Hallowe'en Reads on Display October 24-31st

Here are some of the scary reads available in the Library if you are in the mood for something spooky this Halloween. A full display will be in the Library until October 31st (get ready for Halloween Havoc!)

(Call numbers for library copies given in parentheses to help you find the books on the shelf)

Older English Horror

·        Beowulf (829 BEO) – Anglo-Saxon epic featuring huge, man-eating monster Grendel, his mother, and a dragon

·        Gothic Classics (GN GOT)– a graphic novel collection featuring some of the most famous gothic/horror stories

·        Edgar Allen Poe (GN POE) – graphic novel collection of some of Poe’s stories

 

Victorian Classics

·        Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (SHE; graphic novel GN SHE)

·        Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (STE; graphic novel GN STE)

·        Dracula by Bram Stoker (STO; graphic novel GN MAC)

 

King of the Horror Genre: Books by Stephen King –

 this is just a selection; we have many books by Stephen King, both horror and other genres.

·        The Shining (KIN)

·        The Stand (KIN)

·        Christine (KIN)

·        Pet Sematary (KIN)

 

Modern Horror

·        World War Z : an Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks (BRO)

·        Gone series (Gone and Lies) by Michael Grant (GRA)

·        Bonechiller by Graham McNamee (MCN)

·        Night Runner by Max Turner (TUR)

·        Paranormal Romance – Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer (MEY), Dead is the New Black series by Marlene Perez (PER), Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare (CLA)

·        Classic/Horror Mash-Ups – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters, Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange

 

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