2016 Horror Aficionados Top 101 Reading Challenge!

[John]

Finished the first one from my list, DEAD OF NIGHT By Jonathan Maberry. Good fun! 11 more to go!

[Maxine Marsh]

John wrote: "Finished the first one from my list, DEAD OF NIGHT By Jonathan Maberry. Good fun! 11 more to go!"

This one is on my list too, John! Glad to hear you liked it, I may move it up.

[Renee]

Saving my Spot... Really enjoyed going through the list and remembering some old favs and some inspiration for new favs! Am aiming for 10.

20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
Act of Love - Joe Lansdale
The Bighead - Edward Lee
Black House - Stephen King
Black Spirits and White - Ralph Adams Cram
The Bleeding Season - Greg Gifune
Books of Blood - Clive Barke
The Bottoms - Joe R. Lansdale
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
Burnt Offerings - Robert Marasco
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft
The Cannibals of Candyland - Carlton Mellick III
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - H.P. Lovecraft
City of the Dead - Brian Keene
Coldheart Canyon - Clive Barker
The Cormorant - Stephen Gregory
The Croning - Laird Barron
Cruelty - Edward Lorn
Dark Gods - T.E.D. Klein
Dead of Night - Jonathan Maberry
Dead Sea - Tim Curran
Deeper - James A. Moore
The Devil in Gray - Graham Masterton
Dweller - Jeff Strand
The Elementals - Michael McDowell
Endless Night - Richard Laymon
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
Exorcist Road - Jonathan Janz
Fevre Dream - George R.R. Martin
The Funhouse - Dean Koontz
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
The Girl on the Glider - Brian Keene
The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen
The Green Mile - Stephen King
Hater - David Moody
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Hell House - Richard Matheson
Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz
The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
The Imago Sequence - Laird Barron
Imajica - Clive Barker
In The Dark - Richard Laymon
It - Stephen King
Katie - Michael McDowell
The Keep - F. Paul Wilson
Kin - Kealan Patrick Burke
Last Days - Adam Nevill
Let's Go Play at the Adams' - Mendal W. Johnson
Live Girls - Ray Garton
The Manhattan Hunt Club - John Saul
The Memory Tree - John R Little
The Mist - Stephen King
More Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz
Naomi's Room - Jonathan Aycliffe
Nazareth Hill - Ramsey Campbell
Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Night in the Lonesome October - Richard Laymon
N0S4A2 - Joe Hill
Off Season - Jack Ketchum
The Others - Thomas Tryon
Passenger - Ronald Malfi
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
The Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliot
Pressure - Jeff Strand
Psycho - Robert Bloch
The Rain Dancers - Greg F. Gifune
The Resurrectionist - Wrath James White
Revenge - Yoko Ogawa
The Rising - Brian Keene
Rosemary's Baby- Ira Levin
The Ruins - Scott Smith
Seed - Ania Ahlborn
The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
Speaks the Nightbird - Robert McCammon
The Stand - Stephen King
Strangers - Michaelbrent Collings
Strangers - Dean Koontz
The Summer I Died - Ryan C. Thomas
Summer of Night - Dan Simmons
Sunblind - Michael McBride
Survivor - J.F. Gonzalez
Swan Song - Robert McCammon
Sweetheart, Sweetheart - Bernard Taylor
The Terror - Dan Simmons
That Which Should Not Be - Brett J. Talley
The Touch - F.Paul Wilson
The Travelling Vampire Show - Richard Laymon
Twilight Eyes - Dean Koontz
Ugly As Sin - James Newman
Usher's Passing - Robert McCammon
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
Watchers - Dean Koontz
We Have Always Lived In The Castle - Shirley Jackson
When We Join Jesus in Hell - Lee Thompson
The Wolf's Hour - Robert McCammon
Zombies and Shit - Carlton Mellick III

[Alabama]

Just finished my first book from the list this year, The Girl next Door by Jack Ketchum. Wow a very disturbing start to 2016, Boys life next, aiming for 10

[Robert]

Alabama wrote: "Just finished my first book from the list this year, The Girl next Door by Jack Ketchum. Wow a very disturbing start to 2016, Boys life next, aiming for 10"

Boy's Life is simply amazing, and one of my favorite books of all time - enjoy it. It will probably be a good thing to cleanse your mind after GND. I love both books, but for very different reasons. :-)

[Alabama]

Robert wrote: "Alabama wrote: "Just finished my first book from the list this year, The Girl next Door by Jack Ketchum. Wow a very disturbing start to 2016, Boys life next, aiming for 10"

Boy's Life is simply am..."
Thanks, a mind cleanse is most definitely in order, starting Boy's Life tonight. GND is the most disturbing book I think I have ever read, Its stayed with me.

[David]

I want to read:
1. Haunting Of Hill House
2. Black House
3.The Girl Next Door
4.The Silence of The Lambs
5.NOS4A2
6.Psycho
7.Ghost Story
8.The Exorcist
9.Rosemary's Baby
10.The Keep

Probably should've read these already since I write horror books, but oh well. Might as well get around to them now. So far, I really like this group and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. Good luck to all of you on your book reading challenges. All of you have quite impressive goals, to me at least.

