Can you suggest something i might like? My taste is in things like the Hannibal trilogy, James Herbert books, Stephen King. Anne rice. The darker and twisted the better. Thanks.
2007-09-16 08:36:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Shining, Lunch at the Gotham Café, IT, Salems Lot, or 1408 by Stephen King
the Demonata series by Darren Shan
The Saga of Darren Shan (by darren shan, duh lol)
(from website http://www.horror.org/readlist.htm )
* Best Ghost stories of Algernon Blackwood
* The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
* Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
* Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
* The Hungry Moon by Ramsey Campbell
* The Between by Tananarive Due
* Darklands by Dennis Etchison
* Raven by Charles L Grant
* Dead in the Water by Nancy Holder
* The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
* The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
* Turn of the Screw by Henry James
* The Ghost Stories of M.R. James
* Dr. Adder by K.W. Jeter
* The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
* Pet Semetary by Stephen King
* The Shining by Stephen King
* The Stand by Stephen King
* Skin by Kathe Koja
* Dark Dance by Tanith Lee
* Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber
* Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
* Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti
* Lovers Living, Lovers Dead by Richard Lortz
* The Dunwich Horror and Others by H.P. Lovecraft
* At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
* The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen
* Tales of Horror and the Supernatural by Arthur Machen
* Sineater by Elizabeth Massie
* I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
* Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
* Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
* Book of the Dead edited by John Skipp and Craig Spector
* Ghoul by Michael Slade
* Vampire Junction by S.P. Somtow
* The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
* Dracula by Bram Stoker
* Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon
* Phantom by Thomas Tessier
* Sacrifice by Andrew Vachss
for a link to a page called "HARDCORE HORROR BOOKS I LOVE" go here:
http://www.amazon.com/Hardcore-horror-books-I-love/lm/2WKO8XHHW5DJV
also check out this site: http://www.bestwebbuys.com/Fiction-Horror-books.html
for book covers of great books
i agree with the answerer above me. you have to be careful about what horror books you buy because theres tons of crappy books out there and its easy to pick up one with a cool cover and a great summary on the back, but its written REALLY badly. i suggest before you buy it, you read the first bage and see if it holds your interest. then flip to two differnt pages in the middle of the book and read through them quickly. Does the author use "She said, he said" all the time? This is what the author of "Darkhouse" did. it sounded like an amazing book from the summary... but it didnt hold my interest with the poor use of "said". well auctually, it just ticked me off because it showed no emotion.
hope i helped!!!
-ellz
2007-09-16 08:44:26 · answer #1 · answered by bulletprooflonliness 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Necroscope Series Vol 1 Through 7 by Brian Lumley
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
The Night Boat by Robert McCammon
Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz
Anything At All by H.P. Lovecraft
2007-09-16 09:22:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Shining by Stephen King
2007-09-16 08:41:04 · answer #3 · answered by Em. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Graham Masterton or John Lutz, they both write some crazy twisted stuff. I really like The Night Spider by John Lutz. Oh and there is this trilogy by Theresa Monsour and they are pretty twisted. Its the Paris Murphy Trilogy and the first one is called Clean Cut, followed by Cold Blood and Dark House.
2007-09-16 08:45:41 · answer #4 · answered by princess61470 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Amityville Horror.
Pig Island.
2007-09-16 08:52:53 · answer #5 · answered by artistagent116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clive Barker... Of course, whenever you are in the horror section, it's often very easy to pick up absolute crap. (I'm a horror fan myself) I find it helpful to look at reviews and see if my favourite authors have given a book good reviews.
P.S. - If you like Stephen King, you may know this already, but Peter Straub is a nom de plume of his.
P. L. E. - K.C.
2007-09-16 08:43:15 · answer #6 · answered by TheADvoKate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just read a review of Joyce Carol Oates' new book, "The Museum of Dr. Moses." It's a collection of short stories that sound pretty scary. I haven't read it yet, but it sounds good.
2007-09-16 09:16:53 · answer #7 · answered by Roald Ellsworth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look for books by Jack Ketchum.
Dark and Violent
2007-09-16 15:10:29 · answer #8 · answered by Timoc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
obviously, anything stephen king. i just finished The Ruins by Scott Smith and i loved it. peter straub is also great.
2007-09-16 08:45:44 · answer #9 · answered by amanda c 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE ROAD .. its a disturbing book...I read it like 4 months ago and I still think about it all the time..... i forget the author's fist name, but his last name is McCarthy.. If you google it you'd find it...
2007-09-16 08:53:10 · answer #10 · answered by *~KingA~* 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