2022 TBR Take Down - hosted by kaileywicked

Read a book that you're scared of
It might have made people cry, it could be big, it could be anything, so long as it makes you feel a little intimidated. 
All books added
Asylum by Madeleine Roux

Asylum

Asylum #1

Madeleine Roux

6 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction horror young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Bunny by Mona Awad

Bunny

Mona Awad

305 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Cassandra Khaw

128 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror dark tense fast-paced
Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

Empire of the Vampire

Empire of the Vampire #1

Jay Kristoff

736 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Code Name Verity

Code Name Verity #2

Elizabeth Wein

452 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical young adult adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole

Dark Needs at Night's Edge

Immortals After Dark #5

Kresley Cole

384 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold

328 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Stand by Stephen King

The Stand

Stephen King

1153 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror science fiction adventurous medium-paced
The Burning World by Isaac Marion

The Burning World

Warm Bodies #2

Isaac Marion

512 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction horror young adult adventurous medium-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

720 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced