Stacia Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 For the past few years, I've tried to read some 'spooky' books during October. I'm starting to think about what I want to read next month & would love some suggestions. (Just nothing too extremely creepy, please. :tongue_smilie:) I'm looking for anything that might fall into the creepy/spooky/campy/fun type reading to get into the Halloween mood. I'd love to have 2-6 books to read this year. For sure, one of them will be Dracula (a re-read for me & one my book club is reading this time). A couple I'm considering are John Dies at the End by David Wong and The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan. Has anyone read those? Comments? Here are some I've read already: Dracula by Bram Stoker Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Monsters: Mary Shelley & the Curse of Frankenstein by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler Aura by Carlos Fuentes Dracula the Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker The Gold Bug (& other stories) by Edgar Allan Poe The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Judgement of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959 by Kim Newman World War Z by Max Brooks Boneshaker by Cherie Priest The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Thanks! :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Do you have an iPad? If so go look for iPoe app. Several of Poe's collections along with creepy music and some fun interactive components. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 Do you have an iPad? If so go look for iPoe app. Several of Poe's collections along with creepy music and some fun interactive components. No, but that sounds very cool. I'll have to tell my friend about it (she has an iPad), then borrow hers. ;):D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stacia Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 Bumping again in case anyone has some good suggestions. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz. Creepy and not much like his other series (ie - they don't scary me so silly that I can't sleep for days....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in the NH Woods Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova oh, yes!!!! and The Little Stranger, by Sarah Waters (this one raised the hair on the back of my neck) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFaerie Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Surprisingly, "An Irish Country Girl" by Patrick Taylor. It's not a "scary" book, but it has a spooky factor because of a ghost and the main character's ability to see said ghost factor heavily into the story. Great read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 No suggestions, I don't do spooky. But depending on your kids you might like them to also do something spooky and go with Jim Weiss Spooky Tales (a 1 hour audio book) It's one of the few Jim Weiss audios we wouldn't do. I'm afraid it will be to spooky for me - I don't even want to consider my kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 The October Country by Ray Bradbury. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova oh, yes!!!! and The Little Stranger, by Sarah Waters (this one raised the hair on the back of my neck) :) Loved The Historian when I read it a few years ago. Excellent book. Will have to look up The Little Stranger (though it sounds like it might be too spooky for me, lol). Surprisingly, "An Irish Country Girl" by Patrick Taylor. It's not a "scary" book, but it has a spooky factor because of a ghost and the main character's ability to see said ghost factor heavily into the story. Great read. Cool. Will have to look it up! But depending on your kids you might like them to also do something spooky and go with Jim Weiss Spooky Tales (a 1 hour audio book) There's no way my kids do spooky. I love Halloween, but my family (dh & kids) hate spooky stuff, so we only do cute/nice Halloween. Oh how I wish I could create the house/yard that scares the stuffing out of you. :tongue_smilie::lol: (But, my family would riot, so I don't.) They won't even go into the specialty Halloween shops w/ me. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 The October Country by Ray Bradbury.The Hound of the Baskervilles. Ohhh. I like...! Will have to add these to my list... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 There's no way my kids do spooky. I love Halloween, but my family (dh & kids) hate spooky stuff, so we only do cute/nice Halloween. Oh how I wish I could create the house/yard that scares the stuffing out of you. :tongue_smilie::lol: (But, my family would riot, so I don't.) They won't even go into the specialty Halloween shops w/ me. :tongue_smilie: Well I agree with your kids. :) You could always give the Jim Weiss a listen than post a detailed review so the rest of us will know how truly scary it is. (I'm to scared to find out) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 You could always give the Jim Weiss a listen than post a detailed review so the rest of us will know how truly scary it is. (I'm to scared to find out) :lol: If I do listen to it, I will let you know. (I rarely do audiobooks, though. Do you know if there is a print version?