Malone

I've never understood why people try to group Easton-Ellis into the horror genre. Only one of his books come close, and it is much more a social commentary/satire with violence than horror.

buyjupiter03

For sheer creepiness value (and it still spooks me) "Something Wicked This Way Comes" is great.

Also, King's "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" has a few really great horror short stories. "Crouch End" is really worth a look at.

Kostova's "The Historian" had some genuinely creepy bits in it. It is rather long (800 pgs I think), and it's more a historical novel about the origins of Dracula...but really well written/researched.

Lovecraft, well he's interesting. More fantastic fiction than horror IMO. Gaiman did an interesting tribute story to him in "Smoke and Mirrors". Actually I'd recommend Gaiman for good strange and almost horror reading.

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Katastrof

I've read that one! It's really good, which is surprising because the beginning is really slow. Really one of the best ones in that collection, well besides the one story about the House that is a rocket ship...

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I disagree. Even his irrelevance is well-done and interesting. I love the fact that you can see from every character's point of view - by the end of the book, everything is so clear.

He writes good short stories too, though.

Try Richard Matheson. Great writer - an inspiration of Stephen King. I'm sure you've already heard of him, but if you haven't gotten a chance to read any of his works, I'd definitely recommend it. Especially his short stories.

Damian_Rucci

Anything by Stephen King(shouldn't always listen to what you hear) but some others would have to be by Koontz and by Hitchcock

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starseed

I don't think Ive ever found a book I thought was scary.

Maybe I should write one.



I wouldn't really consider it horror, but I love The Silence of The Lambs.

CourtneyC

Try checking out "John Dies at the End" by David Wong. It's a horror-humor book. Although the two genres sound difficult to blend together, he managed it really well.

It's the kind of horror that isn't really that scary while you're reading it, but makes you paranoid once you put it down.

If you're interested, he's got a website where he actually has the entire book available for free. Or if sitting down on a couch is more your thing, it's been published too. Website is http://www.johndiesattheend.com/

LionofPerth

Dare I say Brian Lumley's Necroscope books?

I like them, while not that scary to me, they are rather... grim at times.

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Damian_Rucci

my step dad is reading those books I've checked the back of them and they seem really kick ass.

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