Scary Stories for the Season

List of the Month
octubre 2021 (see all)
Descripció
Our October List of the Month is dedicated to Scary Stories for the Season. Although the theme was chosen in honor of Halloween, the books added do not need to be specifically set at or referencing that holiday. Please only downvote titles because they are off topic, rather than because you do not find them personally scary.
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The Shining
de Stephen King
23,163 membres
453 ressenyes
4.1
11 Members
rosalita, hipdeep, Bookmarque, PaperbackPirate, IrishSue, Marissa_Doyle, ahef1963, kyp, Jeepguyrobert, felicia727, parrabarazarte
Explicacions
Bookmarque: Just because you've seen the movie, doesn't mean you know the story. One of the best horror novels on so may levels.
4
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
de Edgar Allan Poe
4,191 membres
38 ressenyes
4.1
10 Members
VioletBramble, Heather39, alaudacorax, IrishSue, rapotter, Michael.Rimmer, nrmay, Boand, LilCrouser6, parrabarazarte
5
Sempre hem viscut al castell
de Shirley Jackson
8,153 membres
424 ressenyes
4.1
9 Members
Euryale, VioletBramble, oceancat, KatyBee, rwjerome, vwinsloe, ahef1963, darsaster, LilCrouser6
6
Cementeri d'aninals
de Stephen King
14,144 membres
230 ressenyes
3.8
9 Members
Morphidae, PaperbackPirate, thebooklover2, kyp, booksbooks63, DoomLuz, felicia727, booked_ambivert, parrabarazarte
7
Frankenstein
de Mary Shelley
42,658 membres
711 ressenyes
3.8
9 Members
kaixo, BonnieJune54, vwinsloe, al.vick, ahef1963, Jeepguyrobert, darsaster, Charon07, R.Earles,oceancat
8
Something Wicked This Way Comes
de Ray Bradbury
11,376 membres
297 ressenyes
3.9
7 Members
hipdeep, kaixo, Heather39, IrishSue, Jeepguyrobert, darsaster, LilCrouser6
9
Collected Ghost Stories
de M. R. James
2,292 membres
44 ressenyes
4.1
7 Members
starfishian, elenchus, alaudacorax, rapotter, -pilgrim-, Boand, LilCrouser6
10
The Amityville Horror: A True Story
de Jay Anson
2,671 membres
85 ressenyes
½ 3.3
6 Members
dara85, bookymouse, Copperskye, ahef1963, kyp, Brandy1411
Explicacions
kyp: When reading the book, the description of the flies in the one room so spooked me that I put the book on my desk, splayed open and stacked many other books on top of it. I guess I thought by doing so I would keep the things from coming out of the book into my house and coming after me. It really gave me the creeps and made me go look in every room in my house to make sure the flies were not there (along with everything else.)
11
‘Salem's Lot
de Stephen King
16,305 membres
295 ressenyes
3.9
6 Members
PaperbackPirate, tina1969, Catamount33, thebooklover2, kyp, Annieree1013
12
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
de Edgar Allan Poe
12,040 membres
75 ressenyes
½ 4.4
5 Members
igorken, al.vick, CatherineYezak, DoomLuz, felicia727
13
The Silence of the Lambs
de Thomas Harris
12,526 membres
140 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
Aquila, dara85, perennialreader, Ronfe, felicia727
14
A Night in the Lonesome October
de Roger Zelazny
1,541 membres
83 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
Storeetllr, elenchus, SirThomas, linlef, -pilgrim-
Explicacions
Storeetllr: Every day in October is a chapter that tells the story of the struggle between those who would open the gate & let the Elder Gods return to Earth and those who want to keep that gate closed. Told from the viewpoint of Jack (the Ripper's) dog Snuff. Absolutely wonderful. And the cover art alone is reason to read it.
15
The Little Stranger
de Sarah Waters
5,084 membres
343 ressenyes
½ 3.6
5 Members
starfishian, souloftherose, susanbooks, ahef1963, booksbooks63
16
Slade House
de David Mitchell
3,270 membres
253 ressenyes
3.8
5 Members
paradoxosalpha, elenchus, IrishSue, Marissa_Doyle, thebooklover2
Explicacions
paradoxosalpha: A series of vivid episodes linked by the supernatural predators who reside in the eponymous and mysterious house.