[Yawatta]

I haven't read any of these books yet. I'm excited for the challenge. It's always fun to scare yourself! I plan on reading 10 books. Loving options, I can't wait to get started!

[Maxine Marsh]

Welcome Yawatta! You should enjoy this challenge because there are some really great reads for horror lovers on the list!

[[deleted user]]

Just started Ghost Story from my list. If the rest of the book lives up to the prologue I am going to really like this one.

[Lori]

I am saving this spot for little ole me. It makes me pleased that I've already read a few of these but I look forward to expanding my horror horizons. Shooting for 20!

[Kimberly]

I just got McCammon's THE WOLF'S HOUR. I have no idea how (out of 62 books I've read on that list) I never read that one--and I have read "all" (most ;) ) of McCammon's early work.

Excited to read that one!! And Laird's THE CRONING.

[Maxine Marsh]

Kimberly wrote: "I just got McCammon's THE WOLF'S HOUR. I have no idea how (out of 62 books I've read on that list) I never read that one--and I have read "all" (most ;) ) of McCammon's early work.

Excited to read..."

Kimberly, we're doing a "Literature Map" challenge over at the paced group, we're starting with McCammon, fyi! I've just picked up Queen of Bedlam.

I also loved The Croning, Laird Barron is one of my favorites!

[Nate]

Well, I'll save my spot here. I've read 34 of the books listed already, and I will commit to the following 6 for 2016:

The Bottoms - Joe R. Lansdale
The Elementals - Michael McDowell
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
Sweetheart, Sweetheart - Bernard Taylor
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft
Necroscope - Brian Lumley

Some classics there that I've just never quite got around to yet.

[Troy]

Ok, I'm in.

I've only read 7/101 so far. I hide my head in shame.

I will try for a bakers dozen, one a month and then sneak an extra one in.

Here is my plan for 2016...
20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
The Croning - Laird Barron
Dead Sea - Tim Curran
Exorcist Road - Jonathan Janz
Fevre Dream - George R.R. Martin
The Girl on the Glider - Brian Keene
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
The Mist - Stephen King
N0S4A2 - Joe Hill
Passenger - Ronald Malfi
The Ruins - Scott Smith
Seed - Ania Ahlborn
Sunblind - Michael McBride

A mix of authors that I really enjoy (Keene, Hill), books that I should have read long ago (The Haunting of Hill House, Fevre Dream), books that I've wanted to read for a while (The Ruins, The Mist), and authors that I've never read but heard really great things about (Ahlborn, Barron, Janz)

[Crowinator]

I'm in, too. A worthy reading challenge. Looks like I've read 19 of these, so there's plenty to choose from. I'm banking on reading 10 this year but haven't chosen them yet. Also I might re-read NOS4A2, since it's been on my re-read list for a while.

1. The Croning by Laird Barron
2. --shoot, I read The Narrows by Malfi and then realized I read the wrong Malfi and this wasn't on the list! Luckily it was really good but I guess I can't count it--

[Katy]

I need to pick more books. Got some reading done this month, so I've finished:
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
Revenge - Yoko Ogawa
The Ruins - Scott Smith

Have my copies of Mist, Psycho, Seed, and Speaks the Nightbird.

Need to pick a few more. Looks like there is some interest in the Croning.

[Kimberly]

Katy wrote: "I need to pick more books. Got some reading done this month, so I've finished:
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
Revenge - Yoko Ogawa
The Ruins - Scott Smith

Have my copies of Mist, Psycho, Seed, and..."
The Croning and I am Legend are on my list for the challenge. I have to finish up two others for review before the end of the month, first...

[Katy]

Kimberly wrote: "Katy wrote: "I need to pick more books. Got some reading done this month, so I've finished:
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
Revenge - Yoko Ogawa
The Ruins - Scott Smith

Have my copies of Mist, Psyc..."

I need to pick up copies of The Croning and the Cormorant. Which kind of sound alike but aren't...

Next one for me is Speaks the NIghtbird, as I have it on my Kindle. The others will be appearing via Amazon unless I find them in a store this weekend.

Traveling, hoping to stumble across a new bookstore, 'ya know?

[[deleted user]]

Hey all! Looking forward to this year's challenge. Thanks for organizing, Maxine!

My plan is to shoot for 12 (one each month). Fingers crossed!

[Maxine Marsh]

Maryjo wrote: "Hey all! Looking forward to this year's challenge. Thanks for organizing, Maxine!

My plan is to shoot for 12 (one each month). Fingers crossed!"

Welcome, Maryjo! I'm excited to see everyone jumping on board :) I love this challenge because I get some of the really classic horror reads done each year, and always find some that will stick with me.

[Kimberly]

Maxine wrote: "Maryjo wrote: "Hey all! Looking forward to this year's challenge. Thanks for organizing, Maxine!

My plan is to shoot for 12 (one each month). Fingers crossed!"

Welcome, Maryjo! I'm excited to see..."

With all that I read, it never fails to amaze me that there are so many "classic" or memorable books that I'm missed. I've read over 60 from the list, but never titles such as I AM LEGEND, or WOLF'S HOUR. I'm excited to add this challenge. :)

[Empress Reece (Hooked on Books)]

Saving my spot...I've already read 5 books from the list & I would like to read at least 10 for the challenge.

