I'm looking for a good horror or thriller book. I want something I haven't read before. I've read most of Poe's work along with Stephen King's. I HATE Dean Koontz and Kellerman (so please don't suggest them). Also, Anne Rice doesn't hold my appeal anymore. I want something that will keep me on the edge of my seat and will creep me out. Also, something with an actual storyline/plot is preferred as opposed to gruesome just for the sake of horror. Thanks.
2006-10-04 02:35:53 · 9 answers · asked by tps 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I agree with H.P Lovecraft if you like Poe you'll like Lovecraft. Particularly good ones ;The Dunwich Horror, The Call of Cthulhu, and The Rats in The Walls.
For more modern stuff, have you tried James Herbert? I don't like Dean Koontz either, but James Herbert is not gory more spooky and creepy. And good plot twists. I'd recommend The Magic Cottage and Moon to start.
I also like Clive Barker, I would recommend his books too!
2006-10-04 03:10:39 · answer #1 · answered by sarkyastic31 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just finished a book called "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," by Fergus Hume. I haven't read a lot of thriller/mystery books so I don't know how well it compares to what you've read before, but I enjoyed reading it. I'm not even sure if it's in the genre you want.
Anyway. It's bit old-fashioned ( I hate it when writers digress on purpose.) but still pretty ok.
Right now, I'm reading "Black Juice," by Margo Lanagan. It's a collection of short stories. I've just finished the 3rd story, so I can't tell you much about it. It's pretty dark. Not sure if it's the kind of book you're looking for. Read up on it and see.
2006-10-04 02:54:40 · answer #2 · answered by walrus carpenter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
H.P. Lovecraft for sure... lots of books to choose from there.
Bram Stoker's Dracula is great.
And a newer author I discovered through a friend (if you like vampires and werewolves) is
Blood Donor by Michelle Clay. ( I'm about to start the second, Blood Lust. SO far so good. )
2006-10-05 05:43:49 · answer #3 · answered by Mish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clive Barker's "Books of Blood;" a collection of short stories that make Stephen King seem like Mother Goose by comparison.
2006-10-04 03:03:55 · answer #4 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Falling more under the Thriller category...J. A. Konrath's books feature some super creepy serial killer types. "Whiskey Sour" is the first. Check out http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/booklists/ for suggestions. They have a horror/supernatural category.
2006-10-04 03:09:56 · answer #5 · answered by statistically improbable 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was home alone one night reading Bram Stoker's "Dracula". Then my mom came home. I was so engrossed with the book that I didn't hear her come in and when she came into the livingroom, I screamed. So when the movie came out, my sister had to see how scary it was. But the book is still more scary to me.
2006-10-04 04:55:56 · answer #6 · answered by germaine_87313 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure if its a horror, but the Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver, and Patricia Cornwell's Kay scarpetta series,
2006-10-04 12:06:59 · answer #7 · answered by softballmoosey79 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
H.P. Lovecraft is really creepy!
2006-10-04 02:38:19 · answer #8 · answered by chefzilla65 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wait for me to write some, then maybe i can tell you!!!
2006-10-04 02:43:28 · answer #9 · answered by Nkaz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