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23 Books That Actually Freaked People Out So Badly, They Had to Stop Reading

"With ~spooky~ season upon us, we asked the BuzzFeed Community which books were too scary for them to even finish. Here are the ones you might want to read with the light on."
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Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
Heart-Shaped Box
1
Joe Hill
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
2
Stephen King
Life as We Knew It Series (Susan Pfeffer)
Life as We Knew It Series
3
Susan Pfeffer
The Bone Collector (Jeffrey Deaver)
The Bone Collector
4
Jeffrey Deaver
The Radium Girls (Kate Moore)
The Radium Girls
5
Kate Moore
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
6
Cormac McCarthy
Bag of Bones (Stephen King)
Bag of Bones
7
Stephen King
Final Truth: The Autobiography of a Serial Killer (Donald H.Gaskins)
Final Truth: The Autobiography of a Serial Killer
8
Donald H.Gaskins
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
9
George Orwell
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves
10
Mark Danielewski
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
11
Stephen King
Grimm Memorials (R. Patrick Gates)
Grimm Memorials
12
R. Patrick Gates
Baby Teeth (Zoje Stage)
Baby Teeth
13
Zoje Stage
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
14
Chuck Palahniuk
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
15
Anthony Burgess
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
16
Gillian Flynn
You (Caroline Kepnes)
You
17
Caroline Kepnes
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
18
Haruki Murakami
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
19
Margaret Atwood
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
20
Arthur Conan Doyle
Marabou Stork Nightmares (Irvine Welsh)
Marabou Stork Nightmares
21
Irvine Welsh
Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
Exorcist
22
William Peter Blatty
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
23
Stephen King
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