Be Afraid: It's Horror Week on Goodreads!

I'm going to read My Best Friend's Exorcism.

I am reading watching you by lisa jewell

curleduptoes wrote: "If anyone like's children's horror and fantasy, do try
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden. You can read the review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

curleduptoes wrote: "If anyone like's children's horror and fantasy, do try
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden. You can read the review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

There's also a sequel called Dead Voices that's creepy too!

My TBR is basically thrillers. Sadie, Doctor Sleep, Small World, the girl who was taken and Eu vejo Kate vol.2.

Elizabeth(The Book Whisperer) wrote: "Getting ready to start Stephen King's The Institute"

You won't regret it, one of his best in a long time!

Fain wrote: "Does anyone have any recommendations on YA horror or that suitable for middle or high school? I was thinking to make a reading list for this upcoming halloween event."

Hmm. Well their school math book should be good start on the list. 😉

Joking aside the old stand by of Edgar Allan Poe

H.P. Lovecraft

Neil Gaiman

Fear Street can't think of author right now

If they like reading Victorian / Edwardian period s then try The Mammoth Book of Victorian edited by Richard Dalby

I know there comics/manga/graphic novel out their they might like .

So far for horror week I've read "The Things She's Seen" by Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina (I absolutely loved it!). And for the rest of horror week and October, I'm reading:
"Fledgling" by Octavia Butler

"The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

"The Lottery and Other Stories" by Shirley Jackson

"I'll be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer" by Michelle McNamara

"The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece" by Roseanne Montillo

"Frankenstein: A Cultural History" by Susan Tyler Hitchcock

"Practical Magic" by Alice Hoffman

Looking for Thinner by Stephen King. Also, the Lost and maybe the Cellar.The Cabin at the End of the Woods, by Paul Trembley.

Elizabeth(The Book Whisperer) wrote: "Getting ready to start Stephen King's The Institute"

I found it pretty dull to be honest. And I'm a huge fan.

ECHOES...The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories

Finally reading NOS4A2. The deeper I get, the more excited I get to follow it all the way through

Alicia wrote: "Fain wrote: "Does anyone have any recommendations on YA horror or that suitable for middle or high school? I was thinking to make a reading list for this upcoming halloween event."

Hmm. Well their..."

Math is everyone worst nightmare 😆 Thanks for your recommendations

May I recommend
Sins Of The Fathers?

Brand new, novella (40k words)...

I'm reviewing North Carolina ghost story books and folklore every day again all month: http://thesnowleopard.net/thehistoric...

Perhaps this is the perfect read for babies this season.
Baby's First Halloween

I've been reading Hex for a while, so I guess it counts even though I didn't start it this week.
Horror lovely horror, and I'm just at the scariest part.

Currently reading Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab <3

Unholy Water

I'd definitely recommend Unholy Water. It's based around Halloween and is about vampires and vampire hunters. Very creepy!

Piper by Helen McCabe is a great horror read. Please try it.

Love when it's Horror week. My favourite time of year.

I reading The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson and The Invited by Jennifer McMahon.

Every year a must read for Halloween is the incomparable Something Wicked This Way Comes

This year/month I also plan to read~
We Have Always Lived in the Castle

The Colony by F.G. Cottam

House of Secrets Super Boxset: A Collection Of Riveting Haunted House Mysteries

Hidden Company by S.E. England

Fantastic Tales of Terror: History's Darkest Secrets

The Banished I just launched The Banished. Kirkus says is "An ambitious, moody supernatural thriller." I'd be honored if you'd give it a try for Horror Week. Thanks!

Fain wrote: "Alicia wrote: "Fain wrote: "Does anyone have any recommendations on YA horror or that suitable for middle or high school? I was thinking to make a reading list for this upcoming halloween event."

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True. Very true

Your welcome.

i've already put 95% of these titles on hold at the library. so looking forward!

I plan to reread Dracula . So spooky! :)

Jelena wrote: "Dracul
This one is sooo spooooky"

spooky lul

I'm listening to "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson on Audible. excellent so far.

Inspired by actual events,
this is horrifying, chilling, and a psychological thriller!! https://preview.tinyurl.com/yao8lovl

Uzumaki, a Horror Manga, by Junji Ito. I will also be digging into my Stephen King collection, reading Dr. Sleep (for the third time) in time for the movie, and The Green Mile.