17
Mexican Gothic
de Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4,742 membres
233 ressenyes
½ 3.7
5 Members
tamster008, VioletBramble, lottpoet, WyldeCherryBlossom, shedgeco,thebooklover2
18
The Girl with All the Gifts
de M. R. Carey
5,327 membres
402 ressenyes
4
4 Members
timspalding, Storeetllr, Euryale, Annieree1013
Explicacions
Storeetllr: Every time I relisten to or reread this novel, I love it more. And for someone who really doesn't care for zombie horror, that is saying something. Melanie is a wonderful character. I love the way she interacts with the soldiers and Miss Justineau (sp?). And with the despicable Dr. Caldwell. Yeah, it's gory, and some parts are horrifying, but the characters are an absolute delight, and the story is riveting. Now on to The Boy on the Bridge, which, while not as wonderful as this, is a satisfying prequel/sequel/contemporaneous story in itself.
19
The Turn of the Screw
de Henry James
8,112 membres
249 ressenyes
½ 3.4
4 Members
IrishSue, BonnieJune54, rwjerome, Boand
20
Sóc llegenda
de Richard Matheson
4,834 membres
190 ressenyes
4
4 Members
timspalding, knerd.knitter, al.vick, felicia727
21
Rosemary's Baby
de Ira Levin
4,620 membres
138 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
perennialreader, thebooklover2, Ronfe
22
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories
de Ann VanderMeer
823 membres
21 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, elenchus, igorken
Explicacions
paradoxosalpha: "Compendium" is right: 110 stories written over more than a century, making years worth of reading, if savored at the rate that it deserves.
23
Entrevista amb el vampir : cròniques vampíriques
de Anne Rice
22,931 membres
332 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
tina1969, Catamount33, brandymt
24
The Halloween Tree
de Ray Bradbury
2,650 membres
91 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
VioletBramble, bookymouse, AbigailAdams26
25
The Ballad of Black Tom
de Victor LaValle
1,553 membres
84 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
Storeetllr, DoomLuz, JonStevens
Explicacions
Storeetllr: A black author's take on Lovecraft's most xenophobic stories, "The Horror at Red Hook."
26
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
de Neil Gaiman
14,866 membres
963 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
lottpoet, dandalf, Gail.Park
27
The Handmaid's Tale
de Margaret Atwood
42,311 membres
1,140 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
susanbooks, WyldeCherryBlossom, Brandy1411
28
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
de Alvin Schwartz
4,102 membres
86 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
perennialreader, rapotter, AbigailAdams26
29
Neverwhere
de Neil Gaiman
24,935 membres
578 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
Storeetllr, dandalf, Gail.Park
Explicacions
Storeetllr: Mr. Croup & Mr. Vandemar: two of horror fiction's scariest, creepiest, most villainous villains.
