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All right fellow horror junkies, it is officially time for our new yearly reading challenge! Since everyone's got their own cup of tea, just pick the number of Horror Novels you want to read this year and sign up for the challenge on the homepage (SIGN UP HERE). Below I've listed a few possibilities if you want ideas for how to pick your reads! Don't forget to save your spot on this thread so you can list the books you read or want to read as you complete them!

Best 100 Horror Books via Library Thing:


GoodReads, Best other than stephen king: /list/show/3...

GoodReads, Best Indie Horror Books: /list/show/2...

GoodReads, Best Not King or Koontz: /list/show/1...

Nightmare Magazines Top 100 Horror:

Or maybe a Ε·±¦ΣιΐΦ Choice Awards Horror Nominees List

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Saving my spot right HERE!

I'm going for 20 reads this year. I think I will pick and choose from a few of the lists and then start with the books I already own. I will also pick a few new 'goodies'!

20/20

1. Snow by Ronald Malfi 1/25 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� (Best Horror Novels Not By King or Koontz' list)
2. Off Season by Jack Ketchum 2/7 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜� ('Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King')
3. Ghost Story by Peter Straub 2/12 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� (Nightmare Magazine Top 100 Horror Books List)
4. In the Dark by Richard Laymon 2/14 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜� ('Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King')
5. Night Shift by Stephen King 2/28 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� (Nightmare Magazine Top 100 Horror Books List)
6. The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft 3/2 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� (Nightmare Magazine Top 100 Horror Books List)
7. Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry 4/3 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� (Best Horror Novels Not By King or Koontz' list)
8. Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco 4/30 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� (Best 100 Horror Books via Library Thing)
9. The Drive-In by Joe R. Lansdale 5/3 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� (Nightmare Magazine Top 100 Horror Books List)
10. The Imago Sequence and Other Stories by Laird Barron 5/21 (Nightmare Magazine Top 100 Horror Books List) β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
11. Sweetheart, Sweetheart by Bernard Taylor 7/23 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� (Best 100 Horror Books via Library Thing)
12. Summer of Night by Dan Simmons 7/31 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� ('Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King')
13. A Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli 8/9 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� (Nightmare Magazine Top 100 Horror Books List)
14. Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates 10/5 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜� (Nightmare Magazine Top 100 Horror Books List)
15. The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre by H.P. Lovecraft 11/20 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� (Best Horror Novels Not By King or Koontz' list)
16. The Dunwich Horror and Others by H.P. Lovecraft 11/22 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� (Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King)
17. The October Country by Ray Bradbury 11/23 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� (Nightmare Magazine Top 100 Horror Books List)
18. Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror edited by Ellen Datlow 11/30 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� (Nightmare Magazine Top 100 Horror Books List)
19. Necroscope by Brian Lumley 12/3 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� (Best Horror Novels Not By King or Koontz list)
20. The Entity by Frank de Felitta 12/18 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜� (Best Horror Novels Not By King or Koontz list)

That list from Nightmare Magazine looks pretty comprehensive. I've read a good portion of them already, but might grab several more for 2015.

Nightmare Magazine looks good... Tagging this as my SPOT!


2015 HA Reading Challenge ~ Nightmare Magazine:

Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury - 11/14 *** enjoyed the character of Charles Halloway - unexpected!
The Shining Stephen King
Nazareth Hill Ramsey Campbell - 2/18 ** totally disappointed and was so looking forward to this read!

Frankenstein Mary Shelley
The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham
The Damnation Game Clive Barker
Carrion Comfort Dan Simmons
Dracula Bram Stoker

Cathie wrote: "Nightmare Magazine looks good..."

Ditto.

Cathie wrote: "Nightmare Magazine looks good..."

Yes, it does!

I also think that the Nightmare Mag list looks like a great choice.

I would be down for Nightmare Magazine's list. Looks interesting.

My goal is 10 reads from the Nightmare Magazines Top 100 Horror list.

does the link for nightmare magazine working for anyone? because I cannot access the link, it says "error"

Cathie wrote: "Nightmare Magazine looks good..."

I agree, impressive!

Delmy =^.^= wrote: "does the link for nightmare magazine working for anyone? because I cannot access the link, it says "error""

Yep, it's working for me, hope you get in, it's awesome.

The link's working for me, too.

nope, not working for me but thanks for posting that list. I'm probably going to try for that one! :)

Worlds without end also have the interesting list the HWA list as well - could be an alternative or done in tandem or just an interesting list for people to look at

I am slowly trying to make my way through some of the Nightmare list although if I read a short story by someone and dont like it I probably wont read through the whole collection, equally will just dip my toe into some of the anthologies listed.

Which is the list we normally use for this challenge?

Nightmare list looks good to me.

The list is a corker! And if there are people out there who still need to cut their teeth on horror and the macabre, then get stuck in! Happy Christmas!

Sorry, the Internet cut off. Kept on pressing send, tried to cancel it then sort of wrote it again, then sent it again. However, I think I got my point across...

Did horrible on last year challenge. promise to do better this year!

