What is the scariest book you've ever read?
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| What is the scariest book you've ever read? I'm thinking fiction, but I suppose there are some non-fictions out there that could qualify. |
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| What to Expect When You’re Expecting |
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| In Cold Blood |
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| I remember that when I was a kid I read The Amityville Horror and it scared me so badly that not only did I throw the book away, I didn't throw it in the trash in the kitchen, I took it into the alley and put it in our big garbage can there. |
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| The hot zone |
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this.. or more fictional - The Sparrow |
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I think House of Leaves is the only book that's given me actual nightmares, but this is the one I found most disturbing. |
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| Room. I got it as a prize at a book exchange. I opened it and couldn't get past the first few pages. I don't like dwelling on terrible crimes and don't want to spend downtime on fictional ones. Learned that from watching 1 terrible episode of CSI:SVU and, earlier, a terrible 80s movie about santeria (the one with the spider-filled cursed zit). This kind of content sends me running for chick lit and rom coms. |
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| The Road |
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| The Shining |
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| Premature Burial by Poe |
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Blood Meridian is right up there too. I can’t believe it hasn’t been made into a movie. |
Anonymous
| A book on the zodiac killer I got at borders clearance section about 30 years ago before he was well known. |
Anonymous
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell? |