Top Reads of 2010

Glen R Krisch · Dec 29, 2010

Top Reads of 2010 (not necessarily published in 2010). Also, not necessarily horror, but all have dark substrata:

Mama Fish by Rio Youers
http://www.amazon.com/Mama-Fish-Rio-Youers/dp/0981989403/
http://www.rioyouers.com/
Why I Write by George Orwell
http://www.amazon.com/Why-Write-Penguin-Great-Ideas/dp/0143036351/
30 Days of Night by Tim Lebbon
http://www.amazon.com/30-Days-Night-Movie-Novelization/dp/1416544976/
www.timlebbon.net
Conversations on Collapse by KMO
http://www.amazon.com/Conversations-Collapse-C-Realm-Podcast-Transcripts/dp/0557333172/
http://c-realmpodcast.podomatic.com/
Disintegration by Scott Nicholson
http://www.amazon.com/Disintegration-ebook/dp/B0048EL5M6/
http://www.hauntedcomputer.com
Troglodyte Rose by Adam Lowe
http://www.amazon.com/Troglodyte-Rose-Adam-Lowe/dp/0956257720/
http://adam-lowe.com/
Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
http://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-World-Revisited-P-S/dp/0060898526/

donatos · Dec 30, 2010

Guess, these are my favorite reads from the year, although most not published this year.

The Rising by Brian Keene
Moscow to the end of the line by Venedikt Erofeev
WWZ by Max Brooks
My Work is Not yet done by Thomas Ligotti
Shapeshifter by JF Gonzalez
The Black Hand by Chris Blatchfort
Drug Lord by Terrence E. Poppa
The Return by Bentley Little
Firestarter by Stephen King
Ghost Story by Peter Straub

ceenindee · Dec 30, 2010

Alright, assuming you mean books that we haven't read before...

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Passage by Justin Cronin (2010)
The Shining by Stephen King
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (not horror, I suppose, but dark, also 2010)

This year I finally got around to some non-YA vampire books and found them all pretty satisfying. And I've been meaning to read The Shining for awhile.

I'll see if I can remember any more...I felt like I read more horror than that this year, but most of them must have been rereads.

Glen R Krisch · Dec 31, 2010

Nice list! There are a number of titles I'll have to look up (goes to open "books to read" file from desktop...).

donatos said:
Guess, these are my favorite reads from the year, although most not published this year.

The Rising by Brian Keene
Moscow to the end of the line by Venedikt Erofeev
WWZ by Max Brooks
My Work is Not yet done by Thomas Ligotti
Shapeshifter by JF Gonzalez
The Black Hand by Chris Blatchfort
Drug Lord by Terrence E. Poppa
The Return by Bentley Little
Firestarter by Stephen King
Ghost Story by Peter Straub

Fiona · Dec 31, 2010

-Let The Right One In

-Apartment 14F

-Pet Semetary

-The Shining

-Apartment 16

-The Accidental Exorcist

-The Exorcist

I have read many more but those were amongst my favourites....

FOTSGreg · Dec 31, 2010

Let's see...

Ex-Heroes
Diving Into The Wreck (technically SF, but with some very dark undertones)
My own stuff out this year (I can add that in, I hope - especially The Light of an Oncoming Train, Any Minute Now, and Knock On Wood)

donatos · Jan 2, 2011

Fiona said:
-Let The Right One In

-Apartment 14F

-Pet Semetary

-The Shining

-Apartment 16

-The Accidental Exorcist

-The Exorcist

I have read many more but those were amongst my favourites....

As soon as I catch up on all my holiday spending I got to get my hands on at least three of those books.

Fiona · Jan 2, 2011

You'll be in for a treat, they were amazing.. May I ask which three you're going for? *curious*

donatos · Jan 2, 2011

Fiona said:
You'll be in for a treat, they were amazing.. May I ask which three you're going for? *curious*

Both apartment books and the accidental exorcist. Apartment 16 has been on my radar for a bit though.

MichaelP · Jan 2, 2011

Mine, not all horror:

DARK PLACES - Gillian Flynn
HORNS - Joe Hill
THE LAST CHILD - John Hart
THE PASSAGE - Justin Cronin
DISMANTLED - Jennifer McMahon
THE MAGICIANS - Lev Grossman
ROOM - Emma Donaghue

Zion21 · Jan 2, 2011

Great list! This has given me something to do over winter break while I wait for classes to start again. Time to go to Amazon and buy some books

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Top Reads of 2010

Glen R Krisch

donatos

ceenindee

Glen R Krisch

Fiona

The Banishing, Released March 2011

FOTSGreg

Today is your last day.

donatos

Fiona

The Banishing, Released March 2011

donatos

MichaelP

Zion21