advanced autumn reading challenge - hosted by yuenath

with horror and terror provided
scare, screech, shock, or startle
All books added
The Elementals by Michael McDowell

The Elementals

Michael McDowell

218 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis

399 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction horror literary thriller challenging dark slow-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

246 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary 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
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

What Moves the Dead

Sworn Soldier #1

T. Kingfisher

177 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Gwen, in Green by Hugh Zachary

Gwen, in Green

Hugh Zachary

190 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction horror dark emotional slow-paced
Revenge by Yōko Ogawa

Revenge

Yōko Ogawa

162 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
El huésped y otros relatos siniestros by Amparo Dávila

El huésped y otros relatos siniestros

Amparo Dávila

169 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark fast-paced
The Haunted Hotel & Other Stories by David Stuart Davies, Wilkie Collins

The Haunted Hotel & Other Stories

David Stuart Davies, Wilkie Collins

317 pages • first pub 1878 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories dark medium-paced
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Tender Is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica

211 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction dystopian horror literary dark tense medium-paced