A CHILLING CHILDREN’S BOOK. Perhaps I’ve mentioned this before, but here I go again: One of the most captivating books I’ve read recently has been Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart, which examines what happens when fictional characters (including demonic villains) are brought into the world. The book is translated from the German in such a manner that it reads like a 200 year old tale translated perhaps a century ago — and somehow that’s just right for Funke’s sometimes charming, sometimes creepy bibliophilic story. And now Inkheart’s sequel, Inkspell, is out. It’s apparently the middle volume of a planned trilogy.

What books have chilled your spine?