Okay, I made a list of my favourite horror novels (two of them are supposed to be non-fiction, but there you go). Get ready for Spooky Season.

The Elementals
The Woman in Black
Blackwater: The Complete Saga
The Fisherman
Communion
The Luminous Dead
The Bone Key
Gerald's Game
Hex
House of Leaves
The Girl With All the GIfts

Uzumaki
Pet Semetary
IT
On the Beach
The Ring
The Au Pair
Blindness
I Remember You
City of Glass
The Amityville Horror
The Case Against Satan

Station Eleven
Dark Matter
Those Across the River
The Grip of It
We Need To Talk About Kevin
We Have Always Lived In The Castle
The Wasp Factory
The Troop
Hell House
Elizabeth
NOS4A2

'Salem's Lot
Gilded Needles
Savaging the Dark (please research before reading)
Beloved
My Best Friend's Exorcism
The Terror
Wylding Hall
Heart-Shaped Box
The Southern Reach Trilogy
Rosemary's Baby
The Stepford Wives
The Other

Bloodchild
The October Country
Ghost Story
The House Next Door
Come Closer
The Red Tree
The Exorcist
Skeleton Crew
The Lottery and Other Stories
Just An Ordinary Day
Disappearance at Devil's Rock
White Is For Witching

Harvest Home
Her Body and Other Parties
The Haunting of Hill House
A Head Full of Ghosts
The Cabin At the End of the World

Have fun!!! Eventually I will add my book to this list.

If you asked me which book on the list is the SCARIEST, it’s “I Remember You.”

Also, even though “The Elementals” is one of my all-timers, just go in knowing it’s a bit dated (dialect for Odessa) and even though she’s the best/coolest character it’s got Magical Negro vibes.

I will never recover from “I Remember You” and the film adaptation on Netflix really does it justice.

(It’s originally in Icelandic and when I mentioned on Insta that my dad and I were reading it together, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir HERSELF, the AUTHOR, said she was glad we were into it.)

To reiterate the ending of my horror movie list thread: If you wind up reading any of these based on my recommendation please come back and @ me about your experience because I love horror so profoundly and sharing it is the BEST.