Over on our fabulous tumblr page, our editors listed the scariest books they ever read. Lock your doors, check under your beds, and pick up one of these to read:
Nonfiction Editor, Ian Carlos Crawford
- House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (I got halfway through this book and had to put this book down for 2 months bc it scared me so much)
- Monster Island by David Wellington
- The Shining by Stephen King
- American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
- Marvel Zombies: Dead Days by Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips (this one more upset me than scared me – the opening scene always stuck with me)
Poetry Editor, Chrissy Friedlander
- One Day at Horrorland by R.L. Stine (Goosebumps!)
- Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
- Christine by Stephen King (side note: my dad named me after this Christine! GOOD GOD.)
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz (AND THOSE ILLUSTRATIONS BY STEPHEN GAMMELL AHH)
- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
EIC Kimberly Ann Southwick
- House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
- Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy
- The Pillowman Martin McDonagh
- The Hawkline Monster by Richard Brautigan
- 2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Fiction Editor, Zach Yontz
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- The Trial by Franz Kafka
- Sylvia by Leonard Michaels
- House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
- Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy