Horror Aficionados discussion

Who's up for a reading challenge to tackle some of the books on this list that was compiled by HA members and are considered to be the must-reads of the horror genre? Challenge yourself to read 10 of them in 2013. Keep a running list in your reserved space. [NOTE: I will periodically clean house of chit-chat messages to keep everyone's lists more accessible.]

HORROR'S BEST BOOKS
33 A.D - David McAfee
A Delicate Dependency by Michael Talbot
Afraid - Jack Kilborn
After Midnight - Richard Laymon
Animals - John Skipp & Craig Spector
Apeshit - Carlton Mellick III
Bethany's Sin - Robert McCammon
Black Butterflies - John Shirley
Blood Crazy - Simon Clark
Books Of Blood - Clive Barker
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
Charnel House by Graham Masterton
Come Closer - Sara Gran
Cold Moon Over Babylon - Michael McDowell
Dark Gods - T.E.D. Klein
Dead Sea - Tim Curran
Dead Sea - Brian Keene
Desperation - Stephen King
Don't Look Now - Daphne du Maurier
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Dust - Charles Pelligrino
Dweller - Jeff Strand
Edgar Allan Poe Complete and Unabridged
Endless Night - Richard Laymon
Exquisite Corpse - Poppy Z Brite
From Evil's Pillow - Basil Copper
Geek Love - Katherine Dunn
Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary - M. R. James
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
Ghoul - Michael Slade
H.P. Lovecraft: The Fiction Complete and Unabridged
Headhunter - Michael Slade
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Hell House- Richard Matheson
Hellfire by John Saul
Hideaway - Dean Koontz
Horns - Joe Hill
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
Infected - Scott Sigler
In Silent Graves - Gary A Braunbeck
It - Stephen King
Koko - Peter Straub
Let's Go Play at the Adams' - Mendal Johnson
Midnight - Dean Koontz
Murgunstrumm - Hugh B. Cave
Nailed by the Heart - Simon Clark
Naomi's Room - Jonathan Aycliffe
Nazareth Hill - Ramsey Campbell
Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Night's Black Agents - Fritz Leiber
Off Season - Jack Ketchum
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
Psycho - Robert Bloch
Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin
Salem's Lot - Stephen King
Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Some of Your Blood - Theodore Sturgeon
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
Soul Eater - K. W. Jeter
Stinger - Robert McCammon
Suffer the Children - John Saul
Summer Of Night - Dan Simmons
Survivor - J. F. Gonzalez
Swan Song - Robert McCammon
Teatro Grottesco - Thomas Ligotti
The Amittyville Horror - Jay Anson
The Blue Rose Trilogy - Peter Straub
The Children Of Dynmouth - William Trevor
The Devil You Know - Mike Carey
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
The Face in the Frost - John Bellairs
The Fog - James Herbert
The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
The Great And Secret Show - Clive Barker
The Haunting Of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
The Hellfire Club - Peter Straub
The House Next Door - Ann River Siddons
The Howling - Gary Brandner
The King in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers
The Last Werewolf - Glen Duncan
The Lost - Jack Ketchum
The Lottery - Shirley Jackson
The Midnight Palace - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Omen - David Seltzer
The Other - Thomas Tryon
The Painted Bird - Jerzy Kosinski
The Passage - Justin Cronin
The Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliot
The Pine Deep Trilogy - Jonathan Maberry
The Rats by James Herbert
The Ruins - Scott Smith
The Search for Joseph Tully - William Hallahan
The Shining - Stephen King
The Stand - Stephen King
The Store - Bentley Little
The Summer I Died - Ryan Thomas
The Terror - Dan Simmons
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
The Unblemished - Conrad Williams
The Wandering Jew - Eugene Sue
The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
The Willows - Algernon Blackwood
The Wine-Dark Sea - Robert Aickman
The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
While the Savage Sleeps - Andrew Kaufman
World War Z - Max Brooks
You Don't Scare Me - John Farris

I've read 57 on the list; I'm challenging myself to read (at least) 10 of these in 2013.


