The scariest modern horror books

[Spinhead]

Hello horrorheads,

This list/interivew was published today and I wanted to share it here to get your thoughts. A specialist in gothic and horror literature picks five of the scariest modern horror novels and defends them in the interview:

https://fivebooks.com/best-books/the-scariest-books-xavier-aldana-reyes/

Includes a discussion of Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, H P Lovecraft, Clive Barker, and Kathe Koja.

Do you agree? Any unforgivable omissions? What would be your top five?

[fudgetusk]

Seven Days Of Cain by Ramsey Campbell is probably the only horror book that really scared me.

IT by KIng comes close though.

[Dream Follies]

Horror does not tend to scare me, but in recent memory The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan gave me nightmares, so that's a notable exception.

[AMysteryUnsolved]

I read half way through Rings by Koji Suzuki before putting the book down. It got real creepy.