Happy Tuesday, readers! Welcome back to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly blog challenge hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Every Tuesday, multiple bloggers share their favorite books from a selected topic. Today’s topic is a Halloween Freebie which means we can choose any topic about Halloween. I don’t typically read or watch scary stories, but there are a few books I’ve enjoyed despite their creepy nature.
- The Curse of Misty Wayfair, The Souls of Lost Lake, and The Lost Boys of Barlow Theater by Jaime Jo Wright – Jaime Jo is my favorite spooky story author. All of her books are creepy, but they always end up with a plausible, non-supernatural explanation. It’s kind of like Scooby Do for adults.
- The Madman’s Daughter series by Megan Shepherd – One of my favorite series! This gothic historical is based on The Island of Doctor Moreau, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Frankenstein.
- Miss Peregrine’s School for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs – The most frightening part of this book is the black and white photos he integrates, totally creepy.
- The Green Mile by Stephen King – As good as, if not better than, the movie.
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Broken Girls by Simone St. James – An actual ghost story, no Scooby Do antics in this one.
- Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene – Yes, I had to dig deep to find more creepy books that I’d read. One of my favorites from my younger years.
- Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare – This play is different from all his other work. It is brutal, disturbing, and interestingly written the same year as The Taming of the Shrew. I actually didn’t care for this one, but I ran out of scary books to include.
Have you read any of these? Do you enjoy spooky stories or do you steer clear?
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I don’t read these types of books. I did read Stephen King when I was younger but I didn’t read The Green Mile. He had sufficiently scared me enough for the rest of my life well before that was published.
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I liked The Broken Girls and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.
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I don’t read a lot of spooky or scary books either, but I love me some Jaime Jo Wright, I have devoured all of hers 🙂
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I reread THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK last week. It was super fun since I hadn’t read it since I was a kid!
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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I don’t read or watch horror either, but since you liked these I think I’ll check them out! Thanks for the list 🙂
If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairy.blogspot.com/2024/10/top-ten-tuesday-november-tbr.html
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