Supernatural recommendations

[arewenearlythere]

Hi there - I'm after recommendations for a good scary book! I don't like books that are hard to get into so am looking for something gripping and a bit spooky. I like supernatural things but not horror/stab type stories....

[Owen]

Ummm, I always suggest "IT" by Stephen King.

[Chrissy]

'The Book Of Lost Things' by John Connolly is an unusual and at times a little creepy read.

 

The novella, 'The Turning Of The Screw' by Henry James is another creepy little one.

 

This thread debates disturbing fiction and is probably worth looking in.

[Univerze]

Ummm, I always suggest "IT" by Stephen King.

However, like some Stephen King books, this one can be a little hard to get into. It's a long book too, so before the story starts picking up it can be a while. It's very good though.

 

I'd suggest just browsing through the forum, plenty such books are being discussed here.

[arewenearlythere]

Great thanks everyone, I'll take a look at that thread and the recommendations you provided!

[~Andrea~]

There used to be a ghost stories thread but it didn't come up in a search so I guess it must have been archived.

 

I'd recommend:

 

The Ghost Writer - John Harwood

Eleven Terrible Months - R L Royle (Not the best written book ever, but very creepy)

 

I'd also second Henry James ghost stories, the Turn of the Screw, Owen Wingrave etc

[vinay87]

The Hannibal series by Thomas Harris?

1. Red Dragon

2. The Silence of The Lambs

3. Hannibal

 

It's not supernatural but Hannibal Lecter is definitely not human

[BigWords]

Seeing as how the others have picked modern titles...

 

H.P. Lovecraft. No specific book, just start reading his work from the early stuff through chronologically.

There's a book I'm not sure of the title, but the female character (the only character if I remember it correctly) goes slowly insane - The Yellow Wallpaper (?).

Margaret Oliphant's horror output is also good, though not in the same "keep you awake at night" league

[Owen]

However, like some Stephen King books, this one can be a little hard to get into. It's a long book too, so before the story starts picking up it can be a while. It's very good though.

 

I'd suggest just browsing through the forum, plenty such books are being discussed here.

 

I would disagree, but each to their own I suppose

 

Lovecraft is a good option, Call of Cthulhu and the Case of Charles Dexter Ward.

[poppyshake]

'The Little Stranger' by Sarah Waters ... I found it gripping and spooky without being overtly horrific.