I finished all these books last year! Woohoo! I’m so happy to be back into the scary spooky stuff. Getting back into reading was like putting on a favorite sweater. I just had to wean myself off of the phone/tablet, and now I don’t want to go back…except for audiobooks.
I like to mark what platform I used to read a book too, just to see what I use the most. I was a little surprised at the results and it was a lot of fun to keep track!
I read (=finished) a total of 51 books in 2017. 20 were audio books (from Overdrive or Audible), 4 were hardbacks, only 2 were paperbacks, and 25 were kindle books. I bet there are a few I forgot to write down, especially the random short story here and there…anyway, it was fun and I’ll try to write it all down this year.
k=kindle
@=audio book
p=paperback
H=hardback
L=library
?=forgot to write the author/editor and can’t find it now
January:
Beyond the Ice Limit-Preston&Child (H)
Made You Up-Franscesca Zappia (k)
Carsick-John Waters (@)
The Excorcist-William Peter Blatty (k)
February:
Cops’ True Stories of the Paranormal: Ghosts, Shivers, & Other Stories-Loren Christensen (a collection from reddit submitted stories) (k) this was before I discovered some excellent youtube channels that will read the stories to me in very nice narratives
Haunted Route 66-Richard Southall (L, p)
You Can’t Touch My Hair & Other Things I Still Have to Explain-Phoebe Robinson (L, @)
I briefly tried out kindleunlimited this month, hence the influx of spoopy stuff below!
True Ouija Board Ghost Stories from Real Ghost Hunters (True Ghost Stories Book 2)-Lauren Gilman (k)
True Ghost Stories: Frightening Accounts of Haunted Houses, Paranormal Mysteries, and Unexplained Phenomenon-Selinda Hart (k)
Ouija Board Nightmares: Terrifying True Tales-John Harker (k)
Demonic Dolls: True Tales of Terrible Toys-John Harker (k)
Haunted Places: Exploring The Creepiest Locations On Earth: Don’t Even Think About It… (True Hauntings Book 2)-Roger P. Mills
Evil Unleashed: True Tales of Spells Gone to Hell and Other Occult Disasters-John Harker (k)
Ouija Board Stories: Terrifying Eyewitness Accounts Of REAL Life Ouija Board Experiences: Would You Dare Play? (True Paranormal Book 2)-Roger P. Mills (k)
True Horror: Let’s Not Meet Again Reddit Collection-? (k)
March:
I, Zombie-Hugh Howey (k)
April:
Materialist- Eric Garcia (k)
The Devil in Silver-Victor LaValle (k)
Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill-Lemony Snicket (@, L)
Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy- Lemony Snicket (@, L)
May:
The Dispatcher-John Scalzi (@)
Series of Unfortunate Events: The Ersatz Elevator-Lemony Snicket (@, L)
Series of Unfortunate Events: The Vile Village-Lemony Snicket (@, L)
Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital-Lemony Snicket (@, L)
June:
Lucretia and the Kroons-Victor LaValle (k)
Series of Unfortunate Events: The Carnivorous Carnival-Lemony Snicket (@, L)
Full Tilt-Neal Shusterman (k)
Doll Parts-Amanda Lepore (k)
July:
Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance & Promote Social Justice-David Pilgrim (k)
The Watson’s Go to Burmingham, 1963-Christopher Paul Curtis (@, L)
Series of Unfortunate Events: The Slippery Slope-Lemony Snicket (@, L)
August:
Series of Unfortunate Events: The Grim Grotto-Lemony Snicket (@, L)
Series of Unfortunate Events: The Penultimate Peril-Lemony Snicket (@, L)
HEX-Thomas Olde Heuvelt (H, L)
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened-Jennifer Lawson (k)
Alien-Alan Dean Foster (@)
September:
The Graveyard Apartment-Mariko Koike (H, L)
Aliens: Out of the Shadows-Tim Lebbon (@)
Series of Unfortunate Events: The End-Lemony Snicket (@, L)
October:
Lovecraft Country-Matt Ruff (k)
Carter & Lovecraft-Jonathon L. Howard (@)
Haunted House-J.A. Konrath (k)
Alien: River of Pain-Christopher Golden (@)
November:
Lots of youtube scary stories **
Murder on the Orient Express-Agatha Christie (@)
December:
Burn Notice: The Bad Beat-Tod Goldberg (p, L)
Dead Trees Give No Shelter-Wil Wheaton (k)
The Hellbound Heart-Clive Barker (k)
Gone Fishing-Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (k)
**I love these channels on youtube for scary stories read aloud. The stories are user-submitted, mostly through reddit or their email. Check them out!
Corpse Husband https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFNTq9XKHDNy_1-2lL0kqCg
Insomniak https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1qzXjbsIiBmkaCbl0ezchg
Lazy Masquerade https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7dHBh9QmYF1L0TOeGIzZgw
Mr. Davis https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC23nJ5NfrsN4wX9fAynA1SA
Mr. X Dreams https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1dRxsZYGElwy9-4ohmYjeg
Let’s Read https://www.youtube.com/user/LetsReadOfficial
Mortis Media https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCCLGjb5b9_0MY9HLE65x9Q
Swamp Dweller https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYjOfKMuuIv0oMjG68Reug
The Creepy Fox https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGYfa8SkVrI_f437hOZnHlg
King Spook https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaQgjklPY4JLF0_wF8bOWlA