Let's Talk Horror Books: If someone asked you to recommend three books?

[Tracy]

Brother by Ania Ahlborn
The Devil’s Dreamland by Sara Tantlinger
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez

[Kari]

Thin Air by Michelle Paver
Dead Lake by Darcy Coates
Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge

(Last one is not strictly horror, more YA fantasy/horror, but hey, it scared me and her writing is gorgeous.)

I need to read a lot more from women in this genre so I'm looking forward to other answers!

[exorcismemily]

Brother - Ania Ahlborn
Come Closer - Sara Gran
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein - Kiersten White

[Tborder]

And Her Smile will Untether the Universe by Gwendolyn Kiste
Geek Love By Katherine Dunn
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

And just cuz I can LOL

Everything that's Underneath by Kristi DeMeester

[Gareth]

The Loosening Skin by Aliya Whiteley
The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste
All the Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma

[Kimberly]

THE RUST MAIDENS, Gwendolyn Kiste
RETURN TO DYATLOV PASS, J.H. Moncrieff
BROTHER, Ania Ahlborn

[Renee]

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand, And the Cass Neary Series by Elizabeth Hand (Sorry, that's four, since the series is three books so far. But Elizabeth Hand is one of my favorite authors of all authors--male & female.)

[Tracy]

Lilyn G. | Sci-Fi & Scary wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Brother by Ania Ahlborn
The Devil’s Dreamland by Sara Tantlinger
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez"

I remember someone raving about Things We Lost in the Fire. Maybe it ..."

Me, E, Cody. It's horror/spec fic . Very surreal in parts. And YES Brother is a great read

[Tborder]

Gareth wrote: "The Loosening Skin by Aliya Whiteley
The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste
All the Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma"

The Rust Maidens was one of my favorite reads in 2018.

[Ashley]

The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Interview with a Vampire - Anne Rice
My Life As A White Trash Zombie - Diana Rowland

Although none of these actually terrified me, they are all in the horror genre and I love them!

[Laurie (barksbooks)]

GEEK LOVE by Katherine Dunn
THE RUST MAIDENS by Gwendolyne Kiste
OUT by Natsuo Kirino (heavy on the crime but it's so horrific I feel it fits)

I'm all about not breaking them in gently, lol.

[Bri]

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Come Closer by Sara Gran

[Allie]

Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

The first two aren't horror but they're my faves

[Kimberly]

Renee wrote: "Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand, And the Cass Neary Series by Elizabeth Hand (Sorry, that's four, since the series is three books so far. But Elizabeth Hand is one of my favorite authors of all auth..."

WYLDING HALL by Elizabeth Hand was one of my FAVORITES!! I can't read it often enough--I find something "new" or "forgotten/unconnected" each time.

[Latasha]

Lilyn G. | Sci-Fi & Scary wrote: "Okay I apparently really need to read Brother. A couple of you have mentioned it and it is of the Ahlborn books I have not read."

i'm currently reading it!

[Latasha]

Ashley wrote: "The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Interview with a Vampire - Anne Rice
My Life As A White Trash Zombie - Diana Rowland

Although none of these actually terrified me, they are all in the ..."

i love the white trash zombie series! i just finished WTZ unchained. i love Angel! and those books have awesome covers.

[Latasha]

Kimberly wrote: "Renee wrote: "Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand, And the Cass Neary Series by Elizabeth Hand (Sorry, that's four, since the series is three books so far. But Elizabeth Hand is one of my favorite autho..."

i haven't read that yet but it's been on my list forever.

[Latasha]

i have no idea which 3 i would suggest. Anne Rice is my favorite but i know she isn't for everyone.

[Franklinbadger]

Another vote for Wylding Hall
Dark Matter - Michelle Paver
Not sure about a third. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (graphic novel/ short stories) disturbed me recently

[Tborder]

Franklinbadger wrote: "Another vote for Wylding Hall
Dark Matter - Michelle Paver
Not sure about a third. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (graphic novel/ short stories) disturbed me recently"

I loved Through the Woods. I recently bought the hardback.

[Cheryl]

Bark wrote: "GEEK LOVE by Katherine Dunn
THE RUST MAIDENS by Gwendolyne Kiste
OUT by Natsuo Kirino (heavy on the crime but it's so horrific I feel it fits)

I'm all about not breaking them in gently, lol."

I hadn't even thought about OUT being a horror but it definitely is! That was an intense book.

[Laurie (barksbooks)]

Cheryl wrote: "I hadn't even thought about OUT being a horror but it definitely is! That was an intense book."

It is so incredibly disturbing!

[Lisa]

Widow by Billie Sue Mosiman
Sineater by Elizabeth Massie
Haunted by Tamara Thorne

[Aina]

Another vote for Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
We Have Always Lived In The Castley by Shirley Jackson
Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier (novella but still!)

[Laurie]

I too loved Dark Matter and Michelle Paver's more recent book Wakenhyrst was also very good.

I enjoyed The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco, it was a refreshing take on the "long haired Japanese ghost" trope.

I just finished reading The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling and really liked it. Ever since I saw the film The Descent I've been waiting for a really good caving horror novel, and this one had lesbians in it, which made it even better.

[Kari]

I just finished reading The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling and really liked it. Ever since I saw the film The Descent I've been waiting for a really good caving horror novel, and this one had lesbians in it, which made it even better."

Ahhhhh, caving horror and lesbians?? Following this thread is wrecking my TBR list, haha. (But seriously, thank you, this looks great!)

[Franklinbadger]

Tborder wrote: "Franklinbadger wrote: "Another vote for Wylding Hall
Dark Matter - Michelle Paver
Not sure about a third. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (graphic novel/ short stories) disturbed me recently"

I..."

I don't suppose you can recommend anything similar to Through The Woods? It's a long shot because it seems so unique, but I'd love to read something else like that.

[Tborder]

Franklinbadger wrote: "Tborder wrote: "Franklinbadger wrote: "Another vote for Wylding Hall
Dark Matter - Michelle Paver
Not sure about a third. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (graphic novel/ short stories) disturbed..."

I know that she has a new graphic novel coming out. The Bloody Chamber was fantastic. It wasn't a graphic novel but it in the horror and fairytale realm.

[Franklinbadger]

Thanks! I really need to read The Bloody Chamber - it's been on my TBR list for nineteen years..

[Cécile]

THE CREEPER MAN by Dawn Kurtagich (gothic & horror)
MY SWEET AUDRINA by VC Andrews (gothic & mystery)
LAKE EPHEMERAL by Anya Allyn (gothic & sci-fi)

I also really enjoyed The Rust Maiden, but it was already mentionned several times ^^