Scary October reads

1

The Haunting of Hill House

af Shirley Jackson

9,924 medlemmer

432 anmeldelser

3.9

2 Members: PitcherBooks, andomck

2

Horrorstör

af Grady Hendrix

2,364 medlemmer

190 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

2 Members: PitcherBooks, andomck

3

Books of Blood 1-3

af Clive Barker

2,484 medlemmer

31 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

1,172 medlemmer

46 anmeldelser

3.8

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

5

Full Tilt

af Neal Shusterman

856 medlemmer

25 anmeldelser

4

Member: PitcherBooks

6

The Survivor

af James Herbert

486 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

1,153 medlemmer

37 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

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

8

Jimbo

af Algernon Blackwood

45 medlemmer

3.1

Member: PitcherBooks

9

The High House

af James Stoddard

333 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

61 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

209 medlemmer

14 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: PitcherBooks

16

Trauma

af Graham Masterton

110 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

82 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

551 medlemmer

27 anmeldelser

3.1

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia

19

Wandering Ghosts

af F. Marion Crawford

54 medlemmer

3.1

Member: PitcherBooks

20

The M.D.

af Thomas M. Disch

336 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

150 medlemmer

4

Member: PitcherBooks

22

The Thief of Always

af Clive Barker

3,053 medlemmer

63 anmeldelser

4

Member: PitcherBooks

23

Vampire$

af John Steakley

691 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

936 medlemmer

32 anmeldelser

3.1

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

25

Alfred Hitchcock's Haunted Houseful

af Alfred Hitchcock

318 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: PitcherBooks

26

My Swordhand is Singing

af Marcus Sedgwick

511 medlemmer

30 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: PitcherBooks

27

Let's Kill Uncle

af Rohan O'Grady

212 medlemmer

32 anmeldelser

3.9

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

28

Land of Dreams

af James P. Blaylock

236 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

656 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

171 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: PitcherBooks

32

Sweeney Todd or The String of Pearls

af Thomas Peckett Prest

710 medlemmer

14 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

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

33

The Kiss of Death

af Marcus Sedgwick

113 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: PitcherBooks

34

Full Dark House

af Christopher Fowler

1,622 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

616 medlemmer

31 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: PitcherBooks

36

Pop. 1280

af Jim Thompson

1,304 medlemmer

38 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

794 medlemmer

8 anmeldelser

4.2

Member: PitcherBooks

38

Broderskabets Forbandelse

af Chris Wooding

754 medlemmer

18 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: PitcherBooks

39

Djævelen i telefonen

af Margaret Millar

408 medlemmer

22 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

823 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

83 medlemmer

2 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: PitcherBooks

43

The Travelling Grave and Other Stories

af L. P. Hartley

71 medlemmer

2 anmeldelser

4

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

85 medlemmer

2 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Member: PitcherBooks

45

The Winter People

af Jennifer McMahon

2,254 medlemmer

186 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: PitcherBooks

46

The Deadly Percheron

af John Franklin Bardin

231 medlemmer

5 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

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

47

The Ghost Pirates

af William Hope Hodgson

271 medlemmer

9 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Member: PitcherBooks

48

Furnace

af Muriel Gray

146 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.

49

En af os er morderen

af Agatha Christie

21,493 medlemmer

538 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

156 medlemmer

5 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: PitcherBooks

51

The Light at the End

af John Skipp

303 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

4,084 medlemmer

112 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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