Horror Aficionados discussion

It's time to think about group reads for December 2024. The theme for this month is "Paranormal/Supernatural Horror". We're looking for ghosts, demons, monsters, hauntings, possessions--not human monsters.

Before nominating anything, PLEASE check out this link to previous group reads that are NOT eligible (after the monthly reads, you'll find a list in alphabetical order): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

In addition to previous group reads, authors may NOT nominate their own work.

The nominations with the most +1's will make it on to the final poll for voting.

Let's see what supernatural horrors we can come up with!

by Anthony M Strong

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

The Possession by Ambrose Ibsen

Devil in the Darkness by Archie Roy

'Tis the season!

- Brom

The Exorcist’s House by Nick Roberts

+1 for Krampus by Brom

The Exorcist’s House by Nick Roberts

The disappearance -Bentley little

None of the following are eligible so please check the list before nominating.

PREVIOUS READS ALPHABETICALLY BY TITLE

14 by Peter Clines

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft

Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Bad Dolls by Rachel Harrison
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Below by Laurel Hightower
Between Two Fires by by Christopher Buehlman
Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi
Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
Blister by Jeff Strand
The Boatmans' Daughter by Andy Davidson
The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig
Boy's Life by Robert McCammon
Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi
The Broken Girls by Simone St James
Bunny by Mona Awad
The Burning Girls by C J Tudor
Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates
Castaways by Brian Keene
The Cellar by Richard Laymon
Chills by Mary SanGiovanni
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
Clowns Vs. Spiders by Jeff Strand
Colony by Benjamin Cross
Come Closer by Sara Gran
Come With Me by Ronald Malfi
Cunning Folk by Adam L.G. Nevill

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
Darkness on the Edge of Town by Brian Keene 2X
The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters
Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
The Deep by Nick Cutter
The Demonic by Lee Mountford
The Descent by Jeff Long
Desperation by Stephen King
The Devil Crept In by Ania Ahlborn
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
Devil's Creek by Todd Keisling
Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne
Dracul by J.D. Barker
Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Elementals by Michael McDowell 2X
Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Final Girls by Riley Sager
The Fireman by Joe Hill
The Fisherman by John Langan
From Below by Darcy Coates
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

A Gathering of Crows by Brian Keene
Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Ghostland by Duncan Ralston
The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
The Girls by Emma Cline
Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana
The Good House by Tananarive Due
The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay

The Haar by David Sodergren
The Hacienda by Isabel Canas
The Halloween Children by Brian James Freeman
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon
The Haunted Forest Tour by Jeff Strand and James A. Moore
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Hell Hound by Ken Greenhall
Hell House by Richard Matheson
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
Hide by Kiersten White
The Hollow Place by T. Kingfisher
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 2X
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
The Hunger by Alma Katsu

I Found Puppets Living in My Apartment Walls by Ben Farthing
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

The Jigsaw Man by Gord Rollo
John Dies at the End by David Wong/Jason Pargin

Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
Kin by Kealan Patrick Burke

Larry by Adam Millard
Last Days by Adam Nevill
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist 2X
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
The Long Walk by Richard Bachman
The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

Malignant by Michaelbrent Collings
Man, Fuck This House by Brian Asman
Mary by Nat Cassidy
Maynard's House by Herman Raucher
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Midnight Meat Train by Clive Barker
Misery by Stephen King
Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
The Mothman Prophecies by John A. Keel
Murder Road by Simone St. James
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
The Nightmare Room by Chris Sorensen
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
No One Gets Out Alive by Adam L.G. Nevill
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill 2X

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
Pet Sematary by Stephen King

The Rats by James Herbert
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
The Reddening by Adam Nevill
Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Revival by Stephen King
The Ritual by Adam Nevill
The Roo by Alan Baxter
The Root Witch by Debra Castaneda
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
The Ruins by Scott Smith

The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson
The Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett
Seed by Ania Ahlborn
The September House by Carissa Orlando
The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder
Slade House by David Mitchell
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon
Stranded by Bracken MacLeod
Strange Weather by Joe Hill
Subhuman by Michael McBride
Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie
Suffer the Children by John Saul
Suicide Forest by Jeremy Bates
Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
Sundial by Catriona Ward
Survive the Night by Riley Sager
Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
The Terror by Dan Simmons 2X
Thinner by Richard Bachman
Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims
Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman 2X
The Troop by Nick Cutter
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

Usher's Passing by Robert McCammon

Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories
Vampire on the Orient Express by Shane Carrow
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
The Vessel by Adam Nevill

The Watchers by A.M. Shine
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 2X
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham
The Women in the Walls by Amy Lukavics

You Like it Darker by Stephen King

Playground by Aaron Beauregard

The exorcists house by Nick Robert’s

Diavola by Thorne--it's just incredible.

Em wrote: "Diavola by Thorne--it's just incredible."

This was literally just a group read, so we won't be reading it again.

I nominate Memorials

I second Memorials by Chizmar

The Exorcist’s House by Nick Roberts

+1 for Memorials.

Candy Cain Kills by Brian McAuley

James wrote: "Candy Cain Kills by Brian McAuley"

This one sounds like a human slasher--nothing supernatural or paranormal.

SENTINEL by Drew Starling

The Troop.

+1 Krampus. It fits the theme and the season ^^

That Nick Robert’s Duology is looking pretty good

I noticed the list of books read is extremely long, how long have you guys been doing monthly reads?

Raymond wrote: "The Troop."

Previous group read, not eligible. Please check the link or message 11 before nominating.

thats.Insania wrote: "I noticed the list of books read is extremely long, how long have you guys been doing monthly reads?"

The monthly reads existed before any of us current mods became mods. The reads only started being tracked at some point in 2017-18, but the group was around for a few years prior to that and was already doing them.

+1 Krampus - on my tbr, fits the theme and the season

Alan wrote: "thats.Insania wrote: "I noticed the list of books read is extremely long, how long have you guys been doing monthly reads?"

The monthly reads existed before any of us current mods became mods. The..."

And we started tracking the group reads because the same books were being suggested over and over and over again.
The reason we don't re-read books and that we do group read themes is that there are so many good books to be discovered and we want members see all aspects of horror.

I nominate A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enríquez

I found Christmas lights slithering up my street- Ben Farthing

I read another of his recently and I see the group read the puppet one some months ago, this one seems appropriate

how about The Whistling or The Nesting i went over my TBR and this is all I could find.

also +1 Memorials.

Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Krampus is good yall will enjoy! I’m game to reread! +1 Krampus!

Latasha wrote: "how about The Whistling or The Nesting i went over my TBR and this is all I could find."

I have both of these on the TBR--they sound good!

+1 Memorials
+1 The Whistling

I second/third Krampus!

I nominate Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer

+1 Krampus: The Yule Lord
+1 A Sunny Place for Shady People
+1 Memorials

+1 for A Sunny Place for Shady People

The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore

Otherwise, I'll go with a +1 for A Sunny Place for Shady People — I've always had a soft spot for ghostly short stories and novellas at Christmas. Blame Dickens.

+1 for Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Diane wrote: "'Tis the season!

- Brom"

+1

A Botanical Daughter

The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross

A lot of fun!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

A BIG push for Marcus Kliewer’s WE USED TO LIVE HERE. Winter-set, profoundly disorientating, and DEEPLY disturbing.

+ A Sunny Place for Shady People

I'm surprised no one has nominated her. So I'll go for it.

The Whispering Dead by Darcy Coates