Bird Box by Josh Malerman

Wow. I just finished reading Josh Malerman's novel Bird Box last night. It was the best horror book I've read in a long time. A nominee for the 2014 Shirley Jackson Awards, it's the kind of book you want to stop reading because you're getting too anxious and frightened, yet you can't do that because you need to know what happens.  I stopped reading for about an hour at the last ten pages because I didn't want it to end. It's that good.

Here's the Good Reads synopsis:

Something is out there, something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse of it, and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from.

Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remains, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in an abandoned house near the river, she has dreamed of fleeing to a place where they might be safe. Now that the boy and girl are four, it's time to go, but the journey ahead will be terrifying: twenty miles downriver in a rowboat--blindfolded--with nothing to rely on but her wits and the children’s trained ears. One wrong choice and they will die. Something is following them all the while, but is it man, animal, or monster?

This book is fast-paced and keeps you on edge the entire time. And, just in case, I think I'll close with a few eye masks from Etsy. They may not save you, but they're so fashionable you might not care. 

Sleep Forever Skull Mask by AppendageAccessories

Bat Sleep Mask by AppendageAccessories

Sugar Skull Eye Sleep Mask by theBodyBags

Satin Cat Sleep Mask by JuliaWine