Scariest Book Ever

denversillygoose
denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
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I get much more creeped out by books than movies. Currently reading It and it's probably the scariest book I've read. House of Leaves, Bird Box, The Amityville Horror, and Something Wicked This Way Comes are some of my favs. Then there are other kinds of scary like The Handmaid's Tale, and 1984. What's your favorite?

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  • melmelw03
    melmelw03 Posts: 5,332 Member
    Pretty much any Dean Koontz book.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Hell House by Richard Matheson is pretty good.
  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Hell House by Richard Matheson is pretty good.

    This one is on my list. I really like Matheson.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
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    Terrifying
  • grayblackmfp
    grayblackmfp Posts: 140 Member
    Naomi's Room by Jonathan Aycliffe is a nasty piece of work. Still can't decide if I mean that in a good way or a bad way. All of Adam neville's books are immensely enjoyable.
    I'm reading Songs of a dead dreamer by Thomas Ligotti if we're including short stories.
  • jennylee274
    jennylee274 Posts: 19 Member
    Stephen Kings It! Freaking clown.. Been terrified of clowns ever since
  • klkarlen
    klkarlen Posts: 4,366 Member
    My first was The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    "My Alaska mfp girl" by Bucknutz247
  • ScottyBeBop
    ScottyBeBop Posts: 174 Member
    Twilight....... its scary bad lol
  • born_of_fire74
    born_of_fire74 Posts: 776 Member
    Ooooh, Shirley Jackson. "The Lottery" freaked me out in ninth grade because, up until that point, the lottery for me was how people became millionaires rather than the more generic definition of picking one lot out a bunch for whatever purpose. Winning the lottery meant you were lucky and was a good thing not a creepy thing where you're deciding who to sacrifice to better the community.

    I kept waiting for the happy to occur which, of course, it never does. I felt kind of ripped off but it was a good lesson on the vagaries of the English language for me. I'm pretty sure that's why they teach that short story lol.
  • Coffeebeenz
    Coffeebeenz Posts: 95 Member
    The Other by Thomas Tryon
  • Coffeebeenz
    Coffeebeenz Posts: 95 Member
    edited September 2016
    And Aura by Carlos Fuentes. Short, but creepy AF
  • born_of_fire74
    born_of_fire74 Posts: 776 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Hell House by Richard Matheson is pretty good.

    I Am Legend is far better than the movie would lead you to believe. Kinda cool how it turns out that he's the monster for the monsters...

  • IzzyBooNZ1
    IzzyBooNZ1 Posts: 1,289 Member
    Sarah Rayne has some good ones !
  • dizzzigrl
    dizzzigrl Posts: 196 Member
    Jruzer wrote: »
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    Terrifying
    My favorite book ever!
  • big2strongCO
    big2strongCO Posts: 41 Member
    "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. That book will scare the *kitten* out of you, not because it is scary but because it is absolutely plausible. The breakdown of society after an apocalypse, and what people will do to survive. Very scary to think about and it will depress you for weeks. I highly recommend it.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    big2strongCO wrote: »
    "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. That book will scare the *kitten* out of you, not because it is scary but because it is absolutely plausible. The breakdown of society after an apocalypse, and what people will do to survive. Very scary to think about and it will depress you for weeks. I highly recommend it.

    most anything by Cormac McCarthy is great.

    if you like him, check out both James Carlos Blake and Donald Ray Pollock.

    they're both simply amazing

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  • born_of_fire74
    born_of_fire74 Posts: 776 Member
    House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    Jruzer wrote: »
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    Terrifying

    Super scary ending. Love this book!

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