Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish
Hi, everyone! Sorry for the late post, but as you can see, this is for Top Ten Tuesday. This week is interesting because it’s a freebie (you can basically decide what topic you want to discuss). At first, I couldn’t think of anything I wanted to list, but then this topic came to mind, and I just let it roll. While these books did put me on the edge of my seat, I still like most of them. I don’t think the books would have been as great without that scary factor. So without further ado, I present my Top Scary Books:
10. The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd

9. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

8. The Riddle by Alison Croggon

7. Falling for You by Lisa Schroeder

6. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

5. Anything from the Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine

4. Anything from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

3. The Forbidden Game by L.J. Smith

2. The Midnight Clowns by Robert Dodds

1. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

As you can see, I don’t enjoy reading books that scare me, so I generally avoid them. In most cases, I had no idea these books would affect me the way they did. Are there any books that scare you silly (or is it just me)? If anyone has posted a Top Ten Tuesday, feel free to leave a link below! I’d love to see what you’ve done this week! Take care and keep reading!
-Sumaya
September 16, 2015 at 1:18 am
I felt so sorry for Frankenstein’s monster. He got a raw deal, bad choices aside, he had good reason to be so lonely.
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September 16, 2015 at 9:37 am
He really did. It was so easy to sympathize with the creature more than anything else.
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September 16, 2015 at 3:29 am
These looks really interesting – will have to get some to try them out!
Nihaad – the little blog of STUFF
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September 16, 2015 at 9:32 am
Hope you like them! They’re really good! 🙂
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September 16, 2015 at 3:28 pm
If you thought the Da Vinci Code was scary, you haven’t read Dan Brown’s book called The Lost Symbols, that is freaky!
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September 16, 2015 at 5:58 pm
OMG! I’m not sure whether to stay away or give myself nightmares! 😱 It’s too tempting! Is it as good as The Da Vinci Code?
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September 17, 2015 at 11:00 am
It’s really good! It’s part of the series technically because it has the same character Robert Langdon, and I think it’s the best one out of the three Langdon novels there are! I hope you do read it! I read it when I was younger, now I wouldn’t be so scared, but damn the characterization of the antagonist is amazing, I’ve never read such a character. It’s stuck with me all these years ha!
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September 17, 2015 at 12:04 pm
Sorry, I was mistaken it’s not part of the Robert Langdon novels. I had to look it up because I had this nagging feeling I was wrong, turns out I was right about being wrong. Langdon isn’t in the novel, but I still think you should give it a read because it’s super good. If you liked any of Dan Brown’s novels, I believe that one to be the best.
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September 17, 2015 at 12:13 pm
I’ll add to to my TBR pile then! Thanks for the suggestion!
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September 17, 2015 at 12:14 pm
Anytime! 🙂
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September 17, 2015 at 7:37 am
I LOVED The Forbidden Game! Have you read her Night World series?
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September 17, 2015 at 8:48 am
Read it? I loved it and am still sad about the lack of the tenth book…
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September 17, 2015 at 8:57 am
I know, I keep checking for updates but it’s like non-existent nowadays. 😦
How can she just leave it like that? Especially Ash’s story…
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September 17, 2015 at 9:15 am
Apparently, they cancelled it. But I would love to know why. Unfortunately, unless L.J. Smith wants to tell us, we may never know the reason behind it.
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September 18, 2015 at 1:23 pm
As much as I loved Goosebumps and Fear Street when I was younger, I still think that’s why I’m not a huge fan of clowns or dolls! Great list. 🙂
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September 18, 2015 at 2:13 pm
Thank you! 😀
Clowns and dolls are kind of creepy… especially clowns, after reading The Midnight Clowns!
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September 18, 2015 at 2:17 pm
That title alone is enough to make me shiver a bit. Ahh! Those kids books scarred me for life (but I still loved them). I took a horror film class in college and nothing that we watched or studied scared me as much as what I read as a kid.
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September 18, 2015 at 6:18 pm
Maybe it was the communal experience… 😉
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September 30, 2015 at 3:27 pm
I love me some good horror. I may have to check these out.
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September 30, 2015 at 4:01 pm
Well, in that case, have fun! 😀
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