I want it to scare the socks outta me .....lol
2007-10-09 13:05:17 · 37 answers · asked by Linda r 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I highly recommend "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski. It has a cult following, and my friends talk about how they're now afraid to go to sleep at night!
His sister (singer POE) made a fantastic concept album based on the book called "Haunted."
2007-10-09 13:20:39 · answer #1 · answered by Jane Doe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I've heard, IT is about as scary as it gets. Yes, the book.
Someone told me Salem's Lot was terrifying, but I read it, and it didn't bother me in the least.
But I'd try Stephen King, really. I saw the movie 1408... X_X Homigawd... I'm totally out to read the book. He's got a new one out too. Cell. Look it up.
Happy reading <3
2007-10-09 13:09:41 · answer #2 · answered by wetjack 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Amityville Horror and Pet Semetary did it for me. Most of Stephen King's works are good for making sleep with the overhead light on for a night or two but those two scared me to death. I still (30 years later) get the shivers if I see red lights in a window.
2007-10-09 13:08:11 · answer #3 · answered by Stacie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
2007-10-09 13:07:52 · answer #4 · answered by KrAzY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, I don't know if you'll consider it really scary, but it did scare me when I read it a few years ago:
"The Vanished" by: Celia Rees
You might also try:
"Jade Green: A Ghost Story" by: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Again not really sure if you'd consider it scary, but it was a little freaky when I read it......then again I was ten or eleven at the time.........
2007-10-13 09:56:28 · answer #5 · answered by Shadow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The scariest book I ever read was Ghost Story by Peter Straub
2007-10-09 13:48:51 · answer #6 · answered by Deb W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Road by Conner McCormack
2007-10-09 13:08:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Dean Koontz or Stephen King! I liked Rose Madder, by Stephen King a lot.
2007-10-09 13:07:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This book isn't like.. SCARY scary. It's called 'The Bell Jar' by Sylvia Plath. It's supposed to be really depressing. It talks about how this girl named Esther is going insane and how she wants to committ suicide or something.
2007-10-09 13:08:49 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Shining by Stephen King scared the crap out of me!
2007-10-09 13:07:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