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October Readathon 2022
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Recommend spooky books or graphic novels to add to the book list for our newest readathon.
See the comments for the rules on what can be recommended.
Please DON’T vote for one of the options.
Recommend spooky books or graphic novels to add to the book list for our newest readathon.
See the comments for the rules on what can be recommended.
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Poll added by: Kadi
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Authors:
Paul Yee, Ray Bradbury, Joe Hill, Kristina Ohlsson, Dan Simmons, Penelope Lively, Grady Hendrix, Jacob Grey, Susan Cooper, Gordon McAlpine, Tania Unsworth, Michelle Harrison, D.A.L., Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Isabel Cañas, Darren Shan, Adrian McKinty, R.L. Stine, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Betty Ren Wright, Jonathan Sims, P. Craig Russell, Charis Cotter, Alma Katsu, J.W. Ocker, Alan Garner, James Herbert, Otfried Preußler, Antonia Barber, Naoki Urasawa, Ben Aaronovitch, Jay Anson, Joseph Delaney, Allan Stratton, Ally Malinenko, Adam-Troy Castro, H.G. Wells, Dan Poblocki, Darcy Coates, Patrick Moody, Cathy MacPhail, Kate Alice Marshall, Nancy Tandon, Tomi Adeyemi, Rachel Caine, Andrew Prentice, Susan Dennard
Books:
Paul Yee, Ray Bradbury, Joe Hill, Kristina Ohlsson, Dan Simmons, Penelope Lively, Grady Hendrix, Jacob Grey, Susan Cooper, Gordon McAlpine, Tania Unsworth, Michelle Harrison, D.A.L., Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Isabel Cañas, Darren Shan, Adrian McKinty, R.L. Stine, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Betty Ren Wright, Jonathan Sims, P. Craig Russell, Charis Cotter, Alma Katsu, J.W. Ocker, Alan Garner, James Herbert, Otfried Preußler, Antonia Barber, Naoki Urasawa, Ben Aaronovitch, Jay Anson, Joseph Delaney, Allan Stratton, Ally Malinenko, Adam-Troy Castro, H.G. Wells, Dan Poblocki, Darcy Coates, Patrick Moody, Cathy MacPhail, Kate Alice Marshall, Nancy Tandon, Tomi Adeyemi, Rachel Caine, Andrew Prentice, Susan Dennard
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Here are my suggestions:Carrie by Stephen King
The Terror by Dan Simmons
Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill (graphic novel)
The Graveyard Book, Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel)
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
How fun!!The Smashed Man of Dread End by J.W Ocker
The Darkdeep by Ally Condie & Brendan Reichs
The Glass Children by Kristina Ohlsson
The Stitchers by Lorien Lawrence
The Haunting of Aveline Jones by Phil Hickes
Whispering Pines by Heidi Lang & Kati Bartkowski
Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur T. Bradley
The Thin House by Jake Nickens
These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall
Ghost Girl by Ally Malinenko
This Appearing House by Ally Malinenko
Friends to the End by C.L Colyer
The House in the Woods by Yvette Fielding
The Ghoul of Windydown Vale by Jake Burt
Monsters in the Mist by Juliana Brandt
The Girl in White by Lindsay Currie
Dread Wood by Jennifer Killick
The Ghost of Spruce Point by Nancy Tandon
Monster Club by Darren Aronofsky & Ari Handel
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The Smashed Man of Dread End by J.W Ocker
The Darkdeep by Ally Condie & Brendan Reichs
The Glass Children by Kristina Ohlsson
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Wow that’s a lot! I struggled to even come up with 3, horror is really not my genre.
I know I said you could recommend as many as you want but would it be ok if you narrowed it down to 4 or 5? If some are mg, ya and adult it’d be cool if you chose a mix! I only recognise 2 of the titles so I don’t know what demographics they belong to lol
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Horrorstör
The Chain
The Sandman"
Would you like me to add the sandman edition you linked or the comic version: Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes?
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@Dea thanks, I’ve added your books to the poll above.
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Carrie by Stephen King
The Terror by Dan Simmons
Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill (graphic novel)
The Graveyard Book, Volume ..."
I’ve always wanted to read the Graveyard book but never got round to it. Now I’ve learnt there’s a graphic novel adaptation I might read that instead!
Also I added Welcome to Lovecraft using its proper full title which is Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft. I really hope people don’t get confused by that because basically goodreads has this new ridiculous stance where they’re changing comic titles to just the subtitles which is totally incorrect and makes it hard for people to find what they’re looking for. The comic community on goodreads (including myself) has been fighting with them over this for more than a month now!
Kadi wrote: "Chara's Craftsations wrote: "The Magnus Archives: Season 1Horrorstör
The Chain
The Sandman"
Would you like me to add the sandman ed..."
Personally, I would like the one I added but, people might have trouble getting it because it's an Audible exclusive. You be the judge.
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I just added the one you linked but I’ll make a note below the list that people can read any edition of what they want. So even for Satrina’s suggestion of The Graveyard Book, Volume 1 people can read the book version instead if they want.
It’s actually really nice to have variety like this! It gives people a chance to try something they’ve never tried before.
