31 Days of Halloween: Day #14 … Scary Books for Halloween
Hello Friends and welcome to my 31 Days of Halloween. Today is Day #14 and I’m listing scary Books To Read for the Halloween Season.
Can a book scare you? My mom said The Shining scared her so bad she had me going down to the basement for a month after she read it. I’ve had some books scare me to the point of not reading them after 10 pm (Reborn, F. Paul Wilson) because I don’t want that to be the last thing on my mind, but that never stops me.
I’ve never had a nightmare from a book but they have scared me to the point of rethinking everything. A book can transport you to many places, and the writer introduces you to a new world and opens your senses to just about anything. So … Can a book scare you? Hell yes!
My taste in horror novels doesn’t stop and start during the Fall and Halloween season. I read them year-round because I love the tension they create. I’ve curated this shortlist of my Halloween favs, but check out Good Reads for a more complete list.
Scary Books for Halloween
About the Books
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Halloween Party, Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #39)A teenage murder witness is drowned in a tub of apples… At a Halloween party, Joyce—a hostile thirteen-year-old—boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the ‘evil presence’. But first, he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer… |
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Honorable Mentions
A Sincere Warning About the Entity in Your Home, Jason Arnopp
Witching Hour Theater, Jonathan Janz
The Silent Scream, Diane Hoh
Goth, Otsuichi
I hope you like this list and if you have any recommendations feel free to leave them in the comments. Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss any posts in this series. Have a great day! — Happy Halloween —