Top 101 I Want to Read in 2016:
●Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
●Coldheart Canyon - Clive Barker
●Dead Sea - Tim Curran
●Deeper - James A. Moore
●The Elementals - Michael McDowell
●Ghost Story - Peter Straub
●Hell House - Richard Matheson
●Katie - Michael McDowell
●The Keep - F. Paul Wilson
●Last Days - Adam Nevill
●Cruelty- Edward Lorn
●The Mist - Stephen King
●Passenger - Ronald Malfi
●Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
●Strangers - Michaelbrent Collings
●Summer of Night - Dan Simmons
●Sunblind - Michael McBride
●Swan Song- Robert McCammon
●Sweetheart, Sweetheart - Bernard Taylor
●The Rising- Brian Keene
●Burnt Offerings- Richard Marasco
●The Stand- Stephen King
●Usher's Passing- Robert McCammon

Top 101 I've Read in 2016:
1) Dead Sea -Tim Curran; February
2) Sunblind- Michael McBride; April
3) The Elementals- Michael McDowell; April
4) Hell House- Richard Matheson; May
5) Cruelty- Edward Lorn; July
6) Sweetheart, Sweetheart- Bernard Taylor; Sept.
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10)

Top 101 I've Read Prior to 2016:
■The Green Mile - Stephen King
■The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
■The Ruins - Scott Smith
■The Terror - Dan Simmons
■We Have Always Lived In The Castle - Shirley Jackson

[Eva]

Saving my spot! Here are the 15 I plan to read for the challenge:

The Bleeding Season - Greg Gifune
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft
The Croning - Laird Barron
Dead Sea - Tim Curran
The Elementals - Michael McDowell
Exorcist Road - Jonathan Janz
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
Hater - David Moody
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Hell House - Richard Matheson
The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson
Katie - Michael McDowell
The Others - Thomas Tryon
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
The Rising - Brian Keene
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Swan Song - Robert McCammon
Sunblind - Michael McBride
When we join Jesus in Hell - Lee Thompson
The Terror - Dan Simmons
Strangers - Michaelbrent Collings
Revenge - Yoko Ogawa

15/15 completed!!

[VanillaSky]

2016 Horror Aficionados Top 101 Reading Challenge.

8/10 completed:

• ✔ NOS4A2 - Joe Hill (1/18/16) ★★★★★
• ✔ Swan Song - Robert McCammon (3/5/16) ★★★★☆
• ✔ Boy's Life - Robert McCammon (3/29/16) ★★★★★
• ✔ The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft (6/14/16) ★★★★☆
• Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
• ✔ The Terror - Dan Simmons (the audio) (3/29/16) ★★★☆☆
• Dweller - Jeff Strand
• ✔ Kin - Kealan Patrick Burke (4/18/16) ★★★★☆
• ✔ The Cannibals of Candyland - Carlton Mellick III (3/9/16) ★★★★☆
• ✔ Exorcist Road - Jonathan Janz (4/25/16) ★★★☆☆



Have already read:

• 20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
• Black House - Stephen King
• The Green Mile - Stephen King
• The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
• Hell House - Richard Matheson
• I am Legend - Richard Matheson
• It - Stephen King
• The Mist - Stephen King
• Pet Sematary - Stephen King
• The Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliot
• Rosemary's Baby- Ira Levin
• The Ruins - Scott Smith
• Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
• Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
• The Stand - Stephen King
• Strangers - Dean Koontz
• The Summer I Died - Ryan C. Thomas
• Summer of Night - Dan Simmons
• Watchers - Dean Koontz
• We Have Always Lived In The Castle - Shirley Jackson

[[deleted user]]

Just finished Ghost Story from my list, started up The Bighead by Edward Lee

[Adam]

I love this, realistically I think I will only be able to do 3, hopefully more. I have just started the massive Book of the Fallen series which is going to take up most of my reading time, but I like to do at least 3 horror in October and there are many on my hit list.
I will read:
1:Books of Blood - Clive Barker
2:Pet Sematary - Stephen King
3:The Ruins - Scott Smith

I have read:
Black House - Stephen King
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Hell House - Richard Matheson
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
The Stand - Stephen King

