I need a book that will send chills down my spine.

[Woodland Nymph]

Well, it isn't exactly "real", but if you're looking for a book that will send chills down your spine, you have to read Coraline by Neil Gaiman.

[bookfanforever]

" No Time For Goodbye" by Linwood Barclay, I'm not really into thrillers that much but this was a unique book. When I was reading it I couldn't put the book down. You should try this international bestseller novel. He also other few books that I want to read, Books like " Too Close To Home and " Fear The Worst".

[Event Horizon]

I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for but I would suggest La Terre(The Earth) by Emile Zola it's a french book but there are plenty of translated versions. For what it's worth this it what it says on the back:

"I wanted to write the living poem of the Earth; but in human terms, not symbolically."

With humour, knowledge of the peasant terrain and flashes of tenderness, Emile Zola's (1840-1902) naturalistic novel The Earth measures the agricultrual seasons against the human cycle of birth, marriage and death. Written as a part of the vast Rougan-Macquart series, it was Zola's favourite novel and describes the harsh struggles of a farming community to look after their land and control their sometimes wayward society.

The Lear-like plot of the decline of the Fouan family through greed and selfishness enables Zola to exploit the full breadth and vigour of his powerful creative imagination. His genius for evocative detail and his vivid, ironic characterization lend an unspoken heroism to this epic tale.

[Moore]

The Godfly by Voinich, a British writer. I was crying after i finished the book. It's so touching and real.
The idea is real and the problem is ever-lasting- the relations between man and God!

[Aquila]

Not sure whether this fits into the genre you're after but 'The Secret of Crickley Hall' by James Herbert.

The plot line itself is very real and heart wrenching with the couple's loss of their child and it is true to life in how they all react differently to the tragedy. But what finds them in their new home is the chilling and fearful aspects to the story, and while it's a long novel, it's description and events keep you turning the pages until the very end and quickly. I'll never forget that book.

[Little Hero]

Well, it isn't exactly "real", but if you're looking for a book that will send chills down your spine, you have to read Coraline by Neil Gaiman.

I'd definitely agree with this, it's so childlike that it's so very disturbing. 'Heart Shaped Box' by Joe Hill is one of my favourite books and genuinely sent a shiver down my spine. 'Funland' by Richard Laymon was also pretty intense.

[MsTinkers]

A really chilling book, which is based on a true story, is called House of Secrets, it is by Lowell Cauffiel. It is an extremely disturbing book. Like I said it is based on a true story about a father who believes he is both God and the Devil, he controls his family (wife, sons, daughters) through mental, physical, and sexual abuse. The book is extremely graphic in content. It will definitely send chills up and down your spine.

[victorian.noire]

I'm not sure if this is what you are expecting,
but i've recently read Alice in Wonderland, and its completly different from reading it when i was a child. Its truly amazing and you learn to appreciate the true meaning of the book.

there are so many different ways of reading alice...that being my favoritest book ever but if you want some real spins on that try readong the annotated alice. it goes really in depth on many different angles of why that book is the way it is...maybe

[Moe]

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. It is a dystopian science fiction novel that hits just a bit too close to home. There is a second novel set in the same time period with some of the same characters called Year of the Flood, also fantastic.

[31w30]

Anything on Lyndon Johnson sent chills up and down my spine, oh yeah, I lived his days of terror in a fox hole.

[MrWright]

The Woman in Black by Susan Hill gave me the creeps. A subtle ghost story in the M.R. James tradition.

[DATo]

Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler

One of the best reads of my life and my first "can't put down" book. It was all the more frightening because, though fiction, it was entirely possible that the events in the book would actually come to pass, and that would mean ... Armageddon.

[the doctor]

Your old photo album from teenage years

[sinha88]

Go for kenneth Anderson books like the panther of sivanipalli and man eaters and one rogue. you will love them.

[glenda-r]

When I read "The Exorcist" by William Blatty, my blood turned to ice. I have never forgotten it and it's been years since I've read it. Very powerful.

Glenda