I love scary books and movies and all things psychological horror and I would love a book that terrifies me. I recently read Tender is the Flesh and it was alright, but it wasn’t the unsettling feel I was really going for. I also recently finished a Heart Shaped Box but that one kinda dragged out. Any suggestions are appreciated! Thanks! 🙂
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The Exorcist
Carrie
The Amityville Horror
The Reincarnation of Audrey Rose
World War Z. NOT the movie. The movie is NOTHING like the book. That book had me looking at every building with the question “could I hold up in there”. Prepare yourself
Apt Pupil by Stephen King is one of the scariest/most disturbing stories I’ve ever read. It’s a fast read as well. Thankfully.
Dude, Hell House by Richard Matheson is *the* scariest book i’ve read and i exclusively read horror. I can’t even describe it but the scenes that involve ghost attacks are so well written and it’s very tense. But TW lots of sexual assault and violence. The exorcist is pretty scary too. Same trigger warnings lol
Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix really scared me, ngl.
I haven’t been able to finish The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones because it keeps giving me nightmares about halfway through. I’ve restarted it twice now and have been unsuccessful in finishing it both times. It’s gotta be the scariest book I’ve ever tried to read.
I loved “The Heart Shaped Box”
Try “ The Exorcist’s House” by Nick Roberts I believe.
“We need to talk about Kevin” shook me to my very core.
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen is pretty goddamn terrifying