March 2026 Group Read Nominations > Likes and Comments
Famine (Graham Masterson)Who Made Stevie Crye? (Michael Bishop)
Monkey Shines (Michael Stewart)
Yeah I love this theme Ken, my head is swarming with ideas lol.
I love how specific the theme is :)+1 for Cold Moon over Babylon
+1 Off Season
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At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Bad Dolls by Rachel Harrison
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
Below by Laurel Hightower
Between Two Fires by by Christopher Buehlman
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi
Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
Blister by Jeff Strand
The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson
The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig
Boy's Life by Robert McCammon
Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi
The Broken Girls by Simone St James
Brother by Ania Ahlborn
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
Bunny by Mona Awad
The Burning Girls by C J Tudor
Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco
By the Light of Dead Stars by Andrew Van Wey
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Camp Slaughter by Sergio Gomez
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
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Castaways by Brian Keene
The Cellar by Richard Laymon
The Changeling by Victor LaValle
Chills by Mary SanGiovanni
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
Clowns Vs. Spiders by Jeff Strand
Colony by Benjamin Cross
Come Closer by Sara Gran
Come With Me by Ronald Malfi
Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud
Cunning Folk by Adam L.G. Nevill
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
Darkness on the Edge of Town by Brian Keene 2X
The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters
Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates
Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
The Deep by Nick Cutter
The Demonic by Lee Mountford
The Descent by Jeff Long
Desperation by Stephen King
The Devil Crept In by Ania Ahlborn
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
Devil's Creek by Todd Keisling
Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne
Dracul by J.D. Barker
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin
The Elementals by Michael McDowell 2X
Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie
FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Final Girls by Riley Sager
The Fireman by Joe Hill
The Fisherman by John Langan
From Below by Darcy Coates
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
A Gathering of Crows by Brian Keene
Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Ghostland by Duncan Ralston
The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
The Girls by Emma Cline
Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana
The Good House by Tananarive Due
The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay
The Haar by David Sodergren
The Hacienda by Isabel Canas
The Halloween Children by Brian James Freeman
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon
The Haunted Forest Tour by Jeff Strand and James A. Moore
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Hell Hound by Ken Greenhall
Hell House by Richard Matheson
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
Hide by Kiersten White
The Hollow Place by T. Kingfisher
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow by Christina Henry
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 2X
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
I Found Puppets Living in My Apartment Walls by Ben Farthing
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
It by Stephen King
Jaws by Peter Benchley
The Jigsaw Man by Gord Rollo
John Dies at the End by David Wong/Jason Pargin
Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
Kin by Kealan Patrick Burke
Krampus: The Yule Lord by Brom
Larry by Adam Millard
Last Days by Adam Nevill
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist 2X
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
The Long Walk by Richard Bachman
The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
Maggie's Grave by David Sodergren
Malignant by Michaelbrent Collings
Man, Fuck This House by Brian Asman
Mary by Nat Cassidy
Maynard's House by Herman Raucher
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Midnight Meat Train by Clive Barker
Misery by Stephen King
Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
The Mothman Prophecies by John A. Keel
Murder Road by Simone St. James
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
The Nightmare Room by Chris Sorensen
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
No One Gets Out Alive by Adam L.G. Nevill
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill 2X
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
Parasite by Darcy Coates
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
The Rats by James Herbert
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
The Reddening by Adam Nevill
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Revival by Stephen King
The Ritual by Adam Nevill
The Roo by Alan Baxter
The Root Witch by Debra Castaneda
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
The Ruins by Scott Smith
The Running Man by Richard Bachman aka Stephen King
The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson
The Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett
Seed by Ania Ahlborn
The September House by Carissa Orlando
The Shining by Stephen King
The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder
Slade House by David Mitchell
Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon
The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig
Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell
Stranded by Bracken MacLeod
Strange Weather by Joe Hill
Subhuman by Michael McBride
Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie
Suffer the Children by John Saul
Suicide Forest by Jeremy Bates
Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
Sundial by Catriona Ward
Survive the Night by Riley Sager
Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
The Terror by Dan Simmons 2X
They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran
Thinner by Richard Bachman
Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims
This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer
Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman 2X
The Troop by Nick Cutter
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
Usher's Passing by Robert McCammon
Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories
Vampire on the Orient Express by Shane Carrow
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
The Vessel by Adam Nevill
The Watchers by A.M. Shine
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 2X
We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham
The Women in the Walls by Amy Lukavics
You Like it Darker by Stephen King
Not sure if this counts but Books of Blood volumes 1-3 by Clive Barker. Also +1 for Watchers by Dean Koontz.
