Adult Horror
Classic Horror Authors
Urban Fantasy*
Bestsellers
Shirley Jackson
H. P. Lovecraft
Edgar Allan Poe
Mary Shelley
Bram Stoker
Ilona Andrews
Patricia Briggs
Jim Butcher
Yasmine Galenorn
Steve Alten
Kelley Armstrong
Richard Bachman
Clive Barker
Ramsey Campbell
John Farris
Neil Gaiman
Kim Harrison
Joe Hill
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
Joe R. Lansdale
Tim Lebbon
Bentley Little
Jonathan Maberry
Graham Masterton
Anne Rice
John Saul
Peter Straub
F. Paul Wilson
Ben H. Winters
Vampires
Keri Arthur
L. A. Banks
Douglas Clegg
Justin Cronin
Guillermo Del Toro
P. N. Elrod
Christopher Farnsworth
Laurell K. Hamilton
Brian Lumley
Jennifer Rardin
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
*Urban Fantasy is found under Science
Fiction/Fantasy (SF) but includes
supernatural beings such as vampires,
fairies, witches, and demons.
DVDs
Devil (2010) PG-13
Let Me In (2010) R
Night of the Living Dead Franchise
(1968) R
Psycho (1960) R
Resident Evil Franchise (2002) R
The Ring (2002) PG-13
Saw Franchise (2004) R
The Shining (1980) R
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) R
Zombies
Max Brooks
Rhiannon Frater
Seth Grahame-Smith
Joe McKinney
Madeleine Roux
Ben Tripp
David Wellington
Recommended Websites
www.goodreads.com/genres/horror
www.goodreads.com/genres/urban-fantasy
librarybooklists.org/fiction/adult/horrorgothic.htm
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