# What is the quintessential Horror novel?

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**Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-quintessential-horror-novel/287080/1 "2005-01-28T09:25:32Z")

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Inspired by [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=299248) thread.

What your recommendations for the quintessential horror novels?

To start here are my nominations:

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Shining by Stephen King

Ghost Story by Peter Straub

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

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