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Authors Reveal the Scariest Book They've Ever Read
We asked our favorite writers: What book thrilled you, surprised you or scared the living daylights out of you? See what Junot Díaz, Jenny Lawson and more had to say.
Original Content  |  October 19, 2012
the haunting of hill house


"The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. I still think of that terrifying moment in the middle of the night when the lights come back on in the bedroom and Eleanor flings herself from the bed and says, terrified, 'God, God—whose hand was I holding?'"
— Chris Bohjalian
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