Hello! I’ve been wanting to read horror books lately as I’m big into horror, as a genre, in general. However, when looking for some on Google or in libraries I often find myself being recommended thrillers which is really not my thing, especially investigation books. I’m not very into overly long with not much action horror books either (looking at you, Stephen King, Carrie was fun, Misery, Gerlad’s Game and the likes were sooo looong)
I don’t mind if it’s fantasy horror (monsters, lovecraftians, ghosts, etc.) or “real-life” based with survival games or serial killer stories. I don’t mind it being extremely gory/explicit either. I haven’t read any book I would consider horror as an adult, but I can think of the Goosebumps series I was really into as a child.
Bonus point if it’s Spanish as I need to practise it (very much not mandatory)
Thank you so much!
by CrimsonLapis
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The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty is good and not too long.
If you’re remotely interested in comedy-horror, try Tales from the Gas Station by Jack Townsend.
You may like:
* Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield. Slow and unsettling, not outright *scary* (at least IMO)
* Leech by Hiron Ennes. Gothic horror set in the post apocalypse.
* Mexican Gothic, sort of a mix of the two. gothic style horror, but told through things being *off* and creepy.
Blackwood Farm by Ann Rice
Well if you want horrifying, there’s My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell.
At the moment I’m reading The 7 1/2 Death of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton, and it’s like an escape-room situation where the protagonist’s life is at stake. I don’t know if I’d call it horror, but it’s definitely got autumn vibes and creepy happenings.