I may try this for 2015. there is some on the nightmare list that I've already read but at least I won't have to stand in front of my book shelf trying to decide what to read!

I agree, Latasha. The list is pretty solid and saves one from searching bookshelves for inspiration. It's so much easier to run an index finger down a column of print. I've certainly read at least half of them and it will be fun to discover some good reads among those which I haven't.

That's quite a list and I've read several of them, but I'll try and pick some of them.

Hello. my name is Gail. I am new to the group but haven't had much of a chance to participate. is Nightmare Magazine a online site? How do I get involved in it. I am a avid horror lover and would like to participate in the group very much.

Wow! Cool list, I don't think I will participate but it will be great to follow on my own. I only read a few of the Nightmare Mag's list. I want to do better! But, does the challenge consist in reading all of the 100 books??

I have read 15 off that list..i was hoping it was more than that!

Monica wrote: "Wow! Cool list, I don't think I will participate but it will be great to follow on my own. I only read a few of the Nightmare Mag's list. I want to do better! But, does the challenge consist in rea..."

No, usually you pick the number of books you want to read from the list; track which ones you read, either on a separate Ε·±¦ΣιΐΦ shelf or in a post on the challenge thread; and, at the end of the year, see whether you reached your goal.

Monica wrote: "Wow! Cool list, I don't think I will participate but it will be great to follow on my own. I only read a few of the Nightmare Mag's list. I want to do better! But, does the challenge consist in rea..."

I would like to know that too.

Latasha wrote: "Monica wrote: "Wow! Cool list, I don't think I will participate but it will be great to follow on my own. I only read a few of the Nightmare Mag's list. I want to do better! But, does the challenge..."

Latasha, see my reply to Monica above.

ok, thank you.

Latasha wrote: "Monica wrote: "Wow! Cool list, I don't think I will participate but it will be great to follow on my own. I only read a few of the Nightmare Mag's list. I want to do better! But, does the challenge..."

If you go to the 2014 challenge thread you can sort of see how it works. For example, I picked 20 as my goal, 10 from each of the two lists everyone decided we should use, and then listed them as I completed each one. On the Horror Aficionados homepage there is a shortlink to the challenge's official page. I hope you decide to join us next year!

Thanks Maxine! :)

Deborah wrote: "Monica wrote: "Wow! Cool list, I don't think I will participate but it will be great to follow on my own. I only read a few of the Nightmare Mag's list. I want to do better! But, does the challenge..."

Thanks :)

Maxine wrote: "Latasha wrote: "Monica wrote: "Wow! Cool list, I don't think I will participate but it will be great to follow on my own. I only read a few of the Nightmare Mag's list. I want to do better! But, do..."

Thanks! I'll think about it. I can join anytime right, I decide?

I'll shoot for 10 total using all of them, but I want to read at least 3 from that indie list. I'm not familiar with any of those. And this is my spot!

1. Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris (5 stars)
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I may pick some off the indie list too.

I'm aiming for 5 of the following. Too many other backlogged books on the tbr to devote more time to this challenge and some of these are massive bricks of books.

Complete 6/5

Ghost Story by Peter Straub
I am Legend
Cujo
It
Christine
Heart Shaped Box
Horns
The Historian
20th Century Ghosts
Night Shift

Edit: A book for a different group read appears to be on the lists of choices so:
The Island of Dr. Moreau

I am aiming for at least 10 from a mix of the above lists.

I will shoot for 10 from the Nightmare list.

1. Bag of Bones by Stephen King
2. From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury

Myst, I take it you haven't read 20th Century Ghosts and Night Shift before? I envy you. For collections of short stories in the genre, they're hard to beat.

I'm going for 24 horror books, mostly from the Nightmare list above as well as Bram Stoker award winners, all written by women.

1. The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson - completed 1/10/15 -- 3.5 stars
2. Hotel Transylvania - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - completed 1/18/15 -- 2 stars
3. Those That Hunt the Night - Barbara Hambly - completed 2/2/15 -- 3 stars
4. Sunglasses After Dark - Nancy A Collins -- completed 2/7/15 -- 4 stars
5. The Cipher - Kathe Koja -- completed 2/15/15 -- 1 star
6. Prodigal - Melanie Tem -- completed 3/6/15 -- 1 star

I'm going to go for 10 on the Nightmare list...so far I'm thinking...
Summer of Night
Swan Song
The Haunting of Hill House

I've decided to go for 12 on the Nightmare list, one per month (not necessarily in this order):

1. The Red Tree, by Caitlin R. Kiernan (4 stars; completed 4/5/15)
2. The Keeper, by Sarah Langan (4 stars; completed 2/17/15)
3. The Missing, by Sarah Langan (4 stars; completed 6/13/15)
4. Zombie, by Joyce Carol Oates (1 star; completed 12/6/15)
5. Summer of Night, by Dan Simmons (4 stars; completed 7/13/15)
6. From the Dust Returned, by Ray Bradbury (2 stars; completed 10/18/15)
7. My Soul to Keep, by Tananarive Due (3 stars; completed 5/10/15)
8. Just an Ordinary Day, by Shirley Jackson (3.5 stars; completed 9/5/15)
9. A Choir of Ill Children, by Tom Piccirilli (4 stars; completed 1/19/15)
10. The Terror, by Dan Simmons
11. Floating Dragon, by Peter Straub (4 stars; completed 3/7/15)
12. Drawing Blood, by Poppy Z. Brite (5 stars; completed 8/6/15)

I'm afraid my last book, Dan Simmons's The Terror, is going to prevent me from completing this challenge. I'm about 10% of the way in and bored to death.

