Scariest book in each state?

[Mark]

I couldn't resist this list...

What's The Scariest Book Set In Your State? Here Are All 50 Answers

https://www.bustle.com/p/whats-the-sc...

For New Mexico, where I live, the answer is Little Heaven by Nick Cutter. I guess I'll have to check it out.

According to their About page Bustle has the largest reach and engagement of any Millennial and Gen Z focused publisher. Uh oh. Boomer here.

[Trike]

If New Hampshire doesn’t get Peyton Place, we riot.

Mark wrote: "According to their About page Bustle has the largest reach and engagement of any Millennial and Gen Z focused publisher. Uh oh. Boomer here."

That explains why Stephen King didn’t get Maine. (Yes, I see that Colorado got The Shining. I’m not letting facts get in the way of a solid stereotype joke.)

Annihilation picked for Florida, which, okay, that’s fine, but I would’ve gone with... the news.

All kidding aside, I can unequivocally recommend Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI as an important book every American should read. I don’t know why Oklahoma is so violently racist, but there you go.

Thanks for finding and sharing this list, Mark.

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

Mark wrote: "What's The Scariest Book Set In Your State? Here Are All 50 Answers"

They missed the most important state 🤔

The scariest book set in my state (Tasmania) is For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke

It's scarier for being based on actual events in our history.

[John (Taloni)]

Trike wrote: "Annihilation picked for Florida, which, okay, that’s fine, but I would’ve gone with... the news."

*snort*

If we do songs it needs to be "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphey for California.

[Mark]

Trike wrote: "All kidding aside, I can unequivocally recommend Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI as an important book every American should read. I don’t know why Oklahoma is so violently racist, but there you go."

Another one to check out. It seems I bought the Kindle edition in 2018.

There are only a few books on this list that I recognize. I don't read much horror. If I had to pick a scary book for New Mexico, it would be Killer Flies by Mark Kendall, but with tongue planted firmly in cheek

[Mark]

Tassie Dave wrote: "Mark wrote: "What's The Scariest Book Set In Your State? Here Are All 50 Answers"

They missed the most important state 🤔

The scariest book set in my state (Tasmania) is [book:For the Term of His ..."

Couldn't find a list of scariest books in Australia's states. How about 10 Must Read Australian Horror Writers?

https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/column...

[terpkristin]

House of Leaves is the book for the commonwealth of Virginia. It's home as in where I've lived for almost 15 years. The book sounds interesting actually. Maryland, where I grew up, is The Walker in Shadows. I'm not usually into scary books but I might make an exception for House of Leaves.

[Richard]

terpkristin wrote: "House of Leaves is the book for the commonwealth of Virginia. It's home as in where I've lived for almost 15 years. The book sounds interesting actually. Maryland, where I grew up, is ..."

Yes, that book is one I want to read as well. It's said it is better to get it as a real book as it does a lot of really cool tricks like writing around the edges of the page in small handwriting and putting patterns of letters, kind of like the computer programming trick from Elysium, only more extreme (and hard to see on an e-reader).

[Joelle]

terpkristin wrote: "House of Leaves is the book for the commonwealth of Virginia. It's home as in where I've lived for almost 15 years. The book sounds interesting actually. Maryland, where I grew up, is ..."

Mark wrote: "Tassie Dave wrote: "Mark wrote: "What's The Scariest Book Set In Your State? Here Are All 50 Answers"


Just a note... You will need the dead tree version as the placement of the words on the pages is part of the telling. (House of Leaves)

I've tried reading this book twice... Lemmed it the first time... Then forgot and got suckered into buying it a second time... And still couldn't get past the first third. I'll be interested to hear what you think.

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

The link isn't working for me. What was California?

[Mark]

Ian wrote: "The link isn't working for me. What was California?"

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

Mark wrote: "Ian wrote: "The link isn't working for me. What was California?"

The Hunger by Alma Katsu"

Added to my Want to Read shelf!

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

terpkristin wrote: "House of Leaves is the book for the commonwealth of Virginia. It's home as in where I've lived for almost 15 years. The book sounds interesting actually. Maryland, where I grew up, is ..."

I read this book while we were looking for a home and that led to some crazy nightmares.

I've read Grief Cottage as listed for SC and I wouldn't even describe it as scary at all, more like nostalgic.