The Ruins, by Scott Smith $4.98 69 books Told in alternating chapters that depict a group of aspiring writers voluntarily secluded in an unusual writer’s retreat and the stories they’re writing, Haunted not only contains one of the most disturbing short stories ever published (“Guts,” which caused several people to faint when Palahniuk read it in public) it’s also a deep dive into madness as the reality-TV obsessed characters start sabotaging their experiment in a quest for fame. McCarthy’s entire writing style and technique is terrifying; the man could write a grocery list that leaves the reader dripping with dread. Please do not purchase this book if you are easily shocked, disgusted or offended. I have the wrong SK book in hand. The sense of suffocating dread that Palahniuk applies grows so incrementally you don’t notice it until you suddenly realize you’ve been holding your breath for five pages. | $14.95. CLICK HERE FOR MORE! Paperback The vines are one of those simple monsters that seem so easy to defeat at first blush, yet the inexorable doom that descends on the characters slowly, grindingly proves otherwise. Lost in the Dark by John Langan - Must Recommend, if you are down to read a short story that is pretty creepy, very original, and kinda realistic. $16.99 Pet Sematary manages to be his most terrifying novel by dint of its simple, devastating concept: a magical cemetery where buried things come back to a sort-of life—but aren’t quite what they once were. Ring, by Kōji Suzuki 1) Doctor Sleep: A Novel by Stephen King If youâre looking for the greatest horror novel you can listen to, then Stephen Kingâs sequel to The Shining should be on the top of your list. Did we leave off any truly terrifying books? WARNING: THIS IS AN EXTREME HORROR NOVEL. This tale of extreme, ruthless, and pervasive violence in the American west emerges from under a sheen of the unreal to become all too real, and the greatest trick McCarthy manages here is by making the single most terrifying aspect of the storyâthe main characterâs deathâthe one act of brutality he doesnât depict, leaving the terrors contained within that scene to our imaginationâwhich is infinitely ⦠The world collapses and the survivors can only seal themselves off from the outside and try to avoid the worst, leading to a torturous wearing down of hope that leaves the reader defenseless against the horrible images Malerman conjures. | $16.99. Having read it, you can see why. $15.49 Three stomach-churning horror novels in one volume from master of horror, Lee Mountford. He began his career writing fireballing horror books, morphed in midcareer to writing ⦠From a fairly standard horror premise (a house is revealed to be slightly larger on the inside than is strictly possible) Danielewski spins out a dizzying tale involving multiple unreliable narrators, typographic mysteries, and looping footnotes that manage to drag the reader into the story and then make them doubt their own perception of that story. Smith’s story is deceptively simple: a group of tourists in Mexico go off in search of an archaeological site where a friend has set up camp; they find a pyramid covered in odd vines, the land around it salted and barren. The 2004 release of SURVIVOR, however, caused Gonzalezâs fan base to explode in size. Add to Favorites. There is bad language. He doesn’t receive a response until nearly a year later, and his life takes a turn for the bizarre shortly afterwards. NOOK Book The film adaptation has supplanted the novel in pop culture, but the novel was a huge hit for Levin—and the film actually sticks to the plot and dialog so closely you really do get a feel for the novel from watching it. However, I stick to my choosing it for this list by saying that it has acts of violence that stand out so starkly that they rival the petty violence of many other books. Simmons’ novel follows several groups of people who have The Ability, a psychic power that allows them to take control of others from a distance and force them to perform any action. English. When one of their puppets murders someone, the person with The Ability is invigorated and strengthened. At 480 pages, Let the Right One In is a great mid-length horror novel thatâs perfect for fans of classic vampire stories and modern horror alike. Hell House, by Richard Matheson HEADER is a darkly comic, extreme horror novel by the master of hardcore mayhem. Tormented - Insidious experiments are taking place at Arlington Asylum, and the helpless inmates are the test subjects. Reading their books is like visiting the midnight grindhouse cinema. Either way, stories like The Tell-Tale Heart or The Cask of Amontillado retain their power to petrify more than a century-and-a-half after their publication because Poe tapped into the fundamental fear we all have that the world and people around us are not what they seem. With how relevant this book is to present day, and the fact that it’s one of the best Stephen King books of all time, now is definitely the time to pick this one up. $13.95. Tormented - Insidious experiments are taking place at Arlington Asylum, and the helpless inmates are the test subjects. | $15.99. | $11.00. Five old friends gather regularly to trade ghost stories, but when one of them dies mysteriously and the survivors begin to dream of their own deaths, a secret from their past is revealed—and the simple pleasures of a ghost story are explored to their most frightening ends by a master of the form. Their descent into the depths of horror is too close for comfort as a result—for everyone reading the book knows all too well that they have weaknesses, and secret shames, as well. Brite’s most famous novel follows two serial killers who initially aim to kill each other but, upon discovering a fellow traveler, instead engage in a spree of horrific sex and murder. Unlike some of the charming