Without going into specifics so the creature/entity/plot is given, I’m looking for horror that is keep-you-up-at-night level. A good wendigo or poltergeist or even disease epidemic book would be greatly appreciated.
I loved books like Pet Sematary, the Troop, The Quiet Boy (short story), Contagion. I try to go into horror blind so I am fully unaware of what to expect, so I’ve read a lot of duds lately. Psychological horror is ok, if it’s unpredictable/not just “normal person gaslit into thinking they’re crazy” type trope.
The only horror I was unable to finish was Tender is the Flesh. My kudos to you if you got through that one.
Thank you all for your advice
To your last paragraph, tender is the flesh is that book/author for me. I love horror to distract from real life horror, but Tender is the Flesh was fleshed out (lol at the pun) like a normal next step in a world with limited resources. It should be a cautionary tale, but I can see how close we are to the logic already. Thanks for the French rec, even if the translation is meh, I try to enjoy different cultures’ “boogymen”, so I’ll give it a go!
The pleasure is mine, I wish more people would read that way :)
I could not tell if the translation is meh as I only read in French.