The Legend of Sleepy Hollow / Washington Irving

Title: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 

Author: Washington Irving

Subjects: Classic; Fiction; Short Story; Horror

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during Halloween because of the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a cannonball in battle.

The Willows / Algernon Blackwood

Title: The Willows

Author: Algernon Blackwood

Subjects: Classic; Fiction; Horror

"The Willows" is an example of early modern horror novella. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been influential on a number of later writers. American horror author H.P. Lovecraft considered it to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature. Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River.

The Turn of the Screw / Henry James

Title: The Turn of the Screw 

Author: Henry James

Subjects: Classic; Fiction; Horror; Psychological

The book focuses on a governess who, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted. Many critics have wondered if the "strange and sinister" were only in the governess's mind and not part of reality. Many critics have tried to determine the nature of the evil hinted at the story, others have argued that the brilliance of an intimate sense of confusion and suspense within the reader.

The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson

Title: The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde 

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Subjects: Classic; Fiction; Science Fiction; Horror; Psychological 

It is about dual personality an unpredictably dual nature: usually very good, but sometimes shockingly evil. The novella is frequently interpreted as an examination of the duality of human nature, usually expressed as an inner struggle between good and evil. Can be read for psychological theme.

Dracula / Bram Stoker

Title: Dracula 

Author: Bram Stoker 

Subjects: Classic; Fiction; Horror 

Dracula is mother of all vampire subsequent fantasy. The novel is a story of count Dracula find new blood and spread the curse. A small group of people try to stop him. Transylvania, Abraham Van Helsing, and Dracula became famous and inspire till date.

Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus) / Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley

Title: Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus)

Author: Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley 

Subjects: Fiction; Classic; Horror; Science Fiction; 

Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus) is a story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous, sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Victor Frankenstein didn't mean to make a monster.