vampires we see in pop culture today, Dracula is much darker, taking you down an evil and twisted storyline. Ghost Story, by Peter Straub | $17.99. Although technically science fiction, this story of the human race centuries after a devastating apocalypse is straight terror in many ways. Labels: Books, extreme horror, Horror, New Books, New Releases, splatterpunk. The great sage Pat Benatar once sang that hell is for children. The 31 Best Horror Books of All Time in Case You're in the Mood to Ruin Sleep Forever **immediately orders a night-light** By Hunter Levitan , Shannon Carlin and Hannah Chambers Put simply, House of Leaves is one of the most frightening books ever written. Bad Decisions is available today on Amazon. The story of a young woman who becomes pregnant after a nightmare gets its terror not from the well-known twist of the baby’s parentage (hint: not her husband), but from the increasing isolation Rosemary experiences as her suspicions about everyone around her grow. From that simple idea King ramps up to a climax that gets under your skin in a fundamental way most horror stories fail to. Lilith is one of the last surviving humans, awakened on an alien ship. Survivor Type is in Skeleton Crew. The episodic nature of the story is ideal for the effect he achieves; the narrator tells of being a young boy and sending a penpal request attached to a balloon with his classmates, including his best friend Josh. Extreme horror fiction is out there and it can be incredibly good if done right. Of course you’ve heard of Dracula, but have you actually read the book? WRATH JAMES WHITE â Author of numerous extreme horror novels and short stories and the founder of Killer Con. Morrison’s skill as a writer is in full effect as she draws the reader into what is assuredly one of the saddest and most horrifying stories committed to paper. The Haunting of Hill House is simply the best haunted house story ever written. 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Below, nine of the most violent books that are also widely celebrated as literary works of fiction. 189 likes. $13.99 Shop Now. HEADER is not for the easily squeamish! This book is not for you. Paperback Several of King’s books could be on this list, but he frequently blunts the terror of his stories with the richness and humanity of his characterizations and the sprawl of his narratives. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding Paperback | $16.00. Paperback Of course, a story can be terrifying without necessarily being great art. In the Internet Age it’s pretty easy to fall down a rabbit hole of pop culture obsession, and there are still dark areas of culture that haven’t had a wiki created around them. I can't say I liked the whole anthology (Best Horror of the Year Volume 10), but this was basically what I wanted Night Film to be. So many threads tie into the terror, from the emotional and economic uncertainty of a struggling young couple to the simple fear any mother has for their child, all expertly knotted into a story that will keep you awake at night. A series of tragic and strange things happen to him and everyone around him, building a sense of dread that is only increased when the truth is revealed. Theyâre told by people who have answered an ad for a writerâs retreat and unwittingly joined a âSurvivorâ-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. 11. 10. The elements of the cult style are present in all their stories along with the off-the-wall cartoon style you would expect from a Goosebumps novel--except for adults. Dawn, by Octavia Butler $19.99 69 books based on 43 votes: Human Cruelty by Wade H. Garrett, The Angel of Death: An Extreme Horror Novel by Wade H. Garrett, Splatterpunk: An Extreme Ho... Home My Books Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury Paperback Paperback When you think about clichés in horror fiction, the haunted house is at the top of the list, an idea done so often it’s frequently an unintentional parody. | $14.95. Pessl’s story about a mysterious underground filmmaker whose movies may or may not contain hints of dark power and horrific events and the journalist who becomes obsessed with him asks the reader how you can be certain there’s a clear line between fact and fiction, then, once that wedge of doubt is established, presents a terrifying fiction to fill that space. The novel that inspired the horror films of the same name, the premise is well-known: anyone who watches a mysterious videotape of creepy images is informed that they will die in seven days—and then they die. Three stomach-churning horror novels in one volume from master of horror, Lee Mountford. The Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite Lost Souls served as my first exposure to Briteâs works. 18 Books So Disturbing, People Claim They Truly Traumatized Them. It can also scare the living daylights out of us. $25.00. Literature can be a moving, beautiful artistic experience. Some of this type of material has been adapted successfully, such as Jack Ketchum adaptations like The Girl Next Door and The Woman. $15.99 Blindness, by Jose Saramago Extreme horror can shock and disgust, but the most effective stories leave us emotionally changed. Ketchum’s disturbing novel about the unimaginable abuse suffered by two sisters when they are forced to live with their mentally unstable aunt and her three savage sons is based on real events, but it’s the central theme of an adult giving official sanction to the atrocities that makes this story so utterly horrifying. $2.99. Paperback Literally Everything Edgar Allan Poe Wrote For Free. Ages 10 and up. $14.49 Paperback It is more than a cannibalism story, more than a monster in the woods story, more than a dark occult story. Since everyone knows the plot of The Godfather, they also know that it may not be the most violent book out