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Mira Grant's original persona, Seanan McGuire's October Daye novels.
I really enjoyed Coulson Whitehead's Zone One. It was nice to read a zombie story that took place after the fact, but was more of an introspective story rather than a We're Still Fighting For Our Lives Here's Some More Adrenaline. (In that internalized regard, it reminded me a bit of The Road.) It was also just nice to not read yet another story about a white dude.
It's a children's book, but Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Witches of Worm also left a huge impact on me when I first read it -- I just recommended it to Tea, and wonder if you wouldn't enjoy it as well. I just remember it being my first experience with that crawling sensation a good horror story leaves beneath your skin.
Annnnnd Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper is a shoe-in for psychological horror, of course.
Finally! It's sci-fi, but the first book (Dawn) in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis series was. So. Disturbing. So much body horror. Such great, effective use of how the alien can horrify us on the deepest level.
but everything i have u already shelved. Shelved as in read, or shelved as to-read? Because if the latter, there are 1412 on that list, so please mention anyway because I've likely forgotten about them! <3
You are all the best. Added these to my to-read! Others feel free to keep 'em coming.
(Also, Dora, your mention of Dawn made me consider if I should make a "body horror" shelf because I love it and have some read books that could go on it... but then I realised that all ~60 Animorphs books would have to be added to it too, so, NOPE.)
Oh! And there's always woman-penned zombie novel, in which case there's The Forest of Hands & Teeth. I'll be upfront and admit that I gave it a low rating because it hit some of my major YA pet peeves, but conceptually it was interesting and certain aspects of the typical horror "chase" were really well-presented.
I've seen such a wide spectrum of responses to that book on my GR friendslist -- there's literally no consensus -- so I'd be interested in seeing what I make of it! BUMPED IT FURTHER UP THE LIST TOO just in case. ty :>
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I really enjoyed Coulson Whitehead's Zone One. It was nice to read a zombie story that took place after the fact, but was more of an introspective story rather than a We're Still Fighting For Our Lives Here's Some More Adrenaline. (In that internalized regard, it reminded me a bit of The Road.) It was also just nice to not read yet another story about a white dude.
It's a children's book, but Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Witches of Worm also left a huge impact on me when I first read it -- I just recommended it to Tea, and wonder if you wouldn't enjoy it as well. I just remember it being my first experience with that crawling sensation a good horror story leaves beneath your skin.
Annnnnd Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper is a shoe-in for psychological horror, of course.
Finally! It's sci-fi, but the first book (Dawn) in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis series was. So. Disturbing. So much body horror. Such great, effective use of how the alien can horrify us on the deepest level.
but everything i have u already shelved. Shelved as in read, or shelved as to-read? Because if the latter, there are 1412 on that list, so please mention anyway because I've likely forgotten about them! <3You are all the best. Added these to my to-read! Others feel free to keep 'em coming.
(Also, Dora, your mention of Dawn made me consider if I should make a "body horror" shelf because I love it and have some read books that could go on it... but then I realised that all ~60 Animorphs books would have to be added to it too, so, NOPE.)
Oh! And there's always woman-penned zombie novel, in which case there's The Forest of Hands & Teeth. I'll be upfront and admit that I gave it a low rating because it hit some of my major YA pet peeves, but conceptually it was interesting and certain aspects of the typical horror "chase" were really well-presented.
I've seen such a wide spectrum of responses to that book on my GR friendslist -- there's literally no consensus -- so I'd be interested in seeing what I make of it! BUMPED IT FURTHER UP THE LIST TOO just in case. ty :>
