For my third book I am reading Misery by Stephen King which is a horror novel. I have not read much in this genre but I really like this book. From what I have read so far in my book I can tell the horror genre has a lot of suspense, my book in particular has a lot of suspense which is the thing that makes it effectively scary and intense.
As I mentioned before I have never read much in this genre but I know that the author of my book, Stephen King is a very popular author within the horror genre. This is the only author I have read within the horror genre. I know of other popular authors like Edgar Allan Poe who wrote horror a long time ago.
There are a few book awards specifically for the horror genre including Lambda literary awards and Horror hall of fame which are just a few examples. There are only a few other awards specifically devoted to the horror genre and I think this is because it is less popular than other fiction genres like fantasy or science fiction.
I think my book definetely fits into the horror genre. There is a lot of sspense and this is what makes it scary. The main antagonist Annie makes the story scary because she is so unstable and predictable.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Horror_fiction_awards
http://www.mania.com/top-20-greatest-horror-writers-alltime_article_113153.html
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