A Delicate Dependency by Michael Talbot
Animals - John Skipp & Craig Spector
Bethany's Sin - Robert McCammon
Blood Crazy - Simon Clark
Charnel House by Graham Masterton
Dark Gods - T.E.D. Klein
Don't Look Now - Daphne du Maurier
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Dust - Charles Pelligrino
Edgar Allan Poe Complete and Unabridged
From Evil's Pillow - Basil Copper
Geek Love - Katherine Dunn
Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary - M. R. James
Ghoul - Michael Slade
H.P. Lovecraft: The Fiction Complete and Unabridged
Headhunter - Michael Slade
Hideaway - Dean Koontz
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
In Silent Graves - Gary A Braunbeck
Koko - Peter Straub
Midnight - Dean Koontz
Murgunstrumm - Hugh B. Cave
Nailed by the Heart - Simon Clark
Nazareth Hill - Ramsey Campbell
Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Night's Black Agents - Fritz Leiber
Psycho - Robert Bloch
Soul Eater - K. W. Jeter
Stinger - Robert McCammon
Swan Song - Robert McCammon
Teatro Grottesco - Thomas Ligotti
The Blue Rose Trilogy - Peter Straub
The Children Of Dynmouth - William Trevor
The Devil You Know - Mike Carey
The Face in the Frost - John Bellairs
The Fog - James Herbert
The Great And Secret Show - Clive Barker
The Howling - Gary Brandner
The King in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers
The Last Werewolf - Glen Duncan
The Midnight Palace - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Painted Bird - Jerzy Kosinski
The Pine Deep Trilogy - Jonathan Maberry
The Search for Joseph Tully - William Hallahan
The Unblemished - Conrad Williams
The Wandering Jew - Eugene Sue
The Willows - Algernon Blackwood
The Wine-Dark Sea - Robert Aickman
The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
While the Savage Sleeps - Andrew Kaufman
You Don't Scare Me - John Farris

10-15 do we go by your list or make our own

Read 78 of them

This year I intend to read through the entire Dark Tower series, including all the tie in books, so I'll reread a few on that list. I have a few of the others on my shelves and intend to read them as well. As soon as I get done with Black House I want to read I am Legend.

I have only read about 25 of these, so I have a lot of work to do. I am planning on reading 10 of these for the challange.

Read for the 2013 Challange:

The Summer I Died - Ryan Thomas
The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
World War Z - Max Brooks
Infected - Scott Sigler
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
The Willows - Algernon Blackwood
Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary - M. R. James
The King in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers
The Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliot
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
The Shining - Stephen King (a re-read but I'm counting it anyway as it was 20+ years ago)

Tressa wrote: "Who's up for a reading challenge to tackle some of the books on this list that was compiled by HA members and are considered to be the must-reads of the horror genre. Challenge yourself to read 10 ..."

Awesome :) I've already read and owned quite a few of them. I don't mind reading more of the group's recommendations. This'll be fun :D

My spot.

Read previously:

Desperation
Dweller
Heart-Shaped Box
Horns
I am Legend and Other Stories
It
Midnight
Pet Sematary
Salem's Lot
The Silence of the Lambs
The Passage
Ghost Road Blues
Bad Moon Rising
Dead Man's Song
The Shining
The Stand
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Read in 2013

1. 33 A.D. only 3 stars, kind of disappointed.
2. Infected. 4 stars, not in my favorites but very good.
3. The Girl Next Door. 5 stars, on my favorites shelf.
4. Swan Song 5 stars, on my favorites shelf.
5. Ghost Story 5 magnificent stars!
6. The Willows a favorite! 5 stars.
7. Geek Love disappointed, only 3 stars.
8. The Shining 5 stars!
9. The Summer I Died 5 stars.
10. Rosemary's Baby 4 stars.
11. While the Savage Sleeps rated 2 stars and how in hell did this make the list?

This sounds like fun, I'm in!

