The 12 Scariest Books We've Ever Read

USA TODAY staff share the most spine-tingling books they've ever read.

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Leave the World Behind
Wounds
Occultation and Other Stories
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Leave the World Behind
3.1
Wounds
4.1
Occultation and Other Stories
4
House of Leaves
4.3
Misery
4.4
The Devil in the White City
4.1
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
3.8
The Silent Patient
4
From Hell
4.1
Mexican Gothic
3.9
Picture of Dorian Gray
4.2
The Haunting of Hill House
3.9

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