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• xiii • Foreword (Horror: Another 100 Best Books) • (2005) • essay by Peter Straub
• xvii • Introduction: It seemed like a simple idea at the time ... • (1992) • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• 1 •   Review: The Revenger's Tragedy by Cyril Tourneur • review by Robert Silverberg
• 5 •   Review: Pikovaia Dama by
  Александр Пушкин^?Alexander Pushkin
  • review by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• 9 •   Review: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens • review by Elizabeth Hand
• 14 •   Review: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë • review by Doug Bradley
• 20 •   Review: The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki • review by Jay Lake
• 24 •   Review: New Grub Street by George Gissing • review by K. W. Jeter
• 29 •   Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde • review by David J. Skal
• 34 •   Review: The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells • review by Les Edwards
• 39 •   Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • review by Tony Richards
• 43 •   Review: The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by William Hope Hodgson • review by Rick Hautala
• 47 •   Review: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux • review by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier
• 50 •   Review: Fantômas by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre • review by Tim Lucas
• 55 •   Review: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H. P. Lovecraft • review by Christopher Wicking
• 60 •   Review: They Return at Evening by H. R. Wakefield • review by Barbara Roden and Christopher Roden
• 64 •   Review: Creep, Shadow! by A. Merritt • review by Sydney J. Bounds
• 69 •   Review: The Trail of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer • review by Chaz Brenchley
• 73 •   Review: The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley • review by Stephen Volk
• 78 •   Review: The Haunted Omnibus by Alexander Laing • review by Gahan Wilson
• 80 •   Review: The Edge of Running Water by William Sloane • review by Robert Weinberg
• 86 •   Review: The Stranger by Albert Camus • review by T. M. Wright
• 90 •   Review: Sleep No More: Twenty Masterpieces of Horror for the Connoisseur by August Derleth • review by David Sutton [as by David A. Sutton]
• 95 •   Review: Lost Worlds by Clark Ashton Smith • review by Storm Constantine
• 99 •   Review: Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales by Henry S. Whitehead • review by Stefan Dziemianowicz
• 104 •   Review: Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural by Phyllis Fraser and Herbert A. Wise • review by Gwyneth Jones
• 108 •   Review: The Opener of the Way by Robert Bloch • review by Joel Lane
• 113 •   Review: Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake • review by Christopher Fowler
• 117 •   Review: Carnacki the Ghost-Finder by William Hope Hodgson • review by Gary Gianni
• 121 •   Review: Darker Than You Think by Jack Williamson • review by Randy Broecker
• 125 •   Review: Tales of Horror and the Supernatural by Arthur Machen • review by Tanith Lee
• 130 •   Review: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell • review by Lucius Shepard
• 136 •   Review: House of Flesh by Bruno Fischer • review by David Bischoff
• 141 •   Review: Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier • review by Anne Billson
• 145 •   Review: The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson • review by Nancy A. Collins
• 149 •   Review: The Third Ghost Book by Lady Cynthia Asquith • review by Laurence Staig
• 153 •   Review: The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney • review by Andy Duncan
• 157 •   Review: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith • review by John Gordon
• 161 •   Review: The Hunger and Other Stories by Charles Beaumont • review by Norman Partridge
• 166 •   Review: The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat • review by Robert Irwin
• 169 •   Review: The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham • review by Mark Morris
• 173 •   Review: A Scent of New-Mown Hay by John Blackburn • review by Howard Waldrop
• 178 •   Review: A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson • review by Ed Gorman
• 181 •   Review: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner • review by Muriel Gray
• 185 •   Review: Tales of Terror by Charles Higham • review by Terry Dowling
• 189 •   Review: Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon • review by Peter Atkins
• 193 •   Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson • review by Jack Womack
• 197 •   Review: The Case Against Satan by Ray Russell • review by Darrell Schweitzer
• 200 •   Review: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury • review by Peter Crowther
• 204 •   Review: The Collector by John Fowles • review by Ian R. MacLeod [as by Ian MacLeod]
• 208 •   Review: Who Fears the Devil? by Manly Wade Wellman • review by Glen Hirshberg
• 212 •   Review: A Wrinkle in the Skin by John Christopher • review by Simon Clark