30
The Mist
de Stephen King
2,797 membres
61 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
Morphidae, vwinsloe, Charon07
31
La dona de blanc
de Wilkie Collins
12,811 membres
336 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
perennialreader, susanbooks, Gail.Park
32
Cycle of the Werewolf
de Stephen King
3,222 membres
73 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Members
hipdeep, Catamount33, DoomLuz
33
Uzumaki
de Junji Ito
1,545 membres
38 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
yoyogod, Michael.Rimmer, shedgeco
34
Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh
de Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
1,406 membres
34 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
alaudacorax, souloftherose, susanbooks
35
The Monk
de Matthew Lewis
4,377 membres
92 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
knerd.knitter, BonnieJune54
36
The Secret History
de Donna Tartt
20,357 membres
556 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
jayceebee, dandalf
37
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
de H. P. Lovecraft
3,396 membres
61 ressenyes
4
2 Members
timspalding, Heather39
38
Night of the Mannequins
de Stephen Graham Jones
397 membres
28 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
tamster008, sturlington
39
El Conte número tretze
de Diane Setterfield
17,204 membres
911 ressenyes
4
2 Members
starfishian, booksbooks63
40
The Poet
de Michael Connelly
5,258 membres
117 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
emmathrice, booksbooks63
41
NOS4A2
de Joe Hill
4,162 membres
305 ressenyes
4
2 Members
PaperbackPirate, dandalf
42
Misery
de Stephen King
15,316 membres
205 ressenyes
4
2 Members
shedgeco, dandalf
43
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
de John Bellairs
2,487 membres
74 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
tardis, ManWithAnAgenda
44
Hell House
de Richard Matheson
2,352 membres
102 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
Alex_Maybe, MelissaCherise
45
The Castle of Otranto
de Horace Walpole
3,684 membres
125 ressenyes
3.1
2 Members
BonnieJune54, Michael.Rimmer
46
The Only Good Indians
de Stephen Graham Jones
2,214 membres
99 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
Euryale, ManWithAnAgenda
47
Christine
de Stephen King
8,876 membres
90 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
Catamount33, Boand
48
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
de Michelle McNamara
3,422 membres
166 ressenyes
4
3 Members
dara85, mstrust, Brandy1411, ,-pilgrim-
Explicacions
-pilgrim- : Real life is often horrible, but it is not horror fiction
49
Sparrow Hill Road
de Seanan McGuire
687 membres
48 ressenyes
4
2 Members
tardis, Storeetllr
Explicacions
Storeetllr: Rose Marshall aka The Phantom Prom Date and The Girl in the Green Silk Dress travels the roads and highways, looking for a ride to the next diner where she hopes somebody buys her a hamburger and malted.
50
Carmilla
de Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
2,891 membres
133 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
knerd.knitter, Julie_in_the_Library
51
The Exorcist
de William Peter Blatty
5,508 membres
151 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
mstrust, Catamount33
52
The Winter People
de Jennifer McMahon
2,223 membres
186 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
booksbooks63, Julie_in_the_Library
53
The Bright Lands
de John Fram
180 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
rosalita, ManWithAnAgenda
54
The Other
de Thomas Tryon
1,362 membres
33 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
Copperskye, ManWithAnAgenda
55
La casa de hojas
de Mark Z. Danielewski
15,686 membres
377 ressenyes
4.1
Member
claytonhowl
56
Ghost Story
de Peter Straub
3,833 membres
113 ressenyes
3.8
Member
Copperskye
57
The Thief of Always
de Clive Barker
3,033 membres
64 ressenyes
4
Member
amanda4242
58
The Chestnut Man
de Soren Sveistrup
1,268 membres
48 ressenyes
4
Member
jayceebee
59
Into the Drowning Deep
de Mira Grant
1,245 membres
99 ressenyes
3.9
Member
Brandy1411
60
A les muntanyes de la follia
de H. P. Lovecraft
1,217 membres
49 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
Michael.Rimmer
61
The Twisted Ones
de T. Kingfisher
940 membres
50 ressenyes
3.8
Member
tardis
62
Haunted
de James Herbert
777 membres
16 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
tina1969
63
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
de Thomas Ligotti
776 membres
12 ressenyes
4
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explicacions
paradoxosalpha: All the stories are creepy, but "The Shadow at the Bottom of the World" is particularly seasonal.
64
Small Spaces
de Katherine Arden
713 membres
49 ressenyes
4.1
Member
Darth-Heather
Explicacions
Darth-Heather: this is the first of a trilogy, and is wonderfully spooky as well as appropriate for the autumn season.
65
Those Across the River
de Christopher Buehlman
670 membres
75 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
rosalita
66
999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense
de Al Sarrantonio
616 membres
10 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
SirThomas
67
Dark Harvest
de Norman Partridge
566 membres
34 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
tamster008
68
The Lodger
de Marie Belloc Lowndes
511 membres
20 ressenyes
3.8
Member
MelissaCherise
69
The Bone Key
de Sarah Monette
447 membres
28 ressenyes
4.1
Member
Heather39
70
The Lesser Dead
de Christopher Buehlman
305 membres
19 ressenyes
4.1
Member
komunley
71
The Dead of Night: The Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions
de Oliver Onions
141 membres
2 ressenyes
4
Member
ghr4
72
The Boy Who Drew Cats and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
de Lafcadio Hearn
140 membres
3.8
Member
Boito_2
73
The Bones of Fred McFee
de Eve Bunting
127 membres
14 ressenyes
3.8
Member
dvdwlkn
74
The Supernaturals
de David L. Golemon
101 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
JalenV
Explicacions
JalenV: Summer Place is definitely a haunted house with touches of Hell House, Rose Red, and Hill House.
