CPL's Book a Week Challenge discussion

Happy October! Spooky season is here. Bring on all the ghosts, goblins, witches, black cats, candy corn, and pumpkin spice. And yes, the list definitely moved into more non-spooky and food related territory. What is your favorite part of October?

Keeping with the theme of spooky, recommend the group some good horror or suspenseful thrillers!

Stephen King is considered the king of horror and I’m sad to admit I’ve never actually read any books by him. I’d like to change that at some point. I have read some non-mainstream horror books, though. The scariest book I’ve ever read is The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike. This is a translated book from Japan. The slow building horror as the family realizes they are not alone in the apartment and how people slowly start disappearing… *shudders* Obviously, don’t expect a happy ending. A little less on the scary side, Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake is a YA horror about a ghost who spares a boy’s life and they unravel the curse surrounding her and the house she’s tied to. Along the same lines is Rin Chupeco’s The Girl from the Well which is about a ghost who takes the lives of killers to free the ghosts of their innocent victims.

Moving back to adult fiction, The Boy Who Drew Monsters by Keith Donohue and The Damned by Andrew Pyper are also worth reading for both the suspenseful pacing and outright horror.

Tell us about your horror/suspense recommendations!