• 215 •   Review: Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin • review by Nancy Holder
• 219 •   Review: The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural by Editors of Playboy • review by Ellen Datlow
• 224 •   Review: Pages from Cold Point by Paul Bowles • review by Terry Lamsley
• 228 •   Review: Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy • review by John Farris
• 231 •   Review: The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg • review by Stephen Baxter
• 235 •   Review: Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon • review by Elizabeth Massie
• 239 •   Review: The Night Stalker by Jeff Rice • review by P. N. Elrod
• 243 •   Review: Blood Sport by Robert F. Jones • review by Michael Swanwick
• 246 •   Review: Nightshade by Derek Marlowe • review by Nicholas Royle
• 250 •   Review: Peace by Gene Wolfe • review by Roz Kaveney
• 253 •   Review: The Year of Sex Olympics: Three TV Plays by Nigel Kneale • review by David Drake
• 257 •   Review: Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber • review by Marc Laidlaw
• 260 •   Review: The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan • review by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
• 264 •   Review: Darkness Weaves with Many Shades by Karl Edward Wagner • review by Jo Fletcher
• 269 •   Review: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter • review by Christopher Frayling [as by Sir Christopher Frayling]
• 274 • Thomas Ligotti on Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler • essay by Thomas Ligotti
• 278 •   Review: The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen by Elizabeth Bowen • review by D. F. Lewis
• 282 •   Review: Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror by Kirby McCauley • review by Christopher Golden
• 286 •   Review: Tales from the Nightside by Charles L. Grant • review by John Burke
• 290 •   Review: They Thirst by Robert R. McCammon • review by Yvonne Navarro
• 294 •   Review: The Face That Must Die by Ramsey Campbell • review by Poppy Z. Brite
• 298 •   Review: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill • review by David Stuart Davies
• 301 •   Review: Pet Sematary by Stephen King • review by Michael Marshall Smith
• 306 •   Review: Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Volume I by Clive Barker • review by Anthony Timpone
• 306 •   Review: Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Volume II by Clive Barker • review by Anthony Timpone
• 306 •   Review: Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Volume III by Clive Barker • review by Anthony Timpone
• 310 •   Review: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by
  Patrick Süskind^?Patrick Sueskind
  • review by Nancy Kilpatrick
• 314 •   Review: Finishing Touches by Thomas Tessier • review by Bill Sheehan
• 317 •   Review: Strange Toys by Patricia Geary • review by Kelly Link
• 321 •   Review: The Dark Descent by David G. Hartwell • review by Allen Koszowski
• 325 •   Review: Misery by Stephen King • review by Graham Joyce
• 329 •   Review: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris • review by Frank M. Robinson
• 334 •   Review: Prime Evil by Douglas E. Winter • review by Mark Chadbourn
• 338 •   Review: By Bizarre Hands: Stories by Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale • review by Jay Russell
• 342 •   Review: The Grotesque by Patrick McGrath • review by Peter Cannon [as by Peter H. Cannon]
• 345 •   Review: Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons • review by David Morrell
• 349 •   Review: From Hell by Eddie Campbell and Alan Moore • review by Stephen R. Bissette
• 354 •   Review: American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis • review by David McGillivray
• 358 •   Review: Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite • review by Brian Moore
• 362 •   Review: The Course of the Heart by M. John Harrison • review by
  China Miéville^?China Mieville
• 366 •   Review: Flicker by Theodore Roszak • review by Adam Simon
• 371 •   Review: X, Y by Michael Blumlein • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 375 •   Review: Skin by Kathe Koja • review by
  Caitlín R. Kiernan^?Caitlin R. Kiernan
• 378 •   Review: Throat Sprockets: A Novel of Erotic Obsession by Tim Lucas • review by Tananarive Due
• 382 •   Review: The Off Season: A Victorian Sequel by Jack Cady • review by Simon R. Green
• 385 •   Review: The Nightmare Factory by Thomas Ligotti • review by S. T. Joshi
• 389 • Roberta Lannes on A Sight for Sore Eyes by Ruth Rendell • essay by Roberta Lannes
• 393 •   Review: Reprisal by Mitchell Smith • review by Michael Shea
• 397 •   Review: A Haunting Beauty by Charles Birkin • review by John Pelan
• 401 •   Review: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski • review by Jeff VanderMeer
• 406 •   Review: Feesters in the Lake & Other Stories by Bob Leman • review by Richard A. Lupoff
• 411 •   Review: More Tomorrow & Other Stories by Michael Marshall Smith • review by Tim Lebbon
• 415 • Appendix I: Horror: 100 Best Books • essay by uncredited
• 420 • Appendix II: Further Reading (Horror: Another 100 Best Books) • essay by uncredited