Looking for a recommendation on a scary book…in the mood with Halloween
Looking for a recommendation on a scary book…in the mood with Halloween. No Stephen king please (I already read a lot of his stuff!) Thanks!!
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Wasn’t super scary, but I did like Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage.
https://www.unboundworlds.com/2018/09/the-100-best-horror-books-of-all-time/?linkid=PRH9A9C451795F4&cdi=5A9568808C9F9C2FE0534FD66B0A6856&template_id=10756&aid=randohouseinc11226-20
I have this saved in my favorites-lot of great books listed here.
Rosemary’s Baby
oh yes. Another great one.
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.
Bird Box!
Yes, The Haunting of Hill House, definitely.
@Elaine that one was very interesting and the series on Netflix is nice and creepy although it bears no resemblance to the book.
@Ellena the series doesn’t, other than the premise that Hill House is evil. I’m a HUGE fan of the book and the original movie, and I thought the series was a fantastic homage.
The Psychic Surveys series by Shani Struthers
The eighth day by mm dos Santos, seriously messed up.
Helter Skelter
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.
Anything by Joe Hill. Heart Shaped Box and Horns are my personal favorites.
Ania Ahlborn’s stuff is really creepy and gross. Literally anything by Jack Ketchum (he’s not for the faint of heart). The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty, of course. Grady Hendrix’s My Best Friend’s Exorcism is like Mean Girls meets Jennifer’s Body but in the 80s. House of Small Shadows by Adam Neville is a very good psychological horror.
Dracula
@Jonathan I am almost done with this one!
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
Claire by Liz Sower
Ezekiel Boone’s “The Hatching” series.
Ghost story by peter straub. Also a good movie
https://www.signature-reads.com/2018/08/100-best-thrillers-of-all-time/?aid=randohouseinc6419-20&linkid=PRH022DBAFF33
The fifth child by Lessing
Anything by Edgar Allan Poe. My fav is cask of amontillado.
the legend of sleepy hollow by washington irving
Penpal by Dathan Auerbach
Bird Box, NOS4A2, House of Leaves, The Ruins, The Troop, The Devil of Nanking
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Thank you all!! Great suggestions!! ??
Maria Pessl wrote a creepy one several years back called Night Film. Everybody to whom I’ve recommended it has told me they thought it was fab.
The single scariest scene in a book is found in Neal Shusterman’s Unwind, but the book isn’t scary. You’ll know the scene when you get to it.
I’m reading John Saul books right now! Check out some of his stuff! ?? Creepy good stories!
I read his earlier books in my 20s.? Punish the sinners was my first by him.
Anything by Amy Cross, she’s a brilliant horror writer
Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger.
The Amityville horror or house of leaves
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