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What are the scariest books you have ever read?
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Good question. Clive Barker always manages to shock me and even make me feel uncomfortable but I can't remember the last time I was truly scared by a book.
There was a
Goosebumps book, one of the first, called
Don't Go in the Basement!, that scared the shit out of me when I was younger. (Try it sometime. It is one of the darker R.L. Stine books, as he really toned it down later on.) Thats the last time I remember being truly frightened by a book.
Jaws sort of scared me in a way, because I know its marginally possible to be attacked by a white shark.
1984 really scared me, but in a more intellectual, less visceral way. The loss of individuality and freedom is scarier than any monster.
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What are the best books by Clive Barker?
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Glad you asked. I would say
The Books of Blood,
The Damnation Game,
The Hellbound Heart,
Cabal and
The Great and Secret Show. The last isn't horror as much as it is fantasy (it actually blends both and is a pretty kick ass read), but my fave out of Barker, and one of my fave all time horror novels is definitely
The Damnation Game. Pick it up sometime.
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What are the best books by Stephen King?
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Ah yeah. I like most of the Bachman books the best, but a few King novels are recommended on the grounds that they are classics, such as
Carrie. My favorites, regardless of reputation are,
Pet Sematary,
The Tommyknockers,
Desperation/
The Regulators,
Skeleton Crew,
The Long Walk and
Dolores Claiborne. The novellas
The Langoliers and
The Mist are good reads as well.
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I've read a few, but I want to know what's at the top. Help me out:)
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Read some of the more hardcore King books, especially his Bachman books. Clive Barker's earlier stuff is excellent as well. As for other authors, Peter Straub is highly recommended, especially his first 3 novels (
Julia,
If You Could See Me Now and
Ghost Story. They are really well written and genuinely eerie. Also, the novels
Shadowlands,
Koko and
The Hellfire Club by Straub are highly recommended.
Check out Richard Laymon, Jack Ketchum, Bentley Little and Robert R. McCammon as well.
Give Peter Benchley (he wrote
Jaws) a shot too. Even though he's not technically a horror writer, his books are pretty scary.