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Recommend me your favorite horror (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by boopickle1310@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world
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Without going into specifics so the creature/entity/plot is given, I'm looking for horror that is keep-you-up-at-night level. A good wendigo or poltergeist or even disease epidemic book would be greatly appreciated.

I loved books like Pet Sematary, the Troop, The Quiet Boy (short story), Contagion. I try to go into horror blind so I am fully unaware of what to expect, so I've read a lot of duds lately. Psychological horror is ok, if it's unpredictable/not just "normal person gaslit into thinking they're crazy" type trope.

The only horror I was unable to finish was Tender is the Flesh. My kudos to you if you got through that one.

Thank you all for your advice

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[–] boopickle1310@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To your last paragraph, tender is the flesh is that book/author for me. I love horror to distract from real life horror, but Tender is the Flesh was fleshed out (lol at the pun) like a normal next step in a world with limited resources. It should be a cautionary tale, but I can see how close we are to the logic already. Thanks for the French rec, even if the translation is meh, I try to enjoy different cultures' "boogymen", so I'll give it a go!

[–] Libb@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the French rec, even if the translation is meh, I try to enjoy different cultures’ “boogymen”, so I’ll give it a go!

The pleasure is mine, I wish more people would read that way :)

I could not tell if the translation is meh as I only read in French.