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Can anyone point me in the direction of a book where the scenarios are just so real and so chilling?

I could indeed! It's called The Life Out Here!

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.

I can say, without hesitation, "Adam" by Ted Dekker. Just to flesh out my recommendation, you should know it deals with elements both natural and paranormal, so it's the best of both worlds and really leaves you wondering what's real in our world. Also, you should know it is from a Christian perspective. But it doesn't brow-beat you or shove anything in your face, to be sure, and it's easily one of the darkest and scariest books I've ever read - and I read King, Crichton, Koontz and Matheson. Ted Dekker is GOOD.

I started reading Dracula but had to stop because I was too scared! Nothing had actually happened but just the atmosphere of the book - I think I got to the bit where Dracula was seen climbing down the walls. Im gonna try again for my next book to read. With all the lights on of course!

texascat wrote:I started reading Dracula but had to stop because I was too scared! Nothing had actually happened but just the atmosphere of the book - I think I got to the bit where Dracula was seen climbing down the walls. Im gonna try again for my next book to read. With all the lights on of course!

Oh, I had a similar experience when I read Dracula! When they were headed to the castle at the beginning of the book, Bram Stoker describes the wind howling or something like that. Right when I read it, the wind started whistling and howling outside! It was so creepy and well-timed!

i heard james patterson writes good thrillers if dats wat ur looking for lol ... obviously i wouldnt kno cuz im too scared to read any of it lol

pearljam743 wrote:Can anyone point me in the direction of a book where the scenarios are just so real and so chilling?

Anything by H.P. Lovecraft will do, but if you want something more modern go with "The Girl Next Door" by Jack Ketchum. It will haunt you.

By chills, I don't know if you mean scary or just "real to life".
If in the second category, I loved "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult because it was sickeningly realistic. Gave me chills reading it when Picoult gets into the characters' heads and she tells you how / why/ what they are thinking. Probably her best book.

LauraH wrote:By chills, I don't know if you mean scary or just "real to life".
If in the second category, I loved "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult because it was sickeningly realistic. Gave me chills reading it when Picoult gets into the characters' heads and she tells you how / why/ what they are thinking. Probably her best book.

"Nineteen Minutes" is the only Jodi picoult book I have read. I loved it, I read it about a year ago, might be time to go and read it again.

A book that I found really scary and have just read is "The Little Stranger" - Sarah Waters. Its like a haunted house, ghost stroy. Some parts in it are very scary.

The Colour Out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft is my favorite horror story. Although he does have others that are pretty scary. Though Lovecraft of course isn't much for reality.

Roald Dahl has some pretty creepy stories, especially in his collection of stories called Skin. If you are looking for a novel you could try Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. We read it in a mystery/detective course, and this one is big on the mysterious.

THE LOST, THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, OFFSPRING, ETC.

Not sure if this would be something you are looking at:

By Simon Beckett:
Chemistry of Death (1.)
Written in Bone (2.)
Whispers of the Dead (3.)

All 3 books connect with one an other.

They haunted me for a while.

Shattered by Dean Koontz is a favourite of mine. He is good at writing stuff that keeps you on the edge of your seat.