Scary Stories for the Season
- Beschrijving
- Our October List of the Month is dedicated to Scary Stories for the Season. Although the theme was chosen in honor of Halloween, the books added do not need to be specifically set at or referencing that holiday. Please only downvote titles because they are off topic, rather than because you do not find them personally scary.
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- 20 Members
- hipdeep, kleo, mstrust, Copperskye, Heather39, alaudacorax, oceancat, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, rwjerome, al.vick, brandymt, tealadytoo, Boand, Jeepguyrobert, Julie_in_the_Library, darsaster, Charon07, parrabarazarte, Gail.Park
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door Shirley Jackson
9,728 leden
431 besprekingen
3.9
Score 63.04
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 03:08 PM
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door Stephen King
23,155 leden
453 besprekingen
4.1
Score 38.67
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 01:06 PM
- 11 Members
- rosalita, hipdeep, Bookmarque, PaperbackPirate, IrishSue, Marissa_Doyle, ahef1963, kyp, Jeepguyrobert, felicia727, parrabarazarte
- Verklaringen
- Bookmarque: Just because you've seen the movie, doesn't mean you know the story. One of the best horror novels on so may levels.
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door Edgar Allan Poe
4,185 leden
37 besprekingen
4.1
Score 32.67
Toegevoegd 2021-10-13, 02:36 PM
- 10 Members
- VioletBramble, Heather39, alaudacorax, IrishSue, rapotter, Michael.Rimmer, nrmay, Boand, LilCrouser6, parrabarazarte
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door Shirley Jackson
8,132 leden
423 besprekingen
4.1
Score 31
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 12:50 PM
- 9 Members
- Euryale, VioletBramble, oceancat, KatyBee, rwjerome, vwinsloe, ahef1963, darsaster, LilCrouser6
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door Stephen King
14,128 leden
230 besprekingen
3.8
Score 29.26
Toegevoegd 2021-10-23, 10:57 AM
- 9 Members
- Morphidae, PaperbackPirate, thebooklover2, kyp, booksbooks63, DoomLuz, felicia727, booked_ambivert, parrabarazarte
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door Mary Shelley
42,602 leden
709 besprekingen
3.8
Score 29.11
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 02:12 PM
- 9 Members
- kaixo, BonnieJune54, vwinsloe, al.vick, ahef1963, Jeepguyrobert, darsaster, Charon07, R.Earles,oceancat
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door Ray Bradbury
11,368 leden
296 besprekingen
3.9
Score 23.12
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 01:07 PM
- 7 Members
- hipdeep, kaixo, Heather39, IrishSue, Jeepguyrobert, darsaster, LilCrouser6
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door M. R. James
2,291 leden
44 besprekingen
4.1
Score 21.99
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 02:24 PM
- 7 Members
- starfishian, elenchus, alaudacorax, rapotter, -pilgrim-, Boand, LilCrouser6
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door Jay Anson
2,666 leden
85 besprekingen
½ 3.3
Score 19.7
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 04:15 PM
- 6 Members
- dara85, bookymouse, Copperskye, ahef1963, kyp, Brandy1411
- Verklaringen
- kyp: When reading the book, the description of the flies in the one room so spooked me that I put the book on my desk, splayed open and stacked many other books on top of it. I guess I thought by doing so I would keep the things from coming out of the book into my house and coming after me. It really gave me the creeps and made me go look in every room in my house to make sure the flies were not there (along with everything else.)
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door Stephen King
16,283 leden
295 besprekingen
3.9
Score 19.53
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 08:43 PM
- 6 Members
- PaperbackPirate, tina1969, Catamount33, thebooklover2, kyp, Annieree1013
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door Edgar Allan Poe
12,017 leden
75 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 17.77
Toegevoegd 2021-10-14, 09:29 AM
- 5 Members
- igorken, al.vick, CatherineYezak, DoomLuz, felicia727
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door Thomas Harris
12,516 leden
140 besprekingen
4.1
Score 17.44
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 12:22 PM
- 5 Members
- Aquila, dara85, perennialreader, Ronfe, felicia727
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door Roger Zelazny
1,541 leden
83 besprekingen
4.1
Score 17.02
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 08:20 PM
- 5 Members
- Storeetllr, elenchus, SirThomas, linlef, -pilgrim-
- Verklaringen
- Storeetllr: Every day in October is a chapter that tells the story of the struggle between those who would open the gate & let the Elder Gods return to Earth and those who want to keep that gate closed. Told from the viewpoint of Jack (the Ripper's) dog Snuff. Absolutely wonderful. And the cover art alone is reason to read it.
