Six top books about literal and metaphorical monsters

Seth Grahame-Smith is the author of Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter and, more recently, The Last American Vampire.

For The Week magazine he tagged his six favorite books about literal and metaphorical monsters, including:

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

No book frightened me more as a boy, because it told a chilling truth: Our parents can't protect us from the evils of the world. A haunting, beautiful tale everyone should read while they're young and then reread when they're withered, old, and full of regret.

Read about the other entries on the list.

Something Wicked This Way Comes is one of Adrian Scarborough's six favorite books.

--Marshal Zeringue