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.
All books added
Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard

Run Time

Catherine Ryan Howard

373 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

The Luminaries

Eleanor Catton

830 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical literary mystery adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced
Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter

Girl, Forgotten

Andrea Oliver #2

Karin Slaughter

392 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson

The Jigsaw Man

Inspector Anjelica Henley #1

Nadine Matheson

496 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Come Closer by Sara Gran

Come Closer

Sara Gran

168 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

560 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

462 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
White Horse by Erika T. Wurth

White Horse

Erika T. Wurth

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror mystery thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers

Man Made Monsters

Andrea L. Rogers

341 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror short stories young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced