So just in time for those scary halloween stories with your family and friends here are the top 10 halloween books.
1. Dracula, Bram Stoker – The quintessential vampire novel – a cornerstone of horror literature
2. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley – Featuring the most famous monster in the genre, a warning against disobeying the laws of nature
3. The Mist, Stephen King – From a modern master, a tale of a supernatural mist containing disturbing, dangerous creatures
4. The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allen Poe – A dark, lonely house, a locked room … a classic Gothic novel from the master of the genre
5. The War of the Worlds, H G Wells – This novel, written in 1898, is one of the great influences on sci-fi literature / film through the ages
6. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson – A lawyer investigates the strange goings on between his friend Dr Jekyll and the sinister Mr. Hyde
7. Five Tales of Halloween, Jane Bernaghner – One for the kids (who are probably less scared than you are…). Haunted houses to magic shoes
8. The Adventures of Huckleberry Fun and Zombie Jim, Mark Twain, W Bill Czolgosz – As bizarre as it sounds – a zombie twist on the American classic
9. The Thin Ghost, M R James, – Among the finest ever, James’s ghost stories bridged the gap from Gothic to modern writing
10. The Dreams in the Witch House, H P Lovecraft – Witches, kidnappings and parallel universes… a strange and disturbing short story
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