![]() ![]() ![]() It’s been thirty years since these collections were first published (volumes 1-3 were re-released as one book in 1996), and I don’t think anything else even comes close to just how overwhelmingly gruesome most of these are. So it probably doesn’t make much sense that I actually enjoyed Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, since Barker goes all out with the gore. I think it takes real talent to convey a growing sense of horror from the things you can’t see, to have characters slowly lose their minds from the anticipation of something awful waiting just out of sight. I’ve mentioned in other reviews that I like horror books and movies that are creepy rather than gory. So they’ve whittled down their list of favorites and each picked three books they think you’d like, if you’re looking to sleep with the lights on tonight.īooks of Blood, Volumes 1-3 – by Clive Barker The exceptions are true-crime books or novels about gritty, urban violence, and those are great, but Kathryn and Elizabeth really prefer the ones with some kind of otherworldly element. It’s also interesting how much of horror has a sci-fi or fantasy element to it. With the weather getting cooler and the nights getting longer, there’s nothing like curling up in a dark room with a cup of hot chocolate and a great horror story and scaring the hell out of yourself. ![]() ![]() Horror novels are good any time of the year, but the best time for them is right around Halloween. ![]()
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