Latasha wrote: "Annette wrote: "Maybe I’ll have Stephen King’s new one by Halloween. But for the record, one of the scariest books I’ve read is Houdini Heart by Ki Longfellow. No one ever mentions it in these ‘lis..."

I LOVED the Babysitter series from RL Stine. All 4 were great!!

I've started reading The Outsider by Stephen King

My 2 favorites that I love to read during this time of year: Harvest Home by Tom Tryon and The Curse of Crow Hollow by Billy Coffey. I never get tired of them!

I'm thinking about re-reading my favorite horror trilogy from my childhhood, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Listening to Alex Fletcher by Konkoly (28 Hrs.). Reading Going Gone and Augmented.

Sam wrote: "I don't even own horror books :D"

OMG . I can't do horror either . I can read a few children's gothic books , but adult horror is way too startling for me .
I might do another GOOSEBUMPS for Halloween .

Samuel wrote: "The Spongbob books are sooooooo spooky"

GOOSEBUMPS can be mildly creepy .

Abdelrahman wrote: "lol spooky ? harry potter and the chamber of secrets then :D"

THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE , that's the one that got me to thinking about creeps of the netherworld .

Sania wrote: "BookLuva28 wrote: "I know he is not the best in the horror genre, but I thought a classic young adult anthology like R.L. Stine's would be fun to read during an Oct..."

Ditto . Stine . I hate to miss out on the Halloween celebration , so to keep up with all the horror fans I choose one of his mildy creepy stories . I can recover from being creeped-out easier than being horrified .

chhaya wrote: "The Rats


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Yeek !

Sam wrote: "i've already put 95% of these titles on hold at the library. so looking forward!"

chuckles .

Here's a great article by Andrei Codrescu on Hearn: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2...
Also, if you haven't watched it yet, definitely check out the film KWAIDAN. It's campy, it's haunting, it's awesome!

I'm currently reading a book about demons and thwir familiars (it's written by a woman that is psychic and a medium/demonologist)
Even if you don't believe in the exisence of entities like demons, devils, familiars or other types of spirits the information in the book is good to know (especially if your a paranormal investigator, psychic, a witch, demonologist, /occultist etc)
Demons can/will appear in your life when you least expect it and unaware of how it even happened, this book explains some of the ways this can happen.
Protect yourselves especially on Samhain/Halloween from evil spirits, demons and other types of entities. Don't put yourself in spiritual danger just for a cheap thrill, because you are ignorant of the spiritual/supernatural realm, don't provoke the dead either, treat communication/any type of ritual or spiritual practice with any type of spirit/entity with respect always.

Hello, I would like to ask for recommendation. I like black metal music and I would like to read something homologous in literature, to have the same kind of emotions. What books would introduce me in the same dark, sublime athmosphere like the music of bands like, for example, Shining does? Thanks! : )

Lynne wrote: "My 2 favorites that I love to read during this time of year: Harvest Home by Tom Tryon and The Curse of Crow Hollow by Billy Coffey. I never get tired of them!"

I am going to look for these both, simply because of the titles. :)

Alicia wrote: "Fain wrote: "Does anyone have any recommendations on YA horror or that suitable for middle or high school? I was thinking to make a reading list for this upcoming halloween event."

Hmm. Well their..."

Poe was my go to in School, also the classics, especially Frankenstein and Dracula.

Why only a week! Why not a month?! :D

I bought Carrie and The Body by Stephen King today. :) I know The Body isn't that scary, but I'm a little nervous for Carrie. Horror is one of my favorite genres of movies, so I've never really read any horror. This is definitely out of my comfort zone but I'm such a Halloween enthusiast I'm pushing myself to read so hOrRoR.

I said horror 3 times in this comment. (4 actually) oops.

Fain wrote: "Does anyone have any recommendations on YA horror or that suitable for middle or high school? I was thinking to make a reading list for this upcoming halloween event."

Yes!! Anything by Mary Downing Hahn! She is a middle grade horror writer with some spoopy looking books but they're really good, and not that scary. My favorite by her is "Took."

I'm coincidentally reading It by Stephen King :) Perfect timing.