Lists of Bests: Jones & Newman's "Horror: 100 Best Books" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/29566 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. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:50:58 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 Tragical History of Dr. Faustus (Great Plays of the Millennium) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163586 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163586"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0660185261.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Marlowe</div> Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21548 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21548"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743477103.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> The White Devil (1612) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766214 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Webster</div> Caleb Williams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766218 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766218"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192816217.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Godwin</div> The Monk (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/752113 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/752113"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140436030.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matthew Lewis</div> The Best Tales of Hoffmann http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14618 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14618"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486217930.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. T. A. Hoffmann</div> Northanger Abbey (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3185 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3185"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140434135.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23705 <div id="position">8</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> Melmoth the Wanderer (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4302 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4302"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0192835920.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Maturin</div> The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4301 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4301"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192835904.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Hogg</div> Tales of Mystery and Imagination http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77731 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77731"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0151002347.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056422346_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edgar Allen Poe</div> Twice-told Tales http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2450196 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2450196"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1598188925.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V64177072_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nathaniel Hawthorne</div> The Black Spider http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2522054 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeremias Gotthelf</div> The Wandering Jew http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766231 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eugene Sue</div> Confidence-man: His Masquerade http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1951217 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1951217"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1564784541.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39066837_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Herman Melville</div> Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Hugh (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45043 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45043"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140437460.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu</div> Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/515448 <div id="position">17</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> She (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/435451 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/435451"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192835505.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. Rider Haggard</div> The King In Yellow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2758504 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2758504"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0809557541.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert W. Chambers</div> The Island Of Dr. Moreau http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/744693 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/744693"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EK4Y4E.01-A1DTZLTRSPZV06._SCTHUMBZZZ_V47666869_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. G. WELLS</div> Bram Stoker's Dracula http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50078 <div id="position">21</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> The Turn of the Screw (Penguin Popular Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1808417 <div id="position">22</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> Heart of Darkness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48561 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48561"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1580495753.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Conrad</div> The Jewel Of Seven Stars http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2614300 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2614300"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1595400079.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bram Stoker</div> Ghost Stories of an Antiquary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1054827 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1054827"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0809593912.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M. R. James</div> The House of Souls http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1576854 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1576854"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/159818833X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65627124_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Machen</div> John Silence, a Physician Extraordinary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1155052 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1155052"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0755108027.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Algernon Blackwood</div> The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/788847 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/788847"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1595970010.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43255523_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gilbert, Keith Chesterton</div> The House on the Borderland http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2609085 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2609085"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1426438281.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Hope Hodgson</div> The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1500949 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1500949"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1598188429.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ambrose Bierce</div> Widdershins http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766256 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766256"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1426475950.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43925021_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Oliver Onions</div> The Horror Horn: The Best Horror Stories of E.F. Benson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766258 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E.F. Benson (Alexis Lykiard, ed.)</div> A Voyage to Arcturus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3334686 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3334686"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01iwuAGv8iL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lindsay</div> The Trial http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24692 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24692"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805210407.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122576327_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franz Kafka</div> Something About Eve http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766262 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766262"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1592240941.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Branch Cabell</div> Medusa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766270 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. H. Visiak</div> The Werewolf Of Paris http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766271 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766271"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596541075.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Guy Endore</div> The Last Bouquet: Some Twilight Tales http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766272 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marjorie Bowen</div> The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766273 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexander Laing</div> A Second Century of Creepy Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766277 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sir Hugh Walpole (ed.)</div> The Dark Tower and Other Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4037 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4037"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027704.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C.S. Lewis</div> Johnny Got His Gun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/756621 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/756621"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0806512814.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dalton Trumbo</div> The Outsider, and Others http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2612661 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H.P. Lovecraft</div> Out of Space and Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766280 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clark Ashton Smith</div> Conjure Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3203962 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fritz Leiber</div> Night Has a Thousand Eyes: a novel of suspense http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/873794 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/873794"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1933648279.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V49813704_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cornell Woolrich</div> The Lurker at the Threshold http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23154 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23154"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786711884.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. P. Lovecraft</div> Deliver Me from Eva http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766282 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Bailey</div> And the Darkness Falls http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2476408 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Boris Karloff</div> The Sleeping and the Dead: Fifteen Uncanny Tales http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766289 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by August Derleth (ed.)</div>