Horror
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Introduction
The purpose of Horror Fiction is to produce fear in readers. This is accomplished both with the inclusion of ghosts, vampires, and other supernatural monsters and with an overall dark tone and menacing atmosphere. Often this books include graphic violence and explicit language. Unexpected events jolt the reader and keep the pace of these books moving quickly to often unresolved endings.
Classics
These classic horror titles fit into many of the subgenres below and so include a range of monsters and villains, but they all have in common that they were published before 1980, and so fit into the category of older or original classics.
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The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson |
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James The Shining - Stephen King Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin |
Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson Dracula - Bram Stoker |
Monsters
These authors have titles that feature monsters and monstrous creations, sometimes of freakish nature, such as unnatural or supernatural plants or animals.
Vampires and Werewolves
Vampires are hugely popular with readers and are featured in several genres of fiction, such as romance, mystery, and fantasy. The authors below have books that feature the darker side of vampires.
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L. A. Banks - Vampire huntress series P. N. Elrod - Vampire Files Series |
Mick Farren - Victor Renquist Quartet Charlaine Harris - Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Series Brian Lumley - Necroscope Series |
Anne Rice - Vampire chronicles Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - Saint-Germain Cycle |
The Occult and Supernatural
The authors in this category have books that feature supernatural beings and powers, such as werewolves, witches, sorcerers, and demons.
Ghosts and Haunted Houses
These authors have books that feature ghosts and haunted homes or people, a popular theme in horror fiction.
Psychological Horror
These authors have books that involve terrors of the mind and serial killers.
