I don't like the detective kindof books that deal alot with goverment. i do like the kind of books where you spend the next 10 nights up because your scared to turn off the light.
2007-06-13 11:24:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The goosebumps stories. They didn't make it into this millineum, but they were really good.
2007-06-13 11:28:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen King's Christine scared my step-sister. I have never found his books frightening but I have enjoyed a few of them nonetheless.
Someone else already recommended Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in This Castle . . . this book was recommended to me as scary by some friends. I liked it a lot but it did not scare me. It may scare you, however.
I actually found Something Wicked This Way Comes scary. More frightening to me, however, was Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. Which one? Choose any of the collections. Not all of the stories are frightening, per se, but the imagery is disturbing and at least one story in each collection will give me nightmares.
The Exodus is a far more intelligent novel and although I can't say that it frightened me there were some scnees in it that stayed with me which I found very disturbing. Far more so than the movie did. But then, I read the book as a teenager and didn't see the movie until I was an adult.
Also . . . People of the Lie by M Scott-Peck . . . not a novel but a discussion of evil. Psychology does not believe in evil but Scott-Peck, a psychiatrist, writes a compelling argument for the reality of evil. It is frightening on a deeper level than anything King, Jackson, Lovecraft, et al could ever write because it is a reminder, even a warning, that there is not only evil out there but the potential for evil within each and every one of us.
That is more frightening than any novel could ever suggest, whether you agree with his theory or not.
2007-06-13 11:35:49 · answer #2 · answered by Satia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HP Lovecraft's stories are chilling and deal in "cosmic" horror. I'd recommend "The Color out of Space", "Haunter in the Dark", and "Dreams in the Witch House". They are all pretty good even though they're fairly old.
If you're looking for something more recent, I'd recommend trying on some of Clive Barker's short stories, like The Books of Blood. They've got quite a bit of violence throughout, but also have a degree of literary merit (hope that doesn't turn you off!).
For a quick classic read (and this one is more of a psychological haunt) try "The Yellow Wallpaper". It is a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. You can find this one online at the Gutenberg project.
Enjoy!
2007-06-13 16:22:53 · answer #3 · answered by vitovixa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
any Lovecraft story
The Four Seasons by Steven King(under fake name)
Earth Abides-George Martin
Food of the Gods by H.G.Wells
The Sandkings by George R.R. Martin(different guy)
On the Beach by Neil Shute
2007-06-13 11:56:40 · answer #4 · answered by Vandat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read Shirley Jackson, recommend "We have always lived in the Castle" and "The Haunting of Hill house" THOSE books still scare me.
Stephen King is good, Dean Koontz is good, Peter Straub is good--all modern horror authors.
2007-06-13 11:31:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anna Og 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Thinner by Stephen King
2007-06-13 13:25:22 · answer #6 · answered by nanabanana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See the link below. There's a list of 100 horror books. At least one of them should strike you.
2007-06-14 09:38:29 · answer #7 · answered by God_Lives_Underwater 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of Dean Koontz books are quite scary. My favorites are:
Mr. Murder
Strange Highways
Intensity
False Memory
Sole Survivor
Lighting
Strangers
Watchers
and I could go on and on. Let me know what you think!
2007-06-13 12:27:16 · answer #8 · answered by Miss smarty pants 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill...he is Stephen Kings son. It was excellent...I couldn't put it down.
2007-06-13 11:34:28 · answer #9 · answered by deb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James is very scary as is "Lost Hearts" by M.R. James. "Maynard's House" by Hermann Raucher is very scary also - but possibly out of print.
See also "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson - that's the best haunted house story I've ever read.
2007-06-14 01:17:38 · answer #10 · answered by colin f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