Read in previous years:

Dracula (but would like to re-read)
Geek Love
Ghost Story
Horns
It
Let's Go Play At The Adams'
Off Season
Pet Sematary
Rosemary's Baby
Salem's Lot
The Silence of the Lambs
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Rats
The Shining
The Stand
The Turn of the Screw
The Woman in Black

Want to read 10 of the following in 2013:
Afraid
Books of Blood*
Boy's Life
Carrion Comfort*
Don't Look Now*
Dracula*
Naomi's Room
Song of Kali
Suffer the Children*
Swan Song
The Exorcist*
The Girl Next Door
The Haunting of Hill House
The Pilo Family Circus*
The Wasp Factory
World War Z

2013 challenge:
January:
1. Naomi's Room (4/5)
2. The Wasp Factory (4/5)

February:
3. The Haunting of Hill House (5/5)

March:
4. The Girl Next Door (5/5)
5. Afraid (4/5)

Ardy wrote: "This year I intend to read through the entire Dark Tower series, including all the tie in books, so I'll reread a few on that list. I have a few of the others on my shelves and intend to read them ..."

Black House--great book!

I've counted before and came up with, if I remember correctly, 38 of these books read.

It's my goal to read 10 - 15 of these books listed below this year.


HORROR'S BEST BOOKS
1. Afraid - Jack Kilborn
2. Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon
3. Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
4. Desperation - Stephen King
5. Koko - Peter Straub
6. Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
7. The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
8. The Howling - Gary Brandner
9. The King in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers
10. The Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliot
11. Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary - M. R. James
12. The Last Werewolf - Glen Duncan
13. Survivor - J. F. Gonzalez
14. The Ruins - Scott B. Smith
15. Dark Gods - T. E. D. Klein

Underlined text means currently reading.

Striked text means read.

Sounds fun.

Count me in. I will challenge myself to read at least 10 off the list above in 2013!

HORROR'S BEST BOOKS - READ
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Hell House- Richard Matheson
Hideaway - Dean Koontz
Horns - Joe Hill
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
It - Stephen King
Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
Psycho - Robert Bloch
Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin
Salem's Lot - Stephen King
Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
The Amittyville Horror - Jay Anson
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
The Haunting Of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
The Lottery - Shirley Jackson
The Passage - Justin Cronin
The Ruins - Scott Smith
The Shining - Stephen King
The Stand - Stephen King
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
World War Z - Max Brooks

READ IN 2013
The House Next Door by Anne River Siddons
The Women in Black by Susan Hill

Edited 10/8/13

Ok, I will save my spot here and challenge myself to read 10 of them.

Read for the Challenge:

The Pilo Family Circus- by Will Elliott5*
Come Closer-by Sara Gran 4*
The Woman in Black-by Susan Hill 2.5*
The Willows-by Algernon Blackwood 5*.
The Rats by James Herbert 4*
Something Wicked This Way Comes 4*
The Fog by James Herbert 3*
The Summer I Died by Ryan C.Thomas 5*
Off Season by Jack Ketchum 4*
Stinger by Robert McCammon 5*

I'm done with the challenge!!



Horror's Best-Already Read:
1.Afraid - Jack Kilborn
2.Animals - John Skipp & Craig Spector
3.Bethany's Sin - Robert McCammon
4.Books Of Blood - Clive Barker
5.Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
6.Desperation - Stephen King
7.Dracula - Bram Stoker
8.Dweller - Jeff Strand
9.Edgar Allan Poe Complete and Unabridged
10.Geek Love - Katherine Dunn
11.Ghost Story - Peter Straub
12.Ghoul - Michael Slade
13.Headhunter - Michael Slade
14.Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
15.Horns - Joe Hill
16.I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
17.It - Stephen King
18.Koko - Peter Straub
19.Midnight - Dean Koontz
20.Necroscope - Brian Lumley
21.Pet Sematary - Stephen King
22.Psycho - Robert Bloch
23.Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin
24.Salem's Lot - Stephen King
25.Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
26.Summer Of Night - Dan Simmons
27.Swan Song - Robert McCammon
28.The Amittyville Horror - Jay Anson
29.30.31 The Blue Rose Trilogy - Peter Straub
32.The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
33.The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
34.The Great And Secret Show - Clive Barker
35.The Haunting Of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
36.The Hellfire Club - Peter Straub
37.The Lottery - Shirley Jackson
38.The Omen - David Seltzer
39.The Other - Thomas Tryon
40.The Passage - Justin Cronin
41.42.43 The Pine Deep Trilogy - Jonathan Maberry
44.The Shining - Stephen King
45.The Stand - Stephen King
46.The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
47. World War Z




