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The Shining
The Shining • Book 1
by Stephen King
★ 4.93 BLT Score (1.7M ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (1.7M) - 2
Dracula: With original content
★ 3.96 BLT Score (1.5M ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (1.5M) - 3
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
★ 4.01 BLT Score (672.5K ratings)★ 3.83 Goodreads (672.5K) - 9
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Interview with the Vampire
The Vampire Chronicles • Book 1
by Anne Rice
★ 4.51 BLT Score (655.2K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (655.2K) - 11
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"The Haunting of Hill House Novel
★ 3.93 BLT Score (402.1K ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (402.1K) - 13
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Cujo (1981) Stephen King 1st Print Hardback
Cujo / Rattlesnakes • Book 1
by Stephen King
★ 4.35 BLT Score (324.9K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (324.9K) - 15
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson, Jonathan Lethem
★ 4.06 BLT Score (301.7K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (301.7K) - 17
Doctor Sleep
The Shining • Book 2
by Stephen King
★ 4.75 BLT Score (300.4K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (300.4K) - 18
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The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
★ 4.10 BLT Score (281.0K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (281.0K) - 20
The Exorcist
The Exorcist • Book 1
by William Peter Blatty
★ 4.73 BLT Score (274.5K ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (274.5K) - 21
Christine
by Stephen King, Marie Milpois
★ 4.58 BLT Score (265.6K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (265.6K) - 22
The Tell-Tale Heart - Il cuore rivelatore / The Premature Burial - La sepoltura prematura
Gilded Nightmares – Timeless British Library Books
by Edgar Allan Poe, Elisabetta Querci
★ 3.99 BLT Score (244.9K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (244.9K) - 23
The Vampire Lestat
The Vampire Chronicles • Book 2
by Anne Rice
★ 4.66 BLT Score (218.3K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (218.3K) - 24
Bird Box
Bird Box • Book 1
by Josh Malerman
★ 4.27 BLT Score (212.4K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (212.4K) - 25
Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale
by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Megan Follows
★ 3.96 BLT Score (207.3K ratings)★ 3.87 Goodreads (207.3K)
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