What is Everyone Reading?

3 years ago by defaultnamespace to c/horrorlit

I'm working my way through Dead Sea by Tim Curran, maybe 25% in. So far I like it but there are times when I feel like it's dragging a bit.

Also listening to the audiobook for Let Me In by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Almost finished and have been really enjoying it.

WillardHerman 6 points 3 years ago

Rereading "The Haunter of the Dark" by H. P. Lovecraft today. And soon I hope, the rest of his Cthulhu stories.

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LNowhere 4 points 3 years ago

Lovecraft is excellent. My favorites of his are "The Shadow Out of Time" and "Dream Quest of Unkown Kadath".

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WillardHerman 3 points 3 years ago

I just finished “The Shadow out of Time”. Right after! It was so good. I think, “The Dreams in the Witch House” & “The Thing on the Doorstep” & “The Color Out of Space” are maybe my favorites. I say maybe because I often find that whichever one I’m reading is my favorite.

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ragnarokonline 4 points 3 years ago

Joe Hill’s Full Throttle. It’s a book of short stories and I find they’re just the right length.

Really enjoying it and some of the stories are pretty compelling.

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defaultnamespace 2 points 3 years ago

I think Faun may have been my favorite in that collection.

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papajohn 4 points 3 years ago

I’m near the end of The Ruins by Scott Smith. I am not enjoying it although it is enthralling and dreadful. I feel bad for everyone and they do such foolish things. The “villain” is terrible and relentless. I can’t not finish but it is NOT a fun read. Just misery.

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rmmmmmmm 2 points 3 years ago

This is actually exciting news for me lol. I just bought it and I love a good misery book.

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factori_funnerer 3 points 3 years ago

Almost done with Adam Nevill's No One Gets Out Alive. Does it go without saying that the book is better than the movie? Movie is hardly anything like the book anyway. Recommended for those into supernatural stuff.

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knitapease 2 points 3 years ago

Just finished Last Days and really loved it. I'll add this to my TBR.

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rmmmmmmm 1 point 3 years ago

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progenyofthestars 3 points 3 years ago

I'm enjoying "Dead Meat" series by Nick Clausen, currently on day 5.

It's "Night of the Living Dead"esque, takes place at the beginning of the outbreak and the action is in Denmark. It's quite different than traditional stuff from US, since there's no crazy gun ownership in Europe - lots of close, in-your-face struggles, usually ending in bites.

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itssaggy 3 points 3 years ago

I’ve been on a Stephen Graham Jones kick. I read “Only Good Indians” last month and am finishing up “Mongrels” right now. OGI is great I def recommend it

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PonyDanza 3 points 3 years ago

I just finished Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt. I found it to be a more unique story, pulling from a wider variety of influences for the sources of the scares, than his previous novel Hex even if it ended up being a bit more uneven as result. I still think when it works it really works, but there were certainly portions of the book where it lost steam for me as well. Definitely looking forward to seeing how his next book Oracle turns out!

Next, I'm planning to start The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas for some classic gothic haunted house vibes hopefully!

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knitapease 2 points 3 years ago

I just started Grand Hotel by Scott Kenemore. It has a pretty bad rating on Goodreads but I'm enjoying it so far, it's giving AHS Hotel plus a little Chaucer with all the weird individual stories.

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defaultnamespace 2 points 3 years ago

I listened to the audiobook and thought it was pretty good.

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rmmmmmmm 2 points 3 years ago

I just finished reading Little Eve by Catriona Ward. This book has some real creepy vibes, and I'll never look at honey the same way! I really liked it, and it was my first book by Catriona Ward. I'm definitely a fan!

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