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We've put together a list of horror fiction for your Halloween reading. But not just any ordinary horror fiction - HISTORICAL horror fiction. It's a match made in heaven! (Click on the book cover to locate the title in the San Leandro Library.) Happy Reading And whatever you do - don't turn out the lights! |
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The Hunger
by Alma Katsu
A series of misfortunes have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the pioneers to the brink of madness. They cannot escape the feeling that someone--or something--is stalking them. Evil begins to grow around them, and within them. As members of the party begin to disappear, they must ask themselves "What if there is something waiting in the mountains? Something disturbing and diseased...and very hungry?"
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The Terror: a Novelby Dan SimmonsTheir captain's insane vision of a Northwest Passage has kept the crewmen of HMS Terror trapped in Arctic ice for two years without a thaw. But the real threat to their survival isn't the ever-shifting landscape of white, the provisions that have turned to poison, or the ship slowly buckling in the grip of the frozen ocean. The real threat is whatever is out in the frigid darkness, stalking their ship, snatching and brutally killing their fellow seamen. Made into a tv series on AMC.
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Lovecraft Country: a Novelby Matt RuffA blend of multiple genres in a visceral exploration of the Jim Crow era and its legacy, tracing the story of young Army vet Atticus Turner, who in 1954 Chicago travels with his publisher uncle and childhood friend to search for his missing father only to encounter human and supernatural terrors at the estate of a descendant of slave owners. Made into a tv series on HBO.
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Mexican Gothicby Silvia Moreno-Garcia"The acclaimed author of Gods of Jade and Shadow returns with a darkly enchanting reimagining of Gothic fantasy, in which a spirited young woman discovers the haunting secrets of a beautiful old mansion in 1950s Mexico"
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The Silent Companionsby Laura PurcellWhen newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, what greets her is far from the life of wealth and privilege she was expecting. With her husband dead just weeks after their marriage, her new servants resentful, and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie has only her husband's awkward cousin for company. Or so she thinks. There's a painted wooden figure in the house that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie. She can’t help notice the way that the figure's eyes start to follow her.
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The Devil in the White City: murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed Americaby Erik LarsonIt is hard to believe, but this one isn't fiction. A compelling account of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 brings together the stories of two very different men who played a key role in shaping the history of the event--visionary architect Daniel H. Burnham, who coordinated its construction, and Dr. Henry H. Holmes, an insatiable and charming serial killer who lured women to their deaths.
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See What I Have Doneby Marlena De BlasiA reimagining of the infamous Lizzie Borden murder case profiles a volatile and loveless Borden home where the events surrounding the shocking murders of the parents are presented from the viewpoints of Lizzie, her elder sister, their housemaid and an enigmatic stranger.
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A group of researchers sets sail for the Isle of Dorn in the North Atlantic in 1905 to explore the cause of several mysterious disappearances, most notably a family of four who vanished without a trace after a week-long holiday on the island. But as increasingly unexplainable events unfold, the investigators are unsure who or what to trust. A terrifying tale of suspense, underpinned with actual people and events.
Available only on audio, because as Larson says, ghost stories are best told aloud.
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