Mind you, I don't like scary books,
so if are a Scary Book Person,
these will strike you as lame, I'm sure.
Here are the scariest books I've read:
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Yes, these are children's stories, but
trust me on this...
these stories are SCARY. VERY SCARY.
The Lottery
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Horrifying. Horrifying in its ordinariness.
Last Night at the Lobster
The deep wretchedness of ordinary American life.
Nothing
That title is apt.
This book is about a person who has lost all connection to life.
Very, very sad.
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
The Trick is to Keep Breathing
Depression.
It just goes on and on.
These are the scary books I've read.
What about you?
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31 comments:
Was We Need to Talk About Kevin turned into a movie? I think I have watched that movie and I didn't like it. It was just too..weird. ;)
OMG, this title`We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families` makes me scared.
The Lottery! I remember reading that it school and being SO shocked at the ending! Great picks!
My TTT
Two books really caught my interest, Nothing and The Trick is to Keep Breathing.
"We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families" - I don't know if I could even pick up a book with that title.
So interesting that you put Lobster in the pile. It is a horror story of a different kind. Corporate restaurant work CAN be horrifying :)
I'd add The Little Stranger, American Psycho, IT and Rebecca.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is an absolute MUST!
Yes, a shocking ending!
Both of those books are terribly bleak.
It's very, very sad. And true.
You are funny, Ti!
And I haven't read any of the four you listed just because they are so scary!
Scary Stories made it on to my list as well..just those pictures creep me out!
My TTT: http://nightmareonbookstreet.blogspot.com/2012/10/top-ten-tuesday-get-me-in-mooood.html
Some might say it's the scariest book ever!
That book scares me to death!
I totally used to own and read the first one on your list! So creepy, as well as Skin by Ronald Dahl
I'm chuckling here. Most of my books aren't all that scary, but I wonder how Stewart O'Nan would feel about being included on your list! I loved Last Night at the Lobster, but Ti is right... a horror story of another kind!
What a unique list. Those are the kinds of books I find most horrifying, ones about sadness and the darker sides of life and people vs. gory Halloween and supernatural books. I'm afraid to even pick up some of these titles, they sound so dark!
I always enjoy your Top Ten lists- always something new and intriguing. The only book I've read here (and indeed the only one I've heard of is) We Need to Talk About Kevin- truly horrifying I think, and definitely deserves a place in the list. We don't celebrate Halloween in Australia- although supermarkets are pushing it to try to flog more chocolates and stuff, but I like the spooky list concept. My current read of The Graveyard Book is perfect too I think- and well crafted by the very clever Neil Gaiman.
Skin is new to me, but I bet it's very scary.
The endless unrelentingness of everyday life.
Not classically scary, but scary in their own way.
Interesting that Australia doesn't celebrate Halloween!
I haven't read any of these. =(
Thanks for stopping by my TTT
Sabina @ Delirious About Books
Wow..some of those books look bleak..and the cover of the first one looks creepy (I would totally add that to a top ten creepy covers post).
I completely forgot about Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark but had that as a kid. Would be fun to read as an adult and see if I still find it as scary.
I used to love Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark as a kid. I'm reading We Need To Talk About KEvin at the moment, can't say I'm particularly enjoying it - it's so intense.
Thank you for stopping in.
Bleak and depressing is what I consider horror.
I think you will.
Yes, intense. Bleak. Depressing.
Sadly, this is nonfiction.
Great choices! Especially The Lottery.
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