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Horror for the Discriminating Reader
The Cannibal WithinThe Cannibal Within by Mark L. Mirabello
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As they say, this book is "wet with sin, slippery with blood, and slimy with fornication."
The Damned (Penguin Classics)The Damned (Penguin Classics) by J-.K. Huysmans
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The description of a black mass is memorable.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin Popular Classics)The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin Popular Classics) by Oscar Wilde
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The Oscar Wilde classic.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Penguin Popular Classics)The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Penguin Popular Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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A wonderful exploration of the beast unleashed.
Dracula (Wordsworth Classics)Dracula (Wordsworth Classics) by Bram Stoker
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The opening section of this work is some of the best horror ever crafted.
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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The horror of the state.
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & PoemsEdgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
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The Divine Poe.
The Call of Cthulhu: And Other Weird Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)The Call of Cthulhu: And Other Weird Stories (Penguin Modern Classics) by H.P. Lovecraft
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The best Lovecraft collection.
FictionsFictions by Jorge Luis Borges
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Borges is simply the most imaginative writer of the twentieth century.
Lolita (Penguin Classics)Lolita (Penguin Classics)
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The horror of perversion.
The Rwanda Crisis: History of a GenocideThe Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide by Gerard Prunier
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This is REAL horror.
The King in Yellow and Other Horror (Dover Mystery, Detective, & Other Fiction)The King in Yellow and Other Horror (Dover Mystery, Detective, & Other Fiction) by Robert W Chambers
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The book that inspired Lovecraft.
CarmillaCarmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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The classic tale of the undead that influenced Bram Stoker.
The War of the WorldsThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
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In this H.G. Wells' masterpiece, sciencce fiction meets horror.
Treatise on Vampires and Revenants: The Phantom World (Desert Island Dracula Library)Treatise on Vampires and Revenants: The Phantom World (Desert Island Dracula Library) by Dom Augustine Calmet
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Are vampires real? The classic work of scholarship.
The Tomb: And Other Tales (A Del Rey Book)The Tomb: And Other Tales (A Del Rey Book) by H.P. Lovecraft
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Lovecraft on a budget.
I Am Legend (round cornered edition) (Gollancz S.F.)I Am Legend (round cornered edition) (Gollancz S.F.) by Richard Matheson
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Science Fiction about vampires.
Terror by Night: Classic Ghost and Horror Stories (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural)Terror by Night: Classic Ghost and Horror Stories (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) by Ambrose Bierce
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The best Ambrose Bierce horror.
The Monk: A Romance (Penguin Classics)The Monk: A Romance (Penguin Classics) by Matthew Lewis
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Blasphemy and pornography from the 18th century.
Story of the EyeStory of the Eye by Georges Bataille
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Beautifully perverse!
The Red Hand: AND The White PeopleThe Red Hand: AND The White People by Arthur Machen
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"The White People" by Machen was an H.P. Lovecraft favorite.
Polidori's VampyrePolidori's Vampyre by John Polidori
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The vampire tale that inspired Bram Stoker.
Heart of DarknessHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
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Conrad's masterpiece. "The horror!"
Two Strange TalesTwo Strange Tales by Mircea Eliade
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Horror from the scholar of religion.