Books to Scare Your Socks Off maybe your pants too!
Discover the scariest books of all time! From Stephen King's *The Shining* to Shirley Jackson's *The Haunting of Hill House*, this curated list of horror fiction and ghost stories is guaranteed to scare your socks off (and maybe your pants too!). Explore terrifying classics by Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury, and more in our ultimate must-read horror collection.
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The Shining
by Stephen King
Jack Torrance sees his stint as winter caretaker of a Colorado hotel as a way back from failure, his wife sees it as a chance to preserve their family, and their five-year-old son sees the evil waiting just for them, as they journey into a world in which old horrors come to life to destroy the living. Reissue.
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Ghost Story
by Peter Straub
Horror. Early novel about four men who inadvertently cause the death of a young woman in the 1920s.
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The Essential Ellison
by Harlan Ellison
Harlan Ellison is probably best known as a script writer for sci-fi and fantasy movies and TV series such as the original Outer Limits, The Hunger, Logan's Run, and Babylon Five. But his range is much broader than that, encompassing stories, novels, essays, reviews, reminiscences, plays, even fake autobiographies. Essential Ellison includes contains 74 unabridged works, including such classics as A Boy and His Dog, Xenogenesis, and Mefisto in Onyx. Includes black-and-white photos.
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The Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty
A young girl becomes possessed by the devil and causes several violent deaths before she can be cured.
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The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
An anthropologist conducts an unusual research project in a reputedly haunted house.
