[Doc Faustus]

100 books is a lot easier to come up with than a hundred writers, and the list might therefore include some writers whose entire bodies of work are underdeveloped, not always possessing horror elements or insignificant save one piece. While I feel comfortable saying Heart of Darkness is very significant to the horror canon, I do not think I would be just as comfortable saying Joseph Conrad is one of the 100 greatest horror writers. While Bleak House might be of great joy to a horror fan, I would not recommend the entire Dickens catalog, lest some poor unfortunate pick up Great Expectations and miss out on the good stuff. For a varied and useful list, I think it might be simpler if we stick to books instead of writers.