Scary Stories for the Season

List of the Month
Outubro 2021 (see all)
Descrição
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
23,235 membros
453 resenhas
4.1
11 Members
rosalita, hipdeep, Bookmarque, PaperbackPirate, IrishSue, Marissa_Doyle, ahef1963, kyp, Jeepguyrobert, felicia727, parrabarazarte
Explicações
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
4,208 membros
38 resenhas
4
10 Members
VioletBramble, Heather39, alaudacorax, IrishSue, rapotter, Michael.Rimmer, nrmay, Boand, LilCrouser6, parrabarazarte
5
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
de Shirley Jackson
8,179 membros
424 resenhas
4.1
9 Members
Euryale, VioletBramble, oceancat, KatyBee, rwjerome, vwinsloe, ahef1963, darsaster, LilCrouser6
6
Pet Sematary
de Stephen King
14,207 membros
230 resenhas
3.8
9 Members
Morphidae, PaperbackPirate, thebooklover2, kyp, booksbooks63, DoomLuz, felicia727, booked_ambivert, parrabarazarte
7
Frankenstein
de Mary Shelley
42,789 membros
714 resenhas
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
11,409 membros
297 resenhas
3.9
7 Members
hipdeep, kaixo, Heather39, IrishSue, Jeepguyrobert, darsaster, LilCrouser6
9
Collected Ghost Stories
de M. R. James
2,303 membros
44 resenhas
4.1
7 Members
starfishian, elenchus, alaudacorax, rapotter, -pilgrim-, Boand, LilCrouser6
10
The Amityville Horror: A True Story
de Jay Anson
2,684 membros
85 resenhas
½ 3.3
6 Members
dara85, bookymouse, Copperskye, ahef1963, kyp, Brandy1411
Explicações
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
16,363 membros
295 resenhas
3.9
6 Members
PaperbackPirate, tina1969, Catamount33, thebooklover2, kyp, Annieree1013
12
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
de Edgar Allan Poe
12,064 membros
75 resenhas
½ 4.4
5 Members
igorken, al.vick, CatherineYezak, DoomLuz, felicia727
13
The Silence of the Lambs
de Thomas Harris
12,561 membros
140 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
Aquila, dara85, perennialreader, Ronfe, felicia727
14
A Night in the Lonesome October
de Roger Zelazny
1,544 membros
84 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
Storeetllr, elenchus, SirThomas, linlef, -pilgrim-
Explicações
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
Estranha presença
de Sarah Waters
5,094 membros
345 resenhas
½ 3.6
5 Members
starfishian, souloftherose, susanbooks, ahef1963, booksbooks63
16
Slade House
de David Mitchell
3,287 membros
253 resenhas
3.8
5 Members
paradoxosalpha, elenchus, IrishSue, Marissa_Doyle, thebooklover2
Explicações
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
4,781 membros
237 resenhas
½ 3.7
5 Members
tamster008, VioletBramble, lottpoet, WyldeCherryBlossom, shedgeco,thebooklover2
18
The Girl With All the Gifts
de M. R. Carey
5,341 membros
405 resenhas
4
4 Members
timspalding, Storeetllr, Euryale, Annieree1013
Explicações
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
8,132 membros
249 resenhas
½ 3.4
4 Members
IrishSue, BonnieJune54, rwjerome, Boand
20
I Am Legend
de Richard Matheson
4,838 membros
190 resenhas
4
4 Members
timspalding, knerd.knitter, al.vick, felicia727
21
Rosemary's Baby
de Ira Levin
4,644 membros
139 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
perennialreader, thebooklover2, Ronfe
22
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories
de Ann VanderMeer
827 membros
21 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, elenchus, igorken
Explicações
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 com o vampiro
de Anne Rice
22,977 membros
333 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
tina1969, Catamount33, brandymt
24
The Halloween Tree
de Ray Bradbury
2,656 membros
91 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
VioletBramble, bookymouse, AbigailAdams26
25
The Ballad of Black Tom
de Victor LaValle
1,567 membros
84 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
Storeetllr, DoomLuz, JonStevens
Explicações
Storeetllr: A black author's take on Lovecraft's most xenophobic stories, "The Horror at Red Hook."