there. This tale of extreme, ruthless, and pervasive violence in the American west emerges from under a sheen of the unreal to become all too real, and the greatest trick McCarthy manages here is by making the single most terrifying aspect of the story—the main character’s death—the one act of brutality he doesn’t depict, leaving the terrors contained within that scene to our imagination—which is infinitely worse than anything he might have conjured. | $18.00. Love Real Life Ghost Hunting Shows? So, if you are looking for some extreme dark horror fiction then try the books from these publishers. Bradbury’s epic rumination on childhood and adulthood tells the story of a magical circus come to a small town, offering the residents dark gifts they weren’t aware they wanted—most notably the carousel that can change your physical age, making boys who yearn to be adults grow older, and middle-aged men and women who yearn for their lost youth to grow younger. What Matheson taps into in this classic haunted house story is the universal fear that we are already lost, already broken. Haunted, by Chuck Palahniuk The Stand, by Stephen King But unlike Leeâs story, this story is well-written, which, oddly enough, very nearly rendered it unreadable. An epidemic of blindness leaves an entire city’s population secluded in a mental institution as society within and without crumbles. Technology has shifted, but the terror never really relied on VHS tapes—it’s the concept that ideas can be deadly, that simply by experiencing something you can be doomed, that’s so horrifying. Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. Extreme horror story with a not so horrible ending. The scares come not just from the malevolent actions of a house that seems sentient and angry, but from the claustrophobia we experience from the novel’s unreliable narrator, Eleanor, whose descent into madness is slow and excruciating and only begins after we’ve been lulled into a false sense of security by the seeming relatability of her early persona. Paperback Hardcover Paperback 2. | $18.00. While it might not be as explicit as far as âextreme horrorâ goes, putting the reader in the passenger seat for DINNâs process results in a pretty brutal experienceâand one of the most psychologically disturbing and effective horror novels of the year. Itâs also a highly entertaining extreme horror story thatâs produced two sequels. The Godfather by Mario Puzo. The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James. Exquisite Corpse, by Poppy Z. Brite You’ll find no sparkles or soul here, and trust us when we say that the book is much better than the movie. The first novel in this series, 2002âs Speaks the Nightbird, marked his return to publishing after a decade-long hiatus, signifying a shift from straight horror into historical fiction. Shirley Jackson, however, was no ordinary writer, and she takes the concept of the haunted house and perfects it. You look into the abyss at the center of this novel and the abyss looks back. If your goal is to be so terrified of a book that you put it in the freezer and book a hotel room for a few days, here are twenty-five books that might not necessarily be the best horror novels, but are certainly the scariest. The Girl Next Door, by Jack Ketchum Skilled writers can bring us face to face with scenarios and emotions we might never encounter in real life, expanding our understanding of both the universe and our fellow man. $13.49 | $22.00. Keywords: horror, ghost story, frightening, scary, terrifying, stephen king, james, blackwood, creepypasta, nosleep. Poe had a knack for infusing everything he wrote with visceral dread. | $16.99. Learn More: Amazon Waterstones. The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson The horror imbued in each page is subtle, but it exerts tremendous mental pressure as you progress through the story. The investigation into the tape and how to avoid this grim fate leads to what remains an incredibly shocking backstory involving rape, smallpox, and a forgotten well. $9.99. | $17.00. Paperback Paperback Paperback 16 of 34. There’s no more terrifying sequence than the long slide into madness as escaped slave Sethe, convinced the young woman calling herself Beloved is the daughter she murdered in an attempt to keep her safe from slavers come to reclaim them, grows steadily thinner and weaker as she gives everything she has—including food—to Beloved, who grows steadily larger. One trek through the novel and itâs really no surprise: SURVIVOR is harrowing to the nth degree, and itâs going to make you feel near-unparalleled pains for an interesting character forced to endure some unspeakably sadistic acts. Rather than vampires, though, The Exquisite Corpse takes us into the mind of a serial killer. $14.99 Another story centered on the terror of children, the horror inherent in this story comes from the fact that the human beings we create eventually become their own people—and possibly strangers to us. If you don’t think of Beloved as a horror story, you haven’t been paying attention. Iâd love suggestions for slasher and/or extreme horror novels Recommendation Request Iâm a big fan of slasher genre films and franchises like Halloween , Friday the 13th , A Nightmare on Elm Street , Chucky , Scream , Saw , etc. Carrion Comfort, by Dan Simmons NOOK Book $8.99 The novel covers a broad range of themes, from murder to divorce and its effects on the social development of young children. Swan Song by Robert McCammon - McCammon is a marvel. You could put several McCarthy novels on this list, but I think Blood Meridian is the best and certainly among the most brutal. The 15 horror and thriller authors who sent scary book recommendations to Bustle via email have made you a laundry list of great reads â a few of these books are â¦
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