" My friend declare oneself to come over , put the Scripture in the deep-freeze , and take me to a movie . "
I recently asked members of theBuzzFeed Communitywhich books they thought were so scary, frustrating, or sad, that they literally had to put them down. I’ll get to the other two in different posts — but for now, here are 19 books that scared readers enough to make them stop reading ‘em.
1.The Lovely Bonesby Alice Sebold.
2.Dark Placesby Gillian Flynn.
3.Salem’s LotbyStephen King.
4.The Shiningby Stephen King.
5.In Cold Bloodby Truman Capote.
6.Everything I Never Told Youby Celeste Ng.
7.American Psychoby Bret Easton Ellis.
8.The Handmaid’s Taleby Margaret Atwood.
9.Gravity’s Rainbowby Thomas Pynchon.
10.Phantomsby Dean Koontz.
11.The Wasp Factoryby Iain Banks.
12.Penpalby Dathan Auerbach.
13.The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucketby Edgar Allan Poe.
14.Pet Semetaryby Stephen King.
15.Gone To See The River Manby Kristopher Triana.
16.The House of the Scorpionby Nancy Farmer.
17.Oedipus The Kingby Sophocles.
18.ITby Stephen King.
19.Miseryby Stephen King.
