Horror or not. I don't mean fear of the future, fear of what people are capable of. I mean fear that made you question your safety in your most familiar surroundings. Essentially the feeling of watching an effective horror movie, in simple terms.
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Nuclear War by Annie Jacobson
the road by mccarthy had me checking locks on doors for weeks after reading it
We Need to Talk About Kevin
The Stepford Wives, I was so scared of my husband after that book, wondering whether he might do me harm or not. It was the same feeling that I got after watching that dude who murdered his wife and two kids, so scared sleeping right next to my husband at night.
The troop by Nick Cutter
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.
The Handmaid’s Tale
Last Days by Adam Nevill freaked me out quite a bit.
1984
The Road. I was reading it on the bus late after a work shift, and when I got to my stop to walk home in the dark I regretted that choice.
Parable of the Sower gave me so much dread. I went into a spiral of worrying about my kids’ futures, should my family leave the country, should I leave California, etc etc etc!!
The Hot Zone.
Graphic descriptions of people contracting Ebola and Marburg virus tend to do that.
Moon of The Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice. There was a scene in there that left with me utter dread, and I NEVER feel that way when reading.
Misery by Stephen King.
American psycho and the shining
The Road
*The Jakarta method* by Vincent Bevins
The Lovely Bones
The collector
Helter Skelter when I was 13
The Hot Zone.
In Cold Blood has stuck with me my entire life.
Confessions of an economic hitman. We are all insignificant and its pointless to go on contributing to society.
Penpal