Tuesday, October 1, 2019

The Top Five Horror Books at the Dick Smith Library

It's finally October! So get ready for Halloween by reading the top five checked out horror books in the Dick Smith Library!

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1. Misery by Stephen King


Writer Paul Sheldon wants to stop writing about his historic romance character Misery Chastain and start writing literary fiction. Annie Wilkes, Sheldon's number one fan, rescues him from a car crash and has her own ideas for Misery.

You can find Misery in the General Stacks upstairs with the call number: PS3561 .I483 M5 1987







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2. Hideaway by Dean Koontz 

After a car accident leaves him clinically dead for eighty minutes, Hatch Harrison wakes up with a new found lease on life and a horrifying telepathic connection with a serial killer.

You can find Hideaway in the stacks with the call number: PS3561 .O55 H5 1992







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3. House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker

House follows two couples who find themselves trapped in a deadly game. The killer has set the rules and the only way out is to go into the house.

You can find House in the stacks with the call number: PS3566 .E691217 H68 2006C










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4. Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley


A monster assembled by a scientist from dead body parts learns to think for himself and decides to take revenge against the man who created him.

You can find Frankenstein with the call number:
 PR5397 .F7 1988







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5. The Fall of the House of Usher and Four Other Tales, stories by Edgar Allen Poe and illustrated by Rick Schreiter

This book contains some of Poe's greatest and scariest works including The Black Cat, Ms. Found in a Bottle, Three Sundays in a Week, and The Oval Portrait.

You can find this book of tales in the Education section with the call number: PZ3 .P752 FAL9













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