With scary month coming to a close, and for those who love reading suspense, thriller, mystery and horror any month of the year, here’s a list of some of the authors whose books I enjoy reading:

HORROR

Stephen King (Carrie/The Shining/IT/Pet Sematary

Dean R. Koontz (Going Home in the Dark/The Bad Weather Friend)

Shirley Jackson (The Haunting of Hill House)

Mary Shelley (Frankenstein)

Bram Stoker (Dracula)

John Malerman (Bird Box)

Mason Coile (William)

Jennifer McMahon (My Darling Girl/The Children on the Hill)

Riley Sager (Home Before Dark)

Alice Feeney (Beautiful Ugly)

Chuck Wendig (The Staircase in the woods)

Camilla Bruce (You Let me In)

Susan Furlong (What they don’t know)

SUSPENSE/THRIILLER

Freida McFadden (The Intruder/The Tenant/The Crash)

Mary Higgins Clark (Where are the Children/Where are the Children Now)

Mary Kubica (She’s not Sorry/The Other Mrs.)

Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl)

B.A. Paris (Behind Closed Doors/The Guest)

Lisa Jewell (The Family Upstairs/None of this is True)

Riley Sager (The House Across the Lake)

Shari Lapena (What have you Done)

Kiersten Modglin (The Family Secret)

Ruth Ware (The Woman in Cabin 10)

D.K.Hood (The Liar I Married)

Robin Morgan-Bentley (The Guest House)

Tracy Sierra (Nightwatching)

Darcey Coates (Where he can’t Find You)

Patricia MacDonald (Mother’s Day)

Gail Anderson-Dargatz (The Almost Wife)

Chevy Stevens (Never Let You Go)

As an avid reader, especially in the suspense/thriller genres, these lists are by no means complete, but they certainly contain enough authors to satisfy any reader looking for fast-paced stories with twists.