Post by Shutter Girl on Mar 20, 2008 8:51:51 GMT -5
The other day I presented a workshop for our library system on the horror genre. Here's my booklist in case you're interested in delving into something a little creepy:
Story Collections
Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian
Ghost Stories
The Complete Stories and Poems - Edgar Allan Poe
The Damned Thing and Other Stories - Ambrose Bierce
Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and - Ambrose Bierce
Horror Stories
Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque - Joyce Carol Oates
Nightmares and Dreamscapes - Stephen King
Strange Highways - Dean Koontz
Bumper Crop - Joe R. Lansdale
The Inhuman Condition - Clive Barker
Wormwood - Poppy Z. Brite
The God of the Razor - Joe R. Lansdale
Many Bloody Returns
Magic For Beginners - Kelly Link
20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
Ghosts and Haunted Houses
Sometimes the dead come back to haunt the living… and they’re not happy about it. In haunted house stories the house (or other haunted facility) often acts as the character.
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
A Stir of Echoes - Richard Matheson
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
The Shining - Stephen King
Bag of Bones - Stephen King
Nathanial - John Saul
Homebody - Orson Scott Card
Haunted - James Herbert
Cemetery of Angels - Noel Hynd
Nazareth Hill - Ramsey Campbell
Shade of Pale - Greg Kihn
The Good House - Tananarive Due
The Uncanny - Andrew Klavan
The Dwelling - Susie Moloney
The Ghost Writer - John Harwood
The Ring - Koji Suzuki
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Witchcraft and the Occult
Occult practices from paganism to witchcraft to devil worship are included here. Witches have gotten a bad rap for centuries and horror writers have picked up on it and made it their own. The rites of ancient paganism is always a popular theme as is writing on evil in general.
The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole
The House of Seven Gables - Nathanial Hawthorne
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - H.P. Lovecraft
The Omen - David Seltzer
Rosemary’s Baby - Ira Levin
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
The Other - Thomas Tryon
Harvest Home - Thomas Tryon
The Wicker Man -Robert Hardy and Anthony Shaffer
The Witching Hour - Anne Rice
Hideaway - Dean Koontz
The Keep - F. Paul Wilson
The Stand - Stephen King
Waking the Moon - Elizabeth Hand
Curfew - Phil Rickman
December - Phil Rickman
The Bell Witch: An American Haunting - Brent Monahan
Wither - J.G. Passarella
Blood of the Lamb - Thomas F. Monteleone
Brimstone - Douglas Preston and Linoln Child
The Mephisto Club - Tess Gerritsen
Monsters
Ancient Gods – Mythos abounds in these tales of old deities rising again…
The Call of Cthulhu and other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft
Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
Manitou - Graham Masterton
Fires of Eden - Dan Simmons
Crota - Owl Goingback
Created by Man – Science gone awry….
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus - Mary Shelley
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -Robert Louis Stevenson
Watchers - Dean Koontz
Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
Natural Monsters – Nature gone awry….
Jaws - Peter Benchley
Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror - Steve Alten
Relic - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The Ruins - Scott Smith
The Terror - Dan Simmons
Zombies – Reanimated corpses, they often want to either convert you or make you their next
meal.
The Monkey’s Paw - W.W. Jacobs
Night Boat - Robert R. McCammon
Monster Island - David Wellington
World WarZ: An Oral History of the Zombie War- Max Brooks
Mummies – Ancient Egyptian corpses that wish to rise again and conquer the world.
The Jewel of the Seven Stars - Bram Stoker
The Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice
Werewolves – Poor creatures whose lives are dictated by the cycles of the moon. Angst abounds in these character-driven novels.
The Wolfen - Whitley Strieber
Guardian - John Saul
Cycle of the Werewolf - Stephen King
The Silver Wolf - Alice Borchardt
Blood and Chocolate - Annette Curtis Klause
Bitten - Kelly Armstrong
Sharp Teeth - Toby Barlow
Vampires – Undead creatures who must consume the blood of the living become intriguing and unforgettable characters in the pages within. Like werewolf stories, the protagonists in vampire tales are often the creatures themselves.
The Vampyre - John Polidori
Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Dracula - Bram Stoker
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
‘Salem’s Lot - Stephen King
Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice
They Thirst - Robert R. McCammon
Shattered Glass - Elaine Bergstrom
The Book of Common Dread - Brent Monahan
Children of the Night - Dan Simmons
Sunshine - Robin McKinley
30 Days of Night - Steve Niles
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
Fangland - John Marks
13 Bullets: A Vampire Tale - David Wellington
Vampire Series – The fact that vampires live forever gives authors a great opportunity to give them their own series.
The Dracula Tape - Fred Saberhagen
Hotel Transylvania - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Red Death - P.N. Elrod
The Vampire Files - P.N. Elrod
Anno Dracula - Kim Newman
Sunglasses After Dark - Nancy A. Collins
Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton
Of Saints and Shadows - Christopher Golden
Twilight: A Novel - Stephenie Meyer
Psychological Horror
Mind control, telekinesis and mind games abound in these novels that play on inner demons.
