10 Terrifying 21st Century Novels

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Whatever your literary poison, we've got spine-tingling contemporary novels for you. Walk with us, past the KEEP OUT sign and underneath the velvet rope, to the forbidden section of the library, where the evil books dwell…

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (2000)
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (2003)
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (2009)
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi (2009)
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (2013)
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (2007)
The Terror by Dan Simmons (2007)
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (2017)
White Tears by Hari Kunzru (2017)
The Changeling by Victor LaValle (2017)

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1. Dr. Sleep is outstanding.

Love that book, although it terrified me almost as much as the Shining. This is about Danny, the little boy in the Shining and the book is almost as good and terrifying as the Shining was. It's a worthy successor.

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3. I have heard that

I really should read it someday. Thanks for weighing in.

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2. Thanks! A few in there are new to me!

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4. Likewise

Fun choices for the next few weeks.