(I just realized I have NOT read Afraid by Kilborn which is my #1 on the already read list! I will have to work it in, so I don't have to change the numbers on this whole list!

I'm up for the challenge

This sounds like fun.

My unimpressive "Already Read It" list:

Blood Crazy - Simon Clark
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Hell House- Richard Matheson
Nailed by the Heart - Simon Clark
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
Salem's Lot - Stephen King
The Haunting Of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
The Lottery - Shirley Jackson
The Stand - Stephen King
The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
World War Z - Max Brooks

2013 To-Read List:
Desperation- Stephen King
Cold Moon Over Babylon- Michael McDowell
Heart-Shaped Box- Joe Hill
The Howling- Gary Bradner
The Fog- James Herbert
Necroscope - Brian Lumley
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
33 A.D - David McAfee
From Evil's Pillow- Basil Copper

Read for 2013:
Ghost Story- Peter Straub

I've only read a rather pathetic 18 of these books :( but noticed that there are many on my 'to read' list anyway.

My challenge will be to read 10 of these in 2013.

A fantastic list. Will try to read at least 10 this year.

Have read all the ones below, although it seems like a lifetime ago for most of them.

After Midnight - Richard Laymon
Books Of Blood - Clive Barker
Dead Sea - Brian Keene
Desperation - Stephen King
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Endless Night - Richard Laymon
Ghoul - Michael Slade
Headhunter - Michael Slade
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Hideaway - Dean Koontz
It - Stephen King
Midnight - Dean Koontz
Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
Salem's Lot - Stephen King
Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Stinger - Robert McCammon
Swan Song - Robert McCammon
The Fog - James Herbert
The Great And Secret Show - Clive Barker
The Howling - Gary Brandner
The Rats by James Herbert
The Shining - Stephen King
The Stand - Stephen King
The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
World War Z - Max Brooks

Read in 2013

Dead Sea - Tim Curran 5*
Horns - Joe Hill 5*
Pilo Family Circus - Will Elliot 5*
The Summer I Died - Ryan C Thomas 5*

Well ive just finished 1 of the 10 books on here that I plan to finish by the end of the year. It was Apeshit and its a very disturbing book

I hated Apeshit, but The Haunted Vagina is wonderful. I probably would have read more of Mellick's books but my interest in bizarro petered out.

Tressa wrote: "I hated Apeshit, but The Haunted Vagina is wonderful. I probably would have read more of Mellick's books but my interest in bizarro petered out."

The Haunted Vagina is such great book! I get such strange looks, though, when I recommend it! Lol

Tressa wrote: "I hated Apeshit, but The Haunted Vagina is wonderful. I probably would have read more of Mellick's books but my interest in bizarro petered out."

Need to read Apeshit this year, have only read Zombies and Shit from Mellick but did enjoy it.

Tressa I think you should give Satanic Summer by Andersen Prunty. I can deffently understand how u can be done with bizzaro but I think u should give that novel a shot

I deffently plan on reading Zombie and Shit and Haunted Vagina soon

I'll check into it, Larry. I haven't given up totally on bizarro.

I have to be in the mood for bizarro.

Me too, Jason. It gets old fast for me. But I know it has a big following.

glad to hear that you will give Satanic Summer a Tressa

a shot

Here is my list of already read books.


