Books: To Read: By Genre: Scary
Submitted by dgeiser13 on Thu, 10/19/2006 - 11:46
- 'Salem's Lot (1975) by Stephen King
- The Alienist (1994) by Caleb Carr
- All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By (1977) by John Farris
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
- The Anubis Gates (1983) by Tim Powers
- The Arabian Nightmare (1983) by Robert Irwin
- Bag of Bones by Stephen King
- Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon
- Burnt Offerings (1973) by Robert Marasco
- Carrion Comfort (1989) by Dan Simmons
- The Cellar (1980) by Richard Laymon
- The Ceremonies (1984) by T.E.D. Klein
- Children of the Night (1992) by Dan Simmons
- Creepers by David Morrell
- The Damnation Game (1985) by Clive Barker
- The Dark Country (1982) by Dennis Etchison
- Dark Feasts (1987) by Ramsey Campbell
- Dead in the Water (1994) by Nancy Holder
- Deathbird Stories (1975) by Harlan Ellison
- Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob
- The Drive-In (1988) by Joe R. Lansdale
- The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
- Falling Angel (1978) by William Hjortsberg
- Fires of Eden (1994) by Dan Simmons
- Floating Dragon (1983)
- Ghost Story (1979) by Peter Straub
- The Green Mile by Stephen King
- Grendel by John Gardner
- The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Shirley Jackson
- Hawksmoor (1985) by Peter Ackroyd
- Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
- The Hellfire Club (1996) by Peter Straub
- House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
- I Am Legend (1954) by Richard Matheson
- In A Lonely Place (1983) by Karl Edward Wagner
- In The Night Room by Peter Straub
- Insomnia by Stephen King
- The Keep (1981) by F. Paul Wilson
- Koko (1988) by Peter Straub
- The Land of Laughs (1980) by Jonathan Carroll
- Lisey's Story by Stephen King
- Lost Boy Lost Girl by Peter Straub
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- The M.D. by Thomas M. Disch
- Mine by Robert R. McCammon
- Misery (1987) by Stephen King
- Mr. X by Peter Straub
- Murgunstrumm and Others (1977) by Hugh B. Cave
- Mystery (1989) by Peter Straub
- Mythago Wood (1984) by Robert Holdstock
- A Nest of Nightmares (1986) by Lisa Tuttle
- The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli
- Nine Horrors and a Dream by Joseph Payne Brennan
- The October Country by Ray Bradbury
- The Pet (1986) by Charles N. Grant
- Psycho by Robert Bloch
- Quatermass and the Pit (1959) by Nigel Kneale
- Red Dragon (1981) by Thomas Harris
- The Ruins (2006) by Scott Smith
- Savage Season by Joe R. Lansdale
- Shadowland (1980) by Peter Straub
- The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
- The Shining (1977) by Stephen King
- The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
- Song of Kali (1985) by Dan Simmons
- The Stand by Stephen King
- Summer of Night (1991) by Dan Simmons
- Swan Song (1987) by Robert McCammon
- Sweetheart, Sweetheart (1977) by Bernard Taylor
- The Terror by Dan Simmons
- The Throat (1993) by Peter Straub
- The Totem (1979) by David Morrell
- The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon
- The Wasp Factory (1984) by Iain M. Banks
- Who Made Stevie Crye? (1984) by Michael Bishop
- A Winter Haunting (2002) by Dan Simmons
- The Wolfen (1978) by Whitley Streiber
- World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
- Worse Things Waiting (1973) by Manly Wade Wellman
The Shining was awesome.
I would add Misery to that list if you haven't read it yet.
Hi, BB, I've actually read most of Stephen King's stuff. I have no idea why I left this list so short but I've tried to flesh it out a little. Thanks!
I forgot to metion World War Z. I have read it twice. Not your typical scary novel, but because of the journalistic way that it is presented, it really makes you think. It hurt my brain, but I managed to do it anyway.
"Who Made Stevie Crye?" is awesome. Is it scary? Maybe a little, but it's mostly very "meta", and a lot of fun.
"I Am Legend", now that's frickin' scary.
"The Cellar" is the most lowdown, despicable, amoral piece of junk I've ever read, and I loved every page of it.