2006-09-02 07:25:59 · 22 answers · asked by woohoo 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
My favorite thriller/horror books:
The Boy Who Could'nt Die by William Sleator
When his best friend dies in a plane crash, sixteen-year-old Ken has a ritual performed that will make him invulnerable, but soon learns that he had good reason to be suspicious of the woman he paid to lock his soul away.
Lord Loss by Darren ShanOlder fans of Shan's gory, gripping Cirque du Freak series will welcome this first book in the Demonata series, which features a similar horrific spin, dark humor, and graphic detail. Grubitsch Grady ("Grubbs" for short) walks into his parents' bedroom to find his mother, father, and older sister torn to pieces by Lord Loss, a powerful demon that feeds on human pain and suffering. Grubbs is attacked by Lord Loss' familiars, marvelously creepy hybrid creatures, and to his great astonishment, he manages to escape. Not surprisingly, he ends up in a mental institution, completely derailed by the horror he has seen and experienced. Eventually, he is taken in by his uncle Dervish, discovers a cousin he never knew, and, alas, learns that lycanthropy runs in the family. The plot rolls along at high speed, but Shan is still quite adept when it comes to capturing Grubbs' roller-coaster emotions--loss and grief and, later, trust. (Or anything by Darren Shan!)
Shattering Glass by Gail Giles Fat, clumsy Simon Glass is a textbook geek, and all three of Rob's posse hates him, each for his own reasons. But Rob is driven by the need to prove his power, and so he decrees that they will take on the seemingly impossible task of making Simon popular. They take him shopping for a better look, get his hair styled, teach him how to behave. Rob extracts painful sacrifices and uneasy moral compromises to achieve the goal, but each of his followers has a hidden empty place and a related secret that holds them in bondage to his manipulations. Soon Simon is on his reluctant way to becoming Class Favorite, but then he begins to show a dark, cruel side, and an ability to do what the others can't--defy Rob. The complex interlocking motivations of these five move the story inexorably to a startling bloody catharsis
2006-09-02 08:16:53 · answer #1 · answered by gr8_smyll 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Amityville Horror.
The Amityville Horror is a best-selling book by the author Jay Anson which was published in September 1977. The book has also formed the basis of a series of films made between 1979 and 2005.
2006-09-02 14:28:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most anything by Harlan Coben. He is the only thriller/suspense writer to ever win the "Big 3": the Edgar, the Shamus, and the Anthony Awards! Perhaps start with "Tell No One" or "The Innocent."
2006-09-02 14:33:02 · answer #3 · answered by sugarmagnolia0417 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen King
Anne Rice
Dean Koontz
2006-09-06 11:54:35 · answer #4 · answered by bootandpooh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Murders of the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe
2006-09-06 00:10:12 · answer #5 · answered by ebemdpa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truman Capote's In Cold Blood
2006-09-02 14:43:47 · answer #6 · answered by ma8pi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edgar Allan Poe
2006-09-02 14:27:21 · answer #7 · answered by zap 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Book of the Dead by Lincoln Childs and Douglas Preston. If you like this one which is the last in the series. You might want to go back and read the first which is Relic.
2006-09-02 16:00:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well goosebumps is good i read that all the time and there is ''Saw'' i think any way you must go to yahoo search and seach horror books and thriller books .
2006-09-02 14:28:56 · answer #9 · answered by Trololol 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not a book, it's a poet.... (edger allen poe)
A good thriller horror book.... hmm
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=good+thriller+horror+book&ei=UTF-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&fr=moz2
2006-09-02 14:28:19 · answer #10 · answered by Mike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