I'd like to nominate The Hungry Moon by Ramsey Campbell (1986).Isolated village, druids, the moon and some funny stuff, what could possibly go wrong? :P
The Hungry Moon
I nominate Cast a Cold Eye by Ryan Alan .
First published in 1984, it’s an atmospheric novel with folk-horror and ghost story elements. It takes place in Ireland, so I thought it might be fun for March.
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill(1983)Synopsis: A young solicitor named Arthur Kipps is sent to the remote town of Crythin Gifford to settle the estate of the late Mrs. Alice Drablow. While at her isolated, fog-wreathed home, Eel Marsh House, he encounters a spectral woman in mourning clothes.
OMG I'm freaking out! LOL I ADORE 80's horror. I've read a bunch of these noms, (Michael Slade ROCKS!!!), but I'm voting for:+1
(haven't read this one yet and have been meaning to for years.)+1
(Rick Hautala used to hang out here at Goodreads and would comment on reviews all the time. I still come across them here and there.)Lastly, I've read it but I'm absolutely crazy over Michael McDowell, so +1 for
The Collector by John Fowles: lonely, obsessive man kidnaps a young art student and holds her captive
+1 Moonbog by Rick Hautala. I've read him ages ago, great stuff.
Librarian wrote: "The Collector by John Fowles: lonely, obsessive man kidnaps a young art student and holds her captive"Hey hey, this came out in 1963 so it doesn't fit the 80's theme.
Char wrote: "OMG I'm freaking out! LOL I ADORE 80's horror. ."Me too, fun.
So many great votes in the thread already I'll just wait for the poll.
I’m going to add to the ring:Wolf’s Hour - Robert McCammon (1989)
The Dark - James Herbert (1980)
The Light at the End - John Skipp & Craig Spector (1986)
Oooh fun!My nomination is: from 1983 Phantoms by Dean Koontz.Phantoms
This has been sitting in my TBR forever! And Ben Affleck was the bomb in 'Phantoms' so.... :)
Vance wrote: "Brian Lumley - Demogorgon (c) 1987"
+1 Demogorgon. 1987. Brian Lumley
+1 The Light at the End
+1 for Wolf's Hour by Robert Mccammon [to be fair, any Mccammon except Swan Song (due to recently reading it, not dislike!)]
I will +1 The Hungry MoonI know someone already nominated The Tomb, but The Keep is technically the first book in Wilson's Adversary Cycle, which I've been meaning to read for years, so I think I will nominate that. I think Repairman Jack first appeared in Tomb, but as a series, Keep is "technically" first. Not having read them, I have no idea if that actually matters or not :-)
W.T.H. wrote: "Headhunter by Michael Slade"What a wild ride that book was. I haven't read it since it first came out and it still sticks with me today!
Robert wrote: "I will +1 The Hungry MoonI know someone already nominated The Tomb, but The Keep is technically the first book in Wilson's Adversary Cycle, which I've bee..."
You can read The Keep, The Tomb and The Touch in any order, as they are all independent stories. It's not until Reborn that The Keep comes back into play, and Nightworld that they all come together.
So many great picks so far. Being that March is Women’s Histoy Month, I didn’t see GEEK LOVE by Katharine Dunn on the list and that is an epically horrifying 80s book. Also The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing.
This month’s theme is 1980s horror.
Here are the rules -
1) All nominations had to be originally written between 1/1/1980 and 12/31/1989.
2) It can not be a book we’ve already had as a group read. (Please check the link https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
3) Yes, you can nominate a Stephen King title, as long as it follows rules 1 and 2. If King’s books receive the most votes, we will select the top vote-getter. The other group read would be chosen from the top non-King book. I know us moderators try hard to get all of you to look past Uncle Stevie’s books and expand your palates, but here’s your chance to “get it out of your system.” Make it count!