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October is the best month to read scary tales and spooky stories, but finding the right one can be a challenge. So we've put together a list of books you can read this month that we think will give you a fright.
We asked our Facebook followers to share the scariest book they've ever read - tap the button below to check out what they recommended and add your favourite to the comments
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Frightful Favourites: Karen B Recommends |
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What happens when a writer's group starts telling tales with more truth than fiction?
Single father and failed novelist, Patrick Rush, joins a creative writing circle where members meet and read to each other their own dark tales. But fantasy and reality become blurred when a serial murderer begins stalking the city and after one group member tells an unsettling story about an elusive child stealer called the Sandman, Patrick's own son is abducted leaving him no choice but to track down the killer himself.
This story is disturbing, haunting, and memorable years after reading.
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The main character, PI CharlieDodge, is well-developed, with his own personal struggle with a wife suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's. With a multimillionaire in hiding, both lives and a empire are in peril.
This latest by Sharon Sala is a love story, a thriller and a family saga rolled into one.
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No scary book list would be complete without at least ONE Stephen King novel!
In the middle of the night, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents—telekinesis and telepathy—who got to this place the same way Luke did...Soon Luke notices that some of the kids are disappearing, and he becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help. But no one has ever escaped from the Institute.
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Terrifying Teen Titles: Karen C Recommends |
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by Carrie Ryan
This is a perfect zombie horror story for teens: it has all of the social tension, family secrets and betrayals, and desperate struggle for survival as The Walking Dead, but it has just a little bit less gratuitous gore. The main character, Mary, is a very convincing teen who has grown up in this post-apocalyptic world. Though this is the first in a trilogy, The Forest of Hands and Teeth ends in a way that provides a certain sense of closure if a reader is curious, but isn't sure they want to commit to reading the entire series.
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by Gretchen McNeil
I've never read any Gretchen McNeil books, but I'm dying to see why she has become so popular. This one is the first in a series which is said to be a tense, fast-paced tale that balances gore, pop culture, and dark comedy. I mean, how can you resist a book that has a character whose new-found friends call themselves the Death Row Breakfast Club?
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Just Scary Enough: Laura Recommends |
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Gaimen does a great job of bringing you into the story, and setting up each scene with just the right details to make everything seem so real. Then, as things get more and more twisted and frightening, you want to put the book down but can't. He's such a gripping storyteller.
I don't like scary stories, but I just have to read his!
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Kelly Recommends Halloween Picture Books |
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Jasper Rabbit REALLY loves carrots! But he realizes he may love them a little too much when they start following him!! Is it just his imagination or are they really there? This is a perfect read aloud for young readers this Halloween with a great lesson in not letting fear get the best of you.
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by Robert Heidbreder, illustrated by John Martz
This book is perfect for Halloween in 2020, it's about a bunch of kids who have to take back Halloween after their parents cancel trick-or-treating. It is a whacky picture book written in nonsensical verse with dark bold illustrations! The words don’t make much sense, but trying to read them is half the fun.
If you're a fan of the classic poem "The Jabberwocky" this is a great book for you!
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