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Suggested horror titles.
Classic Horror
- Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
- Bram Stoker - Dracula
- Henry James - The Turn of the Screw
- Robert Louis Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Washington Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Edgar Allen Poe - The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
- Robert W. Chambers - The King in Yellow
- Matthew Lewis - The Monk
- Charles Maturin - Melmoth the Wanderer
- Ambrose Bierce - Ghost, and Other Stories
20th Century Horror
- Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
- Richard Matheson - I Am Legend
- Clive Barker - Books of Blood
- Ray Bradbury - Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Stephen King - It
- Thomas Harris - The Silence of the Lambs
- Dan Simmons - Song of Kali
- Algernon Blackwood - Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood
- M.R. James - Casting the Runes, and Other Ghost Stories
- Mervyn Peake - Boy in Darkness
- Stephen King - Pet Sematary
- William Hodgson - The House on the Borderland
- H. P. Lovecraft - The Dunwich Horror
New Horror
- Laird Barron - Occultation
- Joe R. Lansdale - The Best of Joe R. Lansdale
- Will Elliot - The Pilo Family Circus
- Edward Lee - Bullet Through Your Face
- Tim Curran - The Devil Next Door
- Dave Brockie - Whargoul
- Joe Hill - Heart-Shaped Box
- China Mieville - King Rat
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy:
- Joe Abercrombie The blade itself
- R.Scott Bakker The darkness that comes before
- Steven Erikson Gardens of the moon
- J.V.Jones A Cavern of black Ice
- Robert Jordan The eye of the world
- Paul Kearney Hawkwood's voyage
- George R.R. Martin A game of thrones
- K.J.Parker Devices and desires
- Melanie Rawn Dragon Prince
- Brian Ruckley Winterbirth
- J.R.R. Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring
- Tad WIlliams The Dragonbone chair
- Terry Goodkind Wizard's first rule
- David Zindell The lightsone
- Daniel Abraham A shadow in summer
- Chris Wooding The braided path
- S.L.Farrell A magic of Twilight
- Greg Keyes The Briar King
Urban Fantasy
- Neil Gaiman Neverwhere
- Graham Joyce The tooth fairy
- R.A.Macavoy Tea with the black dragon
- Jonathan Carroll The land of laughs
Swords and sorcery
- R.E.Howard Conan
- Fritz Leiber The first book of Lankhmar
- Michael Moorcock Elric of Melnibone
- Michael Shea The incomplete nifft
- Jack Vance Tales of the dying earth
- Karl Edward Wagner Gods in Darkness
- C.L.Moore Jirel of Joiry
Entry Level
- Terry Brooks First King of Shamhara
- Susan Cooper The dark is rising
- David Eddings Pawn of prophecy
- David Eddings The Diamond Throne
- Raymond E.Feist Magician
- Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman Dragons of Autumn Twilight
- Margaret Weiss, Tracy Hickman Dragon Wing
- Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman Rose of the Prophet
- Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Time of the twins
- C.S.Lewis The Lion, The witch and the wardrobe.
- R.A.Salvatore Homeland
- Philip Pullman His dar materials
Coming of age
- Glen Cook The swordbearer
- Robin Hobb Assassin's apprentice
- J.V.Jones The Baker's boy
- Rebecca Bradley Lady in gil
Historic Fantasy
- David Gemell Troy
- Guy Gavriel Kay The lions of Al-rassan
- J.Gregory Keyes Newton's cannon
- R.A.MacAvoy Damiano
- T.H.White The once and future king
- Gene Wolfe Latro in the mist
- George R.R Martin Fevre dream
- John M.Ford The dragon waiting
- Mary Gentle A secret History
Mistery
- Steven Brust The book of Jhereg
- Jim Butcher Storm Front
- Glen Cook Sweet silver blues
- Barry Hughart Bridge of birds
- Matthew Hughes Majestrum
Comic Fantasy
- Terry Pratchet Carpe Jugulum
- Christopher Moore Lamb
- Peter David Sir Apropos of nothing
- Mary Gentle Grunts
- William Goldman The princess bride
Weird
- H.P.Lovecraft At the mountains of madness
- William Hope Hodgson The house in the borderland
- Clark Ashton Smith The emperor of dreams
- Teff Vandermeer City of saints and madmen
- China Miéville Perdido street station
Mythic
- Roger Zelazny Creatures of light and darkness
- Mickey Zucker Reichert The last of the Renshai
- Jonh Myers Myers Silverlock
- Steven Brust To reign in hell
- Poul Anderson The broken sword
- Michael Scott Rogan The anvil of ice
Alternate world
- Stephen Donaldson The chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the unbeliever
- Julian May The many-coloured land
- Stephen R.Donaldson The mirror in her dreams
- Stephen R. Lawhead The paradise war
- Poul Anderson Three heards and three lions
- Roger Zelazny The great book of Amber
Old School
- George MacDonal Phantastes
- E.R.Eddison The worm Ouroboros
- Lord Dunsany The king of elfland's daughter
- Ernest Bramah The wallet of Kail Lung
- David Lindsay A voyage to Arcturus
- Charles G. Finney The circus of Dr.Lao
- Mikhail Bulgakov The master and Margarita
- Mervyn Peake Titus groan
Miscellaneous
- Paul Edwin Zimmer The lost prince
- David Gemell Legend
- C.S.Friedman Black Sun Rising
- K.J.Parker Shadow
- Kate Elliot King's dragon
- Michael A.Stackpole Talion revenant
- Matthew Woodring Stover Heroes die
- Gene Wolfe The shadow of the torturer
- Tim Powers The Anubis gates
- John Marco The Jackal of Nar
- Andrzej Sapkowsku Blood of elves
- Ken Grimwood Replay
- Glen Cook Chronicles of the black company
- Patricia A. Mckillip The riddle-master of Hed
- Sean Ruselss The initiate brother
- Brent Weeks The way of shadows
- Jeniffer Fallon The immortal prince
- John Crowley Little, big
- Catherynne M. Valente In the night garden
- M. John Harrison Viriconium
- Jack Vance Lyonesse
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