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Could /lit/ recommend some great horror books, and I mean books that disturbed you on a deeper level, which caused you nightmares, I would ask /x/ but...I don't trust them with literature

>> No.1551180
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inb4 the works of HP Lovecraft

>> No.1551187

>>1551180

I would NEVER recommend any lovecraft books, he had great ideas but he executed them poorly with terrible writing. He's truly overrated too

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>>1551187

inb4 whiney hipster faggots


oh shit, to late.

>> No.1551209

http://poestories.com/read/blackcat

my favorite short story

>> No.1551213

>>1551187
i thought the same, but one night after I've read Call of Cthulhu, I had a nightmare with the very Cthulhu as the main source of dread
so, apparently, he wasn't that good writer, but he'll disturb you sooner or later

>> No.1551217

come on guys no fighting, I just need names

>> No.1551224

i hear "the shining' or "It" by Stephen king are classics. I can't attest to this yet myself, cause i have read neither, but i dig king on the side none the less

>> No.1551238

>>1551187
>I would NEVER recommend any lovecraft books

I would. Ignore that faggot.

>> No.1551246

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

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Books that have made me feel disturbed on a deep level are not necessarily horror books. I will list the books that have disturbed me, but try to stick to a definition of "disturbed" that means there was an element of fear involved, because that is what I think you are after:

1. Jurassic Park
2. Blood Meridian
3. Various works by Lovecraft
4. The Violent Bear it Away
5. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Hmmmm. I might not be the best one to ask. I guess weird things scare me.

>> No.1551265

Blindsight by Peter Watts.

>> No.1551269

>>1551180
>>1551238
>>1551187

He wants to be disturbed, as much as I love Lovecraft, and I do love his work, he's not a disturbing writer.
Marquis De Sade.

>> No.1551276

The only Lovecraft stories which have affected me deeply, like the op describes, would be Rats in the Walls and The Outsider

The only problem with Rats in the Walls is Nigger-Man (Why, Lovecraft, why?)

>> No.1551279

>>1551276
It's the name of his actual cat. And he was a racist.

>> No.1551317

>>1551279
Who isn't?

>> No.1551337

House on the Borderland by William Hodgeson
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi
A lot of the stories in Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions compilation.

These are the ones I can name off the top of my head lingered in my mind for quite some time after reading.

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