Scary Stories for the Season
- Description
- 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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- 20 Members
- hipdeep, kleo, mstrust, Copperskye, Heather39, alaudacorax, oceancat, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, rwjerome, al.vick, brandymt, tealadytoo, Boand, Jeepguyrobert, Julie_in_the_Library, darsaster, Charon07, parrabarazarte, Gail.Park
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- 11 Members
- rosalita, hipdeep, Bookmarque, PaperbackPirate, IrishSue, Marissa_Doyle, ahef1963, kyp, Jeepguyrobert, felicia727, parrabarazarte
- Explications
- 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.
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4,184 membres
37 critiques
4.1
Score 32.67
Ajouté 2021-10-13, 02:36 PM
- 10 Members
- VioletBramble, Heather39, alaudacorax, IrishSue, rapotter, Michael.Rimmer, nrmay, Boand, LilCrouser6, parrabarazarte
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8,116 membres
423 critiques
4.1
Score 31
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 12:50 PM
- 9 Members
- Euryale, VioletBramble, oceancat, KatyBee, rwjerome, vwinsloe, ahef1963, darsaster, LilCrouser6
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- 9 Members
- Morphidae, PaperbackPirate, thebooklover2, kyp, booksbooks63, DoomLuz, felicia727, booked_ambivert, parrabarazarte
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- 9 Members
- kaixo, BonnieJune54, vwinsloe, al.vick, ahef1963, Jeepguyrobert, darsaster, Charon07, R.Earles,oceancat
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de Ray Bradbury
11,358 membres
296 critiques
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Score 23.12
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 01:07 PM
- 7 Members
- hipdeep, kaixo, Heather39, IrishSue, Jeepguyrobert, darsaster, LilCrouser6
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de M. R. James
2,291 membres
44 critiques
4.1
Score 21.99
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 02:24 PM
- 7 Members
- starfishian, elenchus, alaudacorax, rapotter, -pilgrim-, Boand, LilCrouser6
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de Jay Anson
2,664 membres
85 critiques
½ 3.3
Score 19.7
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 04:15 PM
- 6 Members
- dara85, bookymouse, Copperskye, ahef1963, kyp, Brandy1411
- Explications
- 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.)
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- 6 Members
- PaperbackPirate, tina1969, Catamount33, thebooklover2, kyp, Annieree1013
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12,012 membres
75 critiques
½ 4.4
Score 17.77
Ajouté 2021-10-14, 09:29 AM
- 5 Members
- igorken, al.vick, CatherineYezak, DoomLuz, felicia727
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12,501 membres
138 critiques
4.1
Score 17.44
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 12:22 PM
- 5 Members
- Aquila, dara85, perennialreader, Ronfe, felicia727
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1,539 membres
83 critiques
4.1
Score 17.02
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 08:20 PM
- 5 Members
- Storeetllr, elenchus, SirThomas, linlef, -pilgrim-
- Explications
- 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.
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- 5 Members
- starfishian, souloftherose, susanbooks, ahef1963, booksbooks63
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- 5 Members
- paradoxosalpha, elenchus, IrishSue, Marissa_Doyle, thebooklover2
- Explications
- paradoxosalpha: A series of vivid episodes linked by the supernatural predators who reside in the eponymous and mysterious house.
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4,713 membres
232 critiques
½ 3.7
Score 13.53
Ajouté 2021-10-13, 01:14 PM
- 5 Members
- tamster008, VioletBramble, lottpoet, WyldeCherryBlossom, shedgeco,thebooklover2
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de M. R. Carey
5,306 membres
399 critiques
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Score 13.08
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 08:19 PM
- 4 Members
- timspalding, Storeetllr, Euryale, Annieree1013
- Explications
- 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.
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- 4 Members
- IrishSue, BonnieJune54, rwjerome, Boand
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4,825 membres
189 critiques
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Score 11.31
Ajouté 2021-10-14, 09:31 AM
- 4 Members
- timspalding, knerd.knitter, al.vick, felicia727
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de Ira Levin
4,616 membres
138 critiques
3.8
Score 10.83
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 12:13 PM
- 3 Members
- perennialreader, thebooklover2, Ronfe
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822 membres
21 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 10.83
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 09:00 PM
- 3 Members
- paradoxosalpha, elenchus, igorken
- Explications
- 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.
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de Anne Rice
22,887 membres
332 critiques
3.8
Score 10.73
Ajouté 2021-10-13, 02:09 AM
- 3 Members
- tina1969, Catamount33, brandymt
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de Ray Bradbury
2,643 membres
91 critiques
3.8
Score 10.4
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 11:46 AM
- 3 Members
- VioletBramble, bookymouse, AbigailAdams26
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1,549 membres
84 critiques
3.9
Score 10.04
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 08:20 PM
- 3 Members
- Storeetllr, DoomLuz, JonStevens
- Explications
- Storeetllr: A black author's take on Lovecraft's most xenophobic stories, "The Horror at Red Hook."
