#HorrorBooks

[kingbookcollector]

You just got to love Stephen a king.

Happy 50th Carrie White.

This book is a classic and it was his first published novel.

[bekah-reading]

91

5/5

I hadn’t planned on reading this today but damn, I sat and couldn’t put this down.

This is about Morino, a school girl who has a fascination with serial killers. And this town is hot bed for them. She doesn’t want to catch them, but to understand them.

This is told through a series of short stories; more like vignettes; of what this girl and her friend encounter in their town and start to seek out. This was a ride. I enjoyed the writing- translated works always have a bit of disconnect, but it works in this book’s favour. I found myself feeling uncomfortable as this went on; the situations and the characters seemed to get a bit more drastic and more in person with everything that goes on.

I feel like if you liked True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik you’d like this. It’s not as extreme but it has the same vibes. If you enjoy true crime in general really, I think you should pick this up.

TW: animal abuse; if that’s a trigger or sensitive spot don’t read. I did find it not as brutal as other books but it is a huge part of one of the chapters,

I really need to add more translated horror to my TBR.

[weirdlookindog]

Robert E. Howard - The Dark Man and Others (Arkham House, 1963). Cover art by Frank Utpatel.

[kaiespace]

Not done talking about #halloweenreads tbh and this series is perfect. Like Supernatural meets American Gods meets American Horror Story. An urban legend ghost (hitchhiking dead prom date from the 50s) and her adventures through small town America and its underworld layers. Creepy, unexpected, anthology-ish but trending toward a larger narrative arc (great for bite-size reading if you only have time for a chapter!) and sits nicely in that “horror aesthetic but not too scared to walk to the bathroom at night” zone for me 😂👻🎃🖤 #horrorbooks #spookyreads #seananmcguire #ghostroads https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjUzjyyMsD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jbankai89]

When life gives you a bad review, make it into a TikTok 😂

[jbodenauthor]

[luxshine]

Let's be completely honest here: one of the most insidious horrors of It, one of King's most famous (and infamous) novels, is, surprisingly, not the evil killer man-eating clown. Instead, is the scars that abuse, both physical and emotional, leave on children and how they stay with them until adulthood, visible or not.

[theunapologeticallygaypirate]

1000 Kindle Unlimited pages read in the last 2 weeks! Have you read it yet?

[godsofghostriver]

Chapter XI -SOUL OF THE STORM, from The Gods of Ghost River is up on Royal Road! ⛈

“Don’t let me fade…” I plead… to her, maybe. Or maybe, it’s an appeal to the universe itself.

- The Gods of Ghost River

Read it here! www.GodsofGhostRiver.com

Riley Yates Nu (original art by Vincent Patrick) Check out his work here: @demidevilqueen

[fredhandbag]

Book of Night is the adult debut by Holly Black. I would call this urban fantasy/horror. There is a girl, Charlie, with a past. There are people, called gloamists, who can manipulate their shadows. There are people without shadows and shadows without people. (They’re Blights and are dangerous) Charlie has to find a missing book or bad things will happen. The story and background building took a while to get into. The final act was better and there was a surprising reveal. I kept thinking of Peter Pan (Wendy sewing his shadow) but there was never any mention of that. I was also reminded of The Book of M (where everyone loses their shadow) The whole story felt weird and I had some interesting dreams. 💭 Read the acknowledgments to see some interesting comments from Black about the writing process for this book. Are you a fan of urban fantasy? #bookofnight #hollyblack #bookofthemonth #urbanfantasy #horrorbooks #bookstagram #bookshelves #booknerd #readinglife #bookphotography #bookcommunity #bookblogger #sodacityreads #suspensebook #bookhaul #literarycrimefiction #homelibrary #thrillerbooks #domesticthriller #crimefiction #thriller #characterdrivenbooks #mysterythriller #bookrecs #onlytheshadowknows https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn4T7qyr2xh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[getdownintheshire]

Haven’t read that much this year but this is my number 1 of the year so far. Thank you @megsenturk for introducing me to this book 🔪🙏😈bookstagram #horrorbooks #mybestfriendsexorcism #80s #80sreference #2023readingchallenge #books #reading #thisbookiscrazy https://www.instagram.com/p/CqJ3bLkNopt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kingbookcollector]

Vintage paperbacks - Stephen King first printings.

[bekah-reading]

I don’t know what to pick up next, so I figured I’d do a poll since I haven’t done in a while.

Reblog to spread around please and thank you 🖤🖤

[brittanynoellebooks]

🔥A mysterious stranger hears the voices too...🔥

Kane Wisdom shatters Cassidy's world when he reveals the truth. The shadows in the corner of your eye, the voices in your head... they're all real.

Will she drop her normal life to follow the one person who believes her?

🔥Find out in Cocoon, A Series of Souls Episode 1🔥

[authorbertslechner]

Global Distribution Has Been Approved for The Roots Grow Into the Earth

Global distribution for The Roots Grow Into the Earth is live! Read the post to hear about the two variations of my book.

After a long formatting process with Ingramspark, the paperback format of The Roots Grow Into the Earth is now approved for global distribution! What this means is online stores should soon have the paperback format listed, and bookstores can now order physical copies from Ingram.There are a couple of cosmetic differences between the Ingram and Amazon versions of the paperback as well: the Ingram…

[libraryinthecountry]

★ Have you voted in the Goodreads Choice Awards this year? This is your reminder that @avasreid’s Juniper and Thorn is one of the Final round Horror books! This has been one of my favorite books of the year—and if you haven’t read it yet—I cannot recommend it enough. It is a haunting, profound book and I couldn’t put it down. So if you’re still voting—don’t forget to check the Horror category as well! Voting ends tomorrow! ★ HASHTAGS // #avareid #juniperandthorn #goodreadschoiceawards #Goodreads #horrorbooks #darkfantasy #readfantasy #bookcart #fairyloot #beautifulbooks #fivestarreads #bookrecommendations #favoritebooks @goodreads https://www.instagram.com/p/Cltz9s0PIUW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=