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
Carrie - Stephen King
Cabal - Clive Barker
Misery - Stephen King
Superstition - David Ambrose
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
Hearts in Atlantis - Stephen King
Lisey’s Story - Stephen King
Unnatural Places
Whether it be the small town where you’ve always wanted to live or the cruise ship you’ve been dying to try, these stories take the ordinary and make it extraordinary… and not in a good way. The settings are integral to the plots in these stories.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow -Washington Irving
The Lottery - Shirley Jackson
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Needful Things - Stephen King
The Oath - Frank Peretti
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
Lost Boys - Orson Scott Card
Dead in the Water - Nancy Holder
The Store - Bentley Little
The Association - Bentley Little
Creepers - David Morrell
Ghost Road Blues - Jonathan Maberry
Duma Key - Stephen King
Splatterpunk
If you like it gory and raw, this is the place for you! No holds barred, anything goes: graphic violence, erotic sex, disturbing images… enter if you dare.
-
Books of Blood - Clive Barker
Floating Dragon - Peter Straub
The Great and Secret Show -- Clive Barker
Lost Souls - Poppy Z. Brite
Exquisite Corpse - Poppy Z. Brite
Off Season - Jack Ketchum
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk
Supernatural Detection
Evil spirits pestering you? That vampire not leaving your neck alone? Who ya gonna call? If the Ghostbusters aren’t available, try one of these ‘detectives’ for all of your exorcising needs. Memorable main characters drive these mysteries home.
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Those Who Hunt the Night - Barbara Hambly
Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton
Other Worlds - Barbara Michaels
Stormfront - Jim Butcher
Cabinet of Curiosities - Douglas Preston and Lincoln
Child
Legacies - F. Paul Wilson
Dead Witch Walking - Kim Harrison
Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
The Devil You Know - Mike Carey
Humorous Horror
Anything can be funny… including something that scares the pants off of you! These stories have a bite… and a laugh!
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde
From the Dust Returned - Ray Bradbury
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry
Pratchett
Horror Show - Greg Kihn
Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story - Christopher Moore
Gil’s All Fright Diner - A. Lee Martinez
Walpuski’s Typewriter - Frank Darabont
Naked Brunch - Sparkle Hayter
Undead and Unwed - Mary Janice Davidson
What’s a Ghoul to Do? - Victoria Laurie
You Suck: A Love Story - Christopher Moore
Story Collections
Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian
Ghost Stories
The Complete Stories and Poems - Edgar Allan Poe
The Damned Thing and Other Stories - Ambrose Bierce
Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and - Ambrose Bierce
Horror Stories
Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque - Joyce Carol Oates
Nightmares and Dreamscapes - Stephen King
Strange Highways - Dean Koontz
Bumper Crop - Joe R. Lansdale
The Inhuman Condition - Clive Barker
Wormwood - Poppy Z. Brite
The God of the Razor - Joe R. Lansdale
Many Bloody Returns
Magic For Beginners - Kelly Link
20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
Ghosts and Haunted Houses
Sometimes the dead come back to haunt the living… and they’re not happy about it. In haunted house stories the house (or other haunted facility) often acts as the character.
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
A Stir of Echoes - Richard Matheson
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
The Shining - Stephen King
Bag of Bones - Stephen King
Nathanial - John Saul
Homebody - Orson Scott Card
Haunted - James Herbert
Cemetery of Angels - Noel Hynd
Nazareth Hill - Ramsey Campbell
Shade of Pale - Greg Kihn
The Good House - Tananarive Due
The Uncanny - Andrew Klavan
The Dwelling - Susie Moloney
The Ghost Writer - John Harwood
The Ring - Koji Suzuki
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Witchcraft and the Occult
Occult practices from paganism to witchcraft to devil worship are included here. Witches have gotten a bad rap for centuries and horror writers have picked up on it and made it their own. The rites of ancient paganism is always a popular theme as is writing on evil in general.
The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole
The House of Seven Gables - Nathanial Hawthorne
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - H.P. Lovecraft
The Omen - David Seltzer
Rosemary’s Baby - Ira Levin
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
The Other - Thomas Tryon
Harvest Home - Thomas Tryon
The Wicker Man -Robert Hardy and Anthony Shaffer
The Witching Hour - Anne Rice
Hideaway - Dean Koontz
The Keep - F. Paul Wilson
The Stand - Stephen King
Waking the Moon - Elizabeth Hand
Curfew - Phil Rickman
December - Phil Rickman
The Bell Witch: An American Haunting - Brent Monahan
Wither - J.G. Passarella
Blood of the Lamb - Thomas F. Monteleone
Brimstone - Douglas Preston and Linoln Child
The Mephisto Club - Tess Gerritsen
Monsters
Ancient Gods – Mythos abounds in these tales of old deities rising again…
The Call of Cthulhu and other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft
Song of Kali - Dan Simmons
Manitou - Graham Masterton
Fires of Eden - Dan Simmons
Crota - Owl Goingback
Created by Man – Science gone awry….
