Horror Aficionados discussion

This month's Group Read has no theme, anything goes.
Nominate the scariest book you can think of to kick off the warm weather ahead (or cool weather if you're down under). Aliens, monsters, vampires, things that go bump in the basement - let's see if we can scare up something hair-raising.

Please do not nominate books that we have read as a group before and no author self promotion.

Recent group reads can be found here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Nominations with +1s have a greater chance of making the poll.


Ok, I admit I was thinking of calling this month's read "scare the pants off of you" but... I had this nightmare of horror porn being nominated. LOL
So behave yourself and have a good time anyway.

Last Days by Adam Nevill :)

❀ Juliet ❀ wrote: "I apologize, Wendy, but it appears that the link is not working."

Sorry about that. The link to previous group reads should be alright now.

Elly wrote: "Last Days by Adam Nevill :)"

This book has already been a group read. Please feel free to nomination something else.

It was a good choice though. :)

Survivor Song - Paul Tremblay

The Nestlings by Nat Cassidy.

Mary by Nat Cassidy
I have been really looking forward to reading this book!

Burn the Negative
Midnight on Beacon Street

Elly wrote: "Last Days by Adam Nevill :)"

This was a previous group read so it's not eligible. Feel free to nominate something else.

Psycho by Robert Bloch


A novel every horror fan should read, yet few have.

❀ Juliet ❀ wrote: "The house of last resort by Christopher Golden"

+1

I choose "Misery" by Stephen King..

Misery

Christopher wrote: "Psycho by Robert Bloch


A novel every horror fan should read, yet few have."

Oh, i'm very interested in this one. Thanks for bringing it up.........

“Bad Man” by Dathan Auerbach

“Fear is a Rider” by Kenneth Cook

Please link to your nominations on Goodreads to make it easier for members and mods to look them up. Use the "add book/author" link above the text box.

I think “Mouth full of birds” by Samanta Schweblin would be a good read.

I just read Diavola by Jennifer Thorne. Spooooooky for a lotta reasons! Finished it in 24 hours. Intense!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Rulers of the Darkness by Steven Spruill would be my choice.

The Winter People

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Natalie wrote: "The Winter People"

This was a previous group read so it's not eligible.

T.E.D. Klein - Dark Gods. Four absolutely terrifying novellas, and the opening killer, “Children of the Kingdom,” takes place during a certain very hot summer in 1970s NYC…

Blindness by José Saramago. This novel really creeped me out. (Saramago won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998).

Also, Birdbox by Michael Louis Calvillo -- which in some ways, is the opposite of the above book.

I was surprised neither book had been nominated, not since 2017 at least.

Negative Space - BR Yeager

hopefully this is eligible?

Animals Eat Each Other by Elle Nash
Sorry can’t link on my phone!

Elle Nash

I nominate In the Valley of the Sun

Rosalyn wrote: "

hopefully this is eligible?"

Nope. It was a previous group read.

Before nominating, you can always check the previous group reads thread listed in the FIRST POST and here again - they are listed chronologically in the the first post, alphabetically in the second.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

ONE MORE TIME -------

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It's not hard.

I don't see this in the previously read list, but it was a GR choice nominee for best horror last year. I'll nominate it this month:

The September House by Carissa Orlando.

by Michelle Paver

by Brian Evenson

by CJ Leede

by Alissa Nutting

Some indie horror nominations:

Malinae
Always Beside You
A Black and Endless Sky

Thank you!

All the Fiends of Hell

Naomi's Room by Jonathan Aycliffe
Head full of Ghosts - Paul G Tremblay

A Penny For Your Thoughts by Robert Ford

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

Hypnagogia by Michael F Simpson

Némesis by Shaun Hutson

+1 for Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy

I have two:

What Hides in the Cellar by Graham Masterton

and

The Possession by Ambrose Ibsen

Nominating:
The Chain by Andrian McKinty
Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell

+1 for Nestlings

Denise wrote: "I don't see this in the previously read list, but it was a GR choice nominee for best horror last year. I'll nominate it this month:

The September House by [author:Carissa Orlando..."

This was a group read in December so it's not eligible. The previous reads list has been updated to reflect this.

Dayaan wrote: "Naomi's Room by Jonathan Aycliffe
Head full of Ghosts - Paul G Tremblay"

Rosalyn wrote: "

hopefully this is eligible?"

These are both previous group reads and are NOT eligible.

Just check this post before nominating.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'll nominate some Gothic horror: The Toll House.

At Home with the Horrors

At Home with the Horrors is on Kindle Unlimited.

How about a haunted amusement park to kick off the summer season?

Dark Ride