Top Ten Tuesday #1: Books for Halloween

Hello and welcome to my Top Ten Tuesday series!  With Halloween quickly approaching, I thought I'd do my favorite books to get you in the mood.

10. The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe: creepy, eccentric short stories.  Read a few, read 'em all!
9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling: okay, I know this isn't a scary book, but what's the most common Halloween costume for a girl?  A witch.  What's the most popular book involving witches?  The Harry Potter books.  Bing, bang, boom, connection made.
8. Marked by P.C. and Kristen Cast: the first book of one of my favorite vampire series, the House of Night series.  You'll be addicted within the first five pages!
7. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: short and weird.  Psychologically frustrating and just plain confusing.  But that's the fun of it!
6. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving: come on, you HAVE to read this before Halloween, especially with the new show Sleepy Hollow on the air!  It's short and classic.  Great to read right before you watch the movie with Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane.
5. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz: I used to read these books in middle school and I was always, always, always freaked out.  I'll probably still be freaked out if I read them again.  Truly scary and just plain creepy.
4. Macbeth by William Shakespeare: Double, double, toil, and trouble.  Need I say more?
3. The Shining by Stephen King: a creepy psychological tease
2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: one of my favorite books that I was required to read for school.  It turned around so many of my preconceived thoughts about the monster.  Creepy, but also full of social commentary on science going too far.
1. Dracula by Bram Stoker: the ultimate classic to read during the Halloween season.  This is one of my favorite books of all time.  If you're tired of reading vampire books, I encourage you to try this last one.  It is as far from Twilight as you could possibly get.  Then go watch the movie: absolutely amazing!  If you're going to read one book in October, this should be it.

So in conclusion, read Dracula, read Dracula, read Dracula.  Read it.  Do it now.  You don't even have to buy it.  If you have any kind of tablet, you can get it for free, because it's a classic.  Yay for free things!