To Read:
20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
Act of Love - Joe Lansdale
The Bighead - Edward Lee
Black Spirits and White - Ralph Adams Cram
The Bleeding Season - Greg Gifune
The Bottoms - Joe R. Lansdale
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
Burnt Offerings - Robert Marasco
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft
The Cannibals of Candyland - Carlton Mellick III
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - H.P. Lovecraft
City of the Dead - Brian Keene
Coldheart Canyon - Clive Barker
The Cormorant - Stephen Gregory
The Croning - Laird Barron
Cruelty - Edward Lorn
Dark Gods - T.E.D. Klein
Dead of Night - Jonathan Maberry
Dead Sea - Tim Curran
Deeper - James A. Moore
The Devil in Gray - Graham Masterton
Dweller - Jeff Strand
The Elementals - Michael McDowell
Endless Night - Richard Laymon
Exorcist Road - Jonathan Janz
Fevre Dream - George R.R. Martin
The Funhouse - Dean Koontz
The Girl on the Glider - Brian Keene
The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen
The Green Mile - Stephen King
Hater - David Moody
Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz
The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson
The Imago Sequence - Laird Barron
Imajica - Clive Barker
In The Dark - Richard Laymon
It - Stephen King
Katie - Michael McDowell
The Keep - F. Paul Wilson
Kin - Kealan Patrick Burke
Last Days - Adam Nevill
Let's Go Play at the Adams' - Mendal W. Johnson
Live Girls - Ray Garton
The Manhattan Hunt Club - John Saul
The Memory Tree - John R Little
The Mist - Stephen King
More Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz
Naomi's Room - Jonathan Aycliffe
Nazareth Hill - Ramsey Campbell
Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Night in the Lonesome October - Richard Laymon
N0S4A2 - Joe Hill
Off Season - Jack Ketchum
The Others - Thomas Tryon
Passenger - Ronald Malfi
The Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliot
Pressure - Jeff Strand
Psycho - Robert Bloch
The Rain Dancers - Greg F. Gifune
The Resurrectionist - Wrath James White
Revenge - Yoko Ogawa
The Rising - Brian Keene
Rosemary's Baby- Ira Levin
Seed - Ania Ahlborn
The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
Speaks the Nightbird - Robert McCammon
Strangers - Michaelbrent Collings
Strangers - Dean Koontz
The Summer I Died - Ryan C. Thomas
Summer of Night - Dan Simmons
Sunblind - Michael McBride
Survivor - J.F. Gonzalez
Swan Song - Robert McCammon
Sweetheart, Sweetheart - Bernard Taylor
The Terror - Dan Simmons
That Which Should Not Be - Brett J. Talley
The Touch - F.Paul Wilson
The Travelling Vampire Show - Richard Laymon
Twilight Eyes - Dean Koontz
Ugly As Sin - James Newman
Usher's Passing - Robert McCammon
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
Watchers - Dean Koontz
We Have Always Lived In The Castle - Shirley Jackson
When We Join Jesus in Hell - Lee Thompson
The Wolf's Hour - Robert McCammon
Zombies and Shit - Carlton Mellick III

[Alabama]

Enjoying this challenge so much have upped my target to 30 books


1 The Girl Next Door Jack Ketchum ★★★★
2 Boy's Life Robert McCammon ★★★★★
3 Dead of NightJonathan Maberry ★★★★
4 Off Season Jack Ketchum ★★★
5 Last DaysAdam Nevill ★★★★
6 The Croning Laird Barron ★★★
7 The Resurrectionist Wrath James White ★
8 DwellerJeff Strand ★★★★
9 The Bleeding SeasonGreg F. Gifune ★★★★
10 The Case of Charles Dexter Ward H.P. Lovecraft ★★★
11 The Haunting of Hill HouseShirley Jackson ★★★★
12 We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson ★★★★★
13 The Bottoms Joe R. Lansdale ★★★★★
14 The Girl on the GliderBrian Keene ★★★★★
15 Naomi's Room Jonathan Aycliffe ★★★★
16 Rosemary's Baby Ira Levin ★★★★★
17 Speaks the Nightbird Robert McCammon ★★★★★
18 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury ★★★★
20 The Exorcist William Peter Blatty ★★★★★
21 The Great God PanArthur Machen ★★★★
22 Psycho Robert Bloch ★★★★
23 Usher's Passing Robert McCammon ★★★★★
24 The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories H.P. Lovecraft ★★★
25 Summer of Night Dan Simmons ★★★★
26 The Elementals Michael McDowell ★★★★★
27 The Cormorant Stephen Gregory ★★★★★
28 Fevre Dream George R.R. Martin ★★★★★
29 When We Join Jesus In Hell Lee Thompson ★★★★★
30 The Keep F. Paul Wilson ★★★★

[Alexis]

What I'm planning to read:

20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft
The Cormorant - Stephen Gregory
Exorcist Road - Jonathan Janz
The Girl on the Glider - Brian Keene
In The Dark - Richard Laymon
Katie - Michael McDowell
Psycho - Robert Bloch
Revenge - Yoko Ogawa
Sunblind - Michael McBride
Sweetheart, Sweetheart - Bernard Taylor
Usher's Passing - Robert McCammon

Read:

Books of Blood - Clive Barker
The Bottoms - Joe R. Lansdale
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Hell House - Richard Matheson
N0S4A2 - Joe Hill
It - Stephen King
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
The Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliot
The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
We Have Always Lived In The Castle - Shirley Jackson

[Nancy]

Chiming in late here, but I'd like to join the challenge and go for 10 for now, might change later! I've already read a few of these. This will be fun!

[Amanda]

I know its late but I'm joining! I'm going to shoot for 10 books from the list. I've already read 22.