26
O Oceano no Fim do Caminho
de Neil Gaiman
14,837 membros
964 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
lottpoet, dandalf, Gail.Park
27
The Handmaid's Tale
de Margaret Atwood
42,449 membros
1,144 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
susanbooks, WyldeCherryBlossom, Brandy1411
28
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
de Alvin Schwartz
4,124 membros
87 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
perennialreader, rapotter, AbigailAdams26
29
Lugar Nenhum
de Neil Gaiman
24,974 membros
580 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
Storeetllr, dandalf, Gail.Park
Explicações
Storeetllr: Mr. Croup & Mr. Vandemar: two of horror fiction's scariest, creepiest, most villainous villains.
30
O Nevoeiro
de Stephen King
2,809 membros
63 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
Morphidae, vwinsloe, Charon07
31
The Woman in White
de Wilkie Collins
12,855 membros
337 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
perennialreader, susanbooks, Gail.Park
32
Cycle of the Werewolf
de Stephen King
3,240 membros
74 resenhas
½ 3.4
3 Members
hipdeep, Catamount33, DoomLuz
33
Uzumaki
de Junji Ito
1,553 membros
39 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
yoyogod, Michael.Rimmer, shedgeco
34
Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh
de Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
1,410 membros
34 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
alaudacorax, souloftherose, susanbooks
35
The Monk
de Matthew Lewis
4,396 membros
93 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
knerd.knitter, BonnieJune54
36
The Secret History
de Donna Tartt
20,411 membros
558 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
jayceebee, dandalf
37
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
de H. P. Lovecraft
3,409 membros
60 resenhas
4
2 Members
timspalding, Heather39
38
Night of the Mannequins
de Stephen Graham Jones
403 membros
29 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
tamster008, sturlington
39
The Thirteenth Tale
de Diane Setterfield
17,235 membros
911 resenhas
4
2 Members
starfishian, booksbooks63
40
The Poet
de Michael Connelly
5,262 membros
118 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
emmathrice, booksbooks63
41
NOS4A2
de Joe Hill
4,178 membros
306 resenhas
4
2 Members
PaperbackPirate, dandalf
42
Misery
de Stephen King
15,366 membros
207 resenhas
4
2 Members
shedgeco, dandalf
43
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
de John Bellairs
2,494 membros
74 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
tardis, ManWithAnAgenda
44
Hell House
de Richard Matheson
2,364 membros
102 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
Alex_Maybe, MelissaCherise
45
The Castle of Otranto
de Horace Walpole
3,694 membros
127 resenhas
3.1
2 Members
BonnieJune54, Michael.Rimmer
46
The Only Good Indians
de Stephen Graham Jones
2,236 membros
100 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
Euryale, ManWithAnAgenda
47
Christine
de Stephen King
8,909 membros
91 resenhas
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
3,450 membros
166 resenhas
4
3 Members
dara85, mstrust, Brandy1411, ,-pilgrim-
Explicações
-pilgrim- : Real life is often horrible, but it is not horror fiction
49
Sparrow Hill Road
de Seanan McGuire
689 membros
48 resenhas
4
2 Members
tardis, Storeetllr
Explicações
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: A Vampyre Tale
de Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
2,918 membros
134 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
knerd.knitter, Julie_in_the_Library
51
The Exorcist
de William Peter Blatty
5,524 membros
151 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
mstrust, Catamount33
52
The Winter People
de Jennifer McMahon
2,237 membros
186 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
booksbooks63, Julie_in_the_Library
53
The Bright Lands
de John Fram
180 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
rosalita, ManWithAnAgenda
54
The Other
de Thomas Tryon
1,365 membros
33 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
Copperskye, ManWithAnAgenda
55
House of Leaves
de Mark Z. Danielewski
15,750 membros
377 resenhas
4.1
Member
claytonhowl
56
Ghost Story
de Peter Straub
3,850 membros
113 resenhas
3.8
Member
Copperskye
57
The Thief of Always
de Clive Barker
3,043 membros
64 resenhas
4
Member
amanda4242
58
The Chestnut Man
de Soren Sveistrup
1,277 membros
48 resenhas
4
Member
jayceebee
59
Into the Drowning Deep
de Mira Grant
1,255 membros
99 resenhas
3.9
Member
Brandy1411
60
At the Mountains of Madness [novella]
de H. P. Lovecraft
1,222 membros
49 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
Michael.Rimmer
61
The Twisted Ones
de T. Kingfisher
947 membros
50 resenhas
3.8
Member
tardis
62
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
de Thomas Ligotti
781 membros
12 resenhas
4
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explicações
paradoxosalpha: All the stories are creepy, but "The Shadow at the Bottom of the World" is particularly seasonal.
