Although it might not be official, in my book, summer’s here! Bring out the white jeans, the tanning oil (whoops, I meant sunscreen), and the nostalgia.
One of my favorite summer memories involves a rainy day in Michigan at a tiny cottage my family rented for two weeks every year. Sunny days were spent in the lake or sitting on a dock reading Archie comics, but the rainy days weren’t bad either. I’d find myself curled up my bunk-bed reading the scariest, most exciting book I’d brought with me. As cold rain pelted the old tin roof overhead, I’d get lost in Amityville Horror or some other haunted house that came alive on the page.
In honor of the summer read, I salute the thriller. I don’t read many of them anymore, so my list involves oldies and classics. Enjoy the horror!
The Shining
Eye of the Needle
Silence of the Lambs
Are You in the House Alone?
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Coma
In Cold Blood
Andromeda Strain
War of the Worlds
Alive
Count of Monte Cristo
Silence of the Lambs
And then there were None
A Time to Kill
The Stand
Frankenstein
Jaws
Marathon Man
The Hunger Games
Carrie Brown-Wolf • Rock, Paper, Write 