
Podcast: Ep464: Happy Halloween: Scary Book Recommendations
27 de octubre de 2023
Autor(es): The New York Times
Podcast: The Book Review
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You donât need Halloween to justify reading scary books, any more than you need sand to justify reading a beach novel. But the holiday does give editors here a handy excuse to talk about some of their favorite spooky reads. On this weekâs episode, the host Gilbert Cruz talks with his colleagues Tina Jordan and Sadie Stein about the enduring appeal of ghost stories, Gothic novels and other scary books. Titles discussed: âGhost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death,â by Deborah Blum âSomething Wicked This Way Comes,â by Ray Bradbury âRebecca,â by Daphne du Maurier âDonât Look Now: And Other Stories,â by Daphne du Maurier âThe Exorcist,â by William Peter Blatty âScary Stories to Tell in the Dark,â by Alvin Schwartz âGhosts,â by Edith Wharton âEight Ghosts: The English Heritage Book of Ghost Stories,â by various âOh, Whistle, and Iâll Come to You, My Lad,â by M.R. James âThe Hunger,â by Alma Katsu âThe Terror,â by Dan Simmons âThe Little Stranger,â by Sarah Waters âAffinity,â by Sarah Waters âThe Paying Guests,â by Sarah Waters âThe Haunting of Hill House,â by Shirley Jackson âHell House,â by Richard Matheson âHouse of Leaves,â by Mark Z. Danielewski âA Haunting on the Hill,â by Elizabeth Hand âThe Virago Book of Ghost Stories,â edited by Richard Dalby âThe Turn of the Screw,â by Henry James
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