Not disturbing necessarily— I’m not asking for something like Earthlings or splatterpunk. I want something that will keep me turning the pages because I HAVE to know what happens next, but that will make me keep the lights on and huddle under the covers while I do. Not “omg that was so gross, ewww” but heart-pounding “why am I scared right now?!” scary. How Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets made me feel as a kid…
Fantasy, ghost stories, real life true crime— I’m down for anything! It doesn’t HAVE to be labeled “horror”.
I love Shirley Jackson but she doesn’t quite bring me up to “fear”. I didn’t finish the House of Leaves because I hated the MC and found the second half of the book boring, but the beginning definitely gave me that spook factor.
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“No One Gets Out Alive” by Adam Nevill
I really enjoyed Silence for the Dead by Simone St James
It’s Gothic horror/romance
From Below by Darcy Coates is pretty unsettling story about a sunken ship.