20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
Act of Love - Joe Lansdale
The Bighead - Edward Lee
Black House - Stephen King
Black Spirits and White - Ralph Adams Cram
The Bleeding Season - Greg Gifune
Books of Blood - Clive Barker
The Bottoms - Joe R. Lansdale
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
Burnt Offerings - Robert Marasco
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft
The Cannibals of Candyland - Carlton Mellick III
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - H.P. Lovecraft
City of the Dead - Brian Keene
Coldheart Canyon - Clive Barker
The Cormorant - Stephen Gregory
The Croning - Laird Barron
Cruelty - Edward Lorn
Dark Gods - T.E.D. Klein
Dead of Night - Jonathan Maberry
Dead Sea - Tim Curran
Deeper - James A. Moore
The Devil in Gray - Graham Masterton
Dweller - Jeff Strand
The Elementals - Michael McDowell
Endless Night - Richard Laymon
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
Exorcist Road - Jonathan Janz
Fevre Dream - George R.R. Martin
The Funhouse - Dean Koontz
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
The Girl on the Glider - Brian Keene
The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen
The Green Mile - Stephen King
Hater - David Moody
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Hell House - Richard Matheson
Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz
The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
The Imago Sequence - Laird Barron
Imajica - Clive Barker
In The Dark - Richard Laymon
It - Stephen King
Katie - Michael McDowell
The Keep - F. Paul Wilson
Kin - Kealan Patrick Burke
Last Days - Adam Nevill
Let's Go Play at the Adams' - Mendal W. Johnson
Live Girls - Ray Garton
The Manhattan Hunt Club - John Saul
The Memory Tree - John R Little
The Mist - Stephen King
More Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz
Naomi's Room - Jonathan Aycliffe
Nazareth Hill - Ramsey Campbell
Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Night in the Lonesome October - Richard Laymon
N0S4A2 - Joe Hill
Off Season - Jack Ketchum
The Others - Thomas Tryon
Passenger - Ronald Malfi
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
The Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliot
Pressure - Jeff Strand
Psycho - Robert Bloch
The Rain Dancers - Greg F. Gifune
The Resurrectionist - Wrath James White
Revenge - Yoko Ogawa
The Rising - Brian Keene
Rosemary's Baby- Ira Levin
The Ruins - Scott Smith
Seed - Ania Ahlborn
The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
Speaks the Nightbird - Robert McCammon
The Stand - Stephen King
Strangers - Michaelbrent Collings
Strangers - Dean Koontz
The Summer I Died - Ryan C. Thomas
Summer of Night - Dan Simmons
Sunblind - Michael McBride
Survivor - J.F. Gonzalez
Swan Song - Robert McCammon
Sweetheart, Sweetheart - Bernard Taylor
The Terror - Dan Simmons
That Which Should Not Be - Brett J. Talley
The Touch - F.Paul Wilson
The Travelling Vampire Show - Richard Laymon
Twilight Eyes - Dean Koontz
Ugly As Sin - James Newman
Usher's Passing - Robert McCammon
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
Watchers - Dean Koontz
We Have Always Lived In The Castle - Shirley Jackson
When We Join Jesus in Hell - Lee Thompson
The Wolf's Hour - Robert McCammon
Zombies and Shit - Carlton Mellick III

Planning to read:
Black House
Cruelty
Ghost Story
Lets Go Play at the Adams'
Live Girls
Pressure
Summer of Night
The Resurrectionist
The Rising
The Travelling Vampire Show

[Maxine Marsh]

Welcome everyone! You're not late at all, it is only February and we have the whole year to get some new reads in. Also, I wanted to point out that you can organize buddy reads for your challenge here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..., at the buddy reads thread.

[Kirstin]

Such a great list of books! I've read 22 and would like to add 9 this year.

20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
Act of Love - Joe Lansdale
The Bighead - Edward Lee
Black House - Stephen King
Black Spirits and White - Ralph Adams Cram
The Bleeding Season - Greg Gifune
Books of Blood - Clive Barker
1. The Bottoms - Joe R. Lansdale
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
2. Burnt Offerings - Robert Marasco
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft
The Cannibals of Candyland - Carlton Mellick III
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - H.P. Lovecraft
City of the Dead - Brian Keene
Coldheart Canyon - Clive Barker
The Cormorant - Stephen Gregory
The Croning - Laird Barron
Cruelty - Edward Lorn
Dark Gods - T.E.D. Klein
Dead of Night - Jonathan Maberry
Dead Sea - Tim Curran
Deeper - James A. Moore
The Devil in Gray - Graham Masterton
Dweller - Jeff Strand
The Elementals - Michael McDowell
Endless Night - Richard Laymon
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
Exorcist Road - Jonathan Janz
Fevre Dream - George R.R. Martin
The Funhouse - Dean Koontz
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
The Girl on the Glider - Brian Keene
The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen
The Green Mile - Stephen King
Hater - David Moody
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Hell House - Richard Matheson
Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz
The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
The Imago Sequence - Laird Barron
Imajica - Clive Barker
In The Dark - Richard Laymon
It - Stephen King
3. Katie - Michael McDowell
The Keep - F. Paul Wilson
Kin - Kealan Patrick Burke
4. Last Days - Adam Nevill
Let's Go Play at the Adams' - Mendal W. Johnson
Live Girls - Ray Garton
The Manhattan Hunt Club - John Saul
The Memory Tree - John R Little
The Mist - Stephen King
More Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz
Naomi's Room - Jonathan Aycliffe
Nazareth Hill - Ramsey Campbell
Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Night in the Lonesome October - Richard Laymon
N0S4A2 - Joe Hill
Off Season - Jack Ketchum
The Others - Thomas Tryon
Passenger - Ronald Malfi
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
5. The Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliot
Pressure - Jeff Strand
Psycho - Robert Bloch
The Rain Dancers - Greg F. Gifune
The Resurrectionist - Wrath James White
Revenge - Yoko Ogawa
The Rising - Brian Keene
6. Rosemary's Baby- Ira Levin
The Ruins - Scott Smith
7. Seed - Ania Ahlborn
8. The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
Speaks the Nightbird - Robert McCammon
The Stand - Stephen King
Strangers - Michaelbrent Collings
Strangers - Dean Koontz
The Summer I Died - Ryan C. Thomas
Summer of Night - Dan Simmons
9. Sunblind - Michael McBride
Survivor - J.F. Gonzalez
Swan Song - Robert McCammon
Sweetheart, Sweetheart - Bernard Taylor
The Terror - Dan Simmons
That Which Should Not Be - Brett J. Talley
The Touch - F.Paul Wilson
The Travelling Vampire Show - Richard Laymon
Twilight Eyes - Dean Koontz
Ugly As Sin - James Newman
Usher's Passing - Robert McCammon
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
Watchers - Dean Koontz
We Have Always Lived In The Castle - Shirley Jackson
When We Join Jesus in Hell - Lee Thompson
The Wolf's Hour - Robert McCammon
Zombies and Shit - Carlton Mellick III