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door Sarah Waters
5,084 leden
343 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 16.39
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 02:04 PM
- 5 Members
- starfishian, souloftherose, susanbooks, ahef1963, booksbooks63
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door David Mitchell
3,266 leden
253 besprekingen
3.8
Score 15.12
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 09:05 PM
- 5 Members
- paradoxosalpha, elenchus, IrishSue, Marissa_Doyle, thebooklover2
- Verklaringen
- paradoxosalpha: A series of vivid episodes linked by the supernatural predators who reside in the eponymous and mysterious house.
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door Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4,724 leden
233 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 13.53
Toegevoegd 2021-10-13, 01:14 PM
- 5 Members
- tamster008, VioletBramble, lottpoet, WyldeCherryBlossom, shedgeco,thebooklover2
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door M. R. Carey
5,317 leden
401 besprekingen
4
Score 13.08
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 08:19 PM
- 4 Members
- timspalding, Storeetllr, Euryale, Annieree1013
- Verklaringen
- Storeetllr: Every time I relisten to or reread this novel, I love it more. And for someone who really doesn't care for zombie horror, that is saying something. Melanie is a wonderful character. I love the way she interacts with the soldiers and Miss Justineau (sp?). And with the despicable Dr. Caldwell. Yeah, it's gory, and some parts are horrifying, but the characters are an absolute delight, and the story is riveting. Now on to The Boy on the Bridge, which, while not as wonderful as this, is a satisfying prequel/sequel/contemporaneous story in itself.
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door Henry James
8,095 leden
248 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Score 12.06
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 02:25 PM
- 4 Members
- IrishSue, BonnieJune54, rwjerome, Boand
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door Richard Matheson
4,832 leden
190 besprekingen
4
Score 11.31
Toegevoegd 2021-10-14, 09:31 AM
- 4 Members
- timspalding, knerd.knitter, al.vick, felicia727
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door Ira Levin
4,618 leden
138 besprekingen
3.8
Score 10.83
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 12:13 PM
- 3 Members
- perennialreader, thebooklover2, Ronfe
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door Ann VanderMeer
823 leden
21 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 10.83
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 09:00 PM
- 3 Members
- paradoxosalpha, elenchus, igorken
- Verklaringen
- paradoxosalpha: "Compendium" is right: 110 stories written over more than a century, making years worth of reading, if savored at the rate that it deserves.
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door Anne Rice
22,903 leden
332 besprekingen
3.8
Score 10.73
Toegevoegd 2021-10-13, 02:09 AM
- 3 Members
- tina1969, Catamount33, brandymt
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door Ray Bradbury
2,649 leden
91 besprekingen
3.8
Score 10.4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 11:46 AM
- 3 Members
- VioletBramble, bookymouse, AbigailAdams26
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door Victor LaValle
1,553 leden
84 besprekingen
3.9
Score 10.04
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 08:20 PM
- 3 Members
- Storeetllr, DoomLuz, JonStevens
- Verklaringen
- Storeetllr: A black author's take on Lovecraft's most xenophobic stories, "The Horror at Red Hook."
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door Neil Gaiman
14,847 leden
962 besprekingen
4.1
Score 9.77
Toegevoegd 2021-10-13, 01:13 PM
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door Margaret Atwood
42,243 leden
1,138 besprekingen
4.1
Score 9.56
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 02:05 PM
- 3 Members
- susanbooks, WyldeCherryBlossom, Brandy1411
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door Alvin Schwartz
4,094 leden
86 besprekingen
3.9
Score 9.56
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 11:46 AM
- 3 Members
- perennialreader, rapotter, AbigailAdams26
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door Neil Gaiman
24,928 leden
578 besprekingen
4.1
Score 9.5
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 08:43 PM
- 3 Members
- Storeetllr, dandalf, Gail.Park
- Verklaringen
- Storeetllr: Mr. Croup & Mr. Vandemar: two of horror fiction's scariest, creepiest, most villainous villains.
