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! 

1. Frankenstien by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
2. Dracula by Bram Stoker
3. "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
4. "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
5. "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
6. "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James
7. "The Great God Pan" by Arthur Machen
8. "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
9. "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood
10. "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
11. "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" by M.R. James and Darryl Jones
12. The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore
13. I am Legend by Richard Matheson
14. Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
15. The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice (first trilogy)
16. Minion by L.A. Banks (Vampire Huntress Legend Series)
17. The Hunger by Alma Katsu
18. Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman
19. Bird Box by Josh Malerman
20. Feed by Mira Grant (Newsflesh series)
21. World War Z by Max Brooks
22. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
23. "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" By H.P. Lovecraft
24. The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle
25. The Fisherman by John Langan
26. Laundry Files by Charles Stross (series)
27. The Cipher by Kathe Koja
28. John Dies at the End by David Wong
29. At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
30. "All Our Salt-Bottled Hearts" by Sonya Taaffe
31. Uzumaki by Junji Ito
32. Communion by Whitley Strieber
33. "The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers
34. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
35. The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
36. Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco
37. The Shining by Stephen King
38. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
39. The Elementals by Michael McDowell
40. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
41. Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
42. The Bone Key by Sarah Monette
43. Infidel by Aaron Campbell
44. The Ruins by Scott Smith
45. Rebecca Daphne de Maurier
46. "Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates
47. The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan
48. Swan Song by Robert McCammon
49. "The Screwfly Solution" by James Tiptree Jr.
50. "Left Foot, Right" by Palo Hopkinson
51. Come Closer by Sara Gran
52. Furnace by Livia Llewellyn
53. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
54. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
55. Sandman by Neil Gaiman
56. Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
57. White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
58. "Goblin Market" by Christina Georgina Rossetti
59. Experimental Film by Gemma Files
60. "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
61. The Collector by John Fowles
62. The Terror by Dan Simmons
63. Intensity by Dean R. Koontz
64. The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
65. Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
66. "Night The Missed the Horror Show by Joe Lansdale
67. Penpal by Dathan Auerbach
68. NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
69. "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler
70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
71. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
72. Beloved by Toni Morrison
73. Kindred by Octavia Butler
74. The Devil in America by Kai Ashante Wilson
75. "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison
76. Books of Blood by Clive Barker
77. The October Country by Ray Bradbury
78. The Weird by Ann Vandermeer and Jeff Vandermeer
79. The Imago Sequence and Other Stories by Laird Barron
80. Alone with the Horrors by Ramsey Campbell
81. Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez
82. Shadowland by Peter Straub
83. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
84. Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
85. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
86. "The Body" by Stephen King
87. "It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby
88. The Other by Thomas Tryon
89. The Troop by Nick Cutter
90. Elizabeth by Ken Greenhall
91. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
92. Goosebumps by R.L. Stone (series)
93. Rotters by Daniel Kraus
94. The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
95. The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs
96. Spiriti Hunters by Ellen Oh
97. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
98. 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!

