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In her defense, I hated "The Great Gatsby" too, and I consider reading/literature to be my number 1 hobby. Not every book is for every person.

If she likes horror stories/movies, my top suggestion is Stephen King. All very creepy, minimal to no sexuality in most stories, and the best part is that he has numerous short story collections for the attention impaired. I actually prefer his shorts to his novels. I'd start with Night Shift, Nightmares & Dreamscapes, or Skeleton Crew, as these are all classic creepy King. A slightly newer but also excellent collection is Everything's Eventual.

If she doesn't want to try King, maybe something like The Forest Of Hands And Teeth would catch her interest. It's 'The Village' meets '28 Days Later' in a way, a teen novel and the first in a trilogy.

If she likes graphic novels, there are graphic novelizations of many popular fiction books out there. This HuffPo list has classics like Dante's Inferno and Farenheit 451. Campfire Graphic Novels has tons of classics and nonfiction graphic novels. They are usually for a younger set, but that just means she'd read them faster.

These are my must-see episodes of the 1980s Twilight Zone series, in no particular order. Some are classic.

Season 1.
Children's Zoo.
Nightcrawlers -- based on the classic short story by Robert M. McCammon, available in Blue World, the Complete Collection.
Examination Day.
Paladin of the Last Hour -- based on a story by Harlan Ellison.
One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty -- based on Harlan Ellison's short story.
Her Pilgrim Soul.
I of Newton -- based on Joe Haldeman's short story, available in Cosmic Laughter, Science Fiction for the Fun of It.
But She Can Type?.
The Star -- based on Arthur C. Clarke's excellent story, available in The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke.
The Misfortune Cookie.
A Small Talent for War.
A Matter of Minutes.
To See the Invisible Man.
Gramma -- based on the classic short story by Stephen King, available in Skeleton Crew.
Dead Run -- based on Greg Bear's short story, available in The Collected Stories of Greg Bear.
The Last Defender of Camelot, based on a short story by Roger Zelazny and teleplay by George R. R. Martin, available in Last Defender of Camelot short story collection.

Season 2.
A Saucer of Loneliness -- based on Theodore Sturgeon's excellent short story, available in The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volume VII.
The Storyteller.
Toys of Caliban -- Teleplay by George R. R. Martin.
The Road Less Traveled -- by George R. R. Martin; memories of Martin's experience working on the Twilight Zone writing staff, and two teleplays, this one and an unproduced one, are available in Dreamsongs: Volume II.

Season 3 -- This season is worth a look, but none of them are my favorites.

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Despite the fact that it's got comedic elements, there are plenty of parts in John Dies At The End that are pretty wonderfully creepy.

House of Leaves always needs mentioning, it works its magic on numerous levels.

The absolute scariest ghost story I've ever read, and I never hear anyone talking about it, is Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel.

You can't go wrong with Stephen King, but if you haven't cracked into his books yet it can be a daunting task, he has a huge bibliography. For me, IT, The Shining, Salem's Lot, and Pet Sematary are some of the scariest, plus pretty much any of his short story collections are golden. In fact, any one of his short story collections might be the best place to start with King, I would recommend Skeleton Crew.

And while I wouldn't necessarily categorize it as strict "horror", one of the books that's scared me the most is Alan Moore's graphic novel From Hell. It's an absolute beast (and it's pretty much nothing like the film adaptation with Johnny Depp, so don't let that color your perceptions).

King is a great writer, his short story books are great, Night Shift Nightmares and Dreamscapes Skeleton Crew Everything's Eventual

And for something paranormal by Koontz The Taking 77 Shadow Street Watchers Phantoms Not quite paranormal but highly entertaining.. Intensity

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Skeleton Crew by Stephen King is a great collection of short stories.

I say name the little kitten, "Boo" like Boo from the Nintendo games. Boo is just an adorable name anyways and isn't gender specific, so if kitten turns out to be a female when he goes to get his yarbles removed, you can keep the name! WIN!

Been itching to get this book, and its available for $5 used!

1. Skeleton Crew the best collection of short stories by Stephen King, it contains the short story The Mist my favorite Stephen King story, later made into a kick ass movie. Read this before seeing the movie, you won't be disappointed.

Hey thanks, I will give Skeleton Crew a read. I really enjoyed The Mist as well.
Cheers.

Edit: Link to the Skeleton Crew-
http://www.amazon.ca/Skeleton-Crew-Stephen-King/dp/0451168615