Book Talk, etc. Podcast 2023 Reading Challenge - hosted by tbretc

A book that scares you
Read a book that scares you. This can be a book that literally frightens you, or one that you've been intimated to read. Listen to episode 20 of the Book Talk, etc. podcast to hear which books scared us.
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The Stand by Stephen King

The Stand

Stephen King

47 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 1978 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror science fiction adventurous medium-paced
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

Kingdom of Ash

Throne of Glass #7

Sarah J. Maas

984 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose

You Shouldn't Have Come Here

Jeneva Rose

309 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

7 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

Agustina Bazterrica

154 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy literary adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Last Word by Taylor Adams

The Last Word

Taylor Adams

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

Dune #1

Frank Herbert

892 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
Red Queen by Juan Gómez-Jurado

Red Queen

Antonia Scott #1

Juan Gómez-Jurado

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

298 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced