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Title: A Bone-Chilling List of the 16 Best Horror Books
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on January 28, 2024, 08:57:32 PM

A Bone-Chilling List of the 16 Best Horror Books (https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/best-horror-books-49244472)

I've read about half of these and they are great, so if the others are as good, probably all the books on list are worth checking out...

Title: Re: A Bone-Chilling List of the 16 Best Horror Books
Post by: Gerard on January 29, 2024, 01:59:58 AM

The most horrifying, disturbing novel for me is Off Season by Jack Ketchum.  Published by Ballantine Books, it became a smash best-seller, but because of the enormous controversy and outcry, the company pulled it after its initial printings sold out.  After that, it became a collector's obsession.  Eventually, another company reissued it in its original "writer's cut" with even more explicit scenes cut by Ballantine and a much darker conclusion.  If you manage to find a copy, don't read it alone at night (and day doesn't help much either) - I'm being "dead" serious.

Gerard