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Description: Books discussed during the Wake County Public Libraries Nightmares Not Included programs. Presenters included Sadie Hartmann, Lisa Kröger, Melanie Anderson, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu, Hailey Piper, Paul Tremblay, and Becky Spratford.

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Rank Title Author Added

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The Only Good Indians

by Stephen Graham Jones

3,886 members

139 reviews

3.8

3 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell, sfischerbarstad

2

The Lottery and Other Stories

by Shirley Jackson

4,370 members

106 reviews

4

3 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell, sfischerbarstad

3

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

10,260 members

503 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell, sfischerbarstad

4

by Stephen King

18,971 members

337 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell, sfischerbarstad

5

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

12,724 members

516 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

6

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

by Alvin Schwartz

4,930 members

96 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell, sfischerbarstad

7

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

by John Bellairs

2,876 members

90 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

8

The Devil Takes You Home: A Novel

by Gabino Iglesias

616 members

19 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

9

by Stephen King

9,736 members

202 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

10

The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring

by John Bellairs

818 members

12 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

11

Stargazers (My Dark Library)

by LP Hernandez

35 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: heather.odonnell

12

Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery

by Deborah Howe

8,810 members

170 reviews

4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

13

by Catriona Ward

578 members

23 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

14

4,158 members

210 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

15

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

19,188 members

435 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

16

by Daphne Du Maurier

23,906 members

685 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

17

The Last House on Needless Street

by Catriona Ward

2,596 members

129 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

18

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

11,454 members

317 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

19

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

by Stephen Graham Jones

2,216 members

76 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

20

My Best Friend's Exorcism

by Grady Hendrix

3,456 members

142 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

21

The Ghost in the Mirror

by John Bellairs

414 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

22

The Figure in the Shadows

by John Bellairs

895 members

20 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

23

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

7,199 members

309 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

24

The Doom of the Haunted Opera

by John Bellairs

202 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

25

A Haunting on the Hill

by Elizabeth Hand

572 members

22 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

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by Chandler Morrison

37 members

3.8

Member: heather.odonnell

27

The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder

by John Bellairs

294 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

28

101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

by Sadie Hartmann

206 members

8 reviews

4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

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by Stephen King

11,434 members

143 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

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by Stephen King

5,672 members

123 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

31

How to Sell a Haunted House

by Grady Hendrix

2,831 members

96 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

32

Welcome to Dead House (Goosebumps #1)

3,125 members

59 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

33

The Tower at the End of the World

by Brad Strickland

126 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

34

by Stephen King

25,766 members

463 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

35

The Witches of Eastwick

3,524 members

50 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

36

3,677 members

134 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

37

Bound Feet (My Dark Library)

14 members

½ 3.6

Member: heather.odonnell

38

2,597 members

163 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

39

The Birds and Other Stories

by Daphne Du Maurier

1,170 members

44 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

40

The Cabin at the End of the World

by Paul Tremblay

2,577 members

128 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

41

Taboo in Four Colors

by Tim McGregor

9 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: heather.odonnell

42

Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

by Grady Hendrix

1,213 members

59 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

43

The Bonny Swans (My Dark Library Book 5)

5 members

3

Member: heather.odonnell

44

Corporate Body (My Dark Library Book 6)

5 members

4

Member: heather.odonnell

45

by Josh Malerman

4,125 members

281 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

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366 members

14 reviews

3.8

Member: heather.odonnell

47

by Chuck Wendig

1,486 members

50 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

48

by Chuck Wendig

346 members

10 reviews

4.2

Member: heather.odonnell

49

by Jeff VanderMeer

8,858 members

441 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: heather.odonnell

50

Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology

by Sadie Hartmann

58 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: heather.odonnell

51

When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson

by Ellen Datlow

254 members

12 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: heather.odonnell

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by Ania Ahlborn

1,080 members

33 reviews

3.8

Member: heather.odonnell

53

They All Died Screaming

by Kristopher Triana

73 members

3 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: heather.odonnell

54

by Victor LaValle

1,292 members

46 reviews

3.8

Member: heather.odonnell

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1,383 members

61 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: heather.odonnell

56

Ghost Summer: Stories

by Tananarive Due

239 members

17 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

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by Stephen Graham Jones

801 members

35 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

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1,430 members

67 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: heather.odonnell

59

by Isabel Cañas

1,842 members

40 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

60

by Rachel Harrison

1,148 members

42 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: heather.odonnell

61

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

12,843 members

225 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

62

The Specter From the Magician's Museum (Lewis Barnavelt)

by Brad Strickland

180 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: heather.odonnell

63

The Beast Under the Wizard's Bridge

by Brad Strickland

126 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: heather.odonnell

64

The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost

by Brad Strickland

101 members

3 reviews

3.1

Member: heather.odonnell

65

The House Where Nobody Lived

by Brad Strickland

81 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: heather.odonnell

66

The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer

by Brad Strickland

73 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: heather.odonnell

67

Final Girl Theory

2 members

½ 3.3

Member: heather.odonnell

68

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror

by Jordan Peele

604 members

15 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

69

Tender Is the Flesh

by Agustina Bazterrica

4,582 members

128 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

70

Boys in the Valley

by Philip Fracassi

365 members

18 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

71

The Girl Next Door

by Jack Ketchum

1,887 members

93 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

72

by Alix E. Harrow

3,298 members

92 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

73

by Sara Tantlinger

136 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: heather.odonnell

74

by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

859 members

25 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

75

by Leopoldo Gout

272 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: heather.odonnell

76

by C. Robert Cargill

944 members

52 reviews

3.8

Member: heather.odonnell

77

What Moves the Dead

by T. Kingfisher

3,206 members

122 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

78

by Aliya Whiteley

185 members

14 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: heather.odonnell

79

The Girl With All the Gifts

6,312 members

447 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

80

The Things She's Seen

by Ambelin Kwaymullina

271 members

10 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

81

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

1,724 members

51 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

82

The Darkness Outside Us

by Eliot Schrefer

896 members

31 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: heather.odonnell

83

Jane, Unlimited

by Kristin Cashore

843 members

45 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: heather.odonnell

84

by Tiffany D. Jackson

626 members

24 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: heather.odonnell

85

The Monstrumologist

1,901 members

112 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

86

The Curse of the Wendigo

719 members

47 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

87

The Isle of Blood

454 members

25 reviews

4.2

Member: heather.odonnell

88

The Final Descent

320 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: heather.odonnell

89

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

by Lisa Kröger

573 members

18 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

90

The Lady's Walk

by Margaret Oliphant

2 members

4

Member: heather.odonnell

91

The Library Window

by Margaret Oliphant

42 members

4 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

92

Of One Blood; or, The Hidden Self

by Pauline Hopkins

295 members

6 reviews

3

Member: heather.odonnell

93

2 members

Member: heather.odonnell

94

Sign of the Labrys

by Margaret St. Clair

143 members

6 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: heather.odonnell

95

The Shadow People

by Margaret St. Clair

66 members

3

Member: heather.odonnell

96

The Gilda Stories

by Jewelle Gomez

827 members

22 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

97

The Reformatory

by Tananarive Due

1,430 members

35 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: heather.odonnell

98

798 members

32 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: heather.odonnell

99

Killing Mr. Griffin

1,313 members

41 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: heather.odonnell

100

His Hideous Heart: 13 of Edgar Allan Poe's Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined

by Dahlia Adler

322 members

8 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: heather.odonnell

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