I need a truly scary book. REALLY BAD
2007-02-23 07:39:40 · 13 answers · asked by ( Put Name Here ) 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
Hell House by Richard Matherson
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Beast Within by Edward Levy
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
2007-02-23 14:37:27 · answer #1 · answered by AmandaVP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never undestood how books could be scary . Apprntly the Shining is "terrifying" . I prefer scary films TBH . Maybe Try the Hannibal Lector books . Silence of the Lambs etc x
2007-02-23 07:46:07 · answer #2 · answered by lauren a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on what you think is "scary"
Read "Bag of Bones", by Stephen King. It's probably my favorite book of his. It is a true literary ghost novel. Here is the review from Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Bag of Bones is partly inspired by Daphne du Maurier's classic Rebecca, but there's more than homage in this novel of horror and romance. Like du Maurier's Manderley, King's scary old place (on the shore of Maine's remote Dark Score Lake) is haunted by the late lady of the manor. There are many gory ghosts afoot, though: men, women, and wailing kids. The hero, a thriller novelist, stirs up hell's plenty of angry shades while investigating his wife's death. It turns out she either had a dark secret herself or was onto some dread scandal lurking in Dark Score Lake. As in King's previous book, Wizard and Glass, the fabric of reality is thin, and nosy narrators are in peril of plunging right out of this world and into a rather hostile otherworld.
Bag of Bones is a writer-haunted book, too. The spirits of Herman Melville and Ray Bradbury are deeply felt, and so are the tale's two romances (the hero muses on his marriage and falls for a young single mom with a marvelous, psychic daughter). There is also good-humored satire of the real bestseller book world--the hero complains that "the publicity process is like going to a sushi bar where you're the sushi." In its deep concerns with love, sprawling families, the writer's life, endangered children, and good old-fashioned storytelling, the book resembles a John Irving novel. It is also absolutely classic Stephen King, packed with nifty turns of phrase, irreverent wit, and lurid ghouls who grab you from beneath the bed while you cower under the covers. --Tim Appelo
2007-02-23 07:51:14 · answer #3 · answered by ski4ever1977 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most books by Stephen King are good, try Pet Semetary (Yes, I know that is the wrong spelling, it's just what the book was called) or The Dark Tower Series.
2007-02-23 07:48:32 · answer #4 · answered by hitwoman001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
2007-02-23 07:47:05 · answer #5 · answered by Toots 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Shining by Stephen King
2007-02-23 12:03:58 · answer #6 · answered by ginger ♥ edward cullen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goosebumps books are the best. You can get them as ordinary books or audiobooks or even dvds now.
Also The Nightmare Room books by R L Stine.
2007-02-27 06:55:22 · answer #7 · answered by HorrorForKids 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Oath by Frank Peretti
2007-02-23 08:09:34 · answer #8 · answered by gurt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Books of Blood - by Clive Barker
The scariest stories I have ever read
2007-02-23 07:52:55 · answer #9 · answered by psyflops_gazelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found Bram Stoker's Dracula terrifying when I first read it. The Shining real is pretty horrifying due to it's subject matter, as well.
2007-02-23 07:48:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