Horror
The jumbies
Tracey Baptiste
jFICTION Baptiste Tracey
Black Lives Matter, Read Woke, Horror
Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.
Jaws
Peter Benchley
FICTION Benchley, Peter
Horror, Suspense
It's out there in the water--waiting. Nature's most fearsome predator. It fears nothing. It attacks anything. It devours everything. And the seaside community of Amity is at its mercy.
As much as I love the movie, Jaws, the book has it's own appeal. With several plot lines that don't appear in the movie and additional character development, any fan of the Spielberg film must follow up by reading the Benchley book! The best way to enjoy it is by reading outside on a hot Summer day, of course! -Shawna
The night gardener
Jonathan Auxier
jFICTION Auxier, Jonathan
Kids, Thriller, Suspense, Mystery, Horror
Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.
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The nest
Gregory A. Douglas
FICTION Douglas, Gregory A.
Horror
"It was just an ordinary garbage dump on peaceful Cape Cod. No one ever imagined that conditions were perfect for breeding, that it was a warm womb, fetid, moist, and with food so plentiful that everything creeping, crawling, and slithering could gorge to satiation. Then a change in poison control was made, resulting in an unforeseen mutation. Now the giant mutant cockroaches are ready to leave their nest--in search of human flesh!"-- Back cover.
Horror fans will love this gruesome book about man-eating cockroaches. I would advise NOT reading this while snacking! Originally published in 1980, now reprinted with a new introduction. -Shawna
My sister, the serial killer : a novel
Oyinkan Braithwaite
FICTION Braithwaite, Oyinkan
Horror, Humor
"Slasher meets satire, in this darkly comic novel set in Nigeria about a woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends"--
I was tickled by this darkly comic quick read! Even if you are put off by horror/murder as a plot element, as I usually am, check this book out - it's very funny and the narrator's voice is wonderful. -Heidi K
Broken monsters
Lauren Beukes
MYSTERY Beukes Lauren
Horror
Beukes offers a creepy story filled with gruesome imagery in this 2014 book set in Detroit. Mystery and Horror fans will both find appeal in this novel in which detective Gabi Versado is hunting down a murderer/grotesque artist. -Shawna
Hark! the herald angels scream
808.83873 /Hark
Horror
For the Holiday Horror reader on-the-go, this recently published book of short stories is a great option. With stories ranging from shockingly terrifying to mildly disquieting, this collection keeps readers entertained and wanting more. -Shawna
The shining
Stephen King
FICTION King, Stephen
Horror
People often say a movie can't stand up to a book. In this case, the book and the movie are both amazing works in their own right. -Shawna
NOS4A2 : a novel
Joe Hill
FICTION Hill Joe
Horror
As the son of Stephen King it is no wonder Joe Hill has written some marvelously creepy novels. Hill's truly horrifying depiction of a Christmas wonderland leaves haunting imagery and weaves a story that keeps readers wanting more. -Shawna
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