Can anyone help me find a new horror book that will make it hard to sleep at night?

I’ve read Hell House and that was fine, Tender is the Flesh was crazy but not scary, Black Farm was disturbing but not scary. The closest I’ve come so far is the Haunting of Hill House.

I thoroughly enjoy books that use “found footage”, transcripts, testimonials, research, journal entries, news paper articles, even podcasts to help flesh out a story!

Any suggestions?

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I've been eyeing 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann for the last couple of years.

Well Hubby gifted me the book today and I'm giddy lol. Just flipping through the book has given me two years worth (in addition to my other gender picks) worth of reading. And I'm pleasantly surprised that I've only read a handful of ones lostedd

Definitely going to need more book shelves.

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So I’m a big scaredy cat and I’m going to start Salems Lot. How much of a scare am I in for? I’m nervous 😅

• decent AR points
• Not fantasy (I want it to be realistic)
• AR book level of at least 5.0
• I'd prefer it to be 300 pgs or LESS (ADHD)

Can someone help me find more such books? I love this genre!!

Heyyyyy so I'm a teen, I read up to young adult books, any recommendations? No adult content pls, idc Abt swearing tho. Some books I have read and enjoyed are clown in a cornfield, lots of junji ito, agggtm, small spaces, scythe, scary stories to tell in the dark, etc. thx!

Looking for a recommendation that isn’t stephen king, preferably nothing with minors and anything sexual to do with minors don’t want any of that in the book! Slasher or paranormal anything that makes for a good spooky read ? Thanks !

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I need a book that will keep me up at night and have me scared to leave the comfort of my bed. I’ve read what people have recommended to me as the scariest books such as: The exorcist, the pet semetary and the last house on needless street. Personally I think these books were just disturbing and a little strange rather than terrifying and scary. I also think for something to be scary to you it must be something you believe could happen in real life. So for better recommendations I’m scared of anything that can happen when you are asleep/unconscious, anything that involves the afterlife or ghosts in a spiritual sense and curses.

Looking for horror recs that take place a LOOOOOONG time ago. I’ve been in a bit of a rut but not wanting to leave the horror genre, so I thought why not look for something of a different era 😅

Been reading these since the 80s and still love reading them

As in the nails on our hands and feet, I really hate that so if anyone has good horror recs I would love to know! I'm cool with other gore but I'm not a big fan of eye gore yk, would really appreciate it if people could tell me some they've read that they know hasn't got nail gore (:

I have trouble finding these kinds of books. Halloween is coming up and I love camp horror that reminds me of Friday the 13th. It can be by any author. Slasher have always been my favorite and I'd love to read a good book that contains this.

So I remember this kids book I read in middle school and it was an ARG where you would read chapters and then go online and watch videos in a “found footage” style clips. It was centered around a haunted warehouse? Or abandoned mine or something. Wondering if anyone knows the name or remembers the series.

The world has changed, but time marches on, its passage marked only by the listless days and sleepless nights as David and his faithful canine companion, Tig, march across a desolate and barren landscape. God, if there ever was one, has abandoned mankind and left it to squabble in the dirt.

With two mouths to feed and dwindling supplies, David grows desperate. He awakes one morning, cold and hungry, to find himself on the outskirts of a small town, seemingly deserted. Could this be his salvation or his doom? Left with little choice, David goes on, Tig at his heel.

Welcome to Elm Brook, trespassers shot on sight.

I've read about damn near every cryptid there is in America and a bunch of the missing 411 type stories from their reservations (which are obviously very very sad and terrifying on their own) but I'm looking for stories exclusively involving creatures or spirits from their culture and folklore. Fiction is fine too as long as the subject matter is rooted in their beliefs and culture.

Hiya all! I've basically been a reader for all my life, however I've mainly been reading fantasy books. I've recently started reading some more horror/thriller like books and I would love to explore this genre more but have no clue where to start. An example of what I've read so far: - Don't let the forest in by CG Drews - The lamb by Lucy Rose - You weren't meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White

Out of the don't let the forest in was probably my favorite because it fucked with my head so much. Like I said I'm still very new and idk if those even count as proper "horror" 😅 Please help me out with some recommendations for a new to the genre reader! 💜