Deene Koontz is too mellow for me, Stephen King....not to crazy about. I do not like Vampire/wearwolves books....they are too fake. I want a book so scary that I can't sleep at night. Ghosts don't do anything for me. I don't want porn. I want a book that will scare the death out of me and one I can't put down. One that could possibly happen in real life? I'm an adult, so I'm not interested in goose bumps.
Ideas???
2007-10-09 03:40:50 · 9 answers · asked by Shann 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Steven Kings IT and The Shining I've seen so many times on movie that I have no interest in reading them.
2007-10-09 04:42:30 · update #1
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum This one was inspired by an actual case.. and is so detailed and so..horrific I couldn't put it down. It's probably the WORST treatment of a human I can imagine.. they made a movie of it, but it hasn't been widely released yet.. (I read the book years ago... I just stumbled across the movie site a few months ago)
http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Next-Door-Jack-Ketchum/dp/1892950618
According to one review on here this book is very hard to find.. (I lucked out I guess.. I found the hardcover, signed in a used/damaged book bin at at store for $2.00.. It's missing the dust cover), but.. it's worth keeping an eye out for.. I have copies of 3 other books by Ketchum, but have yet to read them.
2007-10-09 03:43:58 · answer #1 · answered by kaijawitch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you read the Shining by Stephen King, that one was very good. The book was better than the movie.
2007-10-09 03:43:48 · answer #2 · answered by Steve C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well you have to figure out what kind of horror you would like personally i love psychological stuff that makes you think rather then just ghost stories and stuff frankenstein by mary shelley is great, try the monk by mathew lewis, i think books that make you question humanity are great, and don't discredit all vampire stuff the historian by elizabeth kostova is great there isnt garlic and blood sucking its a good plot.
hope this helps :)
2007-10-09 03:49:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the nice and cozy Zone via Richard Preston Dracula via Bram Stoker Frankenstein via Mary Shelley The unusual Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde via Robert Louis Stevenson The tell tale heart and others via Edgar Allen Poe Shadowmancer via GP Taylor In chilly Blood via Truman Capote something via Dean Koontz misery, Carrie, Cujo, puppy Semetary, The Shining, and The Stand via Stephen King
2016-10-08 21:37:48 · answer #4 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well im an adult too,and ive read some horrors in my time but i just started reading "survivor" by james herbert im halfway through the book and im so scared ive stopped reading the thing,its pure evil and horrific.im shitting myself thing about it
2007-10-09 04:06:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Catch me a Killer" by Micki Pistorius - What makes this book scary is that it really happened, in some of the cases, right in my back yard! Do yourself a favor and read it. I can guarantee it!
http://www.amazon.com/Catch-Me-Killer-Murders-Profilers/dp/0140297227
2007-10-09 03:57:08 · answer #6 · answered by Aurora 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about.... 'IT' by Stephen King.
2007-10-09 03:47:39 · answer #7 · answered by The Zunester 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try coraline by neil gaiman...very very scary, very very good
2007-10-09 03:57:36 · answer #8 · answered by anne f 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
barbie
2007-10-09 03:46:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 9⤋