DiscoDan
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I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, as a lot of the books aren't horror, but it is a list of books that Stephen King mentions as being very good, inspiring, or somethinganother. The list was taken from the back of his book "On Writing".
01. Abrahams, Peter - A Perfect Crime
02. Abrahams, Peter - Lights Out
03. Abrahams, Peter - Pressure Drop
04. Abrahams, Peter - Revolution #9
05. Agee, James - A Death in the Family
06. Bakis, Kirsten - Lives of the Monster Dogs
07. Barker, Pat - Regeneration
08. Barker, Pat - The Eye in the Door
09. Barker, Pat - The Ghost Road
10. Bausch, Richard - In the Night Season
11. Blauner, Peter - The Intruder
12. Bowles, Paul - The Sheltering Sky
13. Boyle, T. Coraghessan - The Tortilla Curtain
14. Bryson, Bill - A Walk in the Woods
15. Buckley, Chistopher - Thank You for Smoking
16. Carver, Raymond - Where I'm Calling From
17. Chabon, Michael - Werewolves in Their Youth
18. Chorlton, Windsor - Latitude Zero
19. Connelly, Michael - The Poet
20. Conrad, Joseph - Heart and Darkness
21. Constantine, K. C. - Family Values
22. Delillo, Don - Underworld
23. Demille, Nelson - Cathedral
24. Demille, Nelson - The Gold Coast
25. Dickens, Charles - Oliver Twist
26. Dobyns, Stephen - Common Carnage
27. Dobyns, Stephen - The Church of Dead Girls
28. Doyle, Roddy - The Woman Who Walked into Doors
29. Elkin, Stanley - The Dick Gibson Show
30. Faulkner, William - As I Lay Dying
31. Garland, Alex - The Beach
32. George, Elizabeth - Deception on His Mind
33. Gerritsen, Tess - Gravity
34. Golding, William - Lord of the Flies
35. Gray, Muriel - Furnace
36. Greene, Graham - A Gun for Sale (aka This Gun for Hire)
37. Greene, Graham - Our Man in Havana
38. Halberstam, David - The Fifties
39. Hamill, Pete - Why Sinatra Matters
40. Harris, Thomas - Hannibal
41. Haruf, Kent - Plainsong
42. Hoeg, Peter - Smilla's Sense of Snow
43. Hunter, Stephen - Dirty White Boys
44. Ignatius, David - A Firing Offense
45. Irving, John - A Widow for One Year
46. Joyce, Graham - The Tooth Fairy
47. Judd, Alan - The Devil's Own Work
48. Kahn, Roger - Good Enough to Dream
49. Kart, Mary - The Liars' Club
50. Ketchum, Jack - Right to Life
51. King, Tabitha - Survivor
52. King, Tabitha - The Sky in the Water (unpublished)
53. Kingsolver, Barbara - The Poisonwood Bible
54. Krakauer, Jon - Into Thin Air
55. Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird
56. Lefkowitz, Bernard - Our Guys
57. Little, Bentley - The Ignored
58. Maclean, Norman - A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
59. Maugham, W. Somerset - The Moon and Sixpence
60. McCarthy, Cormac - Cities of the Plain
61. McCarthy, Cormac - The Crossing
62. McCourt, Frank - Angela's Ashes
63. McDermott, Alice - Charming Billy
64. McDevitt, Jack - Ancient Shores
65. McEwan, Ian - Enduring Love
66. McEwan, Ian - The Cement Garden
67. McMurtry, Larry - Dead Man's Walk
68. McMurtry, Larry - and Diana Ossana Zeke and Ned
69. Miller, Walter M. - A Canticle for Leibowitz
70. Oates, Joyce Carol - Zombie
71. O'Brien, Tim - In the Lake of the Woods
72. O'Nan, Stewart - The Speed Queen
73. Ondaatje, Michael - The English Patient
74. Patterson, Richard - North No Safe Place
75. Price, Richard - Freedomland
76. Proulx, Annie - Close Range: Wyoming Stories
77. Proulx, Annie - The Shipping News
78. Quindlen, Anna - Our True Thing
79. Rendell, Ruth - A Sight for Sore Eyes
80. Robinson, Frank M. - Waiting
81. Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
82. Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakaban
83. Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
84. Russo, Richard - Mohawk
85. Schwartz, John - Burnham Reservation Road
86. Seth, Vikram - A Suitable Boy
87. Shaw, Irwin - The Young Lions
88. Slotkin, Richard - The Crater
89. Smith, Dinitia - The Illusionist
90. Spencer, Scott - Men in Black
91. Stegner, Wallace - Joe Hill
92. Tartt, Donna - The Secret History
93. Tyler, Anne - A Patchwork Planet
94. Vonnegut, Kurt - Hocus Pocus
95. Waugh, Evelyn - Brideshead Revisited
96. Westlake, Donald E. - The Ax
So far I've only read 7 of the 96, but the ones I have read were indeed very good. Especially "The Ax" by Donald E. Westlake.