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 :lol: If I do listen to it, I will let you know. (I rarely do audiobooks, though. Do you know if there is a print version?) Sorry no print version. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Loved The Historian when I read it a few years ago. Excellent book. Will have to look up The Little Stranger (though it sounds like it might be too spooky for me, lol). Cool. Will have to look it up! There's no way my kids do spooky. I love Halloween, but my family (dh & kids) hate spooky stuff, so we only do cute/nice Halloween. Oh how I wish I could create the house/yard that scares the stuffing out of you. :tongue_smilie::lol: (But, my family would riot, so I don't.) They won't even go into the specialty Halloween shops w/ me. :tongue_smilie: You would love my dd. She hasn't done "cute" for halloween since she was 3. The creepier the better for her! We have a graveyard complete w/ glowing footsteps every year. Spider webs everywhere, and last year she bought a ghost on an invisible string that travels in the air across the yard, complete w/ spooky sounds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury? The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan is a newer one I've heard is creepy with a twist. Blindness by Jose Saramago--the book is much better than the movie! lol Michael Koryta writes some ghost story novels that are pretty good. Psychological thrillers, I love Ruth Rendell! Thirteen Steps Down, The Tree of Hands, and A Judgment in Stone are two faves. I think Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris was very scary! If you're OK with some graphic content, the female serial killer in Chelsea Cain's books is chilling: Heartsick is the first... I'll throw in a classic Stephen King: The Shining I liked The Terror by Dan Simmons (but it's long and the ending was slightly unsatisfying) and am looking forward to his newer horror/suspense called Summer of Night Hope something here fits the bill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskool Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Girl-Novel-Gillian-Flynn/dp/030758836X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Have you read Coraline? It's a middle-grade book, but it has Neil Gaiman's great storytelling and is very creepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Here's an interesting list from NPR - top 100 Killer Thrillers. It's a diverse group of books and seems to be a mixture of horror and mysteries. Don't see how they relate to each other. Out of that list I've read 13. On my shelves I have a few scary ones: Bram Stoker's Snakes Pass Dean Koontz Odd Thomas T.L. Hines The Dead Whisper On Dan Simmons The Hollow Man Ted Dekker's The Priest's Graveyard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFaerie Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Here's an interesting list from NPR - top 100 Killer Thrillers. It's a diverse group of books and seems to be a mixture of horror and mysteries. Don't see how they relate to each other. Out of that list I've read 13. On my shelves I have a few scary ones: Bram Stoker's Snakes Pass Dean Koontz Odd Thomas T.L. Hines The Dead Whisper On Dan Simmons The Hollow Man Ted Dekker's The Priest's Graveyard Cool list! I've read 12 of them. Primal Fear is a great book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 Here's an interesting list from NPR - top 100 Killer Thrillers. It's a diverse group of books and seems to be a mixture of horror and mysteries. Don't see how they relate to each other. Out of that list I've read 13. Prior to looking at the list, I would have guessed that I would have read 5 or fewer as I don't consider killer thrillers my type of books. However, I've read at least a dozen on the list, maybe a couple more (can't totally remember). I've also seen variations of at least 18 of them in movie form.... Thanks for the link. Will have to pull a few more titles from it now that I realize I'm brave enough to handle at least some of them... :tongue_smilie::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Fairy Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 You said you don't do audiobooks, but the We're Alive! radio series is awesome for some old school style zombie scariness. The mp3's are available for free online, and I downloaded the 1st and 2nd seasons from my library. http://www.zombiepodcast.com/The_Zombie_Podcast/Main.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Missouri Okie Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson is a novel from the 50s that is good and scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Thanks for sharing this list! I've read 31 of those and found several others to try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Thanks for sharing this list! I've read 31 of those and found several others to try! Ohhhh, by any chance did you make a list of all the suggestions given? Perferrably with links. :):):):) the smiles are to make my hint about wanting to see such a list sound nice. I hope it worked. :):):):) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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