In honor of Spooky Season, I have gathered a list of some of my favorite horror books I have read over the years! They're mostly YA, obviously, since that's pretty much all I read. Lol.
Anna Dressed in Blood was so amazing and so creepy! It's "just your average boy-meets-girl, girl-kills-people story..." and I loved it! The Dead and Buried is basically about a haunted house, but it was so good! The delivery of this popular storyline was done so well! MARY: The Summoning is, if it's not obvious, about Bloody Mary! It was really creepy, too! And the last one, The Girl from the Well, is about a murderous ghost who kills child murderers, so that's awesome! If you have seen the movie The Ring, that movie and this book are based on the same legend!
God, this movie still freaks me the fuck out!! But I love it! Lol.
Sisters of Blood and Spirit is about a girl whose twin died in the womb, but she is still able to communicate with her. It was very creepy and very unique and I really enjoyed it! In horror movies, the last girl standing that goes up against the bad guy is called a final girl. Final Girls is about, well, final girls facing danger once more! It was very good and very twisty! And the entire Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper is SO good! I love it! Ellie Jordan is a ghost hunter, but not only that, she captures and removes the ghosts wherever she can. She faces some real nasty things in her line of work, too. 👻
And what is a post talking about horror without me mentioning Fear Street, right? Lol. I have read a lot of Fear Street books, and these are some of my favorites! To start off are two trilogies. The first one is Silent Night and it is AMAZING! The story follows a very bitchy character named Reva who gets exactly what she deserves for being such an awful person. And of course, all this takes place during the holidays. Next is The Fear Street Saga which tells the story of the Fear family and all the awful things they did/were done to them that earned Fear Street the reputation it has now. The saga spans over 100 years and it is filled with evil. It was so good!
Next up are a couple of singles. Haunted had this insane plot twist I absolutely loved! Basically a ghost is stalking our main character claiming that she killed him. But here's the problem: she's never killed anyone! Dun, dun, DUN! In Sunburn, it's supposed to be a summer fun, but things take a deadly turn when "accidents" start happening to our main character and her friends. Someone might be trying to get rid of them 😲 This one also had some really good twists, plus I enjoyed the mystery. In Truth or Dare kids, again, or off on vacation, this time skiing! They start playing a harmless game of truth or dare, but it turns out it wasn't so harmless after all when one of the questions sets off one of the kids on a murderous path. This one also had an insane twist I did not see coming! It was so good! And I loved the wintery setting! And last is Trapped. A bunch of kids find some secret tunnels under the school and they decide to ditch detention and go exploring them. It's too bad there's something vicious down there picking them off one by one. I absolutely loved this one too! I loved the creepy atmosphere of the tunnels!
If you read horror, what are some of your favorite horror books?
I've read and enjoyed a bunch of these too. And I knew some of Stein's books would find their way on your list:)
ReplyDelete😅 Oh you know me and Fear Street... Lol.
DeleteI love R.L. Stine. I haven't read any of the other books, but they all sound fantastic. I will have to check them out at some point. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou definitely do! R.L. Stine is the best!
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