Suggest a book that will scare the crap out of me

LibraLiz1973

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:22 PM
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Suggest a book that will scare the crap out of me

I just realized I haven't read a scary thriller in a while.

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:25 PM
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1. The Handmaid's Tale

creepy.

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LibraLiz1973

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:26 PM
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2. Who is the author?

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Left Is Write

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:29 PM
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9. Margaret Atwood

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havocmom

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Sun Jun-26-05 05:53 PM
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51. Second that, It was creepy when it first came out

Turns out it may have been prophetic too

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The Backlash Cometh

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:26 PM
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3. "Confessions of an Economic Hitman". Oh!, you mean fiction.

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LibraLiz1973

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:28 PM
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6. lol- I should have seen it comin!!

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noahmijo

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:27 PM
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4. Playboy Magazine's Top 100 Photos - The Siberian Edition

Scared the bajesus outta me! :)

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LibraLiz1973

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:27 PM
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5. lol!!!!!!!

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noahmijo

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:30 PM
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10. Actually my girlfriend has a suggestion (serious)

"Books Of Blood" By Clive Barker I never read them but she says they kept her up at nights.

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LibraLiz1973

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:38 PM
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14. Clive Barker... Good Pull.

I've never read anything by him before, but, I have meant to for years. I just wrote that down & will be ordering it from Amazon.

Thanks to your GF!!

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Mayberry Machiavelli

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Sun Jun-26-05 04:55 PM
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38. Books of Blood seconded. Barker's short stories ( that's what BoB are)

are much better than his novels in my opinion. It's his real strength.

I'd also go with Stephen King's "Night Shift" an early book of short stories also. Some really awesome ones in there.

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Sun Jun-26-05 05:54 PM
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52. "The Boogeyman"

:scared:

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Left Is Write

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:28 PM
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7. It.

But you probably knew (and read) that already. ;)

I read mostly murder mysteries and true crime lately; haven't read any King-type scary books in a while.

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BlondieK143

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:29 PM
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8. The Religion of GWB

:eyes:

Seriously though, love your sig.

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LibraLiz1973

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:49 PM
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19. Thank you!

Edited on Sat Jun-25-05 05:50 PM by LibraLiz1973

Right back atcha!

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Bush_Eats_Beef

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:32 PM
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11. THIS one.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0974670111/qid=1119738690/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-2591214-7131201

:evilgrin:

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LibraLiz1973

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:49 PM
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18. I'll never sleep well again!

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ghostsofgiants

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:34 PM
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12. "Lullaby" by Chuck Palahniuk maybe

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LibraLiz1973

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:48 PM
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16. I added that to the list

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ghostsofgiants

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:51 PM
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20. Excellent

Edited on Sat Jun-25-05 05:51 PM by primate1

I haven't gotten around to reading it yet, but "House Of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski is supposed to be pretty scary too.

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Tyrone Slothrop

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Sat Jun-25-05 06:29 PM
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23. That (House of Leaves) was going to be my suggestion

Edited on Sat Jun-25-05 06:30 PM by Tyrone Slothrop

I read it last summer and still get creeped out thinking about certain parts from it.

Very well written (literary) *and* and it's horror/suspense. What more can you ask for?

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ghostsofgiants

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Sat Jun-25-05 06:30 PM
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24. Exactly

I've had it for a while, but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Seems cool from what I have read of and about it though.

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Tyrone Slothrop

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Sat Jun-25-05 06:42 PM
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27. I used to work in a rare-book store

We had a few of the first editions with all the full color plates and the multi-colored text to distinguish the narrators. I was always kind of fascinated by it simply due to that aspect; it's a very esthetically pleasing book.

It uses 4 different narrators at various points throughout -- all of which are wholly unreliable. I dig unreliable narrators.

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ghostsofgiants

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Sat Jun-25-05 06:45 PM
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28. Cool

I've got the standard 2nd edition. "House" in blue, "minotaur" in red, struck passages, no braille, colour or black and white plates.

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Tyrone Slothrop

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Sat Jun-25-05 07:02 PM
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30. That's the one I have too

Edited on Sat Jun-25-05 07:03 PM by Tyrone Slothrop

The 1st's were going for about $100. That's a little more than I like to spend on a book.

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nuxvomica

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:36 PM
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13. "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, if you haven't already read it

It's written in an epistolary style and the horror really creeps up on you. Scarier than any movie version I've seen but probably somewhat blunted by our culture's familiarity with the subject.

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LibraLiz1973

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:48 PM
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17. It's a GREAT book. Scares the bejesus out of me

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chaska

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Sat Jun-25-05 05:46 PM
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15. Power Down - Richard Heinberg (peak oil)

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brokensymmetry

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Sat Jun-25-05 06:07 PM
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21. Good one. But if you really wan't scary....

read Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change by William R Catton.

It discusses the upcoming death of 4.5 billion people...or more...and why the dieoff is probably unavoidable.

By the way...if you're under 60, you'll probably get to see it start.

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chaska

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Sat Jun-25-05 07:29 PM
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32. Thanks, I'll look for it.

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Swede

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Sat Jun-25-05 06:11 PM
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22. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris had me from the first page.

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Droopy

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Sat Jun-25-05 06:33 PM
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25. "Pet Cemetary" by Stephen King

That book scared the hell out of me, especially the ending.

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flvegan

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Sat Jun-25-05 06:35 PM
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26. The Holy Bible

Really.

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peacefreak

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Sat Jun-25-05 06:58 PM
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29. Breathtaker by Alice Blanchard.

