Peter Blatty</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9603 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9603"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0380729407.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Bradbury</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980400 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980400"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1887368590.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Poppy Z. Brite</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1445045 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ramsey Campbell</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002611 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002611"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060819847.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tananarive Due</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/767208 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/767208"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1930235046.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dennis Etchison</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2409853 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles L. Grant</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1027158 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1027158"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440614074.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nancy Holder</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/795812 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/795812"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039989.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shirley Jackson</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92378 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92378"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374529531.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shirley Jackson</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1808417 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1808417"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140620613.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry James</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67178 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67178"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140102264.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M. R. James</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484265 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by K. W Jeter</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3459 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3459"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141182520.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franz Kafka</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21279 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21279"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743412273.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056474582_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1129687 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1129687"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743437497.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14963 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14963"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0517219018.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056449805_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/414157 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kathe Koja</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2420972 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tanith Lee</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3203962 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fritz Leiber</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/515602 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/515602"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E12BOI.01-A2AXN9TZNRHUH0._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ira Levin</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158601 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Ligotti</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6473020 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Lortz</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40639 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. P. Lovecraft</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7535 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7535"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345329457.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. P. Lovecraft</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792698 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792698"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01YSbu3-y+L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Machen</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/981278 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Machen</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/308844 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/308844"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/074349783X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Massie</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6534 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6534"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/031286504X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057189625_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Matheson</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/347118 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/347118"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765354942.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lincoln Child</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23705 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23705"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439475.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Shelley</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1024219 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Skipp</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/838884 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Slade</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/279956 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/279956"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0977134636.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by S. P. Somtow</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/515448 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/515448"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192805975.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Louis Stevenson</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50078 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50078"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0763625086.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V60004059_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bram Stoker</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/958999 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/958999"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000F3JSPU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Theodore Sturgeon</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4134948 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Tessier</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/373070 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/373070"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679764100.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrew Vachss</div>