1. Lord of Scoundrels, by Loretta Chase
2. Indigo, by Beverly Jenkins
3. Outlander (series), by Diana Gabaldon
4. Texas Destiny, by Lorraine Heath
5. The Serpent Garden, by Judith Merkle Riley
6. The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie, by Jennifer Ashley
7. The Bedwyn Saga (series), by Mary Balogh
8. Ravished, by Amanda Quick
9. The Wallflowers (series), by Lisa Kleypas
10. The Bridgertons (series), by Julia Quinn
11. The Brothers Sinister (series), by Courtney Milan
12. The Rules of Scoundrels (series), by Sarah MacLean
13. Flowers From the Storm, by Laura Kinsale
14. Spindle Cove (series), by Tessa Dare
15. Maiden Lane (series), by Elizabeth Hoyt
16. Pennyroyal Green (series), by Julie Anne Long
17. The Bride, by Julie Garwood
18. The Pink Carnation (series), by Lauren Willig
19. A Knight in Shining Armor, by Jude Deveraux
20. Not Quite a Husband, by Sherry Thomas
21. Desperate Duchesses (series), by Eloisa James
22. Something Wonderful, by Judith McNaught
23. The Windflower, by Laura London
24. The Spymasters (series), by Joanna Bourne
25. The Duke of Shadows, by Meredith Duran
26. Beast, by Judith Ivory
27. To Have and to Hold, by Patricia Gaffney
28. The Captive, by Grace Burrowes
29. The Lotus Palace (series), by Jeannie Lin
30. All Through the Night, by Connie Brockway
31. Blaze, by Susan Johnson
32. Morning Glory, by LaVyrle Spencer
33. Simple Jess, by Pamela Morsi
34. The Morning Gift, by Eva Ibbotson
35. A Lady Awakened, by Cecilia Grant
36. The Summer of You, by Kate Noble
37. The Rake, by Mary Jo Putney
38. The India Fan, by Victoria Holt
39. North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell
40. The Far Pavilions, by M.M. Kaye
41. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
42. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
43. Venetia, by Georgette Heyer
44. Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell
45. Anna and the French Kiss, by Stephanie Perkins
46. The Queen's Thief (series), by Megan Whalen Turner
47. Perfect Chemistry, by Simone Elkeles
48. Adios to My Old Life, by Caridad Ferrer
49. I-Team (series), by Pamela Clare
50. In Death (series), by J.D. Robb
51. Nine Coaches Waiting, by Mary Stewart
52. Psy/Changeling (series), by Nalini Singh
53. The Iron Seas (series), by Meljean Brook
54. Kate Daniels (series), by Ilona Andrews
55. Ember, by Bettie Sharpe
56. The Inheritance Trilogy, by N.K. Jemisin
57. A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold
58. Archangel, by Sharon Shinn
59. Warrior's Woman, by Johanna Lindsey
60. Charley Davidson (series), by Darynda Jones
61. The Black Dagger Brotherhood (series), by J.R. Ward
62. Immortals After Dark (series), by Kresley Cole
63. Fever (series), by Karen Marie Moning
64. The Winter Sea, by Susanna Kearsley
65. Cry Wolf, by Patricia Briggs
66. Vampire Huntress (series), by L.A. Banks
67. Dark Hunter (series), by Sherrilyn Kenyon
68. The Magpie Lord, by K. J. Charles
69. Fated Love, by Radclyffe
70. Hot Head, by Damon Suede
71. Cut & Run, by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban
72. Keeping Promise Rock, by Amy Lane
73. Butterfly Tattoo, by Deidre Knight
74. Maid to Match, by Deeanne Gist
75. Redeeming Love, by Francine Rivers
76. Natural Law, by Joey W. Hill
77. Liberating Lacey, by Anne Calhoun
78. The Lady's Tutor, by Robin Schone
79. Bet Me, by Jennifer Crusie
80. Heart of the Falcon, by Francis Ray
81. Something About You, by Julie James
82. The Chocolate Kiss, by Laura Florand
83. A Bollywood Affair, by Sonali Dev
84. Dream Man (series), by Kristen Ashley
85. The Chesapeake Bay Saga, by Nora Roberts
86. Lucky Harbor (series), by Jill Shalvis
87. Chicago Stars (series), by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
88. Troubleshooters (series), by Suzanne Brockmann
89. Virgin River (series), by Robyn Carr
90. The Mackenzie Family (series), by Linda Howard
91. Blue Heron (series), by Kristan Higgins
92. The Madaris Family (series), by Brenda Jackson
93. Wild Seasons (series), by Christina Lauren
94. Intimate Betrayal, by Donna Hill
95. Crazy Thing Called Love, by Molly O'Keefe
96. Black Knights, Inc. (series), by Julie Ann Walker
97. The Girl You Left Behind, by Jojo Moyes
98. Doukakis's Apprentice, by Sarah Morgan
99. Sex, Straight Up, by Kathleen O'Reilly
100. Her Hesitant Heart, by Carla Kelly