20 Random reads classified as horror

I am shooting for 10 on the Nightmare list.

Nightmare Magazines Top 100 Horror

Trying for 8, fingers crossed that I at least double it, I should have extra reading time this summer :) and I was pleased to see that I all ready read #2 and 3 on that list :)

I picked a few from the various lists, so am aiming for the below.

3/9

1. The Imago Sequence - Laird Barron
2. The Drive-In - Joe R Lansdale
3. Wet Work - Philip Nutman
4. Beware! - Richard Laymon
5. Endurance - Jack Kilborn
6. Bird Box - Josh Malerman
7. The Twelve - Justin Cronin
8. The Ritual - Adam Nevill
9. Dweller - Jeff Strand

Time to acknowledge I totally dropped the ball on this challenge. Completing my 150 books for the year became more important than tracking these down. Oh well, can't win them all!

I'm going for a mix of at least 12.
Edit: upped my goal to 20.

Goal: 20/20

01. The Hellbound Heart - 17 Jan 2015, 3/5
02. The Sheep Look Up - 23 Feb 2015, 5/5
03. The Day of the Triffids - 21 Mar 2015, 4/5
04. The Winter People - 23 Mar 2015, 3/5
05. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare - 30 Mar 2015, 3/5
06. I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1) - 07 Apr 2015, 3/5
07. Relic (Pendergast, #1) - 18 Apr 2015, 3/5
08. The Monk - 20 Apr 2015, 3/5
09. Horns - 09 May 2015, 3/5
10. The Girl with All the Gifts - 15 May 2015, 4/5
11. American Psycho - 25 May 2015, 2/5
12. Fevre Dream - 18 Jun 2015, 3/5
13. Summer of Night - 06 Jul 2015, 3/5
14. Psycho - 30 Jul 2015, 4/5
15. Dead Sea - 18 Aug 2015, 3/5
16. The Graveyard Book - 20 Sep 2015, 4/5
17. Dracula - 09 Oct 2015, 4/5
18. Those Who Hunt the Night - 16 Oct 2015, 2/5
19. At the Mountains of Madness - 19 Oct 2015, 3/5
20. Necroscope - 27 Oct 2015, 3/5

Well, I probably read around 30 horror novels/collections last year, but I'll be conservative and shoot for 13 for this challenge. Seems appropriate!

1. Seed - Ania Ahlborn β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
2. Arboreatum - Evans Lightγ€€β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜�
3. The Shuddering - Ania Ahlbornγ€€β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
4. Snowblind - Michael McBrideγ€€β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜�
5. Bird Box - Josh Malerman β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
6. Menagerie - E. Stuart Marlowe β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜�
7. Danse Macabre - Stephen King (re-read) β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
8. The Shrinking Man - Richard Matheson β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
9. The Damnation Game - Clive Barker (re-read) β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
10. Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque - Joyce Carol Oates β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
11. Draculas - Blake Crouch, Jack Kilborn, Jeff Strand, F. Paul Wilson β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜�
12. The Scarlet Gospels - Clive Barker β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
13. Flesh Eaters - Joe McKinney β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜�
14. If You Could See Me Now - Peter Straub β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
15. The Talisman - Stephen King & Peter Straub (re-re-re-read) β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
16. Revival - Stephen King β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
17. Marrow's Pit - Keith Deininger β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜�
18. Dead Leaves: 8 Tales from the Witching Season - Kealan Patrick Burke β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜�
19. Mutated - Joe McKinney β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜�
20. Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of Rick Hautala - Rick Hautala β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
21. The Woods Are Dark - Richard Laymon β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜�
22. The Dark - David C. Cassidy β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜�
23. Snow - Ronald Malfi β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
24. Prince Lestat - Anne Rice β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�
25. Occultation and Other Stories - Laird Barron β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜�

Question: Is it bad form to just pick a number of books now and then add books to the shelf as I go along rather than selecting specific books up-front? I tend to be pretty fickle and change my mind a lot, and I suppose in one sense that makes something like this good because it forces me to stick to a decision :-), but I'm curious. I've actually read more than I would have expected from the Nightmare list. Haven't checked out the other lists yet. This might be a good chance to pick some things that have been on my TBR list a long time and that I've just never gotten around to reading.

I am reserving my spot for at least 6.

Robert, no it doesn't matter. I decided to read 10 for this challenge, but I have no idea which ones yet. There's a few I already own and haven't read yet, so I'll probably read those first. Other than that I just choose as I go along.