63
Haunted
de James Herbert
777 membros
16 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
tina1969
64
Small Spaces
de Katherine Arden
714 membros
49 resenhas
4.1
Member
Darth-Heather
Explicações
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
675 membros
75 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
rosalita
66
999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense
de Al Sarrantonio
617 membros
10 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
SirThomas
67
Dark Harvest
de Norman Partridge
567 membros
34 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
tamster008
68
The Lodger
de Marie Belloc Lowndes
514 membros
20 resenhas
3.8
Member
MelissaCherise
69
The Bone Key
de Sarah Monette
446 membros
28 resenhas
4.1
Member
Heather39
70
The Lesser Dead
de Christopher Buehlman
307 membros
19 resenhas
4.1
Member
komunley
71
The Dead of Night: The Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions
de Oliver Onions
142 membros
2 resenhas
4
Member
ghr4
72
The Boy Who Drew Cats and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
de Lafcadio Hearn
141 membros
3.8
Member
Boito_2
73
The Bones of Fred McFee
de Eve Bunting
127 membros
14 resenhas
3.8
Member
dvdwlkn
74
The Supernaturals
de David L. Golemon
101 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
JalenV
Explicações
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
93 membros
5 resenhas
½ 4.5
Member
yoyogod
76
A Portrait of Barbara
de Robin Squire
2 membros
Member
nrmay
77
The Costume Contest
de Roger Carlson
1 membro
1 resenha
½ 4.5
Member
Lindz2012
78
Aniquilação (Comando Sul Livro 1)
de Jeff VanderMeer
6,373 membros
368 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
Euryale, rwjerome,oceancat
79
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
de Deborah Howe
7,059 membros
158 resenhas
4
Member
knerd.knitter
80
A Estrada da Noite
de Joe Hill
6,790 membros
371 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Copperskye
81
The October Country
de Ray Bradbury
3,523 membros
54 resenhas
4
Member
Darth-Heather
Explicações
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
2,402 membros
257 resenhas
3.8
Member
Brandy1411
83
Horrorstör
de Grady Hendrix
2,321 membros
189 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
mstrust
84
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
de Iain Reid
2,067 membros
125 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
sturlington
85
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
de H. P. Lovecraft
1,651 membros
32 resenhas
3.9
Member
timspalding
86
Certain Dark Things
de Silvia Moreno-Garcia
853 membros
49 resenhas
3.8
Member
Euryale
87
Lord of the Dead: The Secret History of Byron
de Tom Holland
684 membros
15 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
kleo
88
Ammie, Come Home
de Barbara Michaels
592 membros
18 resenhas
3.9
Member
JalenV
Explicações
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
574 membros
6 resenhas
3.8
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explicações
paradoxosalpha: A peerless collection of all-new (at the time of publication) horror stories.
90
The Ghost-Eye Tree
de Bill Martin Jr.
534 membros
15 resenhas
3.8
Member
dvdwlkn
91
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings (Bantam Classics)
de Charlotte Perkins Gilman
513 membros
7 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Boito_2
92
Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood
de Algernon Blackwood
441 membros
9 resenhas
4
Member
alaudacorax
93
The Wine-Dark Sea
de Robert Aickman
432 membros
11 resenhas
4.1
Member
ghr4
94
You Should Have Left
de Daniel Kehlmann
352 membros
20 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
-pilgrim-
95
Nightmare House
de Douglas Clegg
271 membros
11 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
komunley
96
The Girl From Rawblood
de Catriona Ward
261 membros
11 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
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
198 membros
6 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
tardis
98
Armed in Her Fashion
de Kate Heartfield
75 membros
6 resenhas
4.1
Member
amanda4242
99
Thrall
de Mary SanGiovanni
24 membros
2 resenhas
4
Member
yoyogod
100
The Proctor Hall Horror
de Bill Thompson
6 membros
4 resenhas
½ 4.5
Member
Lindz2012