Most Popular Horror Books of the 1980s
Discover popular Horror books from the 1980s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.
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Dollanganger Children #4
Seeds of Yesterday
Horror · Psychological Horror · Psychological Thriller · Thriller
1984
The Woods Are Dark
Horror
1981
Night Show
Horror
1984
The Kill
Horror
1982
Blue Rose Trilogy #1
Koko
Horror · World Fantasy Award
1988
Cannibals
Horror
1986
The Medusa Horror
Horror
1983
Shadowland
Fantasy · Horror
1980
The Night Boat
Horror
1980
Bethany's Sin
Horror
1980
Year's Best Horror Stories (US) #17
The Year s Best Horror Stories XVII
Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories
October 3, 1989
The Doll in the Garden
Horror · Ghosts · Middle Grade
1989
Two Women of London
Horror · Gothic Horror · Retellings
June 1989
Pan Book of Horror Stories
The 30th Pan Book of Horror Stories
Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Weird Fiction
September 8, 1989
The Lake
Horror
1989
Moonbane
Horror
1989
Mama's Boy
Horror
1989
Siren
Horror
1989
The Bureau of Lost Souls
Horror · Short Stories
1989
Lord Horror #2
Lord Horror #2
Horror · Comics
1989
Lord Horror #1
Lord Horror #1
Horror · Comics
1989
Full Moon
Horror
1989
John Collier and Fredric Brown Went Quarrelling Through My Head
Fantasy · Horror
1989
Spellcaster
Horror
1989
The Shinglo
Horror
1989
Scavenger Hunt
Horror · Young Adult
1989
The Curse
Horror
1989
Cold Eye
Horror · Thriller
1989
A Light in the Black
Horror · Young Adult
1989
The Photographer #1
The Photographer
Horror · Young Adult
1989
The Lilith Factor
Horror
1989
Things in Corners
Horror · Young Adult · Short Stories
1989
Dreamer
Horror
1989
Blood Forge
Horror
1989
The Watchman Chronicles
The Killing Glance
Fantasy · Horror · Collection
1989
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Horror
1989