i have read most of james pattersons i.e along came a spider, but want to read a really good spooky book, any suggestions.
2006-11-28 00:59:14 · 19 answers · asked by sharon f 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I usually avoid these 'can you recommend ..' type questions, because ultimatley people ignore your suggestions.
Anyway. If you can get hold of anything by Stephen Gregory (amazon or ebay your best bet) then do so. He's only written three novels, but all are fantastic!
The Cormorant
The Woodwitch
Blood of Angels
Any of these will have you hooked from page one. The man's prose is, in a word, incredible!
2006-11-28 01:04:03 · answer #1 · answered by Billy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I love the old-time authors like Edgar Allen Poe and M.R James for really knowing how to create an eerie setting. I'm not sure whether you're into the supernatural and ghosts and the like but I think these ones are spooky. Dracula's also a great read!! I've read alot of Stephen King's books and they're just so 'the same' and really not scary anymore but 'IT' is quite good cos it's from back in the day when he actually had half an imagination. Also, 'Rose Madder' is excellent - it's outside his normal style of writing and it's kind of a romance as well. Really different. The Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles are supposed to be decent.
2006-11-28 09:44:35 · answer #2 · answered by confused 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The scariest book I've ever read was "Plague 99" by Jean Ure. I was 15 at the time and in the key demographic, but all the same it's pretty scary. You go to bed wondering whether the world will still be there when you wake up, which is a really creepy thought.
I'm currently about 200 pages into "The Stand" and things are starting to get weird.
2006-11-28 09:45:58 · answer #3 · answered by Athene1710 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to read a lot of Stephen King. MY favorite by him is IT. I like Hideaway and Phantoms by Dean Koontz. John Saul is good too, a book called Watchers comes to mind, but I can't remember if It's Koontz or Saul
anyway those are my three horror faves
2006-11-28 01:30:16 · answer #4 · answered by Kat H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, Daisy Miller by Henry James. That's the scariest book on earth.
2006-11-28 05:51:42 · answer #5 · answered by edtimbob 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK its not very original but I'd recommend Stephen King, who is genuinely scary. I find the scariest ones are the most far fetched ones, strangely - I didn't find the Shining that scary (the movie was worse!) but found the scariest to be Pet Semetry (despite world's daftest plot) and It....
2006-11-28 10:19:38 · answer #6 · answered by Jennifer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try the "The Mothman Prophecies" an account of a reporter investigating strange happenings whilst visiting a backwater town in America.
Also made into a film starring"Richard Gere".
One to make you think???
2006-11-28 04:21:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want real horror read The Bumper Book of Government Waste here - http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/
For a more traditional spine chiller, The Haunting of Toby Jugg by Denis Wheatley is rather good.
2006-11-28 01:04:00 · answer #8 · answered by neetsoprano 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan
2006-11-28 01:35:49 · answer #9 · answered by healthyseven 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The authors Clive Barker and Shaun Hutson, are pretty good. I like Stephen King, but he's pretty lame next to these authors
2006-11-29 06:05:21 · answer #10 · answered by titchandco 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