The best that 20th century horror/wierd fiction has to offer
Explore the finest 20th century horror and weird fiction books with our curated list of must-read classics. Discover chilling tales and eerie masterpieces that defined the genre.
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Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre: The Best of H. P. Lovecraft
by H. P. Lovecraft
“H.P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.”—Stephen King “The oldest and strongest emotion of …
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Necroscope
by Brian Lumley
Except to Harry Keogh, Necroscope. And what they tell him is horrifying. In the Balkan mountains of Rumania, a terrible evil is growing. Long buried …
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Bloodwars
by Brian Lumley
The highly-anticipated conclusion to the blood-chilling Vampire World trilogy, begun in Blood Brothers and continued in The Last Aerie. At the height of their powers, …
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Wormwood
by Poppy Brite
“Big talent gives off thermonuclear vibes. I can feel them . . . this is the voice we’re going to be hearing for a long …
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The Stand
by Stephen King
Horrific disaster as a plague virus sweeps the U.S., leaving only a handful of survivors.
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The Eyes of the Dragon
by Stephen King
In the kingdom of Delain, a young prince must struggle against powerful forces to gain his rightful inheritance.
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Skin
by Kathe Koja
Koja, the most provocative new voice in contemporary horror since Clive Barker (Fangoria), makes her Abyss hardcover debut with this terrifying story of a woman …
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Lord Of The Dead
by Tom Holland
Lord Byron, the poet, tells how he became a vampire and recounts his adventures with other vampires in Greece's struggle for independence from Turkey. He …
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The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
Powerful, perverse, and engrossing, this controversial novel offers a graphic portrait of a serial killer told in the first-person. "Read it if you dare!"--"The Daily …
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American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this modern classic, the acclaimed author of The Shards explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence …
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H.P. Lovecraft
by S. T. Joshi
The author "has gone back to primary sources to set the record straight" on "the leading American writer of horror fiction in this century."--Cover.
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Supernatural Horror in Literature
by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
The twentieth-century American writer discusses his literary techniques and philosophies along with the history and aesthetics of horror fiction
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Silk
by Caitlin R. Kiernan
To the residents of her small southern city, second-hand store owner Spyder Baxter is crazy. But her friends and followers know better. Something lives within …