Posted on 09/14/2008 10:43:19 AM PDT by Artemis Webb
I listened to it on audio book. It’s fantastic!
The Stand was one of only 2 or 3 King novels I ever read. The Stand was scary!
Atlas Shrugged - It’ll be Winter when you finish.
I’m no authority, but I’d try “The Other” or “Harvest Home” by the late Thomas Tryon.
Try: The Descent by Jeff Long
(It has nothing to do with a recent movie of the same name) Excellent book, very creepy and well-written
He has another novel called Year Zero wich is not as good in my opinion but still worth reading.
The Road is also good, very depressing and tough to get through, but still a well-written and scary. Plus it did win the Pulitzer for best fiction novel last year (dn’t let the fact that it was an Oprah Book Club selection dissuade. A blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while)
All of my friends read it over one autumn. We passed the book around, but nobody would talk about it with anyone who hadn't read it until they were done. We all had the same opinion on the end! To this day I wonder if he meant to do that all along or just didn't know what to do with the story. I stopped reading his books halfway through Gerald's Game. I put it down mid-way (which I never do.)
I'd recommend “Lisey’s Story”, which he published in 2006. While it's not as overtly scary as “Salem's Lot” or “The Shining”, it is certainly creepy, scary in some places and an interesting read.
The recommendation for the “Hot Zone” is a very good one - that's just plain scary since it's true.
The Parasite by Ramsey Campbell
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Hell House by Richard Matheson
And of your can find it -- the novella The Autopsy by Michael Shea.
“Cell” by Stephen King. First book that I have read in a while that I could not put down.
But on someone's recommendation, I read Swan Song by Robert McCammon. It's a post-apocalyptic novel, like The Stand, but I actually enjoyed it much more than King's book. You might want to check it out, if that style floats your boat.
Dean Koontz. He’s not a wacko lefty like King. Try “The Husband.” It grabs you on page one and never lets go. Not exactly horror but it sure is scary.
I’ve read some of Stephen King’s stuff, and it can go either way. To be honest, The Stand didn’t scare me at all, but I found Pet Sematary to be pretty creepy.
My all-time favorite horror author has to be H.P. Lovecraft. Most of his books are old enough that they’re in public domain by now, so you can find them in ebook format all over the place for free.
One of my favorite books, which has horror elements but isn’t labeled as ‘horror’, is Watchmen by Alan Moore. It’s a ‘graphic novel’, and technically is about superheroes, but it’s one of the most well-written, complex novels I’ve ever read. However, it is definitely NOT for children, regardless of the format.
No monsters, just people. Really scary people.
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