Horror

Horror classics that still keep readers up at night. Stephen King leads with Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining and The Stand: a bullied girl with terrible powers, a small town overrun by vampires, a family snowbound in a haunted hotel and a world after a deadly plague. William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist, about a young girl's possession and the priests who fight for her, remains one of the most famous horror novels ever written. Read them for the fear, and for how well they understand ordinary people under extreme pressure.

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Psychological Horror

Psychological horror finds its terror in the mind: isolation, madness and the fear of what we ourselves might do. Stephen King's The Shining follows Jack Torrance, a recovering alcoholic who takes a job as winter caretaker of the remote Overlook Hotel with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, who has a psychic gift. As the snow closes in, the hotel works on Jack's weaknesses. One of the most famous horror novels ever written, and the basis of Stanley Kubrick's film. See Horror for more.

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Supernatural Horror

Ghosts, demons, vampires and powers no one can explain. Stephen King's Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining and The Stand show why he became the master of modern horror, from telekinesis and vampires to a haunted hotel and a final battle between good and evil. William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist follows a mother, a young girl and two priests in a story of possession and faith. Classic supernatural horror for readers who like their scares with strong characters and real moral weight.

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Gothic Horror

Gothic horror is about old evils in decaying places: haunted houses, closed communities and secrets that will not stay buried. Stephen King's Salem's Lot brings the classic vampire story to a small town in Maine, where a writer returns home just as a mysterious newcomer opens an antique shop and the town begins, house by house, to fall. King has said he wanted to write Dracula in an American setting, and the result is one of his most frightening novels. More gothic fiction will join this shelf; see Horror for more.

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