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door Wilkie Collins
12,797 leden
336 besprekingen
4.1
Score 8.54
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 02:06 PM
- 3 Members
- perennialreader, susanbooks, Gail.Park
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door Stephen King
3,219 leden
73 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Score 8.39
Toegevoegd 2021-10-13, 10:55 AM
- 3 Members
- hipdeep, Catamount33, DoomLuz
33
- 3 Members
- yoyogod, Michael.Rimmer, shedgeco
34
1,404 leden
34 besprekingen
3.9
Score 8.33
Toegevoegd 2021-10-14, 05:23 AM
- 3 Members
- alaudacorax, souloftherose, susanbooks
35
- 2 Members
- knerd.knitter, BonnieJune54
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door Donna Tartt
20,314 leden
556 besprekingen
4.1
Score 7.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-27, 09:50 AM
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door H. P. Lovecraft
3,397 leden
61 besprekingen
4
Score 7.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-15, 04:08 PM
- 2 Members
- timspalding, Heather39
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door Stephen Graham Jones
397 leden
28 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 7.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-14, 06:50 AM
- 2 Members
- tamster008, sturlington
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door Diane Setterfield
17,190 leden
910 besprekingen
4
Score 7.04
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 03:40 PM
- 2 Members
- starfishian, booksbooks63
40
door Michael Connelly
5,254 leden
116 besprekingen
3.9
Score 7.04
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 09:28 PM
- 2 Members
- emmathrice, booksbooks63
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- 2 Members
- PaperbackPirate, dandalf
42
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door John Bellairs
2,484 leden
74 besprekingen
3.9
Score 6.83
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 02:52 PM
- 2 Members
- tardis, ManWithAnAgenda
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door Richard Matheson
2,353 leden
102 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 6.73
Toegevoegd 2021-10-17, 08:47 PM
- 2 Members
- Alex_Maybe, MelissaCherise
45
door Horace Walpole
3,683 leden
125 besprekingen
3.1
Score 6.4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-13, 04:15 PM
- 2 Members
- BonnieJune54, Michael.Rimmer
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door Stephen Graham Jones
2,205 leden
99 besprekingen
3.9
Score 6.19
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 02:51 PM
- 2 Members
- Euryale, ManWithAnAgenda
47
- 2 Members
- Catamount33, Boand
48
door Michelle McNamara
3,411 leden
165 besprekingen
4
Score 6.08
Toegevoegd 2021-10-13, 02:18 PM
- 3 Members
- dara85, mstrust, Brandy1411, ,-pilgrim-
- Verklaringen
- -pilgrim- : Real life is often horrible, but it is not horror fiction
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door Seanan McGuire
687 leden
48 besprekingen
4
Score 6.08
Toegevoegd 2021-10-14, 02:46 PM
- 2 Members
- tardis, Storeetllr
- Verklaringen
- Storeetllr: Rose Marshall aka The Phantom Prom Date and The Girl in the Green Silk Dress travels the roads and highways, looking for a ride to the next diner where she hopes somebody buys her a hamburger and malted.
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2,878 leden
133 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 6.04
Toegevoegd 2021-11-04, 03:10 PM
- 2 Members
- knerd.knitter, Julie_in_the_Library
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door William Peter Blatty
5,499 leden
151 besprekingen
3.9
Score 5.87
Toegevoegd 2021-10-13, 02:20 PM
- 2 Members
- mstrust, Catamount33
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door Jennifer McMahon
2,224 leden
186 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 5.87
Toegevoegd 2021-10-24, 12:11 PM
- 2 Members
- booksbooks63, Julie_in_the_Library
53
- 2 Members
- rosalita, ManWithAnAgenda
54
- 2 Members
- Copperskye, ManWithAnAgenda
55
door Mark Z. Danielewski
15,655 leden
377 besprekingen
4.1
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-15, 01:01 AM
- Member
- claytonhowl
56
- Member
- Copperskye
57
door Clive Barker
3,032 leden
64 besprekingen
4
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 07:10 PM
- Member
- amanda4242
58
- Member
- jayceebee
59
door Mira Grant
1,244 leden
99 besprekingen
3.9
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-24, 08:44 AM
- Member
- Brandy1411
60
door H. P. Lovecraft
1,214 leden
49 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-13, 04:11 PM
- Member
- Michael.Rimmer
62
door Thomas Ligotti
776 leden
12 besprekingen
4
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 08:58 PM
- Member
- paradoxosalpha
- Verklaringen
- paradoxosalpha: All the stories are creepy, but "The Shadow at the Bottom of the World" is particularly seasonal.
