Lists of Bests: Stanley Wiater's "Modern horror fiction: a selection of 113 best books" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/52643 The following lists of recommended titles are from Stanley Wiater's definitive compilation, Dark Thoughts: On Writing, Advice and Commentary from Fifty Masters of Fear and Suspense (Underwood Books, 1998). The are used here with the author's permission Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:27:24 GMT en-us 0 50 113 50 0 Robert Aickman: Tales of Love and Death (1977) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3836111 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Jonathan Aycliffe: The Vanishment (1993) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3836112 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> J.G. Ballard: Crash (1973) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3839102 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Clive Barker's Books of Blood 1-3 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11962 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11962"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425165582.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clive Barker</div> Ian Banks: The Wasp Factory (1984) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3839104 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Charles Beaumont: The Howling Man and Other Stories (1992) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3846285 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Stephen R. Bissette: Aliens--Tribes (1992) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4406076 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Charles Birkin: The Smell of Evil (1964) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3846286 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Exorcist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3849983 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3849983"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4185EKV4JFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Peter Blatty</div> Robert Bloch: Selected Short Stories (1988) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3846299 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Micheal Blumlien: The Brains of Rats (1990) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3852678 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The October Country http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982668 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982668"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380973871.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Bradbury</div> Gary Brandner: The Howling (1977) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3852704 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Joseph Payne Brennan: The Shapes of Midnight (1980) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3852709 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Poppy Z. Brite: Swamp Foetus (1993) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3852712 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Ramsey Campbell: The Face That Must Die (1979) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3852727 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Jonathan Carroll: The Panic Hand (1996) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3852749 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Angela Carter: Burning Your Boats: Collected Stories (1995) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3854775 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Hugh B. Cave: Death Stalks the Night (1995) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3854782 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> R. Chetwynd-Hayes: Shudders and Shivers (1995) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3854785 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Joseph A. Citro: Deus-X (1994) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3854809 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Alan M. Clark: The Pain Doctors of Suture Self General (1995) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3854820 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Douglas Clegg: The Children's Hour (1996) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3854821 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Nancy A. Collins: Nameless Sins (1994) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3854822 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Matthew J. Costello: Homecoming (1992) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3858246 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Peter Crowther & James Lovegrove: Escardy Gap (1996) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3858247 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Roald Dahl: Tales of the Unexpected (1979) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3858251 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Les Daniels: The Black Castle (1978) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3858255 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> David Drake: From the Heart of Darkness (1983) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3858258 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Harlan Ellison: The Essential Ellison (1987) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3858262 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Elizabeth Engstrom: Lizard Wine (1996) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3865282 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Dennis Etchison: The Dark Country (1982) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3865285 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> John Farris: Scare Tactics (1988) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3865287 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Sandman (series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/742118 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Stephen Geller: She Let Him Continue (1966) to 1996) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3865296 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Ray Garton: Methods of Madness (1990) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3865303 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Ed Gorman: Moonchasers (1996) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3865305 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Charles L. Grant: Tales from the Nightside (1981) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3869654 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Stephen Gregory: The Cormorant (1986) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3869655 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Davis Grubb: 12 Stories of Suspense and the Supernatural (1964) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3869658 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Red Dragon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/456799 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/456799"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0525945563.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Harris</div> Rick Hautala: The Mountain King (1996) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3869664 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> James Herbert: Portent (1996) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3869669 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Eric C. Higgs: The Happy Man (1985) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3871041 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Falling Angel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3871048 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Hjortsberg</div> The Convulsion Factory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2768423 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian Hodge</div> Nancy Holder: Dead in the Water (1994) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3871081 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The End of Alice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1406606 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. M. Homes</div> The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/795812 <div id="position">49</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> George Clayton Johnson: Twilight Zone Scripts & Stories (1977) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3885948 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div>