Great Reads: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid
Great Reads is a series of posts featuring recent books that are highly recommended by Toronto Public Library staff.
This is a selection of our favourite horror novels. Some are creepy, some are intense and a couple are terrifying.
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Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes Hard-bitten Detroit detective Gabriella Versado thinks she's seen it all until the police discover the corpse of a boy whose torso has been been fused with the legs of a young deer. Beukes herself fuses together several genres in this startling and original novel – hard-boiled mystery, social satire and horror. Regular Print |
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The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper The main character in this spooky thriller is the Devil's henchman, known as "the unnamed." The demon lures a noted demonologist and his daughter to Venice and takes the young girl off to the Underworld. The demonologist's journey to bring her back takes him to the very gates of hell. Regular Print |
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Help for the Haunted by John Searles Struggling with the death of her parents who were paranormal investigators, Sylvie Mason is no longer so sure that she wants to keep lying about what she thinks she saw that night. With her tumultuous sister as her caregiver and all the kids at school hating her, she must unravel the mystery surrounding her parents murder all by herself. |
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N0S4A2 by Joe Hill Young Vic McQueen was the only person to escape the clutches of Charlie Manx, a monster who carts children off to Christmasland, a dark otherworldly place. Now a mother, she must return to to rescue her son and stop Charlie forever. |
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman In this thrilling and imaginative tale, a man returns to his childhood home and recalls the strange and supernatural events that took place in his youth. Regular Print |
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vN: The First Machine Dynasty by Madeline Ashby A science fiction thriller set in a world where von Neumann machines – self-replicating humanoid robots – live among humans, vN explores the avenues Isaac Asimov created. What happens when the fail safe that stops all robots from harming humans fails? The first book in a trilogy followed by iD: The Second Machine Dynasty and ReV: The Third Machine Dynasty. |
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