[Katy]

I'll be getting to the next book on my challenge next week, Stephen King's The Mist.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Kimberly wrote: "Tressa wrote: "Robert wrote: "Sunblind was the best book I read in 2014, and one of the best things Michael McBride has written (and that is saying something). Enjoy! ..."

This may be the next hor..."

I haven't heard of it but need to try it now. The ratings are up there and it seems most people enjoy it. I added it - looks like my 3 will definitely be met this year for this challenge.

[Marti]

Quite a few of these books have been on my to-read list for a while, so I think this is a perfect opportunity to start my first Goodreads challenge!

20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
Act of Love - Joe Lansdale
The Bighead - Edward Lee
Black House - Stephen King
Black Spirits and White - Ralph Adams Cram
The Bleeding Season - Greg Gifune
* Books of Blood - Clive Barker
The Bottoms - Joe R. Lansdale
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
Burnt Offerings - Robert Marasco
* The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft
The Cannibals of Candyland - Carlton Mellick III
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - H.P. Lovecraft
City of the Dead - Brian Keene
Coldheart Canyon - Clive Barker
The Cormorant - Stephen Gregory
The Croning - Laird Barron
Cruelty - Edward Lorn
Dark Gods - T.E.D. Klein
Dead of Night - Jonathan Maberry
Dead Sea - Tim Curran
Deeper - James A. Moore
The Devil in Gray - Graham Masterton
Dweller - Jeff Strand
The Elementals - Michael McDowell
Endless Night - Richard Laymon
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
Exorcist Road - Jonathan Janz
* Fevre Dream - George R.R. Martin
The Funhouse - Dean Koontz
* Ghost Story - Peter Straub
The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
The Girl on the Glider - Brian Keene
The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen
The Green Mile - Stephen King
Hater - David Moody
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Hell House - Richard Matheson
Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz
The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
The Imago Sequence - Laird Barron
Imajica - Clive Barker
In The Dark - Richard Laymon
It - Stephen King
Katie - Michael McDowell
The Keep - F. Paul Wilson
Kin - Kealan Patrick Burke
Last Days - Adam Nevill
Let's Go Play at the Adams' - Mendal W. Johnson
Live Girls - Ray Garton
The Manhattan Hunt Club - John Saul
The Memory Tree - John R Little
The Mist - Stephen King
More Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz
Naomi's Room - Jonathan Aycliffe
Nazareth Hill - Ramsey Campbell
*Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Night in the Lonesome October - Richard Laymon
N0S4A2 - Joe Hill
Off Season - Jack Ketchum
The Others - Thomas Tryon
Passenger - Ronald Malfi
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
The Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliot
Pressure - Jeff Strand
Psycho - Robert Bloch
The Rain Dancers - Greg F. Gifune
The Resurrectionist - Wrath James White
* Revenge - Yoko Ogawa
The Rising - Brian Keene
Rosemary's Baby- Ira Levin
The Ruins - Scott Smith
* Seed - Ania Ahlborn
The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
Speaks the Nightbird - Robert McCammon
The Stand - Stephen King
Strangers - Michaelbrent Collings
Strangers - Dean Koontz
The Summer I Died - Ryan C. Thomas
* Summer of Night - Dan Simmons
Sunblind - Michael McBride
Survivor - J.F. Gonzalez
Swan Song - Robert McCammon
Sweetheart, Sweetheart - Bernard Taylor
The Terror - Dan Simmons
That Which Should Not Be - Brett J. Talley
The Touch - F.Paul Wilson
The Travelling Vampire Show - Richard Laymon
Twilight Eyes - Dean Koontz
Ugly As Sin - James Newman
Usher's Passing - Robert McCammon
* The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
Watchers - Dean Koontz
We Have Always Lived In The Castle - Shirley Jackson
When We Join Jesus in Hell - Lee Thompson
The Wolf's Hour - Robert McCammon
* Zombies and Shit - Carlton Mellick III

[Maxine Marsh]

Welcome, Hummingbird!

How is everyone doing on this challenge? I feel like I'm a bit behind with only 2 reads marked off so far but I have another couple in my "currently reading," and we still have all year to catch up.

