The Great and Secret Show85 reviews
Clive Barker

Fontana Press, 1990

One of the best novels I've read

+ GSS
+ Good Epic, but Loses It Towards End
+ Why do I read this stuff?
  
  











  



  
The Shining613 reviews
Stephen King

Pocket, 2002

Absolutely enjoyable!

+ Interesting Book
+ The Shining
+ Classic King!
+ Intense and frightening
  
  











  



  
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Signet Classics)84 reviews
Victor Hugo

Signet Classics, 2001

A Delightful Read

+ Notre Dame de Paris -- C'est perfect!
+ Hugo's commentary on the death penalty
+ A Great Book for Kids
  
  











  



  
The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics)328 reviews
Shirley Jackson

Penguin Classics, 2006

One of her best

+ Read and reread
+ One of the best books ever written, and the scariest
+ Delirious & eerie
  
  











  



  
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe72 reviews
Edgar Allan Poe

Doubleday, 1966

The Enduring Master of the Macabre

+ POEtic Justice
+ poes book

Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809, died October 7, 1849. What is it that makes an author famous? I don't mean famous in the sense a news article reports that "Jack Greylea's novels sold 15 million copies last year," but in the sense that he is thought of as being ...
  
  











  



  
The Dream Within and Other Stories2 reviews
Alex Espinoza

Outskirts Press, 2008

Give this new writer a closer look

I have known Alex Espinoza since he was a baby, his mother and I being long time college friends. I knew that as he grew up he had become fascinated by horror. So when my friend, his mother, gave me a copy of his first novel, A Dream Within, me, not being a fan or horror, I left it on the bookshelf ...
  
  











  



  
The Golden8 reviews
Lucius Shepard

Golden Gryphon Press, 2006

Absolutely riveting!! Where's the sequel?

+ Not Free SF Reader

I can't believe there hasn't been a 2nd book published after The Golden's ending!! It begs for a sequel...I need to know what happens in the East! Anyway, I loved everything about this book, from the prose to the setting to the characters to the story. It was a gritty, dark, gothic, sensual, ...
  
  











  



  
Dracula (Enriched Classics Series)17 reviews
Bram Stoker

Pocket, 2003

Excellent book

+ Dracula... Spooky Social Commentary
+ A True Classic
+ Amazing, Thrilling Tale
  
  











  



  
Ghost Story112 reviews
Peter Straub

Pocket, 1989

The only novel that has genuinely scared me

+ Solid

This book was extremely reminiscent of Stephen King's "IT". Apart from the mythological origins of the evil creatures, I would almost say that they were of the same species. With that being said, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It scared the living daylights out of me. I honestly had trouble ...
  
  











  



  
Frankenstein (Penguin Classics)41 reviews
Mary Shelley

Penguin Classics, 2003

4-1/2 stars for a classic the movies messed up

+ Not what I remembered... turns out there are 2 versions
+ Frankenstein
+ Frakenstein
  
  











  



  
Frankenstein (Penguin Classics)41 reviews
Mary Shelley

Penguin Classics, 2003

4-1/2 stars for a classic the movies messed up

+ Not what I remembered... turns out there are 2 versions
+ Frankenstein
+ Frakenstein
  
  











  



  
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Signet Classics)84 reviews
Victor Hugo

Signet Classics, 2001

A Delightful Read

+ Notre Dame de Paris -- C'est perfect!
+ Hugo's commentary on the death penalty
+ A Great Book for Kids
  
  











  



  
Dracula (Enriched Classics Series)17 reviews
Bram Stoker

Pocket, 2003

Excellent book

+ Dracula... Spooky Social Commentary
+ A True Classic
+ Amazing, Thrilling Tale
  
  











  



  
The Shining613 reviews
Stephen King

Pocket, 2002

Absolutely enjoyable!

+ Interesting Book
+ The Shining
+ Classic King!
+ Intense and frightening
  
  











  



  
The Golden8 reviews
Lucius Shepard

Golden Gryphon Press, 2006

Absolutely riveting!! Where's the sequel?

+ Not Free SF Reader

I can't believe there hasn't been a 2nd book published after The Golden's ending!! It begs for a sequel...I need to know what happens in the East! Anyway, I loved everything about this book, from the prose to the setting to the characters to the story. It was a gritty, dark, gothic, sensual, ...
  
  











  



  
The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics)328 reviews
Shirley Jackson

Penguin Classics, 2006

One of her best

+ Read and reread
+ One of the best books ever written, and the scariest
+ Delirious & eerie
  
  











  



  
The Dream Within and Other Stories2 reviews
Alex Espinoza

Outskirts Press, 2008

Give this new writer a closer look

I have known Alex Espinoza since he was a baby, his mother and I being long time college friends. I knew that as he grew up he had become fascinated by horror. So when my friend, his mother, gave me a copy of his first novel, A Dream Within, me, not being a fan or horror, I left it on the bookshelf ...
  
  











  



  
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe72 reviews
Edgar Allan Poe

Doubleday, 1966

The Enduring Master of the Macabre

+ POEtic Justice
+ poes book

Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809, died October 7, 1849. What is it that makes an author famous? I don't mean famous in the sense a news article reports that "Jack Greylea's novels sold 15 million copies last year," but in the sense that he is thought of as being ...
  
  











  



  
The Great and Secret Show85 reviews
Clive Barker

Fontana Press, 1990

One of the best novels I've read

+ GSS
+ Good Epic, but Loses It Towards End
+ Why do I read this stuff?
  
  











  



  
Ghost Story112 reviews
Peter Straub

Pocket, 1989

The only novel that has genuinely scared me

+ Solid

This book was extremely reminiscent of Stephen King's "IT". Apart from the mythological origins of the evil creatures, I would almost say that they were of the same species. With that being said, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It scared the living daylights out of me. I honestly had trouble ...