10 Most Terrifying Books Horror Fans MUST Read
7. House of Leaves — Mark Danielewski
Some of the novels and collections on this list may feel like nothing you've read before, but only one book is genuinely like no other novel you’ve ever seen.
Often called "un-adaptable", experimental author Mark Danielewski's infamous horror novel House of Leaves is a mind-bending story which deconstructs not only horror fiction tropes, but the very medium of literature itself in its twisted story of a haunted found footage film.
With pages upon pages of footnotes within footnotes, this bizarre meta-horror is surreal experimental tome whose story technically revolves around a fictional found footage horror flick which itself concerns an impossibly proportioned haunted house.
"Technically" is thrown in there because anyone endeavouring to read this surreal, often terrifying literary experiment should know that it’s the bizarre, mind-bending writing style which makes the book utterly unforgettable. A rare novel which will leave you flipping it upside down in order to follow the text, this playful project is a triumph of literary style - but make no mistake, the horrors contained within are only made more effective by their inventive presentation.