NPR just released their list of the 100 Favorite Horror Stories based on a reader's choice. I love these lists and use them for my perpetual reading challenges. So I'm adding this to my challenges!
- Frankenstien by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
- "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James
- "The Great God Pan" by Arthur Machen
- "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
- "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood
- "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" by M.R. James and Darryl Jones
- The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore
- I am Legend by Richard Matheson
- Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
- The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice (first trilogy)
- Minion by L.A. Banks (Vampire Huntress Legend Series)
- The Hunger by Alma Katsu
- Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman
- Bird Box by Josh Malerman
- Feed by Mira Grant (Newsflesh series)
- World War Z by Max Brooks
- The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
- "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" By H.P. Lovecraft
- The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle
- The Fisherman by John Langan
- Laundry Files by Charles Stross (series)
- The Cipher by Kathe Koja
- John Dies at the End by David Wong
- At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
- "All Our Salt-Bottled Hearts" by Sonya Taaffe
- Uzumaki by Junji Ito
- Communion by Whitley Strieber
- "The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
- The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
- Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco
- The Shining by Stephen King
- House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
- The Elementals by Michael McDowell
- The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
- Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
- The Bone Key by Sarah Monette
- Infidel by Aaron Campbell
- The Ruins by Scott Smith
- Rebecca Daphne de Maurier
- "Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates
- The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan
- Swan Song by Robert McCammon
- "The Screwfly Solution" by James Tiptree Jr.
- "Left Foot, Right" by Palo Hopkinson
- Come Closer by Sara Gran
- Furnace by Livia Llewellyn
- The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
- Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
- Sandman by Neil Gaiman
- Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
- White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
- "Goblin Market" by Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Experimental Film by Gemma Files
- "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
- The Collector by John Fowles
- The Terror by Dan Simmons
- Intensity by Dean R. Koontz
- The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
- Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
- "Night The Missed the Horror Show by Joe Lansdale
- Penpal by Dathan Auerbach
- NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
- "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- Kindred by Octavia Butler
- The Devil in America by Kai Ashante Wilson
- "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison
- Books of Blood by Clive Barker
- The October Country by Ray Bradbury
- The Weird by Ann Vandermeer and Jeff Vandermeer
- The Imago Sequence and Other Stories by Laird Barron
- Alone with the Horrors by Ramsey Campbell
- Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez
- Shadowland by Peter Straub
- A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
- Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
- The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
- "The Body" by Stephen King
- "It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby
- The Other by Thomas Tryon
- The Troop by Nick Cutter
- Elizabeth by Ken Greenhall
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
- Goosebumps by R.L. Stone (series)
- Rotters by Daniel Kraus
- The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
- The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs
- Spiriti Hunters by Ellen Oh
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan
I also somehow missed their 100 Romance Stories list from 2015. I'm going to add this one also!
- Lord of Scoundrels, by Loretta Chase
- Indigo, by Beverly Jenkins
- Outlander (series), by Diana Gabaldon
- Texas Destiny, by Lorraine Heath
- The Serpent Garden, by Judith Merkle Riley
- The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie, by Jennifer Ashley
- The Bedwyn Saga (series), by Mary Balogh
- Ravished, by Amanda Quick
- The Wallflowers (series), by Lisa Kleypas
- The Bridgertons (series), by Julia Quinn
- The Brothers Sinister (series), by Courtney Milan
- The Rules of Scoundrels (series), by Sarah MacLean
- Flowers From the Storm, by Laura Kinsale
- Spindle Cove (series), by Tessa Dare
- Maiden Lane (series), by Elizabeth Hoyt
- Pennyroyal Green (series), by Julie Anne Long
- The Bride, by Julie Garwood
- The Pink Carnation (series), by Lauren Willig
- A Knight in Shining Armor, by Jude Deveraux
- Not Quite a Husband, by Sherry Thomas
- Desperate Duchesses (series), by Eloisa James
- Something Wonderful, by Judith McNaught
- The Windflower, by Laura London
- The Spymasters (series), by Joanna Bourne
- The Duke of Shadows, by Meredith Duran
- Beast, by Judith Ivory
- To Have and to Hold, by Patricia Gaffney
- The Captive, by Grace Burrowes
- The Lotus Palace (series), by Jeannie Lin
- All Through the Night, by Connie Brockway
- Blaze, by Susan Johnson
- Morning Glory, by LaVyrle Spencer
- Simple Jess, by Pamela Morsi
- The Morning Gift, by Eva Ibbotson
- A Lady Awakened, by Cecilia Grant
- The Summer of You, by Kate Noble
- The Rake, by Mary Jo Putney
- The India Fan, by Victoria Holt
- North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell
- The Far Pavilions, by M.M. Kaye
- Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
- Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
- Venetia, by Georgette Heyer
- Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell
- Anna and the French Kiss, by Stephanie Perkins
- The Queen's Thief (series), by Megan Whalen Turner
- Perfect Chemistry, by Simone Elkeles
- Adios to My Old Life, by Caridad Ferrer
- I-Team (series), by Pamela Clare
- In Death (series), by J.D. Robb
- Nine Coaches Waiting, by Mary Stewart
- Psy/Changeling (series), by Nalini Singh
- The Iron Seas (series), by Meljean Brook
- Kate Daniels (series), by Ilona Andrews
- Ember, by Bettie Sharpe
- The Inheritance Trilogy, by N.K. Jemisin
- A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Archangel, by Sharon Shinn
- Warrior's Woman, by Johanna Lindsey
- Charley Davidson (series), by Darynda Jones
- The Black Dagger Brotherhood (series), by J.R. Ward
- Immortals After Dark (series), by Kresley Cole
- Fever (series), by Karen Marie Moning
- The Winter Sea, by Susanna Kearsley
- Cry Wolf, by Patricia Briggs
- Vampire Huntress (series), by L.A. Banks
- Dark Hunter (series), by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- The Magpie Lord, by K. J. Charles
- Fated Love, by Radclyffe
- Hot Head, by Damon Suede
- Cut & Run, by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban
- Keeping Promise Rock, by Amy Lane
- Butterfly Tattoo, by Deidre Knight
- Maid to Match, by Deeanne Gist
- Redeeming Love, by Francine Rivers
- Natural Law, by Joey W. Hill
- Liberating Lacey, by Anne Calhoun
- The Lady's Tutor, by Robin Schone
- Bet Me, by Jennifer Crusie
- Heart of the Falcon, by Francis Ray
- Something About You, by Julie James
- The Chocolate Kiss, by Laura Florand
- A Bollywood Affair, by Sonali Dev
- Dream Man (series), by Kristen Ashley
- The Chesapeake Bay Saga, by Nora Roberts
- Lucky Harbor (series), by Jill Shalvis
- Chicago Stars (series), by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Troubleshooters (series), by Suzanne Brockmann
- Virgin River (series), by Robyn Carr
- The Mackenzie Family (series), by Linda Howard
- Blue Heron (series), by Kristan Higgins
- The Madaris Family (series), by Brenda Jackson
- Wild Seasons (series), by Christina Lauren
- Intimate Betrayal, by Donna Hill
- Crazy Thing Called Love, by Molly O'Keefe
- Black Knights, Inc. (series), by Julie Ann Walker
- The Girl You Left Behind, by Jojo Moyes
- Doukakis's Apprentice, by Sarah Morgan
- Sex, Straight Up, by Kathleen O'Reilly
- Her Hesitant Heart, by Carla Kelly