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 Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber

The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder

Charles Graeber

310 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
Replay by Ken Grimwood

Replay

Ken Grimwood

276 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous reflective medium-paced
The Iliad by Homer

The Iliad

Homer

13 hours, 59 minutes • first pub -750 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove #1

Larry McMurtry

36 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet

A Children's Bible

Lydia Millet

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
Goblin: A Novel in Six Novellas by Josh Malerman

Goblin: A Novel in Six Novellas

Earthling Halloween Series #13

Josh Malerman

416 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark medium-paced
The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

The Death of Jane Lawrence

Caitlin Starling

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Secret Projects #1

Brandon Sanderson

365 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

Ronan Farrow

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
The Company of the Dead by David Kowalski

The Company of the Dead

David Kowalski

752 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction historical science fiction adventurous dark slow-paced