With Halloween coming soon, anyone have favorite scary books they can recommend?
With Halloween coming soon, anyone have favorite scary books they can recommend?
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With Halloween coming soon, anyone have favorite scary books they can recommend?
I really enjoyed A Haunting of Words. It’s a ghost story anthology type thing. And while Machine of Death isn’t Halloween themed, some of those stories were awesome/creepy type.
The wendigo or the legend of sleepy hollow
I read Carrie last month I loved it!
It’s probably a bit YA but I love the Scary Stories series by Alvin Schwartz
My oldest is obsessed with these. I gave him my old copies from when I was his age.
@Laura I can’t wait to get my girls into them. But I still go back to this one myself. It’s a classic!!! All three of them!
Yes I am a school librarian and the kids love these
@Pam my dream job! (off topic!) ???
It is the best job!
@Pam I’m currently in school for it now! ☺️
I like older collections. A lot of times you can find great ghost stories under public domain kindle options!
Edith Wharton’s is excellent.
Barker’s Books of Blood, especially vol. 1.
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Heart Shaped Box
Heart Shaped Box
Loved that one
Loved it!
Endurance or trapped by jack kilborn is amazing…..
Red rain by r.l. Stine is good
Hangman’s Curse, by Frank Peretti
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (Stephen King’s son).
It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.
Dracula
The night film!!!
Something Wicked this Way Comes by Bradbury ?
Thank you for all the great suggestions. Has anyone read any of the books by Darcy Coates? They look pretty good about hauntings
HEX !!!!!!! Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill. Pet Semetary by Stephen King. The Bird Box.
The Shining – Stephen King
Loved the Shining
Joe Hill. Horns
I like his books haven’t read that yet. Thanks
Psycho
That’s the book I’m currently reading.
Head full of Ghosts
Cabin at the End of the World
Bird Box…read it twice and I would read it again!
Head full of ghosts is on the holdshelf for me at the library. Picking it up tomorrow. Will check out the others
Love YA. Thanks for the recommendation I will check it out b
Following
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
I have this book, haven’t read it yet. It’s so big lol
It’s really good
Frankenstein
Dracula or The Shining or It
The Shining
I have read the Shining a couple times. Great book
Rosemary’s Baby
Anything by Chris Carter. My favorite was The Caller.
@Linda He is a good author.
Salem’s Lot
Loved Salem’s Lot!
The Woman in Black – Susan Hill. Naomi’s Room – Jonathan Aycliffe. Anything by F G Cottam.
Anything by Amy cross read her books last Halloween and scarred the crap out of myself! Have more of her books lined up for this Halloween’s reading list! Xx
Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Art of the Deal is pretty scary.
Yeah, that can keep you up nights ?
Following this thread for the suggestions.
I’m reading Brenda Novak’s Evelyn talbot series
*The Demonologist – Gerald Brittle.
* The Devil in Connecticut – Gerald Brittle.
* Adventures in Paranormal Investigation – Joe Nickell.
House of Leaves. Experimental novel. Really gave me nightmares!
The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
Also, anything by John Saul!!!!!!!
“Dracul” by J.D. Barker is coming out in October. I just finished “Forsaken”. Scary, chills by the same author.
for Halloween; any kresely cole books, Stephen king books…
Dracula by Bram Stoker. I know it’s a classic but I listen to the audiobook last year and was jumping out of my skin over the littlest things lol. I think it’s great spooky read or listen! ???⚰️??
The Tome by Troy Christensen.