Can anyone suggest me scary horror book which will give me nightmares?
Can anyone suggest me scary horror book which will give me nightmares ?
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Can anyone suggest me scary horror book which will give me nightmares ?
Frankenstein. If you’re into classics.
Nope I already read it …it was cool but not as good to give me goosebumps
okay but I got scared as hell. Hence, I am a coward. Try Stephen King’s novels then.
I’m searching for something like The Peculiar Children
haven’t read that :/
You should really try !
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5954916/10-novels-that-are-scarier-than-most-horror-movies
I will
Thanks for the link
Helter Skelter
read all of the novels of stephen king(the greatest horror fiction writer of all generation)
King’s Salem’s Lot
Oh my word, the film of this scared me poopless when it came out. If there was a noise against the window at night I could not go to sleep!
The Demonologist by Gerald Brittle -non-fiction.
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty -fiction but good.
Helter Skelter -Again, non-fiction.
R.L.Stine?
‘It’ by Stephen King, ‘The Woman in Black’ by Susan Hill, ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ by Shirley Jackson.
Thanks surely I’ll try these
Have you read…Clive Barker ?
I dare you, to begin with
The Scarlet Gospels.
Nothing gives me nightmares. It’s hard to recommend if you don’t know what scares the person asking.
I’m the same. The written word is very forgiving. And as a grown up, I do have bad dreams, but usually from movies and I simply understand it as my brain working through what I saw. It doesn’t leave me frightened or scared. Just frustrated.
I’m just not easily scared. Books or movies, it doesn’t matter. In fact, I’m a fan of horror movies and I like to be scared, but most things don’t scare me for very long. I don’t even remember the last time I had a nightmare.
Robin cook… medical
coma right
I loved Robin Cook when I was younger. Was thinking last week I should reread some.
The Shining!
stephen king
doctor sleep is the sequel btw
Yep?
me like stephen king
Dr. Sleep has a neat father/son reference to Nos4a2 in it that tickles me every time I read it. I love that he and his son have kept it in the horror family
House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
Dont close your eyes by peter ross
Bentley Little
Or
Richard Laymon very good horror authors
I don’t know if it will give you nightmares but the main character has them does that count? ) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N6JB7O7
Thanks for the link
The deepest cut by J.A Templeton
I can’t believe no one has asked this…why would you even want nightmares??? Lol
I was just thinking the same thing !! Real life is bad enough…
Some times feeling the fear in real life is the part of a experience we extract from the book .
It Stephen King
The Hidden People by Alison Littlewood
Misery by Stephen King
I just read Anna Dressed In Blood by Kendare Blake, which I found rather terrifying!
Electricity bill or The time to pay taxes
Nos4a2 by Joe Hill or Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill as well…that man has his fathers knack to scare the pants off you
In Stephen King’s Night Shift collection is a short story called “Graveyard Shift.” It scared me when I first read it in 1970. It scared me again when I read it again in 1981. I read it just a few weeks ago, and, even knowing what was coming, it was mighty scary.
Amityville Horror scared the crap out of me
Scared the crap out of me very time I read it!
If you want to go way back to the early 20th Century, read some works by H.P. Lovecraft.
“Dagon” (novel) or “The Colour Out of Space” (short story ) by Lovecraft are very scary…
You can’t go wrong with Lovecraft’s classic novel, The Dunwich Horror.
Zodiac.
Have you ever read the Darren Shan books? The Demonata Series? Book 1: Lord Loss was pretty crazy. I don’t know what scares you or anything but this one is pretty graphic and disturbing. I couldn’t believe is was in the “Young Adult” section.
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. It’s an ergodic novel so it’s difficult to read and comprehend at first, but when you get used to it, the story flows easier and you’re in for a heck of a ride. It messed me up for a few days. If you want a challenge with your nightmares, that’s the one. He also wrote a companion novel, The Whalestoe Letters.
The Ritual, or Last Days by Adam Nevill
Naomi’s Room by Jonathan Aycliffe
The Elementals by Michael McDowell, his dialogue is genius and completely captures Southern Gothic.
I’m current reading HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt and it’s brilliantly creepy so far.
Anna dress in blood by kendare blake
anything by anne rice
Salem’s Lot-Stephen King.
Almost all the books by Stephen King, Dean Koontz and a book titled, Hill House.
true story one:- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127356.Elli
I read Edgar Allen Poe. To the point where i would wake up screaming, my dreams were that vivid
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
So I am just wondering why anyone would WANT nightmares ?
Why not? Sometimes a good, scary story that causes nightmares is good for the soul. Again, different literary strokes for different literary folks.
I like a scary story, but nightmares just leave me tired and frustrated. But like I said, I am just wondering…
Sometimes feeling the fear in real life is the part of a experience we extract from the book .
@Stephen I was wondering that myself. Perhaps she wants to distract herself from something….
@Sayantan – feeling the fear awake is still way different than nightmares. Loving a scary story is fine. I do too. But I don’t want nor relish nightmares. And I rarely get them in the sense of having scary dreams. I often rehash imagery from books or movies in my dreams, and this leaves me frustrated sometimes, but I don’t WANT to be scared in my dreams.
And it was no judgement. I understand people are different. It just seems very strange to me.
Mmm its okay, I like real life feelings…
Just expressing how scary she wants the book to be. Not a young adult “scary” book or lame scary book probably.
Hellhouse by Richard Matheson? It was pretty scary.
Shirley Jackson had a book of short stories that would curl your hair…. “The Lottery” The title story is not technically a ghost, but it WOULD give you nightmares.
Stephen king books
Robin cook books
Edgar Allen Poe
Behind her eyes is a new book which is freaky
GRYNN TJ Weeks
it.
Snap
by Stephen King. lol.
Clive Barker – Weaveworld
“666” by Jay Anson
@Jenn This one and the “Exorcist ” scared the crap out of me!
Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files, while amusing sometimes, have some scary stuff. Simon R. Green’s Nightside and Secret History novels are very worth reading. Ghouls and goblins and other monsters: Oh my!
How about the tales of horror ?? Found on Amazon or at Costco?
Who wrote Tales of Horror?
Stephen Kings book, IT.
I agree fully with this one!
I also agree with this one.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10376159-burn-witch-burn
Thank you very much for the link
Thanks to all of u for suggesting these books .I’ll try all of them I promise .After a little researching on all of these books I chose “it” by Stephen King as my first read .Thanks once again.
It is an excellent start and is the “scary book” which will give you nightmares. Happy and scary reading.
I will post my review after finishing it…but seems like its gonna take a while to finish ,its 1328 pages
@Sayantan, it’ll go by more quickly than you expect because it’s a gen-u-wine page turner.
I really hope it is
Cool
Procustean bed :)))))
The Shining by Stephen King. Ghost Story by Peter Straub. I had scary nightmares coz of em!!
Very creepy and scary book !! Guaranteed to scare you
Thanks
Anne Rice might have some….shrug