Daftar 50 Novel Horor Terbaik dan Terpopuler Sepanjang Masa

Naviri Magazine - Novel fiksi memiliki berbagai genre, tak jauh beda dengan film. Ada novel ber-genre horor, romance, thriller, science, fantasy, dan lain-lain. Masing-masing genre memiliki penggemar sendiri-sendiri, dan masing-masing genre tersebut juga melahirkan penulis-penulis terkenal.

Di ranah horor, nama Stephen King mungkin yang paling terkenal. Ada banyak novelnya yang diangkat ke film layar lebar, semisal It, The Mist, dan lain-lain. Tapi penulis novel horor bukan hanya Stephen King. Ada penulis-penulis lain yang juga mampu menyuguhkan novel horor yang memikat sekaligus bikin pembaca bergidik ngeri selama menikmatinya.

Berikut ini adalah daftar lima puluh novel horor yang dianggap terbaik sepanjang masa. Daftar ini disusun dari nomor 50 menuju ke nomor 1.

50. The Summer Is Ended and We Are Not Yet Saved by Joey Comeau (2014)
49. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill (1983)
48. Night Things by Michael Talbot (1988)
47. My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix (2016)
46. Ring by Koji Suzuki (1991)
45. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay (2015)
44. The Damnation Game by Clive Barker (1985)
43. Audition by Ryu Murakami (1997)
42. The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle (2012)
41. Bird Box by Josh Malerman (2015)
40. Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco (1973)
39. John Dies at the End by David Wong (2007)
38. Savaging the Dark by Christopher Conlon (2014)
37. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (1938)
36. Geek Love by Katherine Dunn (1989)
35. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (2007)
34. World War Z by Max Brooks (2006)
33. The Other by Thomas Tryon (1971)
32. Little Star by John Ajvide Lindqvist (2011)
31. The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes (2013)
30. Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum (1989)
29. At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft (1936)
28. The Ceremonies by T.E.D. Klein (1984)
27. Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice (1976)
26. A Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli (2003)
25. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (1962)
24. The Terror by Dan Simmons (2007)
23. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (1991)
22. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (1988)
21. Pet Sematary by Stephen King (1983)
20. Hell House by Richard Matheson (1971)
19. The Stand by Stephen King (1978)
18. Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon (1987)
17. Ghost Story by Peter Straub (1979)
16. Coraline by Neil Gaiman (2002)
15. Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons (1989)
14. Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes (2014)
13. The Elementals by Michael McDowell (1981)
12. Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897)
11. Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin (1967)
10. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (1898)
9. ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King (1975)
8. The Shining by Stephen King (1977)
7. NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (2013)
6. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (2000)
5. Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (1818)
4. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (1971)
3. Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (2004)
2. It by Stephen King (1986)
1. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (1959)

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