Best Horror Novels
What novels made you want to sleep with the lights on?
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May 15, 2009 09:38am
this book was so amazing and the movie was just as cool!! steven king is BEAST!!!
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Dracula is list because people have voted on multiple editions.... I agree they need to be consolidated. Another thing (pet peeve here, and my pointing things like this out may be a pet peeve of some people) I'd love to vote for H. P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allen Poe...but those are short story collections and this is a list of novels. If the list had been best "horror stories" then they'd fit...but they aren't novels.
Laya wrote: "this book was so amazing and the movie was just as cool!! steven king is BEAST!!!"
He is a beast alright! LOL!
He is a beast alright! LOL!
It's sad seeing Poe and Lovecraft shunted so low in the list and lost amongst all of the Stephen King novels despite these two being two of the most influential horror writers of all time. I get Robert Chambers or Ashton Clark Smith or August Dereleth not being on here. Lovecraft makes an entrance below World War Z -- that's a fantastic book, but seriously? I think the only thing that would be more insulting is if Meyers was on this list.
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Dracula is list because people have voted on multiple editions.... I agree they need to be consolidated. Another thing (pet peeve here, and my pointing things like this out may be a pet peeve of ..."
Thats just an absurdly pedantic point. Its a book! Enough said!
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Dracula is list because people have voted on multiple editions.... I agree they need to be consolidated. Another thing (pet peeve here, and my pointing things like this out may be a pet peeve of ..."
Thats just an absurdly pedantic point. Its a book! Enough said!
Laya wrote: "this book was so amazing and the movie was just as cool!! steven king is BEAST!!!"truer words have NEVER been spoken
Looking for a suggestion for a bookclub 'horror' book . . . . not blood and gore but a scare your pants off, keep you up at night, psychological thriller that would satisfy a wide group of readers, but isn't corny and overdone. Any suggestions?
Do people not know what novels are? There are so many collections listed here (I'll give novellas a pass.)
Cari wrote: "Looking for a suggestion for a bookclub 'horror' book . . . . not blood and gore but a scare your pants off, keep you up at night, psychological thriller that would satisfy a wide group of readers,..."Well, "The Shining", heading this list, has no explicit scenes or violence exactly. It's more the threat and what it's implied. And it's really, really scary. Nothing corny about it.
Laya wrote: "this book was so amazing and the movie was just as cool!! steven king is BEAST!!!"Which book?
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Nick wrote: "where is Brian Lumley and his Necroscope series or other novels? Can't believe not a one."That was one of the best series I ever read, amazing!
Shannon wrote: "An old book that creeped me out was "The Dark" by James Herbert. Don't read alone in the dark!!!"Don't worry, I wont.
Helter Skelter isn't even a novel. Once I saw the Ann Rule book on the second page (also non-fiction), I gave up looking at this list.
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Deleted for not being horror:The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Marked by P.C. Cast
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong
Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong
Holes by Louis Sachar
Night by Elie Wiesel
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by J.K. Rowling
The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Field Guide by Holly Black
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Artemis Fowl by Eion Colfer
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
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Cari wrote: "Looking for a suggestion for a bookclub 'horror' book . . . . not blood and gore but a scare your pants off, keep you up at night, psychological thriller that would satisfy a wide group of readers,..." I'm a little late with this, but I've just finished Mari Biella's 'The Quickening' and apart from recommending my own book, 'Northman' :) I loved it. If you enjoy a restrained but insidiously scary story written well in a similar style to that of Henry James, then check out my review of 'The Quickening'. Don't judge the quality by the oft used title.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Incidentally, great story that it is, I don't believe that 'Rebecca' should be on a horror list.
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Apologies for the blatant self- promo - I'm new to this!
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