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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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The Only Good Indians

by Stephen Graham Jones

2,491 members

105 reviews

3.8

3 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell, sfischerbarstad

2

The Lottery and Other Stories

by Shirley Jackson

3,864 members

93 reviews

4

3 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell, sfischerbarstad

3

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

8,773 members

438 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell, sfischerbarstad

4

by Stephen King

17,005 members

305 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell, sfischerbarstad

5

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

10,530 members

448 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

6

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

by Alvin Schwartz

4,345 members

90 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell, sfischerbarstad

7

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

by John Bellairs

2,594 members

79 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

8

The Devil Takes You Home

by Gabino Iglesias

434 members

13 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

9

by Stephen King

8,847 members

202 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

10

The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring

by John Bellairs

761 members

12 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

11

Stargazers (My Dark Library)

by LP Hernandez

28 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: heather.odonnell

12

Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery

by Deborah Howe

7,486 members

161 reviews

4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

13

by Catriona Ward

423 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

14

3,752 members

202 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

15

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

16,297 members

388 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

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by Daphne Du Maurier

21,547 members

628 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

17

The Last House on Needless Street

by Catriona Ward

1,724 members

93 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

18

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

8,751 members

244 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

19

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

by Stephen Graham Jones

1,493 members

56 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

20

My Best Friend's Exorcism

by Grady Hendrix

2,415 members

123 reviews

4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

21

The Ghost in the Mirror

by John Bellairs

381 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

22

The Figure in the Shadows

by John Bellairs

835 members

17 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

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by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

5,384 members

252 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

24

The Doom of the Haunted Opera

by John Bellairs

192 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

25

A Haunting on the Hill

by Elizabeth Hand

330 members

13 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

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by Chandler Morrison

23 members

3.8

Member: heather.odonnell

27

The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder

by John Bellairs

266 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

28

101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

by Sadie Hartmann

118 members

1 review

4.2

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

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by Stephen King

10,342 members

128 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

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by Stephen King

4,919 members

105 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

31

How to Sell a Haunted House

by Grady Hendrix

1,676 members

65 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

32

Welcome to Dead House

2,601 members

49 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

33

The Tower at the End of the World

by Brad Strickland

115 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

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by Stephen King

22,852 members

416 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

35

The Witches of Eastwick

3,334 members

45 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

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2,165 members

85 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

37

Bound Feet (My Dark Library)

9 members

3.8

Member: heather.odonnell

38

by Craig Davidson

1,964 members

142 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

39

The Birds and Other Stories

by Daphne du Maurier

1,094 members

38 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

40

The Cabin at the End of the World

by Paul G. Tremblay

2,023 members

104 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

41

Taboo in Four Colors (My Dark Library)

by Tim McGregor

4 members

Member: heather.odonnell

42

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

by Grady Hendrix

964 members

52 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, heather.odonnell

43

The Bonny Swans (My Dark Library Book 5)

2 members

Member: heather.odonnell

44

Corporate Body (My Dark Library Book 6)

2 members

Member: heather.odonnell

45

by Josh Malerman

3,492 members

262 reviews

3.8

Member: heather.odonnell

46

308 members

13 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: heather.odonnell

47

by Chuck Wendig

1,232 members

41 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

48

by Chuck Wendig

227 members

8 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: heather.odonnell

49

by Jeff VanderMeer

7,262 members

406 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: heather.odonnell

50

Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology

by Sadie Hartmann

37 members

Member: heather.odonnell

51

When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson

by Ellen Datlow

186 members

11 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: heather.odonnell

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by Ania Ahlborn

679 members

22 reviews

3.8

Member: heather.odonnell

53

They All Died Screaming

by Kristopher Triana

45 members

2 reviews

3.2

Member: heather.odonnell

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by Victor LaValle

844 members

34 reviews

3.8

Member: heather.odonnell

55

1,066 members

51 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: heather.odonnell

56

Ghost Summer: Stories

by Tananarive Due

208 members

17 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

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by Stephen Graham Jones

617 members

29 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

58

1,156 members

56 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: heather.odonnell

59

by Isabel Cañas

1,194 members

27 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: heather.odonnell

60

by Rachel Harrison

757 members

20 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: heather.odonnell

61

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

11,639 members

215 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

62

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

by Brad Strickland

160 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: heather.odonnell

63

The Beast Under the Wizard's Bridge

by Brad Strickland

115 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: heather.odonnell

64

The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost

by Brad Strickland

89 members

2 reviews

3

Member: heather.odonnell

65

The House Where Nobody Lived

by Brad Strickland

74 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: heather.odonnell

66

The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer

by Brad Strickland

65 members

½ 3.3

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

318 members

6 reviews

4.1

Member: heather.odonnell

69

Tender Is the Flesh

by Agustina Bazterrica

2,500 members

79 reviews

3.8

Member: heather.odonnell

70

Boys in the Valley

by Philip Fracassi

208 members

8 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

71

The Girl Next Door

by Jack Ketchum

1,625 members

83 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

72

by Alix E. Harrow

1,903 members

56 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

73

by Sara Tantlinger

79 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: heather.odonnell

74

Monstrilio: A Novel

by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

378 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: heather.odonnell

75

by Leopoldo Gout

188 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: heather.odonnell

76

by C. Robert Cargill

799 members

48 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

77

What Moves the Dead

by T. Kingfisher

1,841 members

80 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

78

by Aliya Whiteley

147 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: heather.odonnell

79

The Girl With All the Gifts

5,584 members

406 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

80

The Things She's Seen

by Ambelin Kwaymullina

226 members

8 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

81

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

769 members

35 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

82

The Darkness Outside Us

by Eliot Schrefer

618 members

19 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: heather.odonnell

83

Jane, Unlimited

by Kristin Cashore

753 members

42 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: heather.odonnell

84

by Tiffany D. Jackson

472 members

20 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: heather.odonnell

85

The Monstrumologist

1,783 members

106 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

86

The Curse of the Wendigo

667 members

43 reviews

4

Member: heather.odonnell

87

The Isle of Blood

417 members

24 reviews

4.2

Member: heather.odonnell

88

The Final Descent

289 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: heather.odonnell

89

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

by Lisa Kröger

482 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

35 members

2 reviews

3.9

Member: heather.odonnell

92

Of One Blood; or, The Hidden Self

by Pauline Hopkins

239 members

3 reviews

3.1

Member: heather.odonnell

93

2 members

Member: heather.odonnell

94

Sign of the Labrys

by Margaret St. Clair

128 members

6 reviews

3.2

Member: heather.odonnell

95

The Shadow People

by Margaret St. Clair

63 members

3

Member: heather.odonnell

96

The Gilda Stories

by Jewelle Gomez

675 members

20 reviews

3.8

Member: heather.odonnell

97

The Reformatory

by Tananarive Due

488 members

10 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: heather.odonnell

98

694 members

29 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: heather.odonnell

99

Killing Mr. Griffin

1,218 members

39 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: heather.odonnell

100

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

by Dahlia Adler

266 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: heather.odonnell

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