23 Books That Are Actually Really, Really Scary

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23 books

We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us their favorite horror book as part of our Page Turners reading club. Here are some of their spooky suggestions.

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Pet Sematary

Stephen King, 2017

Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski, Zampanò, 2000

You

Caroline Kepnes, 2018

Bird Box

Josh Malerman, 2014

The Guardian

Nicholas Sparks, 2019

Haunted

Chuck Palahniuk, 2005

Blood Memory

Greg Iles, 2005

The Silent Companions

Laura Purcell, 2018

Naomi's Room

Jonathan Aycliffe, 2013

Intensity

Dean Koontz, 2007

The Troop

Nick Cutter, 2014

Cujo

Stephen King, 2016

The Dwelling

Susie Moloney, 2010

Perfect Days

Alison Entrekin, Raphael Montes, 2016

Carrion Comfort

Dan Simmons, 2009

The Call

Peadar O'Guilin, 2017

The Chalk Man

The Sunday Times bestseller. The most chilling book you'll read this year

C. J. Tudor, 2018

Endless Night

Richard Laymon, 2014

Hostage to the Devil

The Possession and Exorcism of Five Contemporary Americans

Malachi Martin, 2013

Gerald's Game

Stephen King, 2016

Heart-Shaped Box

The Passage

Justin Cronin, 2010

The Silence of the Lambs

Thomas Harris, 2009