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I've been reading something spooky/creepy/horrific around this time for a few years now. Does anyone else do this? Any recommendations?

My reads:

  • 2023: Perfectly Preventable Deaths by Deirdre Sullivan
  • 2022: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
  • 2021: Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
  • 2020: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
  • 2019: Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
  • 2018: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders & Something Wicked this Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
  • 2017: Carrie by Stephen King
  • 2016: Jekyll and Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • 2015: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
  • 2014: The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 2012: The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 2009: Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • 2008: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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[โ€“] tpihkal@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should try Night of the Living Dummy by R. L. Stine!

[โ€“] Deebster@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

YA books are definitely a good call for when I'm short on time. Normally I only read one fiction and one non-fiction - I don't understand those people who have dozens of books on the go!