I have recently enjoyed:
Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Annie Proulx's Accordion Crimes
Haunted is gross and creepy and deliciously perfect. Palahniuk is one of those writers that always, without fail drags me into his sadistic-masochistic imagination. Don't forget to take note of his social commentary buried as it is beneath spilled guts and severed fingers.
Dracula, a classic, has only recently captured and held my attention. I'm sure I was required to read this book at some point but Lord knows I only did about 1/10th of the reading that was ever asked of me. It takes a little effort to get invested but this story which has Vampires! and Werewolves! is excellently crafted and certainly terrifying.
Accordion Crimes isn't Proulx's best work, I'll say that. But, even on her off days this incredible writer is an all-time story teller. Crimes traces the origins of emigrant America through an Accordion crafted in Sicily. It's heartbreaking and at times isolating but I think it's a stark look at how La Merica became America, our home, sweet home.
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