Its Top Ten Tuesday again! Yay! Top Ten Tuesday is a book meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week its a top ten freebie! So, I have decided to do books that are spook inducing (in a good way – I LOVE spooky books!)
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman – this book is full of ghosts and ghouls and creepy things! A really AMAZING book
- Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake – a murderous ghost meets ghost hunter? Very spooky and slightly romance-y as well
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern – beautiful and haunting, a tale of magic and war set against the backdrop of the best circus ever
- The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls by Claire Legrand – a delightfully scary middle grade book – complete with creepy-crawlies
- Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children – a mysterious house on an island in the middle of nowhere – a really good mystery!
- Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver – absolutely beautiful – the story of a ghost and a girl and their friendship
- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier – the ever present ghost of Rebecca haunts the unnamed narrator and second wife – will she find out what happened to her?
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold – The story of a horrible murder, told from the perspective of the murder victim
- Mort by Terry Pratchett – a humorous story about a boy who becomes Death’s apprentice
- The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly – a book for adults about fairy-tales, in all their gory glory. The Crooked Man made me sleep with the light on for a week!
Hope you enjoyed this weeks TTT!
Laura 🙂
Laura Noakes 
Ah I absolutely love Rebecca. It made my list this week but for a different topic. The Book of Lost Things is a great read too. Fab list!
Thank you!
I love Anna Dressed in Blood, The Night Circus, and Rebecca! Great topic! I’ve been meaning to read Miss Peregrine’s for a while!
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Miss Peregrines is great – I really recommend it! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by
Numbers 3, 5 and 8 are the only books I’ve read of off your list and I’d definitely agree that they are pretty spooky, in particular Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.
I hope to read Rebecca some time in the future, it is sitting unloved on my shelf. And The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman is on my wish list.
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I LOVE The Graveyard Books – its one of my favourite books!
I’ve only read one of these books! (Lovely Bones). This is a great Halloween list. I will bookmark it to revisit in October : )
I couldn’t finish Rebecca (although I intend to give it another try because the movie was so good), but LOVED Liesl and Po and The Lovely Bones!
I really loved The Graveyard Book and The Night Circus. I don’t consider that one spooky, but it definitely made me think. And I can’t wait to read Anna Dressed in Blood!
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Anna dressed in blood is SO good!
Oh I love spooky books too! I’ve read 5 from your list. I’d like to read The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls.
I loved The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls – it’s probably my favourite book so far this year!
Miss Peregrine was much darker and scarier than I thought it would be — more gruesome as well. Very spooky indeed, but very different from Rebecca, which I liked much more. A lot more tension and suspense than the former.
Thanks for sharing your list! Here’s my TTT for the week. Happy reading!
Yeah I found that with Peregrine – I couldn’t read it at night! Yes – Rebecca is tension filled!
I don’t know if these were spooky as much as mind-bendingly terrifying, but did you ever read Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark? With those soul-searing illustrations? Aggghhghghghgggghhhhh.
No – but I will put it on my TBR list – I LOVE anything spooky! Thanks for the tip! 🙂