Two Horror Authors on the Scary Books You Should Be Reading

Halloween is just around the corner, so we turned to two great horror authors — Joe Hill and Stephen Graham Jones — for their recommendations of books to read this season.

Books discussed:

• "Mean Spirited," by Nick Roberts
• "Maeve Fly," by CJ Leede
• "Come Closer," by Sara Gran
• "It," by Stephen King
• "Experimental Film," by Gemma Files
• "A Head Full of Ghosts," by Paul Tremblay
• "Lost Man's Lane," by Scott Carson
• "Fever House," by Keith Rosson
• "The Devil by Name," by Keith Rosson
• "The Reformatory," by Tananarive Due

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