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus - Mary Shelley
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -Robert Louis Stevenson
Watchers - Dean Koontz
Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
Natural Monsters – Nature gone awry….
Jaws - Peter Benchley
Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror - Steve Alten
Relic - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The Ruins - Scott Smith
The Terror - Dan Simmons
Zombies – Reanimated corpses, they often want to either convert you or make you their next
meal.
The Monkey’s Paw - W.W. Jacobs
Night Boat - Robert R. McCammon
Monster Island - David Wellington
World WarZ: An Oral History of the Zombie War- Max Brooks
Mummies – Ancient Egyptian corpses that wish to rise again and conquer the world.
The Jewel of the Seven Stars - Bram Stoker
The Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice
Werewolves – Poor creatures whose lives are dictated by the cycles of the moon. Angst abounds in these character-driven novels.
The Wolfen - Whitley Strieber
Guardian - John Saul
Cycle of the Werewolf - Stephen King
The Silver Wolf - Alice Borchardt
Blood and Chocolate - Annette Curtis Klause
Bitten - Kelly Armstrong
Sharp Teeth - Toby Barlow
Vampires – Undead creatures who must consume the blood of the living become intriguing and unforgettable characters in the pages within. Like werewolf stories, the protagonists in vampire tales are often the creatures themselves.
The Vampyre - John Polidori
Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Dracula - Bram Stoker
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
‘Salem’s Lot - Stephen King
Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice
They Thirst - Robert R. McCammon
Shattered Glass - Elaine Bergstrom
The Book of Common Dread - Brent Monahan
Children of the Night - Dan Simmons
Sunshine - Robin McKinley
30 Days of Night - Steve Niles
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
Fangland - John Marks
13 Bullets: A Vampire Tale - David Wellington
Vampire Series – The fact that vampires live forever gives authors a great opportunity to give them their own series.
The Dracula Tape - Fred Saberhagen
Hotel Transylvania - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Red Death - P.N. Elrod
The Vampire Files - P.N. Elrod
Anno Dracula - Kim Newman
Sunglasses After Dark - Nancy A. Collins
Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton
Of Saints and Shadows - Christopher Golden
Twilight: A Novel - Stephenie Meyer
Psychological Horror
Mind control, telekinesis and mind games abound in these novels that play on inner demons.
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
Carrie - Stephen King
Cabal - Clive Barker
Misery - Stephen King
Superstition - David Ambrose
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
Hearts in Atlantis - Stephen King
Lisey’s Story - Stephen King
Unnatural Places
Whether it be the small town where you’ve always wanted to live or the cruise ship you’ve been dying to try, these stories take the ordinary and make it extraordinary… and not in a good way. The settings are integral to the plots in these stories.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow -Washington Irving
The Lottery - Shirley Jackson
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Needful Things - Stephen King
The Oath - Frank Peretti
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
Lost Boys - Orson Scott Card
Dead in the Water - Nancy Holder
The Store - Bentley Little
The Association - Bentley Little
Creepers - David Morrell
Ghost Road Blues - Jonathan Maberry
Duma Key - Stephen King
Splatterpunk
If you like it gory and raw, this is the place for you! No holds barred, anything goes: graphic violence, erotic sex, disturbing images… enter if you dare.
-
Books of Blood - Clive Barker
Floating Dragon - Peter Straub
The Great and Secret Show -- Clive Barker
Lost Souls - Poppy Z. Brite
Exquisite Corpse - Poppy Z. Brite
Off Season - Jack Ketchum
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk
Supernatural Detection
Evil spirits pestering you? That vampire not leaving your neck alone? Who ya gonna call? If the Ghostbusters aren’t available, try one of these ‘detectives’ for all of your exorcising needs. Memorable main characters drive these mysteries home.
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Those Who Hunt the Night - Barbara Hambly
Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton
Other Worlds - Barbara Michaels
Stormfront - Jim Butcher
Cabinet of Curiosities - Douglas Preston and Lincoln
Child
Legacies - F. Paul Wilson
Dead Witch Walking - Kim Harrison
Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
The Devil You Know - Mike Carey
Humorous Horror
Anything can be funny… including something that scares the pants off of you! These stories have a bite… and a laugh!
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde
From the Dust Returned - Ray Bradbury
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry
Pratchett
Horror Show - Greg Kihn
Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story - Christopher Moore
Gil’s All Fright Diner - A. Lee Martinez
Walpuski’s Typewriter - Frank Darabont
Naked Brunch - Sparkle Hayter
Undead and Unwed - Mary Janice Davidson
What’s a Ghoul to Do? - Victoria Laurie
You Suck: A Love Story - Christopher Moore