Folk Horror Book Recommendations

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Hello, welcome to my channel Bibbidi Bobbidi Books. My name is Ellie and in this video I list 10 fantastic sounding folk horror books.
Folk horror is sub genre that I am interested to explore more of and I'm excited to work my way through this TBR. If you have any further recommendations, please drop them in the comments section below and add to the list!
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@happyhauntslibrary Месяц назад

Yay! This video is so timely. I am just entering my folk horror era after watching Midsommar 😂

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Folk horror is so much fun! I'm fairly new to the genre as well and loving it so far 😄

@reedmorebooks Месяц назад

I'm not sure if this counts as folk horror, as I don't know if the folk lore in it is based on real world folk lore or purely fictional, but, I recently read The Butcher of the Forest and quite enjoyed it. It's a short read, but the author really capitalized on the pages. Very atmospheric, isolated and surreal.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

"The Butcher of the Forest" certainly sounds like a folk horror title! Thanks for the recommendation. I'm often on the look out for short books to break up my reading, so this is perfect!

@rachelny5209 Месяц назад

The only folk horror I've read is Slewfoot by Brom. I recommend it!

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Ohh I have that one on my shelves. Planning to pick it up in spooky season, so excited!🧙‍♀️

@mimirudollfie3532 10 дней назад

Slewfoot was a great read for the spooky season.

@grrlxgerms Месяц назад

"bibbidi bobbidi books" is such a great name omg

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Thank you so much 📚💫

@robertchamberlain3481 Месяц назад

Thank you for the list. As a Thomas Tryon fan (and because I am old), I read "Harvest Home" when it appeared in 1973; I had not previously thought of "Harvest Home" as folk horror, but, by your definitions, it is. There was also in 1978 a television miniseries version of the novel, "The Dark Secret of Harvest Home," that I recall being quite faithful to the book. The whole miniseries is apparently available on RU-vid. (Thomas Tryon was an interesting person. He had been an actor of some note prior to turning to writing. He had some major roles in large budget films, such as "The Cardinal," but horror fans likely remember him as the star of "I Married a Monster from Outer Space," a film better than its title.) Prior to Adam Nevill's "The Ritual" was David Pinner's "Ritual" (1967), the book that inspired "The Wicker Man" (1973 and, presumably, the American remake in 2008). About a year ago, I accidentally ran across the movie "Eye of the Devil" (1966), which has a truly amazing cast and which is based on the novel "Day of the Arrow" (1964) by Robin Estridge writing as Philip Loraine. Both novel and film are definitely folk horror. In fact, I would go so far as to say one could make the case that "Day of the Arrow" at least inspired "Ritual." Finally, Clive Barker's short story/novella "Rawhead Rex" is probably the best compact example of folk horror I have run across. The story appears in Volume Three of Clive Barker's "Books of Blood" (1984 in the United States). There was a British film version, "Rawhead Rex" (1986), that I did not find nearly so good as the story. But the film is available on Blu-Ray (Region B/2, so not in the Americas) and via streaming on Amazon.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello, thank you so much for leaving such a thoughtful comment. It will be fun to read "Havest Home" and then watch the TV series afterwards. I had no idea Thomas Tyron was an actor. I will add "I Married a Monster from Outerspace" to my "must watch" list. Would you recommend David Pinner's "Ritual" over Adam Nevil's later version? Or perhaps it would be best to start with "Day of the Arrow" as that was the origional inspiration for the story. I do enjoy horror novellas, they are perfect for breaking you out of a reading slump and act as a good pallet cleanse between other, more chunky, books. So, thank you for recommending "Rawhead Rex" - I will add it to my wishlist. Thanks again for taking time to watch and comment on my video.

