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All the books mentioned in Grady Hendrix's book "Paperbacks from Hell"*
*The first 100, anyway, since there's a 100-book limit for any one person to add. Feel free to add more! I got to page 58 of the book.
Update: list now up to page 114.
Updated update: up to page 155.
One more update: page 187.
*The first 100, anyway, since there's a 100-book limit for any one person to add. Feel free to add more! I got to page 58 of the book.
Update: list now up to page 114.
Updated update: up to page 155.
One more update: page 187.
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Dracula
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The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
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The Haunting of Hill House
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’Salem’s Lot
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Jaws (Jaws, #1)
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
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Lord of the Flies
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Carmilla
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
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The Rats (Rats, #1)
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The Turn of the Screw
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Rebecca
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The Dead Zone
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3.97 avg rating — 241,541 ratings
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Our Lady of Darkness
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Falling Angel
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Maynard's House
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Herman Raucher (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 1,193 ratings
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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
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The Keep (Adversary Cycle, #1)
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F. Paul Wilson (Goodreads Author)
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
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Night of the Crabs
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The Manitou (Manitou #1)
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The Bad Seed
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The Fog
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The Dunwich Horror: Seven Stories
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The Elementals
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Slugs
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Communion: A True Story
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Whitley Strieber (Goodreads Author)
3.52 avg rating — 7,800 ratings
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Jamaica Inn
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The Parasite
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Abracadabra
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The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
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The Other
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Burnt Offerings
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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4.28 avg rating — 1,663,872 ratings
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Unholy Trinity
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Welcome to Dead House (Goosebumps, #1)
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3.85 avg rating — 40,911 ratings
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The Colour Out of Space
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Killer Crabs
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The October Country
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The Wolfen
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Whitley Strieber (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 7,610 ratings
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Legion (The Exorcist, #2)
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Psycho (Psycho, #1)
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The Search for Joseph Tully
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Ghost Story
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Crabs' Moon
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Darker Than You Think
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The Djinn
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The Tribe
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The Midwich Cuckoos
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The Heirloom
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Thomas Luke (Pseudonym)
3.75 avg rating — 753 ratings
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Mirror
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Crabs: The Human Sacrifice
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Cast a Cold Eye
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Maggots
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The Dowry
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Eat Them Alive
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The Omen
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The Reaping
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Why Not You and I
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Night Songs
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Incubus
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Spawn
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It
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4.24 avg rating — 1,237,849 ratings
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Thunder Heights
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Pet Sematary
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 676,907 ratings
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Finishing Touches
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The Nightwalker
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The Flame and the Flower (Birmingham, #1)
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The Stepford Wives
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The Orpheus Process
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Mistress of Mellyn
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My Sweet Audrina (Audrina, #1)
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The Mist
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From Hell
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The Mysteries of Udolpho
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The Amityville Horror
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The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3)
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The Mephisto Waltz
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By Blood Alone
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The Birds and Other Stories
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Croak
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Night Train
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3.56 avg rating — 254 ratings
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The Flood (Blackwater, #1)
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The Kill
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To the Devil a Daughter (Molly Fountain, #1) (Black Magic, #4)
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The Sky Children
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Satan's Holiday
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Midnight
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The Face That Must Die
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The Hour of the Oxrun Dead
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The Doll Who Ate His Mother
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Nightblood
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Shadows
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Charles L. Grant (Editor)
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Piper
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Son of the Endless Night
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Hell House
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Black Ambrosia
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Witch House
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Would you change the books you added to the editions (covers) in Hendrix's book?
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Update: everything up to page 187 completed
This is a good list of books for me to avoid!
Jaws is listed twice. The second time is at number 305 at the moment. I believe I saw Interview with the Vampire listed twice also.
There's a Jodi Picoult on here. Should it? I don't own the book and can't check.Also, Rosa and rockabilly werewolf, I voted for a bunch of stuff on your lists. You both seem to keep up with it, and since I can't look at the book to add new stuff, I figured I'd free up space so you guys could.
The jodi picoult has a score of 85, and is currently 138.
Lou wrote: "There's a Jodi Picoult on here. Should it? I don't own the book and can't check.Also, Rosa and rockabilly werewolf, I voted for a bunch of stuff on your lists. You both seem to keep up with it, an..."
Maybe you are asking about The Tenth Circle which is about hell? I seems to be from Dante's inferno.
But is it featured in Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction?Also it doesn't seem to be horror.
update July 19 2020: added all pictured books from pages 188 to 220.
I came to Goodreads to make a list of these books and discovered you did it for me! Thank you!!! :-)
I think that Satan's Holiday is the wrong book. It's a recently published anthology. I have added what I think is the right book to the list.
how can I obtain a printable list of all these books with their authors?
Here's a fun quiz: www quirkbooks.com slash which obscure retro monster are you
Unfortunately, I can't link to it. Just replace the spaces with hyphens and the word "slash" with a / if you want to take it.
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UPDATE 1/14/22:Added all non-pictured books from pages 188 to 222.
Added additional titles mentioned in the Afterword (Recommended Reading by Will Errickson), pages 234 - 236.
this is peak perfection 👏🏼
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Anyone can add books to this list.
How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
