Top Three Horror Novels of Each Year, By the Numbers - The 70s!

The 1970s weren’t just polyester suits and disco balls—this was the decade when horror exploded onto the bestseller lists and refused to let go. In this episode of our series, we’re counting down the three best horror novels of each year of the 1970s, ranked not by opinion, but by the numbers.

These rankings come from a unique formula that blends:

1️⃣ Sales performance – the books that kept moving copies year after year

2️⃣ Award recognition – critical acclaim and professional accolades

3️⃣ Fan ratings – averaged from Goodreads, Amazon, and Storygraph

The result? A definitive list of the novels that terrified a generation—and continue to haunt us today.

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Want to purchase books/media mentioned in this episode?

Audrey Rose: https://t.ly/xLhHE

Blackbriar: https://t.ly/QVt_U

The Book of Skulls: https://t.ly/nmgFr

Burnt Offerings: https://t.ly/Tp1hS

Carrie: https://t.ly/a7Sl6

The Cult: https://t.ly/LISDK

A Dark Corner: https://t.ly/DpKQx

The Dead Zone: https://t.ly/Tpae5

Demon Seed: https://t.ly/AxNkM

The Exorcist: https://t.ly/F7Eq2

Fengriffen: A Chilling Tale: https://t.ly/Lfud_

The Fog: https://t.ly/fHvWb

Ghost Story: https://t.ly/QElpV

Harvest Home: https://t.ly/UFNgp

The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions: https://t.ly/zogl6

The House Next Door: https://t.ly/k2Vpb

Incubus: https://t.ly/4fQ4a

Let’s Go Play at the Adams’: https://t.ly/MDB_h

Magic: https://t.ly/GHlmS

Night Chills: https://t.ly/U4Rt8

Our Lady of Darkness: https://t.ly/1iYP0

The Other: https://t.ly/x_FB5

The Possession of Joel Delaney: https://t.ly/Uc05H

Rage: https://t.ly/SYEPR

The Rats: https://t.ly/6vWWU

‘Salem’s Lot: https://t.ly/dWAxo

The Shining: https://t.ly/Y530H

The Stand: https://t.ly/UG_4m

The Stepford Wives: https://t.ly/zstHE

The Totem: https://t.ly/EvNG2

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