After midnight - Richard laymon
Books of blood - Clive barker
Dracula - Bram stoker
Endless night - Richard laymon
Exquisite corpse - Poppy z brite
It - Stephen king
Off season - Jack ketchum
Pet cemetery - Stephen king
Salem's lot - Stephen king
Silence of the lambs - Thomas Harris
Suffer the children - John Saul
The girl next door - Jack ketchum
The haunting of hill house - Shirley Jackson
The hellfire club - Peter straub
The rats - James Herbert
The shining - Stephen king
World war z - max brooks

Book read in 2013

Horns - Joe hill(finished Jan 2013)
Apeshit - Carlton Mellick III ( finished 27/1)
I am legend - Richard Matheson (finished 27/1)
Afraid - Jack Kilborn ( finished 23/2)
Survivor - J.F. Gonzalez (finished 23/2)
Heart Shaped Box - Joe Hill (finished 10/3)
Dweller - Jeff Strand (finished 29/3)
The Woman in Black - Susan Hill (finished 15/4)
The fog - James Herbert (finished 26/5)
The Howling - Gary Brandner (finished 10/6)
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon (finished 13/7)
The Summer I died - Ryan Thomas (finished 26/11)
The Exorcist - William Blatty (finished 9/12)

Books to read that I own

Boy's Life
Carrion Comfort
Come Closer
Dead Sea
Desperation
Infected
Koko
Necroscope
Swan Song
The Exorcist
The Howling
The Lottery
The Passage
The Stand
The Summer I Died
The Turn of the Screw
The Wasp Factory
While the Savage Sleeps

I'll give it a go. Here's what I've already read:

After Midnight - Richard Laymon
Bethany's Sin - Robert McCammon
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
Charnel House by Graham Masterton
Dead Sea - Brian Keene
Dweller - Jeff Strand
Endless Night - Richard Laymon
Hideaway - Dean Koontz
It - Stephen Kingn
Midnight - Dean Koontz
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
Salem's Lot - Stephen King
Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
Stinger - Robert McCammon
Summer Of Night - Dan Simmons
Swan Song - Robert McCammon
The Amittyville Horror - Jay Anson
The Howling - Gary Brandner
The Shining - Stephen King
The Stand - Stephen King
The Store - Bentley Little
The Summer I Died - Ryan Thomas

Yikes, I haven't even read 10 off the list. I did read that many in the Necroscope series alone though. The first 3 books of that series are some of my very favorite books of all time.

What I have read:

Headhunter - Michael Slade
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Off Season - Jack Ketchum
Pet Cemetary - Stephen King
Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
The Amittyville Horror - Jay Anson
The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson

I will try for 10. Sounds like a lot of fun!

Jon Recluse wrote: "Read 78 of them"

Now, Jon, be nice...

I'll be going for 10 books out of the left:
1)Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
2)Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
3)Shining by Stephen King

What i have read:
Desperation-Stephen King
Dracula-Bram Stoker
Heart Shaped Box-Joe Hill
It-Stephen King
Koko- Peter Straub
Pet Semetary-Stephen King
Psycho-Robert Bloch
salem's Lot-Stephen King
The Amittyville Horror-Jay Anson
The Hellfire Club-Peter Straub
The Turn of the Screw- Henry James

Sounds like fun!

I've already read:

Cold Moon Over Babylon - Michael McDowell
Dweller - Jeff Strand
Exquisite Corpse - Poppy Z Brite
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Off Season - Jack Ketchum
The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
The Lost - Jack Ketchum
Desperation - Stephen King
It - Stephen King
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
The Shining - Stephen King
The Stand - Stephen King
The Store - Bentley Little
The Summer I Died - Ryan Thomas
Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin
Survivor - J. F. Gonzalez
The Howling - Gary Brandner

This year I want to read at least 10 books from the list:

Ghost Story - Peter Straub
The Amityville Horror - Jay Anson
Blood Crazy - Simon Clark
Dead Sea - Brian Keene
The Other - Thomas Tryon
Let's Go Play at the Adams' - Mendal Johnson
World War Z - Max Brooks
Horns - Joe Hill
The House Next Door - Anne Rivers Siddons
The Rats - James Herbert

Can't resist!!!

