We all go a little mad sometimes

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These are books that read like a slasher flick. They usually follow 'the rules'- from the killer being unknown and seemingly invincible, to the final girl survivor. But not all are so cut and dried. So enjoy, gentle reader, what you can of them. Although if you find these books enjoyable, God help us. Unlike most of my other lists I'm not trying to bring lesser known works to light but to tag an idea wherever it might fester, so some of these books may be familiar to you.
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3,153 medlemmer
71 anmeldelser
3.9
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2,467 medlemmer
24 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
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Stepn
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Stepn: A political giallo of some charm.
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7,215 medlemmer
108 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
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Stepn
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Stepn: A reply to Psycho in which Janet Leigh plays the heroine.
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156 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
3.2
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: A perfect example of the genre, really.
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1,482 medlemmer
19 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
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Stepn
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22 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
5
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3,882 medlemmer
87 anmeldelser
4.2
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Stepn
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67 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
2.9
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176 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
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Stepn
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Stepn: Unread by me - tragically!
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21 medlemmer
2.8
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Slasher flick novelization.
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1,976 medlemmer
29 anmeldelser
3.1
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: This is something of a cheat, the novelization of a slasher flick.
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32 medlemmer
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Brother and sister psycho killers dispatch in novel ways. This one is something of a stretch, but Baxt is so much fun that I wanted one book by him on the list. Although I haven't read it, his 'Process of Elimination' may more squarely hit the mark...or certainly the Sue! Bwahahahaha!
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21,458 medlemmer
539 anmeldelser
4.2
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: May be the portrait and flower of the genre. One of the most disquieting books I've read.
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74 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.3
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1,801 medlemmer
59 anmeldelser
3.9
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406 medlemmer
22 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
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40 medlemmer
4
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: More of a crime thriller, it reads like a slasher flick and follows another of the 'rules'- part of the narrative is in the killer's PO.
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48 medlemmer
3.1
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Slasher(ish) flick novelization.
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139 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
3.9
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Slasher flick novelization.
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7 medlemmer
4
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Slasher flick novelization. Black Christmas, directed by Bob Clark, is a wildly successful slasher. I haven't read the book.
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82 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
3.8
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Slasher flick novelization.
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179 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 3.4
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Film novelization. Really, you need to see this movie. It's a gem. I haven't read the book.
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587 medlemmer
26 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: I detest Richard Laymon, who strikes me as a grotty little perv and not in the good way. Still, this is a slasher. I haven't read it, and barring the destruction of all books and phone books in the known universe, I never will.
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11 medlemmer
5
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Written to coincide with a movie release by the same name, the book stays true to the slasher concept while the movie turns into a sci-fi bug hunt thingy.
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31 medlemmer
½ 2.7
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Film novelization. First in a series.
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20 medlemmer
½ 2.5
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Film novelization.
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380 medlemmer
12 anmeldelser
3.8
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: This autobiography reads just like a slasher flick. Genuine chills.