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I’ve been looking to start reading more horror books, what would you recommend to begin with?

>> No.16186440

>>16186433
Das Kapital.

>> No.16186453

>>16186433
Phenomenology of Geist.

>> No.16186459

The Hellbound Heart, The Scarlett Gospels. These give you Hellraiser.

>> No.16186526

>>16186433
You have to dip your toes into Stephen King.

Salem's Lot and Pet Sematary are v. good horror novels.

Also check out his first collection of short stories, Graveyard Shift.

>> No.16186529

>>16186433
Frankenstein, Dracula, then move onto The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

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>>16186526
>Stephen "Cokehead Pedophile" King

>> No.16186589

>>16186433
I know you're asking for novels but all I really know about are short story writers... Arthur Machen, M.R.R. James, Robert Aikman, and of course Edger Allen Poe and H.P. Lovecraft are all top quality.

>> No.16186616

>>16186536
King David and Moses were murderers, and yet they wrote the Psalms and the Pentateuch, respectively.

Thus I refute Beelzy.

>> No.16186633

The Turn of the Screw is what is considered one of the classics of horror novels
Hell House
The Haunting of Hill House
Plus many different gothic novels

Funny enough I find plenty of strong female characters in older scary stories

A more recent one that was pretty good is called Ghost Story

Besides that Stephen King doesn’t hurt to check out. He was best when doing a shit ton of cocaine

>> No.16186651

>>16186440
I dont know if youre memeing or not, but Marx's writing does have some really fascinating gothic imagery thrown in there. It makes an interesting complement to the more technical stuff. I was thinking of making a post about it.

>> No.16186655

>>16186459
You can also read some of Barker's other stuff, though its not really "horror" per se. Really enjoyed both Weaveworld and Imajica, and I'm going to start the Great and Secret Show as soon as I finish The Power Broker.

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No thread of this kind is complete without pic related.

>> No.16186667
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Anyone read pic related? Thinking about getting it from the library.

>> No.16186669

>>16186658
A pretty good reading of same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRUEC-o1FLg