I’ve been reading something spooky/creepy/horrific around this time for a few years now. Does anyone else do this? Any recommendations?

My reads:

  • 2023: Perfectly Preventable Deaths by Deirdre Sullivan
  • 2022: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
  • 2021: Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
  • 2020: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
  • 2019: Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
  • 2018: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders & Something Wicked this Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
  • 2017: Carrie by Stephen King
  • 2016: Jekyll and Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • 2015: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
  • 2014: The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 2012: The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 2009: Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • 2008: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • Mickey@lemmy.caEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I do Halloween reads all year! I also just really like horror in general so I tend to pick them up a lot. There are a lot of different subgenres of horror as well so it’s hard to recommend stuff without knowing your specific preferences, but here are some that I’ve read recently and liked.

    If you want creepy occult you can try:

    • Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
    • Mister Magic by Kiersten White

    If you want creepy atmospheric:

    • The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
    • The Hollow Places by T Kingfisher

    If you want messed up horror:

    • Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman

    If you want classic horror:

    • We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
    • The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
    • Deebster@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman

      Messed up sounds good, I’ll add that to the list, cheers.