Books to get you in a Halloween mood

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<p>There are so many discussions about books on this board, which is great! I also remember a Halloween movie discussion. How about a Halloween book discussion?</p>

<p>So, is anyone reading anything scary, creepy, mysterious, or other-worldly ;)?</p>

<p>Here’s a list of my Halloween books for this year:</p>

<p>The Turn of the Screw by Henry James </p>

<p>Agatha Christie’s Hallowe’en Party </p>

<p>Gods of The Nowhere: A Novel of Halloween by James Tipper - this novel just came out this August, but it’s getting a lot of really positive reviews on Goodreads, and it strikes me as a perfect Halloween book.</p>

<p>And maybe The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, if I have time that is.</p>

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<p>“Full Dark, No Stars”. Short stories by Stephen King.</p>

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<p>I watched the pilot for Sleepy Hollow, does that count?
Nightmares & Dreamscapes by King is good.
Best short story fantasy book.
<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Borderland-Where-Magic-Meets-Borderlands/dp/0812522613/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380066299&sr=1-1&keywords=Terri+windling+mark+arnold[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Borderland-Where-Magic-Meets-Borderlands/dp/0812522613/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380066299&sr=1-1&keywords=Terri+windling+mark+arnold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Halloween always puts me in the mood for Neil Gaiman’s “The Graveyard Book,” even though it’s a YA book. The last chapter gets me every time…</p>

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<p>Me too. ;)</p>

<p>My library book club is reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson was seriously considered - maybe next year.</p>

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<p>Pet Cemetery by Stephen King</p>

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<p>Maybe I will read Rosemarys Baby.
But I will have nightmares about Ruth Gordon.</p>

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<p>Some of the best opening lines of a novel - ever.</p>

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<p>What book is that from, Scout,59?</p>

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<p>“Pet Semetery” (I read it before I had children, and it was awful. I don’t think I could have read it during the toddler/preschooler years.)</p>

<p>“Salem’s Lot” (vampires) by Stephen King.</p>

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<p>I’m not Scout59 but I can answer the question. (And I agree with Scout59: the first lines are good. :))</p>

<p>Post #8 - First lines of The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson</p>

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<p>So many good Halloween books, so little time ;)</p>

<p>I love the opening lines of The Haunting Hill House - must fit it in on my list!</p>

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<p>Christopher Priest’s THE PRESTIGE creeped me out. Very different from the movie(which I liked as well) and a great read.</p>

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<p>Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon</p>

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<p>Elsewhere by William Peter Blatty.</p>

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<p>So is all of The Haunting of Hill House as good as the opening paragraph?</p>

<p>Another one: Ghost Story by Stephen King and Peter Straub (okay, I’m a big Stephen King fan, so sue me. :slight_smile: )</p>

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<p>One of my favorite scary movies is Ghost Story, which I was reminded of because Ive been watching Deadwoods second season with Alice Krige, who is in the film as well as Fred Astaire, John Houseman, Douglas Fairbanks jr & Melvyn Douglas. ( from the Straub novel)
Ive never read the book though.</p>

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<p>“The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early.”<br>
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.</p>

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<p>I was just going to suggest Ray Bradbury.
Along with Stephen Kings collection of of short stories Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Bradburys The October Country is another collection of stories with a dark twist.</p>

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<p>Oooh. I can’t wait to go to the bookstore.</p>