Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and Bookish. Today’s post is:
Halloween themed freebie — your choice (ie. 10 best ghost stories, 10 things that scare you in books, 10 literary Halloween costumes, 10 vampire novels, 10 books that WILL scare you, 10 non-scary books for Halloween, 10 scariest covers, etc.)”
I never been a big fan of anything scary. I mean, I couldn’t sleep for a week after seeing The Ring. But I still try to get into the Halloween spirit by watching some scary movies…and also some scary books. Here are my top recommendations:
1. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
No Halloween is complete without this classic. I also recommend the TV show as well
2. Frakenstein by Mary Shelley
3. Anything by Edgar Allan Poe
Take your pick: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven…all of his stories and poems are perfect for Halloween
4. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
5. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
It made not be at first glance but this story is perfect for Halloween. The ending creeps you out.
6. The Diviners by Libba Bray
I’m currently reading this right now but the creepy and haunting factor proves that this was the prefect time to read it.
7. Goosebumps Series by R.L. Stine
Enough Said.
8. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
9. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
10. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
It made not be a Halloween themed novel but the relationship the two main characters have is just as scary and creepy.
What are your favorite books for Halloween?
Discover more from cup of tea with that book, please
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Yay! I finally saw a book on my list! It’s Gone Girl. 😀
I can relate also to your thoughts because I am no fan of scary books too, and most especially movies! I have never ever watched the Ring yet. 😀
You may want to read my list, though I am not sure they are really so scary! 🙂 http://wp.me/p4ZhSl-jv
I used to love the Goosebumps books! 🙂 I love pyschological thrillers like Gone Girl that mess with your mind. Great list!
I never actually read any of the Goosebumps books but I remember watching the TV series a bit and that definitely scared me!
My Top Ten Tuesday.
I remember watching Goosebumps on TV too. I forget that Sleepy Hollow was a book–I’ve seen the movie and watch the TV show.
Cool list.
My Halloween TTT: https://samwhitehousewriter.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/top-ten-tuesday-halloween-top-ten-fictional-fighters-of-evil/
I remember that Goosebumps book! ‘The Haunted Mask’ terrified me when I was little – and ‘It came from beneath the sink’ haha. Great list 🙂
Such a great list! Either the books are on my TBR list or I’ve already read them 🙂 I’m particularly interested in Coraline, and I can’t believe I still haven’t read it. Happy Halloween!
Great list! Loved many of these books. 🙂
I love Coraline so I was pretty stoked to see it on your lilst. 🙂
ADVANCE HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Here’s mine I hope you check it out 🙂 MY TOP TEN TUESDAY
Love all the classics on here! Have you read Turn of the Screw? The Lottery is amazing-her Haunting of Hill House is also so creepy!
great selection of books!! My TTT
Oh, I love a good scary read! I think THE LOTTERY is quite a perfect pick – it kind of screams fall to me!
What a great list! I love Frankenstein and Jekyll and Hyde. A Discovery of Witches is quite high up on my TBR too!
My TTT – Top Ten… Homicidal Inanimate Objects
Coraline was one freaky movie. I watched it by myself one night while husband was out and can’t believe how creepy it was. Great list!
Coraline was sooo creepy, I love it so much! Plus Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is on my list too! Check it out here.
Great list with lots of nice classics mixed in.
Great list, all the classics, plus Goosebumps, which is classic in its own right! I had Ring in my top ten scariest book and totally agree, the movie scared the hell out of me. Like, sleeping with the light on for a few nights scared.
Here’s my list, I went for top ten scariest books, and I’m a total wuss, so it wasn’t hard! Love your blog by the way, the name alone made me smile!
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a classic! I love that story! Actually, this entire list is spot on.