To Read in 2013: Reached 21!!!

1. The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty) 1/7/2013 ★★★★★
2. Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill) 2/17/2013 ★★★★★
3. The Turn of the Screw (Henry James) 2/22/2013 ★★★☆☆
4. Horns (Joe Hill) 2/24/2013 ★★★★★
5. I Am Legend (Richard Matheson) 2/27/2013 ★★★★★
6. The Terror (Dan Simmons) 3/5/2013 ★★★★★
7. Boy's Life (Robert R. McCammon) 3/15/2013 ★★★★★
8. The Woman in Black (Susan Hill) 4/4/2013 ★★☆☆☆
9. The Summer I Died (Ryan Thomas) 4/16/2013 ★★★★★
10. Apeshit (Carlton Mellick III) 5/8/2013 ★★★☆☆
11. The Willows (Algernon Blackwood) 5/12/2013 ★★★★☆
12. Swan Song (Robert McCammon) 5/17/2013 ★★★★★
13. Survivor (J.F. Gonzalez) 5/21/2013 ★★★★★
14. Afraid (Jack Kilborn) 5/29/2013 ★★★★☆
15. The Howling (Gary Brandner) 6/3/2013 ★★★★☆
16. The Pilo Family Circus (Will Elliot) 6/9/2013 ★★★★☆
17. After Midnight (Richard Laymon) 6/20/2013 ★★★★★
18. Endless Night (Richard Laymon) 6/29/2013 ★★★☆☆
19. Carrion Comfort (Dan Simmons) 9/22/2013 ★★★☆☆
20. Dweller (Jeff Strand) 9/26/2013 ★★★★★
21. Hell House (Richard Matheson) 11/29/2013 ★★★★★





Read previously:
Exquisite Corpse (Poppy Z. Brite)
It (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Great and Secret Show (Clive Barker)
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Shining (Stephen King)

Count me in for 10, as well.

Have read many of them already, but still some I can choose from. I'm in, too.

Sweet, I can participate in this. I already own so many of them and the ones I don't own. I really don't have a desire to read.

Reserving my spot!

Sadly, (I am clearly no aficionado!) I have only read 14 of these! BUT, that means that the list of books on this list I have, but have yet to get to, is long. So I will read the following 16 this year to catch up:

Afraid - Jack Kilborn (done, four stars)
After Midnight - Richard Laymon
Books Of Blood - Clive Barker
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
Dead Sea - Brian Keene
Desperation - Stephen King
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Geek Love - Katherine Dunn (reading)
Ghost Story - Peter Strobe
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin
The Great And Secret Show - Clive Barker
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
Stinger - Robert McCammon

i have many of the books that are on this list and or have access to them such as my local library.i have read so far but before seeing this list the following off season by jack ketchum,pet cematary by stephen king. and the ruins by scott smith.again i have many of the books and would be willing to send them out to person interested,trade,as soon as i read them,let every know what is available here and at the book trade group that is here.as for the three listed.i do not have them.

the lost by jack ketchum

I have chosen to get these ones read this year.

Blood Crazy
Ghost Story
Dweller
The House Next Door
Books Of Blood
World War Z
Dead Sea
Carrion Comfort
The Howling

These are all of the ones I own... I have read NONE of them on the list ironically. I am thinking about reading some of these this year.

Books Of Blood - Clive Barker
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Edgar Allan Poe Complete and Unabridged
Hideaway - Dean Koontz
Midnight - Dean Koontz
Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
The Amittyville Horror - Jay Anson

Does the Books of Blood include all 6 volumes in this challenge?

I believe that it does, Josh.

I just joined this group! I'm excited!!!

I have actually read a good many of these listed novels and I am looking forward to reading the ones that I haven't. I adored Jack Kilborn/JA Konrath and Laymon. Thanks for the suggestions.
Mylene

How could I forget Ketchum? What was I thinking?
LOL

Welcome to HA, Mylene.

Boy 's Life for sure!

lol