Occult Fiction Books of the 1980s
The 71 most-read occult fiction books first published between 1980 and 1989, led by Pet Sematary (1983), Thinner (1984) and Wyrd Sisters (1988).
This list collects 71 books from the 1980s by 64 authors, published between 1980 and 1989. 1 is free to read. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.

Pet Sematary
Stephen King

Thinner
Stephen King

Wyrd Sisters
Terry Pratchett

Il pendolo di Foucault
Umberto Eco

Works (Carrie / Night Shift / 'Salem's Lot / Shining)
Stephen King

Moi, Tituba, Sorcière…Noire de Salem
Maryse Condé

Thornyhold
Mary Stewart

Twilight
Dean Koontz

Der satanarchäolygenialkohöllische Wunschpunsch
Michael Ende

Unreal!
Paul Jennings

The Way of the Shaman
Michael J. Harner, Michael Harner

Uncanny!
Paul Jennings

The Magic Cottage
James Herbert

The Boat of a Million Years
Poul Anderson

MASTERPIECES OF TERROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL
Marvin Kaye, Orson Scott Card

Cults!
Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenburg

Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult
Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg

In the Dark
Edith Nesbit

Graven Images
Paul Fleischman

The Cormorant
Stephen Gregory, Gregory, Stephen

Ghostly Companions
Vivien Alcock

Hadriana dans tous mes rêves
René Depestre

Eyes of the Tarot
Bruce Coville

Three by Ira Levin (Rosemary's Baby / Stepford Wives / This Perfect Day)
Ira Levin

What Did Miss Darrington See?
Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Emma B. Cobb

No more Saturday nights
Norma Klein

Alfred Hitchcock's Supernatural tales of terror and suspense
Alfred Hitchcock

Amy Girl
Bari Wood

Clever Tom and the Leprechaun
Linda Shute

Lammas Night
Katherine Kurtz

Amulet
Michael McDowell

The Murdered Magicians
Peter Partner

Relics
Shaun Hutson

Hidden Turnings
Diana Wynne Jones

Campfire Chillers
Edith M. Freeman, E.M. Freeman

Algernon Blackwood
Michael Ashley

Irish Tales of Terror
Peter Haining

Who's Afraid and Other Strange Stories
Philippa Pearce

Patti's Luck
Susan Saunders

Witches' Brew
Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini
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The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances
Murray Gilchrist

The Call and Other Stories
Robert Westall

The quest for Sherlock Holmes
Owen Dudley Edwards

Literature of the Occult ; A Collection of Critical Essays
Peter B. Messent

The Gruesome Guests, and Other Stories
Richard Brightfield

Supernatural Tales
Vernon Lee

Witches & Wizards
Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg

Yankee Witches
Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg

Annabelle Starr, E.S.P
Lila Perl

Alfred Hitchcock's fatal attractions
Elana Lore

Haunted Women
Alfred Bendixen

Campfire Tales
William W. Forgey

The Faery Flag
Jane Yolen

Tales of the Sacred and the Supernatural
Mircea Eliade

Washington Irving's Tales of the supernatural
Washington Irving

Night Fears and Other Supernatural Tales
L. P. Hartley

Conjuring Summer In
Mildred Ames

The supernatural tales of Fitz-James O'Brien
Fitz-James O'Brien

The Dark God
Williams, Mary
Greasepaint and Ghosts
Peter Haining

Inside Out
Paul Jennings

The Eye in the Stone
Allen L. Wold

Yours Till Forever
David Gifaldi

Witches and Warlocks
David Oakden
The dark side of Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
A garland of ancient and new weird tales of valor, or, Kokon kidan hanabusa sōshi
Tsuga, Teishō
Stonelight
Gaelyn Gordon

Leechtime
Albert Belisle Davis
Sometimes in the Dead of Night
D. J. Arneson

The strange night writing of Jessamine Colter
Cynthia C. DeFelice

Islamic resurgent movements in the Indo-Pak subcontinent during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Syed Habibul Haq Nadvi