Opens with a sheriff finding a family dead after a tornado destroys their house. He soon realizes that it wasn't the tornado that killed them.

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LibraLiz1973

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Sun Jun-26-05 04:48 PM
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34. added that to the list. Sounds great!!!!!

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China_cat

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Sat Jun-25-05 07:07 PM
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31. The 'left behind' books

The level of ignorance and just plain bad writing (they should have taken top prizes in the Bulwar-Lyton for every one) will scare the shit out of you.

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LibraLiz1973

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Sun Jun-26-05 04:47 PM
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33. roflmao

they can go ahead and leave me behind.... it's cool!

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LongTomH

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Sun Jun-26-05 07:08 PM
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58. "Kiss My Left Behind"

The actual name of a parody book - I forget the author. You can find it on Amazon.

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XemaSab

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Sun Jun-26-05 04:50 PM
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35. The Shining

and Gerald's Game.

The Shining scared me BAD...

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YellowRubberDuckie

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Sun Jun-26-05 05:18 PM
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42. Should say ANYTHING by Stephen King...

They will give you nightmares. Joey has to put the Shining in the Freezer(I'm so lame with my FRIENDS references!). LOL
Duckie

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XemaSab

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Sun Jun-26-05 05:33 PM
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43. I've read them all

and The Shining was by far the scariest. By far.

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Scout

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Sun Jun-26-05 05:58 PM
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53. Gerald's Game

ohmigod! how could I have forgotten that one?

That one scared me reallllllllll bad ....

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XemaSab

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Sun Jun-26-05 05:59 PM
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54. That scared me bad

but not as bad as The Shining.

Nothing scared me as bad as The Shining.

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Cannikin

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Sun Jun-26-05 04:50 PM
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36. The Bible

Edited on Sun Jun-26-05 04:53 PM by Cannikin

:evilgrin: The plot is hard to follow, but the last few chapters scared the hell out of me!

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RebelOne

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Sun Jun-26-05 04:52 PM
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37. I am reading "Velocity" by Dean Koontz

It is an edge-of-the-seat page-turner.

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jmowreader

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Sun Jun-26-05 04:57 PM
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39. Jude Wanniski's "How the World Really Works" works for me

And if you read that one completely through, "A Charge to Keep" will also scare the shit out of you.

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left hand man

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Sun Jun-26-05 04:58 PM
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40. "Atlas Shrugged" by Ann Rand

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Bossy Monkey

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Sun Jun-26-05 05:10 PM
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41. "Ghost Story" Peter Straub

You may have to sleep with a light on for a couple of months, though.

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leftofthedial

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Sun Jun-26-05 05:52 PM
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49. If you've never read Ghost Story, do.

It will scare the hell out of you.

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Mayberry Machiavelli

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Sun Jun-26-05 05:37 PM
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44. Stephen King Suggestions, ranked by scariness:

Edited on Sun Jun-26-05 05:39 PM by Mayberry Machiavelli

1. The Shining (scariest)
2. 'Salem's Lot
3. Night Shift (short stories)

A lot of his best books, like Firestarter and the Dead Zone, are just great novels or thrillers and not really horror at all. Some, like "The Body" (novella in the "Different Seasons" book and made into the "Stand By Me" movie) or "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" are just straight up good fiction.

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Mayberry Machiavelli

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Sun Jun-26-05 05:49 PM
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48. By the way, my favorite SCARY stories within Night Shift are:

Strawberry Spring
The Man Who Loved Flowers
Quitters, Inc.
The Boogeyman
Children of the Corn (forget about the crap movies)
I Am the Doorway
Graveyard Shift

Not all the stories are scary, some are straight fiction, some are just "different". So if you are in a bookstore, read one or two of the listed stories and decide whether you want the book.

Like "Night Surf" is just a cool apocalyptic story about the end of the world (predating "The Stand").

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Scout

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Sun Jun-26-05 05:53 PM
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50. Bag of Bones

I found that Stephen King one scary as well as those on your list.

I also liked Rose Madder and Dolores Claiborne ... his "everday horror" genre, I like to call it. Although there is some supernatural in Rose Madder.

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bbernardini

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Sun Jun-26-05 05:40 PM
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45. "Garfield Gains Weight"

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hyphenate

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Sun Jun-26-05 05:43 PM
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46. I haven't read it

but recommendations from several people says this one is good:

The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill

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HysteryDiagnosis

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Sun Jun-26-05 05:43 PM
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47. My Pet Goat.

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RPM

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Sun Jun-26-05 06:02 PM
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55. The Party's Over

A discussion of Peak Oil and the ensuing die-off.

I read it and said "this book is why you may never have grandchildren"

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barb162

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Sun Jun-26-05 06:08 PM
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56. Mein Kampf

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roguevalley

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Sun Jun-26-05 06:38 PM
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57. Ghost Story

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Canadian Socialist

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Sun Jun-26-05 07:20 PM
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59. Anything by Shirley Jackson

"The Haunting of Hill House" still scares me! And I'm no spring chicken.

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caty

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Sun Jun-26-05 07:44 PM
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60. Still Life of Crows

by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Very scary and very discriptive.:scared:

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Blue Belle

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Sun Jun-26-05 07:59 PM
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61. The O'Reilly Factor for Kids! by Bill O'Reilly...

I can't imagine anything scarier! (I hear it gets a 1 star rating over at Amazon.com. HaHaHa!)

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XemaSab

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Sun Jun-26-05 10:31 PM
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62. Almost forgot

"the haunting of hill house."

Must read scary book. A lot like "the shining" in many ways, frankly.

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