Scary October reads

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Het spookhuis op de heuvel

door Shirley Jackson

9,702 leden

430 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: PitcherBooks, andomck

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Horrorstör

door Grady Hendrix

2,291 leden

188 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: PitcherBooks, andomck

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Books of Blood 1-3

door Clive Barker

2,455 leden

32 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: SomeGuyInVirginia, andomck
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: Vols 1-3 make up the most astonishing collection of weird short fiction I have ever read.

4

The House Next Door

door Anne Rivers Siddons

1,158 leden

45 besprekingen

3.8

2 Members: SomeGuyInVirginia, andomck
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: The perfect haunted house story.

5

Full Tilt

door Neal Shusterman

851 leden

25 besprekingen

4

Member: PitcherBooks

6

Wraak Van De Overlevende (The Survivor)

door James Herbert

477 leden

4 besprekingen

½ 3.3

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: The best in 70s British horror. The premise is so good- one person walks away from a catastrophic airline crash -that it's been stolen several times.

7

Harvest Home

door Thomas Tryon

1,133 leden

37 besprekingen

½ 3.7

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: The other The Other.

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Jimbo

door Algernon Blackwood

46 leden

1 bespreking

½ 3.3

Member: PitcherBooks

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The High House

door James Stoddard

331 leden

2 besprekingen

½ 3.7

Member: PitcherBooks

10

Trick or Treat

door Lesley Glaister

56 leden

2 besprekingen

3.8

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: The anti-Christie.

11

Prelude to a Certain Midnight

door Gerald Kersh

74 leden

2 besprekingen

½ 3.3

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: Horrific.

12

Weird Tales from Northern Seas: Norwegian Legends

door Jonas Lie

60 leden

½ 4.3

Member: PitcherBooks

13

Hauntings

door Vernon Lee

71 leden

1 bespreking

4.1

Member: PitcherBooks

14

Outcry

door Harold Schechter

30 leden

1 bespreking

3.2

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: Really gross.

15

The Moonlit Mind

door Dean Koontz

207 leden

14 besprekingen

3.8

Member: PitcherBooks

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Trauma

door Graham Masterton

109 leden

3 besprekingen

½ 3.5

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: A lady who mops up violent crimes scenes is haunted by an ancient native spirit.

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Cul-De-Sac

door David Martin

80 leden

3.8

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: The Robert Graves of splatterpunk. Unlike most who are, his agreeable, cinematic style really does bear comparison to Stephen King.

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The Keeper

door Sarah Langan

546 leden

27 besprekingen

3.1

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia

19

De Bovenste Kooi

door F. Marion Crawford

53 leden

3.1

Member: PitcherBooks

20

The M.D.

door Thomas M. Disch

331 leden

8 besprekingen

½ 3.6

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: Good lord, just try not to have a good time reading this chiller.

21

Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum

door Alfred Hitchcock

151 leden

4

Member: PitcherBooks

22

De dief van altijd

door Clive Barker

3,030 leden

64 besprekingen

4

Member: PitcherBooks

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Vampire$

door John Steakley

687 leden

14 besprekingen

½ 3.5

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: The Natural Born Killers of Vatican vampire assassin books.

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Duivelswerk

door Mo Hayder

928 leden

32 besprekingen

3.1

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: Ew! Ew ew ew ew ew!

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Alfred Hitchcock's Haunted Houseful

door Alfred Hitchcock

312 leden

3 besprekingen

3.9

Member: PitcherBooks

26

My Swordhand is Singing

door Marcus Sedgwick

509 leden

30 besprekingen

½ 3.5

Member: PitcherBooks

27

Let's Kill Uncle

door Rohan O'Grady

213 leden

33 besprekingen

3.9

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: Like an Ealing black comedy in your head.

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Land of Dreams

door James P. Blaylock

235 leden

2 besprekingen

3.8

Member: PitcherBooks

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Chasing the Dead: A Novel

door Joe Schreiber

203 leden

18 besprekingen

3.2

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: Gross. Weird. Under appreciated.

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A Good and Happy Child

door Justin Evans

649 leden

28 besprekingen

½ 3.6

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: The NPR Exorcist.

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Alfred Hitchcock's Witch's Brew: Eleven Eerie Stories About Magic, Witchcraft, and the Supernatural

door Alfred Hitchcock

170 leden

3 besprekingen

½ 3.7

Member: PitcherBooks

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Sweeney Todd or The String of Pearls

door Thomas Peckett Prest

703 leden

14 besprekingen

½ 3.7

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: Chilling and oddly moving.

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The Kiss of Death

door Marcus Sedgwick

110 leden

3 besprekingen

½ 3.7

Member: PitcherBooks

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Full Dark House

door Christopher Fowler

1,606 leden

81 besprekingen

½ 3.6

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: A homicidal maniac haunts an old theater in London. What are you waiting for?

35

Ghost Road Blues

door Jonathan Maberry

610 leden

31 besprekingen

½ 3.6

Member: PitcherBooks

36

Pop. 1280

door Jim Thompson

1,298 leden

37 besprekingen

4

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: Practically perfect in every way. Get out your wallet.

37

The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft

door H. P. Lovecraft

785 leden

8 besprekingen

4.2

Member: PitcherBooks

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De vloek van Alaizabel Cray

door Chris Wooding

749 leden

18 besprekingen

3.9

Member: PitcherBooks

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Beast in View

door Margaret Millar

402 leden

21 besprekingen

½ 3.5

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: For people who wouldn't be caught dead reading something trashy like Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?.

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Spookverhalen

door M. R. James

815 leden

28 besprekingen

4

Member: PitcherBooks

41

Fully dressed and in his right mind

door Michael Fessier

15 leden

1 bespreking

½ 4.3

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: Why, he's no crazier than I am.

42

Black Magic

door Marjorie Bowen

80 leden

2 besprekingen

½ 3.6

Member: PitcherBooks

43

The Travelling Grave and Other Stories

door L. P. Hartley

69 leden

2 besprekingen

4.2

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: Contains two of the most disturbing short stories in the language; The Visitor From Down Under, and The Travelling Grave.

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Tales of Men and Ghosts

door Edith Wharton

84 leden

2 besprekingen

½ 3.4

Member: PitcherBooks

45

The Winter People

door Jennifer McMahon

2,221 leden

186 besprekingen

½ 3.7

Member: PitcherBooks

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De boodschap van het karrepaard

door John Franklin Bardin

228 leden

5 besprekingen

½ 3.7

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: A perfect Gothic shocker.

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The Ghost Pirates

door William Hope Hodgson

268 leden

8 besprekingen

½ 3.5

Member: PitcherBooks

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Furnace

door Muriel Gray

145 leden

2 besprekingen

½ 3.5

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: A society matron pushes a baby and carriage in front of his speeding truck, and that's not even the worst thing that happens to him that day.

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Tien kleine negertjes

door Agatha Christie

21,202 leden

534 besprekingen

4.2

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: Probably the most perfect thriller of all time.

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The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories

door Marjorie Bowen

152 leden

5 besprekingen

3.8

Member: PitcherBooks

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The Light at the End

door John Skipp

304 leden

12 besprekingen

3.8

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: Grubby, 80s-era NYC vampires.

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From Out of the Silence; Seven Strange Stories

door Bessie Kyffin-Taylor

3 leden

Member: PitcherBooks

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De gruwelkamer

door Douglas Preston

4,043 leden

113 besprekingen

4

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia
Verklaringen: SomeGuyInVirginia: I gave up on the Preston/Child series after Cemetery Dance, but this book is about perfect.

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