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What is the most chilling book you've ever read?

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Beatgrrl · 05/12/2019 14:50

At this time of year, I really love to snuggle up under a blanket, get all comfy and absolutely terrify myself with a great book and I could really use some recommendations. Which books have been absolutely bone-chillingly terrifying for you? Which have been the books that have left you too afraid to turn the lights out; too afraid to move? Which books have made you feel too scared to turn the page?

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longleggedgal · 05/12/2019 15:04

Oooo following Grin

Herja · 05/12/2019 14:59

Such small hands (I think anyway, by andres barber). It's only short, perfect for a cozy evening in, but it's really very chilling. The plot is based around children though, which I know some don't like, so avoid if you're one of those people! It was described as a ghost story on the blurb, which I disagree with. Definitely scary though.

anenomeV19 · 05/12/2019 14:58

The lovely bones
I wasn’t very old and it really stuck with me maybe I shouldn’t have read it but I did and it had such an undertone of normality somehow that I felt given the wrong circumstances I could one day step sideways into that life and it terrified me

Fizbo · 05/12/2019 14:57

I really enjoyed The Historian by Elizabeth Kostovo I started reading it one summer and thought it was definitely a winter book so saved it. I wasn't disappointed!

puds11 · 05/12/2019 14:54

IT by Stephen King. Bloody fabulous. After that, Bram Stokers Dracula.

AutumnCrow · 05/12/2019 14:53

Watching your thread!

I'll have a think.

Tableclothing · 05/12/2019 14:51

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis was pretty unpleasant, but I'm guessing you're more after Edgar Allan Poe-type recommendations?