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de Neil Gaiman
14,827 membres
961 critiques
4.1
Score 9.77
Ajouté 2021-10-13, 01:13 PM
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42,211 membres
1,137 critiques
4.1
Score 9.56
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 02:05 PM
- 3 Members
- susanbooks, WyldeCherryBlossom, Brandy1411
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4,090 membres
86 critiques
3.9
Score 9.56
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 11:46 AM
- 3 Members
- perennialreader, rapotter, AbigailAdams26
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- 3 Members
- Storeetllr, dandalf, Gail.Park
- Explications
- Storeetllr: Mr. Croup & Mr. Vandemar: two of horror fiction's scariest, creepiest, most villainous villains.
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12,790 membres
336 critiques
4.1
Score 8.54
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 02:06 PM
- 3 Members
- perennialreader, susanbooks, Gail.Park
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de Stephen King
3,217 membres
73 critiques
½ 3.4
Score 8.39
Ajouté 2021-10-13, 10:55 AM
- 3 Members
- hipdeep, Catamount33, DoomLuz
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- 3 Members
- yoyogod, Michael.Rimmer, shedgeco
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1,402 membres
34 critiques
3.9
Score 8.33
Ajouté 2021-10-14, 05:23 AM
- 3 Members
- alaudacorax, souloftherose, susanbooks
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- 2 Members
- knerd.knitter, BonnieJune54
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de Donna Tartt
20,284 membres
554 critiques
4.1
Score 7.36
Ajouté 2021-10-27, 09:50 AM
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396 membres
28 critiques
½ 3.5
Score 7.36
Ajouté 2021-10-14, 06:50 AM
- 2 Members
- tamster008, sturlington
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17,182 membres
910 critiques
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Score 7.04
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 03:40 PM
- 2 Members
- starfishian, booksbooks63
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- 2 Members
- emmathrice, booksbooks63
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- 2 Members
- PaperbackPirate, dandalf
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2,483 membres
74 critiques
3.9
Score 6.83
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 02:52 PM
- 2 Members
- tardis, ManWithAnAgenda
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2,351 membres
102 critiques
½ 3.5
Score 6.73
Ajouté 2021-10-17, 08:47 PM
- 2 Members
- Alex_Maybe, MelissaCherise
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3,680 membres
125 critiques
3.1
Score 6.4
Ajouté 2021-10-13, 04:15 PM
- 2 Members
- BonnieJune54, Michael.Rimmer
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2,193 membres
99 critiques
3.9
Score 6.19
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 02:51 PM
- 2 Members
- Euryale, ManWithAnAgenda
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- 2 Members
- Catamount33, Boand
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3,406 membres
165 critiques
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Score 6.08
Ajouté 2021-10-13, 02:18 PM
- 3 Members
- dara85, mstrust, Brandy1411, ,-pilgrim-
- Explications
- -pilgrim- : Real life is often horrible, but it is not horror fiction
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- 2 Members
- tardis, Storeetllr
- Explications
- 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.
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2,866 membres
133 critiques
½ 3.7
Score 6.04
Ajouté 2021-11-04, 03:10 PM
- 2 Members
- knerd.knitter, Julie_in_the_Library
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2,222 membres
186 critiques
½ 3.7
Score 5.87
Ajouté 2021-10-24, 12:11 PM
- 2 Members
- booksbooks63, Julie_in_the_Library
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- 2 Members
- rosalita, ManWithAnAgenda
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- 2 Members
- Copperskye, ManWithAnAgenda
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- Member
- Copperskye
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- Member
- amanda4242
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- Member
- jayceebee
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- Member
- Brandy1411
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- Member
- tardis
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776 membres
12 critiques
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Score 4
Ajouté 2021-10-12, 08:58 PM
- Member
- paradoxosalpha
- Explications
- paradoxosalpha: All the stories are creepy, but "The Shadow at the Bottom of the World" is particularly seasonal.
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- Member
- tina1969
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- Member
- Darth-Heather
- Explications
- Darth-Heather: this is the first of a trilogy, and is wonderfully spooky as well as appropriate for the autumn season.
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- Member
- tamster008
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- Member
- MelissaCherise
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- Member
- Heather39
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- Member
- komunley
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- Member
- dvdwlkn
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- Lindz2012
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de Deborah Howe
7,000 membres
158 critiques
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Score 3.36
Ajouté 2021-11-04, 03:09 PM
- Member
- knerd.knitter
80
- Member
- Copperskye
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- Member
- Darth-Heather
- Explications
- Darth-Heather: I re-read this every October. Bradbury is at his best with short spooky stories.
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- Member
- mstrust
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de Iain Reid
2,049 membres
125 critiques
½ 3.3
Score 3.36
Ajouté 2021-10-14, 06:50 AM
- Member
- sturlington
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591 membres
18 critiques
3.9
Score 3.36
Ajouté 2021-10-14, 10:26 PM
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- Member
- paradoxosalpha
- Explications
- paradoxosalpha: A peerless collection of all-new (at the time of publication) horror stories.
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- Member
- ghr4
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- Member
- komunley
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256 membres
11 critiques
½ 3.5
Score 3.36
Ajouté 2021-10-21, 08:51 AM
- Member
- Bookmarque
- Explications
- 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.
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- Member
- tardis
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- Member
- yoyogod