Kadi wrote: "Chara's Craftsations wrote: "Personally, I would like the one I added but, people might have trouble getting it because it's an Audible exclusive..."I just added the one you linked but I’ll make ..."
Great! That makes me happy
Kadi wrote: "Amanda wrote: "How fun!!The Smashed Man of Dread End by J.W Ocker
The Darkdeep by Ally Condie & Brendan Reichs
The Glass Children by Kristina Ohlss..."
Of course! Spooky middlegrade is my favourite so I had the list more or less ready to go lol 😅
The Glass Children (MG)
These Fleeting Shadows (YA)
The Ghost of Spruce Point (MG)
The Smashed Man of Dread End (MG)
This Appearing House (MG)
All are probably MG or a weak YA:What Abigail Did That Summer (recent)
The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy (retro)
The Satanic Mill (retro)
The Amazing Mr Blunden (both: still in print!)
The Bone Collector's Son (retro)
EDIT: I don't live in an English-speaking country, and so I don't know if any of these are readily available in the local library systems... I don't want to make life harder for people! I buy most of mine secondhand because it's just easier for me...
Kadi wrote: "I’ve always wanted to read the Graveyard book but never got round to it. Now I’ve learnt there’s a graphic novel adaptation I might read that instead!"The Graveyard Book is one of my favorite books and just now bought the graphic novel adaptations so I'm reading them next month with my son.
And I'm so on board about the changing of titles because it makes it harder, sometimes it so confusing to find really what you're looking for.
Satrina wrote: "Kadi wrote: "I’ve always wanted to read the Graveyard book but never got round to it. Now I’ve learnt there’s a graphic novel adaptation I might read that instead!"The Graveyard Book is one of my..."
The Graveyard Book IS awesome! :D Seconding that recommendation!
Amanda wrote: "Of course! Spooky middlegrade is my favourite so I had the list more or less ready to go lol 😅"Yay! I'm trying to build a good TBR list of MG books so, even if we don't get to read this books for the October readathon we'll get to them eventually, thanks!
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The Graveyard Book is one of my..."
It’s so frustrating how the ridiculous decision from goodreads to change titles like this is making it hard for people to read. It makes it so hard for me to recommend comics to non-comic readers too!
If you feel up to it, I and the rest of the comic community on goodreads would really appreciate if you could send a message here: https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta... stating how the title changes have effected you. This really is a movement within the comic community right now so we’re asking anyone who is effected it to make your voice heard in support of our cause!
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What Abigail Did That Summer (recent)
The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy (retro)
The Satanic Mill (retro)
The Amazing Mr ..."
It’s totally ok if some of the books aren’t available for everyone because at least it’ll get on people’s radar and maybe they find another book by the author or a similar book etc and then they’re reading something they wouldn’t normally have read which is the whole point of any of our group events!
I just realised earlier today that one of my recommendations Into the Shadows which I read when I was young but never finished the series is only available in print. I’m going to have to try and find it at a library because I really want to reread it and finish the series now!
Kadi wrote: "Chara's Craftsations wrote: "Personally, I would like the one I added but, people might have trouble getting it because it's an Audible exclusive..."I just added the one you linked but I’ll make ..." I recently listened to an audio version of The Graveyard Book. I just loved it!! It was a book on CD I borrowed from my library.
I would like to recommend:
The Gravedigger's Son
Gustav Gloom and the People Taker
Ghost and Bone
The Ghost of Graylock
Revenge of the Witch
I have another classic, for people who like the Celtic/Welsh vibe:The Owl Service
(And, actually, ANY of the Alan Garner would qualify here)
I will also be (finally) reading A Newbery Halloween: A Dozen Scary Stories by Newbery Award-Winning Authors, which I got at completely the wrong time of year. ;) Not holding out a lot of hope: absolutely HATED the Christmas one. XD
Oh right, another creepy classic: Something Wicked This Way Comes (his The Halloween Tree is on my TR list..)
Capn wrote: "Oh right, another creepy classic: Something Wicked This Way Comes (his The Halloween Tree is on my TR list..)"I read Something Wicked This Way Comes last year and I really liked it and I read The Halloween Tree a looong time ago and liked it but I've been meaning to read it again, this time with my son.
Children of blood and bone, Thirteen treasures and also Truthwitch r my recs
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Thirteen treasures what a throwback! I loved that series when I was in high school! I tried to read one of the other books written by the author last year I think but I ended up dropping it. I just don’t have the same reading appetite as I used to when I was younger!
Anyway I’ll add these above!
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@Capn @Audrey I’ll add your extra recs above.
I think that’s everyone, hopefully I haven’t missed anyone out because I’m compiling the list now.
- It can be a book or a graphic novel or even a manga.
- It MUST be spooky! That means it can belong to horror, supernatural, thriller, drama or belong to any other genre as long as it has some eerie vibes.
- The book or graphic novel must be in English or translated to English.
- They can be MG, YA, Adult or New Adult.
- If the book/graphic novel is part of a series please only recommend the first in the series.
- You can recommend as many books or graphic novels as you like to be added to our list.
- Please check our book lists from last year to give you an idea of the kind of spooky books we read for this event and also please try to recommend different books than those already recommended last year: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Check out how the readathon works here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...