75
The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, volume 1
de James D. Jenkins
92 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 4.5
Member
yoyogod
76
A Portrait of Barbara
de Robin Squire
2 membres
Member
nrmay
77
The Costume Contest
de Roger Carlson
1 membre
1 ressenya
½ 4.5
Member
Lindz2012
78
Annihilation
de Jeff VanderMeer
6,353 membres
368 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
Euryale, rwjerome,oceancat
79
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
de Deborah Howe
7,009 membres
158 ressenyes
4
Member
knerd.knitter
80
Heart-Shaped Box
de Joe Hill
6,773 membres
371 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
Copperskye
81
The October Country
de Ray Bradbury
3,520 membres
54 ressenyes
4
Member
Darth-Heather
Explicacions
Darth-Heather: I re-read this every October. Bradbury is at his best with short spooky stories.
82
Anna Dressed in Blood
de Kendare Blake
2,394 membres
256 ressenyes
3.8
Member
Brandy1411
83
Horrorstör
de Grady Hendrix
2,304 membres
188 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
mstrust
84
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
de Iain Reid
2,055 membres
125 ressenyes
½ 3.3
Member
sturlington
85
El Cas de Charles Dexter Ward
de H. P. Lovecraft
1,650 membres
32 ressenyes
3.9
Member
timspalding
86
Certain Dark Things
de Silvia Moreno-Garcia
848 membres
48 ressenyes
3.8
Member
Euryale
87
Lord of the Dead: The Secret History of Byron
de Tom Holland
683 membres
15 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
kleo
88
Ammie, Come Home
de Barbara Michaels
591 membres
18 ressenyes
3.9
Member
JalenV
Explicacions
JalenV: A widow and her niece living in an ancestral Georgetown house find it comes complete with ancestral ghosts.
89
Dark Forces
de Kirby McCauley
570 membres
6 ressenyes
3.8
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explicacions
paradoxosalpha: A peerless collection of all-new (at the time of publication) horror stories.
90
The Ghost-Eye Tree
de Bill Martin Jr.
534 membres
15 ressenyes
3.8
Member
dvdwlkn
91
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings (Bantam Classics)
de Charlotte Perkins Gilman
512 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
Boito_2
92
Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood
de Algernon Blackwood
440 membres
9 ressenyes
4
Member
alaudacorax
93
The Wine-Dark Sea
de Robert Aickman
432 membres
11 ressenyes
4.1
Member
ghr4
94
You Should Have Left
de Daniel Kehlmann
350 membres
20 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
-pilgrim-
95
Nightmare House
de Douglas Clegg
271 membres
11 ressenyes
½ 3.3
Member
komunley
96
The Girl From Rawblood
de Catriona Ward
258 membres
11 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
Bookmarque
Explicacions
Bookmarque: Deeply atmospheric, creepy and slightly disjointed in presentation, this is a novel where everything connects. If you love rabbit holes that delve into darkness, madness, haunting and the unexplained; this is the book for you. It is not for the squeamish however. Without going into really squidgy detail, Ward adds to your feeling of unease with scenes featuring madhouse conditions circa 1917, vivisection from the 1880s, multiple miscarriages and pasts peppered with all manner of abuse. It culminates in one woman; Iris. A girl raised in isolation and fear.
97
Beneath The Rising
de Premee Mohamed
195 membres
6 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
tardis
98
Armed in Her Fashion
de Kate Heartfield
75 membres
6 ressenyes
4.1
Member
amanda4242
99
Thrall
de Mary SanGiovanni
24 membres
2 ressenyes
4
Member
yoyogod
100
The Proctor Hall Horror
de Bill Thompson
6 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 4.5
Member
Lindz2012