Two Horror Authors on the Scary Books You Should Read

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Halloween is just around the corner, so we turned to two great horror authors — Joe Hill (“The Fireman,” “NOS4A2”) and Stephen Graham Jones (“The Only Good Indians,” “My Heart Is a Chainsaw”) — for their recommendations of books to read this season.

Books discussed on this episode:

• “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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