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Post by Viced on Oct 8, 2017 1:16:15 GMT
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Oct 8, 2017 3:51:56 GMT
Maybe not "horror" in the traditional sense, but The Painted Bird is probably one of the most disturbing books I've ever read.
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 8, 2017 16:14:59 GMT
Maybe isn't considered "horror" but it's definitely haunting and written by Shirley Jackson who's known for her horror work..... the brilliant We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 8, 2017 19:12:15 GMT
Cake mentioned Jerzy Kosinski's The Painted Bird and for me it's the second novel, Steps that fits the bill - scary without explicitly being horror, it's more like a horror of the mind or a kind of sociopath behavior/thinking.
Class Trip by Emmanuel Carrere is a short story that's always gotten under my skin as well (turned into a pretty good film also)
Not a novel but Carrere's true crime book The Adversary is one of the scariest books I've ever read (also a pretty good film with Daniel Auteuil)
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 8, 2017 19:59:46 GMT
pacinoyes I love The Painted Bird, Class Trip, both I believe you've recommended to me in the past. And of course King Dork! All young protagonists.... any other worthy reads you know of with younger protags, pac?
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 8, 2017 21:30:34 GMT
Well, not many but The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is probably my fave and on the shortlist of things pacinoyes holds sacred lol (he's 17 in the story btw). That one always meant a lot to me......and still does (one of the first punk rock movies I'd say  ) The Chocolate War would be a good one to read in tandem with Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner I suppose too....... |
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Oct 9, 2017 12:15:50 GMT
Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Oct 25, 2017 13:27:30 GMT
My favorite is The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, which I think counts as gothic horror or Victorian horror. That's my favorite type of horror to read, the gothic horror from the 1800s.
Frankenstein is, of course, one of the great horror novels. I also like books like Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2017 9:09:03 GMT
My favorite is The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, which I think counts as gothic horror or Victorian horror. That's my favorite type of horror to read, the gothic horror from the 1800s. Frankenstein is, of course, one of the great horror novels. I also like books like Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. I have Frankenstein on my desk, and I hope to read it soon! |
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Oct 27, 2017 14:45:24 GMT
My favorite is The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, which I think counts as gothic horror or Victorian horror. That's my favorite type of horror to read, the gothic horror from the 1800s. Frankenstein is, of course, one of the great horror novels. I also like books like Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. I have Frankenstein on my desk, and I hope to read it soon! Lucky you. It's so much fun to read. |
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Post by ingmarhepburn on Oct 27, 2017 19:28:26 GMT
The Shining, by Stephen King.
Not a novel, but Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue is also terrific (probably my favorite short-story within this genre).
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Nov 27, 2017 0:59:13 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2018 21:22:36 GMT
Although I tend to find King overrated (there's usually at least a few pretty stupid moments in all the 15 books I've read from him), I'd be hard pressed to think of a horror novel I enjoyed more than IT. The greatness of that one outshines the flaws.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2018 18:20:28 GMT
01. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
02. Road to Nowhere by Christopher Pike
03. Whisper of Death by Christopher Pike
04. Pet Sematary by Stephen King
05. Being Dead by Vivian Vande Velde
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Sept 29, 2018 0:46:58 GMT
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