Scary October reads

1

The Haunting of Hill House

af Shirley Jackson

9,704 medlemmer

431 anmeldelser

3.9

2 Members: PitcherBooks, andomck

2

Horrorstör

af Grady Hendrix

2,292 medlemmer

188 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

2 Members: PitcherBooks, andomck

3

Books of Blood 1-3

af Clive Barker

2,455 medlemmer

32 anmeldelser

4.1

2 Members: SomeGuyInVirginia, andomck
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: Vols 1-3 make up the most astonishing collection of weird short fiction I have ever read.

4

The House Next Door

af Anne Rivers Siddons

1,158 medlemmer

45 anmeldelser

3.8

2 Members: SomeGuyInVirginia, andomck
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: The perfect haunted house story.

5

Full Tilt

af Neal Shusterman

851 medlemmer

25 anmeldelser

4

Member: PitcherBooks

6

The Survivor

af James Herbert

477 medlemmer

4 anmeldelser

½ 3.3

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: The best in 70s British horror. The premise is so good- one person walks away from a catastrophic airline crash -that it's been stolen several times.

7

Harvest Home

af Thomas Tryon

1,134 medlemmer

37 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: The other The Other.

8

Jimbo

af Algernon Blackwood

46 medlemmer

1 anmeldelse

½ 3.3

Member: PitcherBooks

9

The High House

af James Stoddard

331 medlemmer

2 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: PitcherBooks

10

Trick or Treat

af Lesley Glaister

56 medlemmer

2 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: The anti-Christie.

11

Prelude to a Certain Midnight

af Gerald Kersh

74 medlemmer

2 anmeldelser

½ 3.3

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: Horrific.

12

Weird Tales from Northern Seas: Norwegian Legends

af Jonas Lie

60 medlemmer

½ 4.3

Member: PitcherBooks

13

Hauntings

af Vernon Lee

71 medlemmer

1 anmeldelse

4.1

Member: PitcherBooks

14

Outcry

af Harold Schechter

30 medlemmer

1 anmeldelse

3.2

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: Really gross.

15

The Moonlit Mind

af Dean Koontz

207 medlemmer

14 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: PitcherBooks

16

Trauma

af Graham Masterton

109 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: A lady who mops up violent crimes scenes is haunted by an ancient native spirit.

17

Cul-De-Sac

af David Martin

80 medlemmer

3.8

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: The Robert Graves of splatterpunk. Unlike most who are, his agreeable, cinematic style really does bear comparison to Stephen King.

18

The Keeper

af Sarah Langan

546 medlemmer

27 anmeldelser

3.1

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia

19

Wandering Ghosts

af F. Marion Crawford

53 medlemmer

3.1

Member: PitcherBooks

20

The M.D.

af Thomas M. Disch

331 medlemmer

8 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: Good lord, just try not to have a good time reading this chiller.

21

Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum

af Alfred Hitchcock

151 medlemmer

4

Member: PitcherBooks

22

The Thief of Always

af Clive Barker

3,031 medlemmer

64 anmeldelser

4

Member: PitcherBooks

23

Vampire$

af John Steakley

687 medlemmer

14 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: The Natural Born Killers of Vatican vampire assassin books.

24

Pig Island

af Mo Hayder

928 medlemmer

32 anmeldelser

3.1

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: Ew! Ew ew ew ew ew!

25

Alfred Hitchcock's Haunted Houseful

af Alfred Hitchcock

312 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: PitcherBooks

26

My Swordhand is Singing

af Marcus Sedgwick

510 medlemmer

30 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: PitcherBooks

27

Let's Kill Uncle

af Rohan O'Grady

213 medlemmer

33 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: Like an Ealing black comedy in your head.

28

Land of Dreams

af James P. Blaylock

235 medlemmer

2 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: PitcherBooks

29

Chasing the Dead: A Novel

af Joe Schreiber

203 medlemmer

18 anmeldelser

3.2

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: Gross. Weird. Under appreciated.

30

A Good and Happy Child

af Justin Evans

649 medlemmer

28 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: The NPR Exorcist.

31

Alfred Hitchcock's Witch's Brew: Eleven Eerie Stories About Magic, Witchcraft, and the Supernatural

af Alfred Hitchcock

170 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: PitcherBooks

32

Sweeney Todd or The String of Pearls

af Thomas Peckett Prest

703 medlemmer

14 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: Chilling and oddly moving.

33

The Kiss of Death

af Marcus Sedgwick

110 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: PitcherBooks

34

Full Dark House

af Christopher Fowler

1,606 medlemmer

81 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: A homicidal maniac haunts an old theater in London. What are you waiting for?

35

Ghost Road Blues

af Jonathan Maberry

610 medlemmer

31 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: PitcherBooks

36

Pop. 1280

af Jim Thompson

1,298 medlemmer

37 anmeldelser

4

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: Practically perfect in every way. Get out your wallet.

37

The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft

af H. P. Lovecraft

787 medlemmer

8 anmeldelser

4.2

Member: PitcherBooks

38

Broderskabets Forbandelse

af Chris Wooding

749 medlemmer

18 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: PitcherBooks

39

Djævelen i telefonen

af Margaret Millar

402 medlemmer

21 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: For people who wouldn't be caught dead reading something trashy like Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?.

40

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

af M. R. James

815 medlemmer

28 anmeldelser

4

Member: PitcherBooks

41

Fully dressed and in his right mind

af Michael Fessier

15 medlemmer

1 anmeldelse

½ 4.3

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: Why, he's no crazier than I am.

42

Black Magic

af Marjorie Bowen

80 medlemmer

2 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: PitcherBooks

43

The Travelling Grave and Other Stories

af L. P. Hartley

69 medlemmer

2 anmeldelser

4.2

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: Contains two of the most disturbing short stories in the language; The Visitor From Down Under, and The Travelling Grave.

44

Tales of Men and Ghosts

af Edith Wharton

84 medlemmer

2 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Member: PitcherBooks

45

The Winter People

af Jennifer McMahon

2,222 medlemmer

186 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: PitcherBooks

46

The Deadly Percheron

af John Franklin Bardin

228 medlemmer

5 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: A perfect Gothic shocker.

47

The Ghost Pirates

af William Hope Hodgson

268 medlemmer

8 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: PitcherBooks

48

Furnace

af Muriel Gray

145 medlemmer

2 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: A society matron pushes a baby and carriage in front of his speeding truck, and that's not even the worst thing that happens to him that day.

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En af os er morderen

af Agatha Christie

21,208 medlemmer

535 anmeldelser

4.2

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: Probably the most perfect thriller of all time.

50

The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories

af Marjorie Bowen

152 medlemmer

5 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: PitcherBooks

51

The Light at the End

af John Skipp

304 medlemmer

12 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: Grubby, 80s-era NYC vampires.

52

From Out of the Silence; Seven Strange Stories

af Bessie Kyffin-Taylor

3 medlemmer

Member: PitcherBooks

53

Dødens kabinet

af Douglas Preston

4,044 medlemmer

113 anmeldelser

4

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Forklaringer: SomeGuyInVirginia: I gave up on the Preston/Child series after Cemetery Dance, but this book is about perfect.

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