Don't forget you can go to the buddy reads section to coordinate buddy reads and make your challenge more motivating!

[Kasia]

my spot

[Chantal]

I'm gonna go for 12, one for each month (with a bit of catchup to do :P). Plus, I'm gonna read all the books on the list written by women, which I must point out aren't numerous...

Here's my list, with the ones I've already read crossed out:

20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
Act of Love - Joe Lansdale
The Bighead - Edward Lee
Black House - Stephen King
Black Spirits and White - Ralph Adams Cram
The Bleeding Season - Greg Gifune
Books of Blood - Clive Barker
The Bottoms - Joe R. Lansdale
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
Burnt Offerings - Robert Marasco
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft
The Cannibals of Candyland - Carlton Mellick III
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - H.P. Lovecraft
City of the Dead - Brian Keene
Coldheart Canyon - Clive Barker
The Cormorant - Stephen Gregory
The Croning - Laird Barron
Cruelty - Edward Lorn
Dark Gods - T.E.D. Klein
Dead of Night - Jonathan Maberry
Dead Sea - Tim Curran
Deeper - James A. Moore
The Devil in Gray - Graham Masterton
Dweller - Jeff Strand
The Elementals - Michael McDowell
Endless Night - Richard Laymon
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
Exorcist Road - Jonathan Janz
Fevre Dream - George R.R. Martin
The Funhouse - Dean Koontz
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
The Girl on the Glider - Brian Keene
The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen
The Green Mile - Stephen King
Hater - David Moody
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Hell House - Richard Matheson
Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz
The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
The Imago Sequence - Laird Barron
Imajica - Clive Barker
In The Dark - Richard Laymon
It - Stephen King
Katie - Michael McDowell
The Keep - F. Paul Wilson
Kin - Kealan Patrick Burke
Last Days - Adam Nevill
Let's Go Play at the Adams' - Mendal W. Johnson
Live Girls - Ray Garton
The Manhattan Hunt Club - John Saul
The Memory Tree - John R Little
The Mist - Stephen King
More Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz
Naomi's Room - Jonathan Aycliffe
Nazareth Hill - Ramsey Campbell
Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Night in the Lonesome October - Richard Laymon
N0S4A2 - Joe Hill
Off Season - Jack Ketchum
The Others - Thomas Tryon
Passenger - Ronald Malfi
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
The Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliot
Pressure - Jeff Strand
Psycho - Robert Bloch
The Rain Dancers - Greg F. Gifune
The Resurrectionist - Wrath James White
Revenge - Yoko Ogawa
The Rising - Brian Keene
Rosemary's Baby- Ira Levin
The Ruins - Scott Smith
Seed - Ania Ahlborn
The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
Speaks the Nightbird - Robert McCammon
The Stand - Stephen King
Strangers - Michaelbrent Collings
Strangers - Dean Koontz
The Summer I Died - Ryan C. Thomas
Summer of Night - Dan Simmons
Sunblind - Michael McBride
Survivor - J.F. Gonzalez
Swan Song - Robert McCammon
Sweetheart, Sweetheart - Bernard Taylor
The Terror - Dan Simmons
That Which Should Not Be - Brett J. Talley
The Touch - F.Paul Wilson
The Travelling Vampire Show - Richard Laymon
Twilight Eyes - Dean Koontz
Ugly As Sin - James Newman
Usher's Passing - Robert McCammon
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
Watchers - Dean Koontz
We Have Always Lived In The Castle - Shirley Jackson
When We Join Jesus in Hell - Lee Thompson
The Wolf's Hour - Robert McCammon
Zombies and Shit - Carlton Mellick III

[VanillaSky]

Maxine wrote: "...How is everyone doing on this challenge? I feel like I'm a bit behind with only 2 reads marked off so far but I have another couple in my "currently reading," and we still have all year to catch up...."

I aimed for ten books, but hope to read more.
At the moment I have finished three from my list: Swan Song, NOS4A2, The Cannibals of Candyland

And now I'm reading Boy's Life and listening to The Terror. I feel safe to say that at the end of March I'll be 50% done :)

Thanks, Maxine, for organizing this challenge!

[Dawn]

Saving my spot! Planning to read 12, I'll update what I've already read hopefully tomorrow :)

[Eric]

Mid-April already and I haven't even touched any horror this year... About time to rectify that oversight!

Here's what I'm shooting for:

Live Girls - Ray Garton
Deeper - James A. Moore
In The Dark - Richard Laymon
NOS4A2 - Joe Hill
Kin - Kealan Patrick Burke
The Devil In Gray - Graham Masterton
Boy's Life - Robert Mccammon
The Keep - F. Paul Wilson
The Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliott
Night In The Lonesome October - Richard Laymon
The Elementals - Michael McDowell
The Bottoms - Joe R. Lansdale

[Amanda]

Updating mine to include a few more I found at book sales recently(marked with *), and the two I've read so far this year.

Planning to read:
The Bighead*
Boy's Life*
Black House
Cruelty
The Elementals*
Ghost Story
Lets Go Play at the Adams'
Summer of Night
The Rising
The Travelling Vampire Show

[Sara (Empress Pengy)]

Hi everyone! Way late to the game, but I figure I should still be able to get a few in before 2017.

