Staff Picks: Books on Tap Horror pt 2

Books on Tap: Horror met October 10 to share favorite scary titles.  Below is a list of favorite spine chilling horror, thrillers, dystopia, and sci fi.

 

The Handmaids Tale (novel and graphic novel) by Margaret Atwood

Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents, and Kindred by Octavia Butler

The Passage by Justin Cronin

All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Crosby

Gone Girl and Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Birdman by Mo Hayder

The Fireman and Full Throttle by Joe Hill

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

Descent by Tim Johnston

My Heart is A Chainsaw and Don’t Fear the Reaper (especially the audiobook!) by Stephen Graham Jones

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

The Stand, Finders Keepers, Mr. Mercedes, Holly, The Outsider, The Shining, Doctor Sleep, It, Salems Lot, and 11/22/63 by Stephen King

What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher

The World of Lore by Aaron Mahnke

Her Body and Other Parties and In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates

Stiff by Mary Roach

The Trial of Lizzie Borden  by Cara Robertson

See What I Have Done by Sara Schmidt

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

The Terror by Dan Simmons

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

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