https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1951-48-books-that-scared-the-bejesus-out-of-readers
Much as with the other threads, this is based solely on popularity, not on any sort of intrinsic ranking system. Also, this time around I took the liberty of putting the list into an easier-to-read text format as some of those titles make it really difficult to ascertain either the Title, the Author, or BOTH! So, here's the cleaned up list:
The Troop - Nick Cutter
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
The Cask of Amontillado - Edgar Allen Poe
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Shining - Stephen King
Carrion COmfort - Dan Simmons
A Head Full of Ghosts - Paul Tremblay
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
The Amityville Horror - Jay Anson
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
Salems Lot - Stephen King
The Ruins - Scott Smith
The Hellbound Heart - Clive Barker
Hell House - Richard Matheson
Fever Dream - Samanta Schewblin
Misery - Stephen King
Full Throttle - Joe Hill
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
The Horla & Others - Guy de Maupassants
The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
The Fisherman - John Langan
Watchers - Dean Koontz
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
Zodiac - Robert Graysmith
The Terror - Dan Simmons
The Deep - Nick Cutter
The Silent Companions - Laura Purcell
What the Hell Did I Just Read - David Wong
Exquisite Corpse - Poppy Z. Brite
Experimental Film - Gemma Files
I'm Thinking of Ending Things - Iain Reid
Naomi's Room - Jonathan Aycliff
Dark Matter - Michelle Paver
Imaginary Friend - Stephen Chbosky
Into the Drowning Keep - Mira Grant
Ring (Ring #1) - Koji Suzuki
The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson
Helter Skelter - Vincent Buglioski with Curt Gentry
Last Days - Adam Nevill
Tender is the Flesh - Augustina Bazterrica
Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
The Library at Mt. Char - Scott Hawkins
I Remember You - Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Bird Box - Josh Malerman
Much as with the other threads, this is based solely on popularity, not on any sort of intrinsic ranking system. Also, this time around I took the liberty of putting the list into an easier-to-read text format as some of those titles make it really difficult to ascertain either the Title, the Author, or BOTH! So, here's the cleaned up list:
The Troop - Nick Cutter
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
The Cask of Amontillado - Edgar Allen Poe
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Shining - Stephen King
Carrion COmfort - Dan Simmons
A Head Full of Ghosts - Paul Tremblay
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
The Amityville Horror - Jay Anson
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
Salems Lot - Stephen King
The Ruins - Scott Smith
The Hellbound Heart - Clive Barker
Hell House - Richard Matheson
Fever Dream - Samanta Schewblin
Misery - Stephen King
Full Throttle - Joe Hill
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
The Horla & Others - Guy de Maupassants
The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
The Fisherman - John Langan
Watchers - Dean Koontz
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
Zodiac - Robert Graysmith
The Terror - Dan Simmons
The Deep - Nick Cutter
The Silent Companions - Laura Purcell
What the Hell Did I Just Read - David Wong
Exquisite Corpse - Poppy Z. Brite
Experimental Film - Gemma Files
I'm Thinking of Ending Things - Iain Reid
Naomi's Room - Jonathan Aycliff
Dark Matter - Michelle Paver
Imaginary Friend - Stephen Chbosky
Into the Drowning Keep - Mira Grant
Ring (Ring #1) - Koji Suzuki
The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson
Helter Skelter - Vincent Buglioski with Curt Gentry
Last Days - Adam Nevill
Tender is the Flesh - Augustina Bazterrica
Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
The Library at Mt. Char - Scott Hawkins
I Remember You - Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Bird Box - Josh Malerman