Favorite books of the horror genre

[Ghostwalker117]

I like a good scare once in a while especially when it comes from my own imagination due to highly descriptive writing. What are your favoritie books in the horror genre. Some of my favorites are: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Dracula and Scary stories to read in the dark.

[Maud Fitch]

Horror isn't my favourite genre but I have to say for sheer psychological creepiness, I can't go passed any novel
written by Joyce Carol Oates.

[frik]

Stephen King's The Stand.

Oh, I just noticed the plural.
I also love Clive Barker's Books of Blood, anything by H.P. Lovecraft, Dan Simmons' Summer of Night and many more.

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[RuqeeD]

Out of the ones I've read (there haven't been many yet) I thought Sarah Waters The Little Stranger was a frightening read - very spooky. James Herbert's Haunted was good and right now I'm reading House of Leaves which even though it's a little slow going there are points where I don't want to look over my shoulder because I think something will be there. It's slowly building up and I can tell it's gonna get scarier....can't wait

[Argleblather]

Right now? The Stand. I'm having a spat of obsession with it. Otherwise, Dracula, Bag of Bones, Desperation, Haunting of Hill House.

[StephenKingman]

Too many to mention but if i were putting together an Ultimate 5 Horror Books:

1. The Stand
2. The Shining
3. IT
4. Legend of Hell House
5. Woman in Black

[Ant]

"Night in the Lonesome October" and "Endless Night" both by Richard Laymon are great reads as well as "House of Bones" by Graham Masterton.

[Argleblather]

IT is also one of my all-time favorite books. I don't always think of it as the scariest,I just love the story. My poor copy is very dog eared and tattered.

[Connie_88]

The Shining the bit with the maze and topiary animals gets me everytime, and I've read the book about 6 times!

[Col]

The Shining the bit with the maze and topiary animals gets me everytime, and I've read the book about 6 times!

I agree 200% with that!!

[Connie_88]

The Shining the bit with the maze and topiary animals gets me everytime, and I've read the book about 6 times!

I agree 200% with that!!

It just sends shudders down my spine, I'm sure it's not even supposed to be the scariest bit but it creeps me out something chronic

[Bighuey]

H.P. Lovecraft, Steven King's Christine, Dracula, House on the Borderland, S. Baring-Goulds Book of Werewolves, and Arthur Machen's Great God Pan and M.R. James Count Magnus are among my favorites.

[goldengate]

Dracula is definately on my list, along with The Stand and just about anything by Jack Ketchum. Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box was great. There are many more - I have a particular fondness for horror - and apocolyptical books.

[twilightchick792]

love the shining

[tedfiz]

when i was a child i like ghose bump... really its scary.... but now i never read book with genre horor...