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door James Herbert
776 leden
16 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 05:33 PM
- Member
- tina1969
64
- Member
- Darth-Heather
- Verklaringen
- Darth-Heather: this is the first of a trilogy, and is wonderfully spooky as well as appropriate for the autumn season.
65
door Christopher Buehlman
668 leden
75 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-14, 06:34 PM
- Member
- rosalita
66
door Al Sarrantonio
616 leden
10 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-17, 06:01 AM
- Member
- SirThomas
67
door Norman Partridge
564 leden
34 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-19, 04:01 PM
- Member
- tamster008
68
door Marie Belloc Lowndes
511 leden
20 besprekingen
3.8
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-27, 06:55 PM
- Member
- MelissaCherise
69
- Member
- Heather39
70
door Christopher Buehlman
305 leden
19 besprekingen
4.1
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-27, 04:19 PM
- Member
- komunley
74
door David L. Golemon
101 leden
3 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-14, 10:26 PM
75
door James D. Jenkins
91 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 4.5
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 12:51 PM
- Member
- yoyogod
77
- Member
- Lindz2012
78
door Jeff VanderMeer
6,345 leden
367 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 3.71
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 04:47 PM
79
door Deborah Howe
7,004 leden
158 besprekingen
4
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-11-04, 03:09 PM
- Member
- knerd.knitter
80
- Member
- Copperskye
81
door Ray Bradbury
3,514 leden
54 besprekingen
4
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 01:09 PM
- Member
- Darth-Heather
- Verklaringen
- Darth-Heather: I re-read this every October. Bradbury is at his best with short spooky stories.
82
door Kendare Blake
2,392 leden
256 besprekingen
3.8
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-24, 08:44 AM
- Member
- Brandy1411
83
door Grady Hendrix
2,298 leden
188 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-13, 02:18 PM
- Member
- mstrust
84
door Iain Reid
2,051 leden
125 besprekingen
½ 3.3
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-14, 06:50 AM
- Member
- sturlington
85
door H. P. Lovecraft
1,649 leden
32 besprekingen
3.9
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-21, 01:05 PM
- Member
- timspalding
86
door Silvia Moreno-Garcia
846 leden
48 besprekingen
3.8
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-14, 10:49 AM
- Member
- Euryale
88
door Barbara Michaels
591 leden
18 besprekingen
3.9
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-14, 10:26 PM
89
door Kirby McCauley
570 leden
6 besprekingen
3.8
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 08:59 PM
- Member
- paradoxosalpha
- Verklaringen
- paradoxosalpha: A peerless collection of all-new (at the time of publication) horror stories.
90
door Bill Martin Jr.
534 leden
15 besprekingen
3.8
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-18, 11:19 PM
- Member
- dvdwlkn
92
door Algernon Blackwood
440 leden
9 besprekingen
4
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-14, 05:24 AM
- Member
- alaudacorax
93
door Robert Aickman
432 leden
11 besprekingen
4.1
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-14, 09:51 AM
- Member
- ghr4
94
door Daniel Kehlmann
350 leden
20 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-15, 12:08 PM
- Member
- -pilgrim-
95
door Douglas Clegg
271 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 3.3
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-27, 04:20 PM
- Member
- komunley
96
door Catriona Ward
258 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-21, 08:51 AM
- Member
- Bookmarque
- Verklaringen
- Bookmarque: Deeply atmospheric, creepy and slightly disjointed in presentation, this is a novel where everything connects. If you love rabbit holes that delve into darkness, madness, haunting and the unexplained; this is the book for you. It is not for the squeamish however. Without going into really squidgy detail, Ward adds to your feeling of unease with scenes featuring madhouse conditions circa 1917, vivisection from the 1880s, multiple miscarriages and pasts peppered with all manner of abuse. It culminates in one woman; Iris. A girl raised in isolation and fear.
97
door Premee Mohamed
195 leden
6 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-20, 01:12 PM
- Member
- tardis
98
door Kate Heartfield
75 leden
6 besprekingen
4.1
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-12, 08:20 PM
- Member
- amanda4242
99
- Member
- yoyogod
100
door Bill Thompson
6 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 4.5
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2021-10-13, 09:13 PM
- Member
- Lindz2012