Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is:
Top Ten Books to Read for Halloween
These are my top ten horror-related books. I don’t usually read pure horror, but lately I’ve gotten into zombie books (and I’ve always loved books about witches and vampires). There are so many good ones!
- Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini – Loved this book, and it involves witches – perfect Halloween reading!
- The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle – Zombies combined with Amish characters and an Amish setting! How crazy (and fun!) is that?!
- Broken World by Kate L. Mary – This self-pubbed zombie book is a true gem!!
- Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion – Actually, watch the movie too. This is one of the few cases where I felt like the movie may have outshone the book!
- It by Stephen King – I read this one as a teenager and I remember it scared the bejeezus out of me!
- Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen – Okay, this one will probably have you doing more laughing than looking over your shoulder, but it’s an awesome book involving demons – you totally need to read it!
- Allison Hewitt is Trapped by Madeleine Roux – Another awesome zombie novel. And the main character has a good name. 🙂
- The Witches of Dark Root by April Aasheim – Well, witches, obviously.
- The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa – Have to have at least one vampire book on the list, and this one is definitely my favorite!
- The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey – Yeah, I know, I’m stretching here – this is aliens. But the whole thing had kind of a scary feel to it (imagine if the world had been taken over by aliens and you didn’t know who was a human and who wasn’t!)
So, what are your suggestions? What should I be reading this Halloween?
Really must read my copy of Evil Librarian!
Great list!
Yes, you must! So much fun!
Great list! I work in a library; I’ll definitely have to check out “Evil Librarian!” I did my Home on books to read too. Happy Halloween!
Oh, yes – all librarians should read that book (and all other people too, in my opinion!). 🙂
These recommendations sound really good! For a very long time I’ve been wanting to read It, but eventhough I’m usually not really scared by books this one might be a little to much… I don’t know though, maybe at some point I’ll give it a go, but not just yet, haha.
It’s one of the only actual horror books that I can remember reading – but that was a very long time ago!
Niiice! I looooved Immortal Rules, 5th Wave, and Warm Bodies!! And ooh Trial by Fire too! I think I maybe might have the Hollowed Ones…lol! I can’t even remember since I have too many books. Maybe I don’t, I think I thought about getting it, but then I looked at all my books and changed my mind!
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Ah, yes – Too Many Books Syndrome. It plagues us all! (But somehow doesn’t stop us from buying another most of the time.)
oh gosh… I’m 30 pages into the fifth wave but it’s taken ages to get even this far cause I keep stopping! I don’t mean to cause as thus it is VERY good!! But its so scary!! D: I can’t help obsessing over alien invasions when I read it :c Im such a wuss! GREAT BLOG! I love it 😀 Got me in the spirit
AH, so it WAS a good choice! I knew it!
I really need to read IT – the movie freaks me out every time!
I don’t remember if I’ve seen the movie. I can imagine that it would be terrifying!
I loved both Warm Bodies! I actually couldn’t get into IT, I tried buddy reading it a few months ago and she didn’t even make it as far as me. A few of these books I hadn’t heard of so thanks for the list. I absolutely love anything with zombies.
It’s been many years since I read it, so I honestly don’t remember it all that well. I just remember that it scared me. These are all AWESOME zombie books, so you should definitely check them out!
Oh my, your list here reminded me that I have a LOT of catching up to do >.< The Immortal Rules, Trial by Fire, The 5th Wave AND Warm Bodies are all sitting on my tbr shelf…waiting for me to pick them up! Thanks for the friendly reminder that I'm missing out 🙂 Awesome list Nicole ^^ x
There are SO MANY books!!! Ah, if only we could read them all. 🙂
Great list! With so many fabulous books!
I know, right? Puts me in the mood to read about some witches, zombies or vampires!
I love spooky books and fantasy worlds 🙂
I’ve been wanting to read Stephen King.. I know, I’m probably the only one who’s never read any of his books. Maybe “It” would be a good start this Halloween.
I haven’t read any Stephen King when I was a teenager, and I honestly don’t remember much about It except that it scared me. 🙂 My favorite King book was probably The Talisman – not that I remember details about that one either – I just have vague memories of parts and I remember that I loved it. (It was more fantasy than horror, though.)
Evil Librarian?! Okay THAT I so need to try one day. x) I loved Trial by Fire! I didn’t think it was particularly scary, but definitely witches, which fits halloween perfectly, you’re so right!! I haven’t read any of the others. >.> I’m so bad with reading horror, actually, because I like it to be scary and terrifying, and I had a bad run with a lot of mediocre ones and got turned off. I WILL get back into reading it again soon though! Love your list!
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Yeah, I’m not really much of a horror reader, so I just went with books that went along with the Halloween theme – witches, zombies, vampires, etc. 🙂
Thanks for all the great ideas!!!
You’re welcome!
Great top 10 Nicole. The only one I’ve read is Immortal Rules.
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Well, now you have some good ideas if you’re trying to get in the Halloween mood! (Wait, do you do Halloween in Australia? I have no idea.)
No, although all the stuff is in the shops and some kids do it anyway
Oh, I actually just finished The Immortal Rules last week! I didn’t like it as much, which really surprised me. I still don’t know why, because the main character was badass and the book was action-packed.
But these are great choices. Can’t do a Halloween post without Stephen King.
Sorry you weren’t a fan. Sometimes a book just doesn’t click with you for some reason and you can’t even quite put your finger on why. It happens.
Ooh I need to read Trial by Fire and The 5th Wave! I’ve been wanting to read them for awhile now! Totally agree with The Immortal Rules- it’s one of my favorite vampire books too!
Nice choices! The only one I’ve read from this list is Evil Librarian, and I’m so glad you mentioned it since it’s definitely an underrated gem. I love that it’s on the goofier side. Immortal Rules is a series I hope to try soon – I’ve heard good things!
Nice list! I shamefully haven’t read any of the books on this list myself, but I have been meaning to read Warm Bodies and Trial by Fire for a while. I can’t wait! A good creepy read I read was Dying for a Living by Kory M. Shrum – you should try it 🙂
I hadn’t heard of Dying for a Living – I’ll definitely have to check that one out! Thanks for the recommendation!