Horror Aficionados discussion

Believe it or not, with this August group read, we're heading to the end of summer. And I can't think of a better way to get ready for spooky season than by reading a good CREATURE FEATURE!

Give me your best creepy book suggestions for strange and frightening critters to get us ready for the best months of the year. From large to small, it doesn't matter, as long as they terrify us.


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.


Creature features are a genre that utilizes supernatural, preternatural, extraterrestrial, or otherwise unnatural monsters as the antagonists.

“The Cellar” by Richard Laymon

I'd like to nominate Below, by Laurel Hightower Below

"The Ritual" by Adam Nevill. 📚💀

kitti wrote: "“The Cellar” by Richard Laymon"

The Cellar is a previous group read but feel free to nominate another book.

Kiara wrote: ""The Ritual" by Adam Nevill. 📚💀"

The Ritual is a previous group read. Feel free to nominate something else.

It Came From the Lake, by Glenn Rolfe.

I concur with The Ritual. I saw the movie, but the book is almost always better. ;)

Been meaning to read Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

Hi Wendy. I'm getting a "page not found" message with the link above to the previous group reads.

Adriennelee wrote: "Hi Wendy. I'm getting a "page not found" message with the link above to the previous group reads."

Sorry about that.
Don't why but that seems to happen every time I start a group read.
Try again. It should be working now.

The Ritual is my vote !

I second Whalefall!

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

It is, thanks Wendy!

I'll nominate Shadow of the Sasquatch.

Sarah wrote: "The Ritual is my vote !"

That's a previous group read.

I'll throw two Hunter Shea books into the mix. He's always good for a creature feature.

Jurassic Florida
The Montauk Monster

Krystle wrote: "Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay"

I'm not sure I see any "creature" in this story.

The only good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones

The Wolfen by Whitley Streiber

This is going to be some interesting voting if everyone votes for The Ritual lol

+1 Below
+1 Whalefall
+1 The Only Good Indians

And I'd like to nominate a few (please let me know if I missed any of these in the prev group reads, I used Ctrl+F):

- Cujo by Stephen King
- Shock Waves by Matt Kurtz
- Reanimated Rex by Alex Ebenstein

Through Legend They Fall by Rachel Pendley

Through Legend They Fall by Rachel Pendley

A Mo star Calks by Patrick Ness

I nominate The Hematophages by Stephen Kozeniewski!

Nightwoods
by Charles Frazier

The Only Good Indians!!

Jennn wrote: "This is going to be some interesting voting if everyone votes for The Ritual lol"

Trust me. It won't be on the poll. ;)

Sherice wrote: "Nightwoods
by Charles Frazier"

I don't see a creature in this one.

Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Kassandra Khaw? It’s paranormal but not a ghost I think that counts as creature…

+1 , and
The Jersey Devil

and

I suggest whalefall

The Beast House by Richard Laymon

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

Faith of Dawn

Michael wrote: "A Mo star Calks by Patrick Ness"

That's A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.

I’d like to nominate “on a clear day you can see block island” by Gage Greenwood

Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks.

It's pretty cool.

+1 Devolution

My novel Deep in the Darkness. Was made into a film starring Dean Stockwell.

+1

The Forgotten Island by David Sodergren

Video Night by Adam Cesare

Justin wrote: "The Forgotten Island by David Sodergren

Video Night by Adam Cesare"

+1 Video Night

Kiara wrote: ""The Ritual" by Adam Nevill. 📚💀"

That was a good one!!

Joey wrote: "I’d like to nominate “on a clear day you can see block island” by Gage Greenwood"

I loved that book!!

This one looks good!

+1 Below
+1 Faith of Dawn
+1 Devolution

+1 Whalefall