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Monday, October 24, 2011

"Creepy" books to read at Halloween

Top Ten Tuesday: Hosted at The Broke and Bookish


I don't read many books in the horror genre because I am easily scared by them. But occasionally I end up reading a book that probably wouldn't scare the average reader but it seems to give me the chills.  Here's that list:

1. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
3. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
4. The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
5. Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
6. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
7. The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
8. Entwined by Heather Dixon
9. Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
10. The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe
11. The Legend of Sleep Hollow by Washington Irving
12. Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor

I know, I know.  This list is laughable if anyone is really looking for a good list of horror fiction.  Sorry.  I recognize that most of these tales aren't even classified as horror books/stories.  Oh well.  I enjoyed them and can recommend them with my limited familiarity of this genre.