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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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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37 critiques
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423 critiques
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229 critiques
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706 critiques
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297 critiques
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44 critiques
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2,654 membres
86 critiques
½ 3.3
6 Members
dara85, bookymouse, Copperskye, ahef1963, kyp, Brandy1411
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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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295 critiques
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11,960 membres
75 critiques
½ 4.4
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138 critiques
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1,536 membres
83 critiques
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5 Members
Storeetllr, elenchus, SirThomas, linlef, -pilgrim-
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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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5,077 membres
344 critiques
½ 3.6
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3,237 membres
254 critiques
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5 Members
paradoxosalpha, elenchus, IrishSue, Marissa_Doyle, thebooklover2
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paradoxosalpha: A series of vivid episodes linked by the supernatural predators who reside in the eponymous and mysterious house.
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232 critiques
½ 3.7
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5,301 membres
399 critiques
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4 Members
timspalding, Storeetllr, Euryale, Annieree1013
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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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8,079 membres
247 critiques
½ 3.4
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189 critiques
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4,586 membres
138 critiques
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815 membres
21 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, elenchus, igorken
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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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22,805 membres
332 critiques
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91 critiques
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1,542 membres
83 critiques
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3 Members
Storeetllr, DoomLuz, JonStevens
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Storeetllr: A black author's take on Lovecraft's most xenophobic stories, "The Horror at Red Hook."
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961 critiques
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4,065 membres
86 critiques
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575 critiques
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3 Members
Storeetllr, dandalf, Gail.Park
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Storeetllr: Mr. Croup & Mr. Vandemar: two of horror fiction's scariest, creepiest, most villainous villains.
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61 critiques
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335 critiques
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3,208 membres
73 critiques
½ 3.4
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1,511 membres
37 critiques
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35 critiques
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4,358 membres
93 critiques
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553 critiques
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2 Members
jayceebee, dandalf
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3,381 membres
61 critiques
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395 membres
28 critiques
½ 3.6
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17,141 membres
910 critiques
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5,235 membres
115 critiques
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4,164 membres
304 critiques
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15,201 membres
204 critiques
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2 Members
shedgeco, dandalf
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2,473 membres
76 critiques
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2,338 membres
102 critiques
½ 3.5
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3,671 membres
125 critiques
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2,161 membres
99 critiques
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8,829 membres
90 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
Catamount33, Boand
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3,382 membres
164 critiques
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3 Members
dara85, mstrust, Brandy1411, ,-pilgrim-
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-pilgrim- : Real life is often horrible, but it is not horror fiction
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684 membres
48 critiques
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tardis, Storeetllr
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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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131 critiques
½ 3.7
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151 critiques
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186 critiques
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6 critiques
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34 critiques
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374 critiques
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114 critiques
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3,022 membres
65 critiques
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48 critiques
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jayceebee
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98 critiques
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49 critiques
½ 3.6
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929 membres
51 critiques
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tardis
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774 membres
16 critiques
½ 3.5
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tina1969
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764 membres
12 critiques
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paradoxosalpha
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paradoxosalpha: All the stories are creepy, but "The Shadow at the Bottom of the World" is particularly seasonal.
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706 membres
50 critiques
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Darth-Heather
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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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666 membres
75 critiques
½ 3.6
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rosalita
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616 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.7
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SirThomas
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559 membres
34 critiques
½ 3.7
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509 membres
20 critiques
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446 membres
28 critiques
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Heather39
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302 membres
19 critiques
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komunley
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142 membres
2 critiques
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ghr4
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140 membres
3.8
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Boito_2
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127 membres
14 critiques
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dvdwlkn
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100 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.6
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JalenV
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JalenV: Summer Place is definitely a haunted house with touches of Hell House, Rose Red, and Hill House.
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89 membres
5 critiques
½ 4.5
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yoyogod
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2 membres
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nrmay
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1 utilisateur
1 critique
½ 4.5
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Lindz2012
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366 critiques
½ 3.7
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159 critiques
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370 critiques
½ 3.7
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54 critiques
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Darth-Heather
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Darth-Heather: I re-read this every October. Bradbury is at his best with short spooky stories.
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2,382 membres
256 critiques
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2,314 membres
189 critiques
½ 3.7
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mstrust
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2,034 membres
125 critiques
½ 3.3
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33 critiques
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839 membres
48 critiques
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Euryale
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683 membres
14 critiques
½ 3.6
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kleo
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589 membres
18 critiques
3.9
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JalenV
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JalenV: A widow and her niece living in an ancestral Georgetown house find it comes complete with ancestral ghosts.
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567 membres
6 critiques
3.8
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paradoxosalpha
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paradoxosalpha: A peerless collection of all-new (at the time of publication) horror stories.
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532 membres
15 critiques
3.8
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dvdwlkn
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510 membres
7 critiques
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Boito_2
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439 membres
9 critiques
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427 membres
11 critiques
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ghr4
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348 membres
20 critiques
½ 3.4
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-pilgrim-
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271 membres
11 critiques
½ 3.3
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komunley
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253 membres
11 critiques
½ 3.5
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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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191 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.5
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tardis
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76 membres
6 critiques
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2 critiques
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yoyogod
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6 membres
4 critiques
½ 4.5
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Lindz2012