Horror Books of the 1980s
The 275 most-read horror books first published between 1980 and 1989, led by It (1986), Pet Sematary (1983) and The Eyes of Darkness (1981).
This list collects 275 books from the 1980s by 157 authors, published between 1980 and 1989. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
It
Stephen King
Pet Sematary
Stephen King
The Eyes of Darkness
Dean Koontz
The Bachman Books (Long Walk / Rage / Roadwork / Running Man)
Stephen King
Cujo
Stephen King
The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris
The Drawing of the Three
Stephen King
Skeleton Crew
Stephen King
Danse Macabre
Stephen King
Christine
Stephen King
Red Dragon
Thomas Harris
The Vampire Lestat
Anne Rice
Firestarter
Stephen King
Thinner
Stephen King
The New Girl
Robert Lawrence Stine
Different Seasons
Stephen King
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Alvin Schwartz
The Queen of the Damned
Anne Rice
Petals on the Wind
V.C. Andrews
The Running Man
Stephen King
The Dark Half
Stephen King
The Tommyknockers
Stephen King
Intensity
Dean Koontz
Heaven
V.C. Andrews
Phantoms
Dean Koontz
If There Be Thorns
V.C. Andrews
Watchers
Dean Koontz
Cycle of the Werewolf
Stephen King
The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
My Sweet Audrina
V.C. Andrews
Fear Street - The Overnight
Robert Lawrence Stine
Garden of Shadows
V.C. Andrews
Works (Carrie / Night Shift / 'Salem's Lot / Shining)
Stephen King
The Polar Express Gift Set
Chris Van Allsburg
Remember Me
Christopher Pike
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories
Alvin Schwartz, Victor Rivas
Midnight
Dean Koontz
Fear Street - The Surprise Party
Robert Lawrence Stine
Roadwork
Stephen King
Slumber Party
Christopher Pike
The Body
Stephen King
Fallen Hearts
V.C. Andrews
The Girl Next Door
Jack Ketchum
Lightning
Dean Koontz
Seeds of Yesterday
V.C. Andrews
Gates of Paradise
V.C. Andrews
Darkness Comes
Dean Koontz
The House of Thunder
Dean Koontz
Books of Blood Volume One
Clive Barker
Carrion Comfort
Dan Simmons
The Door to December
Dean Koontz
Shadowfires
Dean Koontz
Scavenger Hunt
Christopher Pike
The Mummy
Anne Rice
The Funhouse
Dean Koontz
The Voice of the Night
Dean Koontz
The Baby-Sitter
Robert Lawrence Stine
Twisted
Robert Lawrence Stine
The Dark Descent
David G. Hartwell, Stephen King
The Fifth Child
Doris Lessing
Cabal
Clive Barker
Necroscope
Brian Lumley
Twilight
Dean Koontz
Chain Letter
Christopher Pike
The Party
Christopher Pike
Spellbound
Christopher Pike
Weaveworld
Clive Barker
A Dark, Dark Tale
Ruth Brown
Dark Forces
Kirby McCauley, Dennis Etchison
Prime Evil
Douglas. Winter, Douglas E. Winter
Apt Pupil
Stephen King
Twilight Eyes
Dean Koontz
The Graduation
Christopher Pike
The Dance
Christopher Pike
Novels (Carrie / Salem's Lot / Shining)
Stephen King
Clive Barker's books of blood Volume Four
Clive Barker
The Mask
Dean Koontz
Cry to Heaven
Anne Rice
Strangers
Dean Koontz
The Damnation Game
Clive Barker
Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank / Excerpts from Anne Frank)
Frances Goodrich, Anne Frank
The Great and Secret Show
Clive Barker
Az ellenállás melankóliája
László Krasznahorkai
Legion
William Peter Blatty
The Kingdom of Gods
N. K. Jemisin
Song of Kali
Dan Simmons
Uncanny!
Paul Jennings
The Magic Cottage
James Herbert
Sandkings
George R. R. Martin, Virginia Sáenz Fernández
The Scary Stories Treasury
Alvin Schwartz
Comes the Blind Fury
John Saul
Haunted
James Herbert
The Hunger
Whitley Strieber
Groosham Grange
Anthony Horowitz, Nickolas Grace
The Inhuman Condition
Clive Barker
The Curse of the Blue Figurine
John Bellairs