Most Popular Horror Books of the 1980s

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Book of the Dead

John Skipp, Craig Spector

Horror · Anthology

1989

Endangered Species

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

1989

10/10 1 ratings

Batman: The killing joke

Alan Moore, Brian Bolland

Horror · Science Fiction · Superheroes · Graphic Novels · Dark Fiction

1988

10/10 1 ratings

Books of Blood (omnibus editions)

Books of Blood: Volumes 4-6

Clive Barker

Horror · Short Stories

1988

10/10 1 ratings

Tread Softly

Richard Kelly

Horror

1987

The Cormorant

Stephen Gregory

Horror

1986

10/10 1 ratings

The Caller

Richard Laymon

Horror

1985

Nomads

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Horror

1984

The Wereling

David Robbins

Horror

1983

8/10 1 awaiting ratings

Saint-Germain #4

Path of the Eclipse

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Horror

1981

They Thirst

Robert R. McCammon

Horror

1981

10/10 1 ratings

Cradle and All

James Patterson

Horror · Young Adult

1980

10/10 1 ratings

Songs of a Dead Dreamer

Thomas Ligotti

Horror · Short Stories

1986

9.5/10 4 ratings

Nightflyers and Other Stories

George R. R. Martin

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

9.5/10 4 ratings

Live Girls

Ray Garton

Horror

1987

9.5/10 2 ratings

The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1982

9.4/10 8 ratings

Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1987

9.2/10 6 ratings

H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus #3

The Haunter of the Dark

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1985

9/10 7 ratings

The Dunwich Horror and Others

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1984

9/10 7 ratings

Necroscope #2

Necroscope II: Vamphyri!

Brian Lumley

Horror

1988

9/10 2 ratings

Classics of the Macabre

Daphne du Maurier

Horror · Short Stories · Mystery

1987

9/10 2 ratings

Stinger

Robert R. McCammon

Horror · Science Fiction

1988

9/10 1 ratings

Halo

Chet Day

Horror

1987

City Jitters

Christopher Fowler

Horror · Short Stories

1986

9/10 1 ratings

The Prey

Robert Arthur Smith

Horror

1981

The Elementals

Michael McDowell

Horror

1981

9/10 1 ratings

The Armageddon Rag

George R. R. Martin

Fantasy · Horror

1983

8.9/10 7 ratings

H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus #2

Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1985

8.8/10 6 ratings

At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1985

8.8/10 5 ratings

Songs the Dead Men Sing

George R. R. Martin

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1983

8/10 2 ratings

Schoolhouse

Lee Duigon

Horror

1988

8.3/10 4 ratings

Hannibal Lecter #2

The Silence of the Lambs

Thomas Harris

Horror · Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Movie · Mystery

July 1, 1988

8.5/10 4 ratings

Vettius and His Friends

David Drake

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1989

8/10 1 ratings

Fat Face

Michael Shea

Horror

1987

8/10 2 ratings

Moon

James Herbert

Horror

1985

6/10 1 ratings

The Grotesque

Patrick McGrath

Horror

1989

7/10 2 ratings