@robertchamberlain3481 Месяц назад

@@bibbidibobbidibooks Unfortunately, I have not read Adam Nevil's "Ritual," but I have seen the movie. I do notice that Nevil's book is available as an e-book for check out at my local public library, so I may be reading it shortly (in spite of having much else to read). I think it is primarily David Pinner who asserted that his novel "Ritual" is the source for "The Wicker Man." Both are folk horror, but the chief similarity between the novel and film involves the devoutly Christian English police officer who investigates what appears to be a ritualistic murder of a young girl in a remote Cornish village and is taken aback by apparently pagan practices. Otherwise, the film and the novel are quite different. In contrast, the film "Eye of the Devil" is definitely based on the book "Day of the Arrow," and I actually enjoyed "Day of the Arrow" more than I enjoyed David Pinner's "Ritual." Such is only my opinion. Of course, the original "Wicker Man" is better than everything else by quite some distance. As I was reviewing information online about "The Wicker Man," I discovered that Anthony Shaffer, who wrote the screenplay for the original movie ( and who wrote some other fine screenplays as well as the play and screenplay for the movie "Sleuth," an extremely fun film and play--the 1972 film and most definitely NOT the 2007 remake) had also written a film treatment for a sequel to "The Wicker Man" titled "The Loathsome Lambton Worm." This film was never made. But, in 2020, a group of fans got together and created an audio drama treatment of "The Loathsome Lambton Worm." This audio drama is available as a podcast on SoundCloud, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts; I downloaded it from RU-vid. I have not yet listened to it, but I love audio dramas and audio books so I will listen to it soon. The Lambton Worm reminds me of the d'Ampton Worm, the snake worshipped in Ken Russell's film "The Lair of the White Worm" (1988). That film has to be a folk horror, and quite a wild example of folk horror. The film is loosely (very loosely) based on Bram Stoker's novel "The Lair of the White Worm" (1911), which I suppose may also be considered folk horror, but it has been so long since I read that novel that I really don't remember much about it. It is just my opinion, but Stoker really had only one great novel in him, and "The Lair of the White Worm" is not that novel. There is also another film, "The Wicker Tree" (2011) that is supposed to be a sort of sequel to "The Wicker Man," but I have not seen it. So yes, my recommendation is to read "Day of the Arrow"; I think you'll like it. There is an interesting discussion of the book and the film at : "It’s Not Always Good to be King: The Folk Horror of Philip Loraine’s Day of the Arrow" by James J. O'Meara. But there are some spoilers in that article. There really is too much to read and see for one lifetime, isn't there?

@natalieanagnos5747 Месяц назад

Harvest Home is a classic! The tv movie was creepy as well. Bette Davis was perfectly cast❤

@gailgilchrist5421 Месяц назад

I am gratified to see that there is someone besides myself and my husband who is familiar with The Lair of the White Worm. I actually saw the film upon its theatrical release back in the 80's. Although not really folk horror, another standout film from that decade is Ken Russell's Gothic, an imagining of the creation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein that had an excellent cast.

@violetsinspring5863 Месяц назад

Love both the book and the movie Harvest Home!

@rhysnayna8048 11 дней назад

Thanks for this! I have recently discovered a love of the folk/mythology horror sub-genres and this list is perfect!

@bibbidibobbidibooks 11 дней назад

You're welcome. I'm glad you found this video useful. There are lots of recommendations in the comments too! 😊

@hisshissboom Месяц назад

You should read "The Beauty" by Aliya Whiteley and "The Trees" by Ali Shaw if you like your folk horror to have a little more of a nature-taking-over-and killing-people vibe. "Damnable Tales - A Folk Horror Anthology" is wonderful if you enjoy short stories - there are some very creepy and strange stories in there.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello 😊 Thanks for the recommendations. I do enjoy joy the nature-taking-over trope in horror! I'm not usually a fan of short stories but a few people have recommended me that horror anthology, so I think I'll have to give it a try!

@kair8243 Месяц назад

Some Native- American folk horror for you, Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell and The only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones are some of my favorites

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Thanks for the recommendations 😊 I've been meaning to pick up "The Only Good Indians" for a while!

@bibby9000 28 дней назад

Winterset Hollow is a great book! It’s a different take on folk horror. It’s stuck with me unlike anything else I’ve read in a long time.

@bibbidibobbidibooks 27 дней назад

Thank you for the recommendation! "A different take on folk horror" has me intrigued 👀

@mojavedesertcrone8919 26 дней назад

Harvest Home is one of my favorite books. I read it back in the 1970's and am almost done rereading it. It was also a mini series on tv in the 1970's. I think you will really enjoy it. Harvest Home and The Wickerman, the original movie with Christopher Lee and Ed Woodward, started my love of folk horror.

@bibbidibobbidibooks 25 дней назад

Thank you for your comment. I'm glad to hear that "Harvest Home" is one of your favorite books! That makes me even more excited to pick it up. I may have to give the series a watch after I've read the story. A few people have mentioned "The Wickerman" to me, I'll add that to my "must watch" list 😊

@adriennelee26 Месяц назад

Folk horror is one of my favorite subgenres, and Starve Acre is excellent. I would also recommend Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

I actually read Wylding Hall this month and loved it! Great recommendation.

@brainiac138 Месяц назад

The Wild Hunt by Emma Seckel is a great book that takes place on an island off the coast of Scotland where every October they’re invaded by flocks and flocks of crows. During one of their autumn rituals a boy goes missing and that sets off the story. The Dark Between the Trees by Fiona Barnett is a fun book about a mysterious forest, a missing regiment during the English Civil War, and present day historians setting out to find out what happened. Needless to say, nothing goes to plan.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello, thank you for the recommendation. Those both sound fantastic. I love books set in Scotland, so will definitely add "The Wild Hunt" to my TBR! Thanks again 📚❤

@mishmishstudio Месяц назад

Thanks for the recommendations. Just ordered The Wild Hunt.

