Literary Horror discussion

Could we possibly do any better than to choose our next read from this list of 2014 best science fiction novels?
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

Hi, excuse my newness but are the suggestions supposed to be for a new book? Or can it be any horror novel/collection?

Randolph wrote: "this is a horror group"

I am horrified at my error! So sorry. This was the link I should have posted: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

The only science fiction writer I know of in this group is Charles Stross. In fact, I am really surprised to discover he also writes horror.

I'll nominate a whole bunch...
The Seance by John Harwood
The Green Man by Kingsley Amis
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson

An Occurrence at Owl Creek - Ambrose Bierce?

Not Anne Rice even a little bit literary? She is the closing speaker at our Savannah Book Festival this weekend. She is here with her son Christopher. I hope to get an aoutgraphed copy of Prince Lestat.

I'll nominate:
or

I'm planning to read Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & other Horrors at some point in the future, so you should all join me for reasons of terrible and inescapable destiny.

The Wanderer by Timothy Jarvis:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I haven't read the book but it seems appealing because:

1) Based on reviews, its a Weird novel
2) Average goodreads rating over 4 stars
3) Available in print and ebook (and the ebook version is absurdly cheap)
4) Timothy Jarvis gave high ratings to books by Reggie Oliver and Mark Samuels, which gives me a hint as to Jarvis' own style

Ooh, I've been wanting to read The Wanderer too. :)

I'll second, third and fourth The Green Man. If there was a website entitled Important British Literary Figures of the Second Half of the 20th Century, Amis' name would be at, or near, the top of the list. The novel was adapted as a BBC TV movie, starring Albert Finney, and Amis later wrote a (fictional, I would hope) story about supernatural consequences that arose from the writing of the novel. (FYI, he also wrote a, probably forgotten, James Bond novel, Colonel Sun.)

As much as I love The Killer Inside Me (my first Jim Thompson read :) ), and Lou Ford is a terrific psychopath, I don't think of it as "horror".

As Char will probably remember from the Amazon Horror Community we haunt, I read The Croning last year, and found it wanting. A story with a Lovecraftish bent, it was all over the place, left too many questions unanswered, and just didn't gel for me.

If I must throw in a nomination, any novel or collection by Brian Hodge, except for his crime fiction, would be sweet. :) Most recently I've read his first collection, The Convulsion Factory.

If Brian Hodge is eligible, I'll nominate Lies & Ugliness.

Scott wrote: "If Brian Hodge is eligible, I'll nominate Lies & Ugliness."

Another excellent collection! :)

World of Hurt is available for Kindle. (And it was excellent.)

Steve wrote: "I'll second, third and fourth The Green Man. If there was a website entitled Important British Literary Figures of the Second Half of the 20th Century, Amis' name would be at, or nea..."

I'm still bummed that you weren't pleased with it.

Having only read Lucky Jim by Amis, I didn't know he wrote horror as well. I'm going to have to see if I can pry open some time for this one.

Ian wrote: "Having only read Lucky Jim by Amis, I didn't know he wrote horror as well. I'm going to have to see if I can pry open some time for this one."

Like his James Bond novel, I'm pretty sure it was a one-off. I'm still trying to track down the title of his short story semi-sequel.

Steve wrote: "Ian wrote: "Having only read Lucky Jim by Amis, I didn't know he wrote horror as well. I'm going to have to see if I can pry open some time for this one."

Like his James Bond novel, I'm pretty sur..."

Perhaps Neglected Short Fiction: Collected Short Stories, by Kingsley Amis
'"Who or What Was It?" is a pretty neat story, a piece of metafiction in which Amis and his then wife Elizabeth Jane Howard are portrayed as visiting an inn that coincidentally bears considerable resemblance to the title inn of his novel The Green Man. The Amis character in the story decides that he is fated to reenact an encounter from the novel (in which the protagonist faces a terrifying monster made of foliage, a "green man"), with curious results that lead to a very nice closing stinger.' Appears in Amis' Collected Short Stories; I read it in Playboy in the early (1973?) 70s.

Whatever anyone does, DON'T read the Wikipedia entry, it gives too much away.

Steve wrote: "Amis' Collected Short Stories;"

Going to have to add that to the to read list. Every time I think I have the to be read pile down to a manageable size...

I think I will pass on this month's read, but I will definitely be back with next month's. (I sort of buried myself by wandering around Net Galley last week.)
I found a new William Hjortsberg called Manana. And Willie Meikle has a new one called The Dunfield Terror. And I've finally broken down and bought The Little Stranger.
I think I have a problem! :)

Requiring e-books is a bit limiting, isn't it?

Scott wrote: "Requiring e-books is a bit limiting, isn't it?"

I don't understand.

Wellll...if it's not available as an e-book, it's not eligible...apparently.

Ok.

I just wonder if it might not be just as fair to let the voting decide. (Presumably one would not vote for a book one couldn't get or didn't want to purchase.)

I didn't realize, or I knew and forgot, that we only read Kindle books in here.
I mostly read ebooks because physical books are often hard for me to hold for long periods of time, and for financial reasons too.
I don't care if you guys want to read more expensive books, or ones not readily available to everyone.
Just throwing my two cents in. :)

I have zero problems with folks nominating print-only books that are more difficult and/or expensive to procure. I would, however, note that such limited availability is a factor when I cast a vote.

I like the earlier nominations thing. (Myself, I tend to dislike e-reading for novels, although it's alright for short story collections, so a longer chance to see if the library or LBS can gt a book in is awesome.)