01. Abrahams, Peter - A Perfect Crime
02. Abrahams, Peter - Lights Out
03. Abrahams, Peter - Pressure Drop
04. Abrahams, Peter - Revolution #9
05. Agee, James - A Death in the Family
06. Bakis, Kirsten - Lives of the Monster Dogs
07. Barker, Pat - Regeneration
08. Barker, Pat - The Eye in the Door
09. Barker, Pat - The Ghost Road
10. Bausch, Richard - In the Night Season
11. Blauner, Peter - The Intruder
12. Bowles, Paul - The Sheltering Sky
13. Boyle, T. Coraghessan - The Tortilla Curtain
14. Bryson, Bill - A Walk in the Woods
15. Buckley, Chistopher - Thank You for Smoking
16. Carver, Raymond - Where I'm Calling From
17. Chabon, Michael - Werewolves in Their Youth
18. Chorlton, Windsor - Latitude Zero
19. Connelly, Michael - The Poet
20. Conrad, Joseph - Heart and Darkness
21. Constantine, K. C. - Family Values
22. Delillo, Don - Underworld
23. Demille, Nelson - Cathedral
24. Demille, Nelson - The Gold Coast
25. Dickens, Charles - Oliver Twist
26. Dobyns, Stephen - Common Carnage
27. Dobyns, Stephen - The Church of Dead Girls
28. Doyle, Roddy - The Woman Who Walked into Doors
29. Elkin, Stanley - The Dick Gibson Show
30. Faulkner, William - As I Lay Dying
31. Garland, Alex - The Beach
32. George, Elizabeth - Deception on His Mind
33. Gerritsen, Tess - Gravity
34. Golding, William - Lord of the Flies
35. Gray, Muriel - Furnace
36. Greene, Graham - A Gun for Sale (aka This Gun for Hire)
37. Greene, Graham - Our Man in Havana
38. Halberstam, David - The Fifties
39. Hamill, Pete - Why Sinatra Matters
40. Harris, Thomas - Hannibal
41. Haruf, Kent - Plainsong
42. Hoeg, Peter - Smilla's Sense of Snow
43. Hunter, Stephen - Dirty White Boys
44. Ignatius, David - A Firing Offense
45. Irving, John - A Widow for One Year
46. Joyce, Graham - The Tooth Fairy
47. Judd, Alan - The Devil's Own Work
48. Kahn, Roger - Good Enough to Dream
49. Kart, Mary - The Liars' Club
50. Ketchum, Jack - Right to Life
51. King, Tabitha - Survivor
52. King, Tabitha - The Sky in the Water (unpublished)
53. Kingsolver, Barbara - The Poisonwood Bible
54. Krakauer, Jon - Into Thin Air
55. Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird
56. Lefkowitz, Bernard - Our Guys
57. Little, Bentley - The Ignored
58. Maclean, Norman - A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
59. Maugham, W. Somerset - The Moon and Sixpence
60. McCarthy, Cormac - Cities of the Plain
61. McCarthy, Cormac - The Crossing
62. McCourt, Frank - Angela's Ashes
63. McDermott, Alice - Charming Billy
64. McDevitt, Jack - Ancient Shores
65. McEwan, Ian - Enduring Love
66. McEwan, Ian - The Cement Garden
67. McMurtry, Larry - Dead Man's Walk
68. McMurtry, Larry - and Diana Ossana Zeke and Ned
69. Miller, Walter M. - A Canticle for Leibowitz
70. Oates, Joyce Carol - Zombie
71. O'Brien, Tim - In the Lake of the Woods
72. O'Nan, Stewart - The Speed Queen
73. Ondaatje, Michael - The English Patient
74. Patterson, Richard - North No Safe Place
75. Price, Richard - Freedomland
76. Proulx, Annie - Close Range: Wyoming Stories
77. Proulx, Annie - The Shipping News
78. Quindlen, Anna - Our True Thing
79. Rendell, Ruth - A Sight for Sore Eyes
80. Robinson, Frank M. - Waiting
81. Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
82. Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakaban
83. Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
84. Russo, Richard - Mohawk
85. Schwartz, John - Burnham Reservation Road
86. Seth, Vikram - A Suitable Boy
87. Shaw, Irwin - The Young Lions
88. Slotkin, Richard - The Crater
89. Smith, Dinitia - The Illusionist
90. Spencer, Scott - Men in Black
91. Stegner, Wallace - Joe Hill
92. Tartt, Donna - The Secret History
93. Tyler, Anne - A Patchwork Planet
94. Vonnegut, Kurt - Hocus Pocus
95. Waugh, Evelyn - Brideshead Revisited
96. Westlake, Donald E. - The Ax
So far I've only read 7 of the 96, but the ones I have read were indeed very good. Especially "The Ax" by Donald E. Westlake.