Books I've already read:
20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
Books of Blood - Clive Barker
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft
Endless Night - Richard Laymon
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Hell House - Richard Matheson
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
In The Dark - Richard Laymon
The Manhattan Hunt Club - John Saul
Psycho - Robert Bloch
The Terror - Dan Simmons
The Travelling Vampire Show - Richard Laymon
We Have Always Lived In The Castle - Shirley Jackson

Planning to read: (5 with one as an alternate)
Act of Love - Joe Lansdale
The Elementals - Michael McDowell
It - Stephen King
N0S4A2 - Joe Hill
Speaks the Nightbird - Robert McCammon
Strangers - Michaelbrent Collings

[Maxine Marsh]

Sara D wrote: "Hi everyone! Way late to the game, but I figure I should still be able to get a few in before 2017.

Books I've already read:
20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
Books of Blood - Clive Barker
The Call o..."

Nice list Sara! The Elementals and Speaks the Nightbird are both great books. Good luck with your challenge.

[Myst]

Finished my (admittedly easy) challenge of 2 books. Too many other books on the tbr, although I *did* get through 2 other horror books so far this year (Horns and The Dead Zone).

[Kelly B]

Joining! I'll strike through the books I've already read. Then I'll post at the bottom which ones I hope to read before the year is up.


20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
Act of Love - Joe Lansdale
The Bighead - Edward Lee
Black House - Stephen King
Black Spirits and White - Ralph Adams Cram
The Bleeding Season - Greg Gifune
Books of Blood - Clive Barker
The Bottoms - Joe R. Lansdale
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
Burnt Offerings - Robert Marasco
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft
The Cannibals of Candyland - Carlton Mellick III
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - H.P. Lovecraft
City of the Dead - Brian Keene
Coldheart Canyon - Clive Barker
The Cormorant - Stephen Gregory
The Croning - Laird Barron
Cruelty - Edward Lorn
Dark Gods - T.E.D. Klein
Dead of Night - Jonathan Maberry
Dead Sea - Tim Curran
Deeper - James A. Moore
The Devil in Gray - Graham Masterton
Dweller - Jeff Strand
The Elementals - Michael McDowell
Endless Night - Richard Laymon
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
Exorcist Road - Jonathan Janz
Fevre Dream - George R.R. Martin
The Funhouse - Dean Koontz
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
The Girl on the Glider - Brian Keene
The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen
The Green Mile - Stephen King
Hater - David Moody
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Hell House - Richard Matheson
Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz
The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
The Imago Sequence - Laird Barron
Imajica - Clive Barker
In The Dark - Richard Laymon
It - Stephen King
Katie - Michael McDowell
The Keep - F. Paul Wilson
Kin - Kealan Patrick Burke
Last Days - Adam Nevill
Let's Go Play at the Adams' - Mendal W. Johnson
Live Girls - Ray Garton
The Manhattan Hunt Club - John Saul
The Memory Tree - John R Little
The Mist - Stephen King
More Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz
Naomi's Room - Jonathan Aycliffe
Nazareth Hill - Ramsey Campbell
Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Night in the Lonesome October - Richard Laymon
N0S4A2 - Joe Hill
Off Season - Jack Ketchum
The Other - Thomas Tryon
Passenger - Ronald Malfi
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
The Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliot
Pressure - Jeff Strand
Psycho - Robert Bloch
The Rain Dancers - Greg F. Gifune
The Resurrectionist - Wrath James White
Revenge - Yoko Ogawa
The Rising - Brian Keene
Rosemary's Baby- Ira Levin
The Ruins - Scott Smith
Seed - Ania Ahlborn
The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
Speaks the Nightbird - Robert McCammon
The Stand - Stephen King
Strangers - Michaelbrent Collings
Strangers - Dean Koontz
The Summer I Died - Ryan C. Thomas
Summer of Night - Dan Simmons
Sunblind - Michael McBride
Survivor - J.F. Gonzalez
Swan Song - Robert McCammon
Sweetheart, Sweetheart - Bernard Taylor
The Terror - Dan Simmons
That Which Should Not Be - Brett J. Talley
The Touch - F.Paul Wilson
The Travelling Vampire Show - Richard Laymon
Twilight Eyes - Dean Koontz
Ugly As Sin - James Newman
Usher's Passing - Robert McCammon
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
Watchers - Dean Koontz
We Have Always Lived In The Castle - Shirley Jackson
We Join Jesus in Hell - Lee Thompson
The Wolf's Hour - Robert McCammon
Zombies and Shit - Carlton Mellick III


I hope to read 3 more from the list before the end of 2016

[Latoya]

I'M IN

[Heather]

I entered this originally around the first of the year under the official entry link but never commented on here. I committed to reading 15.

Hell House
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Live Girls
Ghost Story
Fevre Dream
Rosemary's Baby
The Exorcist
Revenge
The Elementals
Ugly As Sin
The Summer I Died
The Rising
Swan Song
The Pilo Family Circus
The Haunting of Hill House

And so far I have knocked these off that list:

The Haunting of Hill House
Hell House
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
The Summer I died

[Char]

Heather wrote: "I entered this originally around the first of the year under the official entry link but never commented on here. I committed to reading 15.

Hell House
[book:We Have Always Lived in ..."

You're doing great, then!

What did you think of the ones you've read so far?