@kirstyfairly4371 Месяц назад

Great list. I've read both the Adam Nevill books that you mentioned (Cunning Folk & The Ritual), both great books. Adam Nevill's becoming one of my favourite horror writers. I'd highly recommend his novel No One Gets Out Alive, as it's one of the scariest books I've ever read.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello, thank you for watching and commenting 🥰 I am really excited to read Adam Nevill's works. His books sound fantastic. Ohh "No One Gets Out Alive" wasn't on my radar before, so thanks for suggesting it. If it's one of the scariest books you've ever read, I need to add it to my TBR!! 😄📚❤

@kirstyfairly4371 Месяц назад

@@bibbidibobbidibooks -You're very welcome.

@lupilotty9317 Месяц назад

These all sound brilliant. I've had The Ritual on my tbr for 2 years. Im excited to pick it up now. I would like to recommend The Magic Cottage by James Herbert. I loved the creepy cult vibes in that one.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello, thanks for watching and commenting. I will look it "The Magic Cottage", creepy-culty vibes is my jam at the moment haha.

@cady3401 28 дней назад

I'm so glad to have had this recommended to me!! I'm also on a journey to find more within in this genre. I love T Kingfisher, but the Twisted Ones is probably my least favorite by that author (the bar is high) and I would absolutely recommend everything else in their backlist! Nettle & Bone, What Moves the Dead, and The Hollow Ones are all so fantastic. I'd also say Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid and The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins could be added to the list. Thank you for the recommendations, lots of new things here for me to try :)

@bibbidibobbidibooks 27 дней назад

Hello, thanks for watching and commenting. I love T Kingfisher as well and have enjoyed all those books you mentioned of hers. I really need to get to her most recent one- which I think is "Thornhedge" "Juniper and Thorn" sounds fantastic. I also really enjoy dark fairytale stories, and that sounds like it fits the bill! I've actually got "The Library at Mount Char" on my shelves and am planning to pick it up in Autumn. It sounds like we have similar reading taste! 📚🥰

@lnmas2301 Месяц назад

Good recs ty! The Bog by Michael Talbot is another one imo Also, the film The Village by M. Night Shyamalan is really good

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Thanks for watching and commenting! I will look up your recommendations 😊

@DisquietandDragons-lh3zm Месяц назад

Hey Ellie, what a great video, I love folk horror. Some more you might like to add to your tbr In the Night Wood - Dale Bailey The Coffin Path - Katherine Clements The Man in the Field - James Cooper Little Eve - Catriona Ward The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen The Hidden People - Alison Littlewood The Loney - Andrew Michael Hurley The Only Good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones Hex - Thomas Olde Heuvelt Mist Over Pendle - Robert Neill The Tangle - Justin Robertson The Fiends in the Furrows - Anthology Slewfoot - Brom Old Country - Matt & Harrison Query The Blood on Satan's Claw or, The Devil's Skin - Robert Wynne Simmons This might be controversial but I always considered Pet Semetary by Stephen King to be folk horror. The Burning Girls by CJ Tudor has some folk horror elements but has some other genres mixed in.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hi John, I'm excited to read more folk horror! Thank you so much for all the recommendations. I'll add them to my ever growing wish list haha. I'm actually planning to read Pet Cemetery later in the year because I'm keen to try more from Stephen King and I remember you recommending that one as a good place to start 😄

@DisquietandDragons-lh3zm Месяц назад

@bibbidibobbidibooks I'm currently re-reading a lot of Stephen Kings books, let me know if you want to do a spooky season buddy read of Pet Sematary.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

@@DisquietandDragons-lh3zm I'd love that! Let's pencil it in for Autumn 🍂

@schimmelreiterin9937 Месяц назад

Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones! It's set in a reservation and is as folk-horrory as it gets, I highly recommend it

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello 😊 Thanks for the recommendation! I'll look it up 📚

@CliffsDarkGems Месяц назад

Great list! Cunning Folk is on my tbr and sounds very spooky. Harvest Home is a book I really want to read. I own The Ritual and am looking forward to read it this year. I highly recommend The Haar by David Sodergren, a terrifying folk horror tale. I have heard that Maggie's Grave by the same author is also excellent.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Thank you 😊 I'm looking forward to picking some of these up myself. Oh yes, I read the Haar last year and loved it!! It has such an interesting, morraly grey protagonist.

@CliffsDarkGems Месяц назад

@@bibbidibobbidibooks The old woman protagonist is one of my favorite female characters in fiction, just so tough!

