Lest some of you wayward souls who frequent the addled pages of this blog get the wrong idea, I do also read. Again, it’s mostly horror, though I do sometimes delve into some poetries and nonfiction here and there, especially people who write about food…good lord & (appropriately) butter those folks can fuckin’ write.
So it seemed only fitting that I regale you with a list of the horror related stuff in my library. The ones I haven’t read yet are bolded whilst those I’ve read and/or used as reference are rated using ye trustye olde Skull Scale (obviously with some adjustments for said medium). Like The Neverending Movie List, here’s how it works.
Skull Scale
0 Unreadable (even for me)
1-2 Had potential, still sucked
3 Tolerable (juuuuuuust barely)
4 Read and forget
5 Not completely sorry I read it
6 Somewhat better than average
7 Fairly entertaining/helpful
8 Campy and/or lotsa fun
9 Pretty damn good/Highly entertaining/useful
10 Definitely well worth reading/having
11 Damn fine bit of word writin’
12 Must read/have for various subjective and/or literary and/or reference reasons
13 Required reading, class. This will be on the test.
This is utterly subjective. A high score may not indicate artistic genius. A low score may not indicate raging incompetence. For your further amusement and bemusement, for books I’ve read multiple times, I’ve included that number in parentheses (because I know you’re dying to have all this information).
- 101 Chilling Tales (ed. Stefan Dziamianowicz)
- 101 Horrifying Tales (ed. Stefan Dziamianowicz)
- A Man Jumps Out Of An Airplane (Barry Yourgrau) 12
- Again, Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
- American Gods (Neil Gaiman) 11
- Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
- B List, The (David Sterritt, John C. Anderson)
- Barlowe’s Guide To Extraterrestrials (Wayne Barlowe, Ian Summers) 13
- Bazarre Of Bad Dreams, The (Stephen King) 8
- Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All, The (Laird Barron)
- Best Horror From Fantasy Tales, The (ed. Stephen Jones, David Sutton)
- Book Of Beasts, The (trans. T.H. White) 12
- Book Of Cthulhu (ed. Ross Lockhart) 10
- Book Of Cthulhu II (ed. Ross Lockhart) 10
- Book Of Horror, The: The Anatomy Of Fear In Film (Matt Glasby)
- Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) 13
- Brave New World Revisited (Aldous Huxley) 13
- Bring On The Bad Guys (Stan Lee) 13
- Carrie (Stephen King)
- Cat’s Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut) 13 (4)
- Cheap Movie Tricks (Ricky Bird)
- Childhood Of An Equestrian, The (Russell Edson) 13
- Chilling Horror Stories (Flame Tree Publishing)
- Choke (Chuck Palahniuk)
- Classic Ghost Stories (ed. Robin Brockman)
- Classic Tales Of Horror (ed. Robin Brockman)
- Clockwork Orange, A (Anthony Burgess) 13 (4)
- Collapse Of Horses, A (Brian Evenson) 10
- Come Along With Me (Shirley Jackson) 13
- Conspiracy Against The Human Race, The (Thomas Ligotti) 10
- Creature Features (John Stanley) 13
- Creeps, The (Fran Krause) 11
- Cult Horror Films (Welch Everman) 11
- Damned (Chuck Palahniuk)
- Dandelion Wine (Ray Bradbury)
- Danse Macabre (Stephen King) 13 (3)
- Dead Sea (Brian Keene)
- Deep Dark Fears (Fran Krause) 11
- Deep, The (Nick Cutter)
- Demons By Daylight (Ramsay Campbell) 13
- Devil, The (Luther Link) 13
- Different Seasons (Stephen King)
- Domain (James Herbert)
- Dungeon Master’s Guide (Wizards Of The Coast) 13—yes I’m including my D&D books cuz, if for no other reason, I include a lot of horror elements in my campaigns. Plus it’s my damn list
- Emily The Strange Vol. 2 (Rob Reger, Jessica Gruner, Buzz Parker)
- Everything’s Eventual (Stephen King)
- Family Upstairs, The (Lisa Jewell)
- Feast Of Blood, A (ed. Charles M. Collins) 11
- Film Encyclopedia 7th Edition (Ephraim Katz, Ronald Dean Nolan) 13
- Film Noir (Alain Silver, Elizabeth M. Ward) 13
- Floating Dragon (Peter Straub) 6
- Four Past Midnight (Stephen King)
- Freaky In Fresno (Laurie Boyle Crompton)
- Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
- Good Omens (Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett)
- Great Tales Of Horror And The Supernatural (ed. Phyllis Cerf Wagner, Herbert Wise) 13
- Grimtooth’s Ultimate Traps Collection (Grimtooth The Troll) 12
- H.P. Lovecraft Selects: Classic Horror Stories (ed. Stafan Dziemianowicz)
- Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk) 10
- Herder Symbol Dictionary, The (Herder Freiburg) 12
- Hollow Ones, The (Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan)
- Horror Times Ten (ed. Alden H. Norton) 11
- House Next Door, The (Anne Rivers Siddons) 11
- Human Use Of Human Beings, The (Norbert Wiener)
