Haha, look at how many of thes are Stephen King!

Adam/ wrote: "Haha, look at how many of thes are Stephen King!"

That's what I was thinking. I like how his name is even in the tags.

He's written many books, and each has a way of getting to your mind and screw with you... guess they were bound to crop up :D
Now, this list has given me a lot more tittles to read.

The Stephen King's list.
His name is so common here and of course is not without a reason.

Well I can't take this list seriously, there's a Harry Potter book on here!

Might as well call this Steven King Book List. No surprise his books are the scariest.

What book is Harry Potter may I ask? I didn't see it.I like Blake Crouch, konrath as well as Amy Cross.

Wow- some of these title brought back memories of reading years and years ago. It reminded me of some series that I need to start again! Thanks!!

The Basement

great list when you are trying to think "now what do I want to read next?" Except for the Harry Potter book.

I chose harry potter out of curiosity. Even my grandkids are not into him...at all. I wanted to know what the big deal was. Then I saw the first movie of it. It is definitely for young kids. I prefer Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Michael Laimo (the next Stephen King), Jeffrey Deaver and others of the same genre. It IS my favorite genre.

This is a seriously flawed list.........lots of books here have a scare factor comparable to Scooby Doo.

Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis and The Castle should be in this list. Kafka is the king of what one could call "absurdist horror" (sic), his main character is basically in the same situation than the "last survivor" of a horror story- he never knows if he's awake or experiencing a nightmare.

Also, Harry Potter is a children's book and does not belong anywhere in a list like this

There are NO good nightmares. There are good dreams but by definition a nightmare is terrifying and BAD.

Holly wrote: "This is a seriously flawed list.........lots of books here have a scare factor comparable to Scooby Doo."

Can you recommend some good scary books?

Benjamin wrote: "Can you recommend some good scary books?"

'Scary' can have different reasons... :-)