- I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie (Roger Ebert) 13
- Improbable Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, The (John Joseph Adams) 12
- In The Woods (Tana French)
- Incredibly Dead Pets Of Rex Dexter, The (Aaron Reynolds)
- Introduction To Film, An (Sobchack & Sobchack) 13
- Invention Of Sound, The (Chuck Palahniuk)
- Lair (James Herbert)
- Late Great Future, The (ed. Gregory Fitz Gerald, John Dillon)
- Let Me Tell You (Shirley Jackson) 11
- Likeness, The (Tana French)
- Lisey’s Story (Stephen King) 9
- Living Dead, The (George Romero, Daniel Kraus)
- Long After Midnight (Ray Bradbury) 11
- Lovecraft: Four Classic Horror Stories (I.N.J. Culbard)
- Lost Village, The (Carmilla Sten)
- Lurker In The Lobby: A Guide To The Cinema Of H.P. Lovecraft (Andrew Migliore, John Strysik)
- Hellfire Club, The (Peter Straub)
- Magic (William Goldman)
- Mall Of Cthulhu, The (Seamus Cooper)
- Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
- Monster Manual (Wizards Of The Coast) 13
- My Crowd (Charles Addams) 12
- My Favorite Horror Story (ed. Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg) 13
- Necrnomnomnom: Recipes And Rites From The Lore Of H.P. Lovecraft (Mike Slater) 12
- Neonomicon (Alan Moore, Jacen Burrows) 9
- New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird (ed. Paula Guran) 12
- Night Shift (Stephen King) 13 (4)
- Nightmare USA: The Untold Story Of The Exploitation Independents (Stephen Thrower)
- On Writing (Stephen King) 13 (2)
- On Writing Horror (Horror Writers Association) 7
- Other, The (Tom Tryon) 9
- Origins Of Marvel Comics (Stan Lee) 13
- Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History Of 70s And 80s Horror Fiction (Grady Hendrix)
- Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales Of Terror (ed. Stefan Dziamianowicz)
- Perdido Street Station (China Miéville)
- Player Piano (Kurt Vonnegut) 13
- Poe—Stories And Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (Gareth Hinds) 11
- Poet (Michael Connelly)
- Power Of Myth, The (Joseph Campbell) 13 (4)
- Prince Ombra (Roderick MacLeish) 10
- Psychotronic Encyclopedia Of Film, The (Michael Weldon) 13
- Re/Search #10: Incredibly Strange Films (V. Vale) 11
- Sandy Petersen’s Field Guide To Lovecraftian Horrors (Sandy Petersen) 10
- Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos (Sandy Petersen) 12
- Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia In The 1980s (Kier-La Janisse, Paul Corupe) 11
- Scarred For Life Volume One: The 1970s (Stephen Brotherstone, Dave Lawrence) 13
- Scary Stories: The Complete 3-Book Collection (Alvin Schwartz)
- Science Fiction Short Stories (ed. Conor Powers-Smith)
- Secret Life Of Movies, The (Simon Brew)
- Searching Dead, The (Ramsey Campbell)
- Seeing Is Believing (Peter Biskind)
- Shadows Over Innsmouth (ed. Stephen Jones)
- Shining, The (Stephen King) 12
- Shot On This Site (William A. Gordon)
- Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut) 5
- Slasher Girls & Monster Boys (April Genevieve Tucholke)
- Sleaze Merchants, The: Adventures In Exploitation Filmmaking (John MCarty)
- Sleazoid Express (Bill Landis, Michelle Clifford)
- Son Of Origins Of Marvel Comics (Stan Lee) 12
- Song For The Unraveling Of The World (Brian Evenson)
- Songs Of A Dead Dreamer (Thomas Ligotti) 12
- Step Right Up! I’m Gonna Scare The Pants Off America (William Castle)
- Superhero Women, The (Stan Lee) 12
- Rats, The (James Herbert)
- Tales From The Yawning Portal (Wizards Of The Coast) 12
- Tales Of Terror (H.P. Lovecraft)
- Tales Of The Cthulhu Mythos (ed. Jim Turner) 12
- Tarot Spells (Janza Renee) 12
- Tasha’s Cauldron Of Everything (Wizards RPG Team) 10
- Three By Flannery O’Connor (Flannery O’Connor)
- Tormented Mirror, The (Russell Edson) 11
- Troop, The (Nick Cutter) 12
- Tunnel, The (Russell Edson) 13
- Twisted (Steve Cavanagh)
- Two Sams, The (Glen Hirshberg)
- Unsafe On Any Screen (Scott S. Phillips) 13
- Unicorn Variations (Roger Zelazny) 10
- Uses Of Enchantment, The (Bruno Bettelheim) 13
- Van Richten’s Guide To Ravenloft (Wizards Of The Coast) 12
- Voice Imitator, The (Thomas Bernhard) 11
- We Have Always Lived In The Castle (Shirley Jackson) 13
- Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth (Stephen Jones)
- Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth (Stephen Jones)
- What Is Time To A Pig? (John Straley)
- World War Z (Max Brooks) 9
- Xanathar’s Guide To Everything (Wizards RPG Team) 10
- Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide (Glenn Kay) 13
- Zombie Survival Guide, The (Max Brooks) 13 (2)
- Zombie Survival Guide, The: Recorded Attacks (Max Brooks, Ibraim Roberson) 13 (2)
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