@barbarafisher4915 Месяц назад

Both The Watchers and Cunning Folk are fabulous. I love both of them but Cunning Folk is slightly better. . Harvest Home by Thomas Tyron is an oldie but goodie. Published in 1973, I remember all the women in my family--Mom, Gram, aunts and older teen early 20's cousins reading it, and furtively talking about it. But they were careful with the copies they traded around of it, and hid it from me because I was a crazy avid reader, and would pick up their books and read them. For years, I forgot about the book until I started reading folk horror when I had covid. So I got a copy on my kindle and as I read it, I had to laugh---because it's pretty tame. I wasn't quite sure why they were so secretive about it--until my husband said, "They could smell the Witch on you, and knew you'd think that the goings on in the book were just fine." (This made me laugh, of course, because I don't really think the goings on were just fine--clearly they are morally bad, but it was nothing that shocked me.) "Them Old Ways Never Died" by Joshua Cutchin counts as folk horror in my mind. For transparency's sake I worked as an editor on the book so one could say I'm biased--but I've read it three times because I was an editor, so I think I can fairly say it is engaging and creepy and full of folklore. And is set in rural Ireland, North Carolina and Georgia. "Starling House" by Alix Harrow is another book set in the rural American South--and it is fantastic. Big creepy house, woods overgrown with kudzu, orphans. It's got lots of the tropes of folk horror but subverts them and delivers a really great story. "The Revelator" by Daryl Gregory is probably the strangest folk horror book I've ever read. Like the first two books I suggest, iit s set in Appalachia, which is home to the oldest mountains in the world. Older than bones, they say. This involves an orphan sent to live with Grandma in her house on the edge of the woods and a creepy locked church. It's really odd with a creeping sense of menace. Really unusual, a little bit Lovecraftian and a whole lot of "Oh, no....I should put this down, but I can't. I want to know what happens next."

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment. Your recommendations all sound fantastic. I actually read Revelator last year and loved it - that book made it onto my "top 10" list for 2023. It was very bizarre, almost cosmic horror with its themes, but so entertaining! ❤📚

@UseOfWeapons 28 дней назад

A few suggestions. Hopefully something you've not spotted that piques your interest. Mythago Wood - Robert Holdstock Fellstones - Ramsey Campbell In The Night Wood - Dale Bailey Wakenhyrst - Michelle Paver Some Kind of Fairy Tale - Graham Joyce The Tooth Fairy - Graham Joyce

@bibbidibobbidibooks 28 дней назад

Hello 😊 Thank you so much for the recommendations. There are some interesting titles there, I will look them up!

@the_creepy_geek Месяц назад

So many great sounding books and I have SO many of these just sat on my shelf!! Need to get on them! 💜

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Let me know if you want to buddy read any of them 😊🧡

@Insectus666 Месяц назад

I’d also recommend Wilder Girls and Burn Our Bodies Down, both by Rory Power. They’re more folk horror in setting rather than being based off of actual folklore, but they’re what got me into the genre. Wilder Girls is about a group of girls in a boarding school who are quarantined on an island because of an unknown disease that they’ve been infected with, it’s more gorey than most stuff in the genre but if you’re okay with that it’s amazing. Burn Our Bodies Down is about a girl who goes to visit estranged family in a small town and starts to investigate a fire on the family farm; it’s definitely weaker than Wilder Girls but I still had a good time reading it. I’d also recommend these if you’re looking for sapphic representation, both books have sapphic protagonists, though neither of them really focus romance.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello, thanks for the great recommendations. Wilder Girls sounds awesome! Also, yes, always love seeing sapphic representation! I will definitely check these out ❤

@veroreadviews 25 дней назад

You should read slewfoot, it is AMAZING!

@bibbidibobbidibooks 24 дня назад

I have "Slewfoot" on my shelves! Planning to pick it up this spooky season 🧙‍♀️

@asenathj3488 28 дней назад

Just what I was looking for! Recently read Slewfoot and I’ve been looking for stories with a similar vibe for a nighttime read.

@bibbidibobbidibooks 27 дней назад

Ooh I have "Slewfoot" on my shelves. Planning to pick it up in spooky season, can't wait!

@clancyconnolly495 Месяц назад

Hi there! Excellent list- I am in the depth of my folklore horror era right now, the seasons changing is the perfect time for it! I haven't read these yet but I'd recommend Lute and Knock Knock Open Wide! :)

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello, thanks for watching and commenting. Folk horror is such a fun genre. I will look up your recommendations, thank you! 📚❤

@literarylove123 Месяц назад

I love folk horror, too. I recently ordered Lost in the Garden based on Willow Talks Books' recommendation. I loved Adam Nevill's The Ritual and The Reddening, and I have Cunning Folk on my Kindle. I enjoyed The Twisted Ones and The Watchers. I'm currently reading Gemma Amor's folk horror book White Pines and enjoying it so far. I've added the other books in your list to my TBR. Great video!

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Thank you for watching and commenting 😊 I'm so excited to read Lost in The Garden. I think I'll pick it up next month! Hopefully it will live up to my expectations. Ooh I will have to check out "White Pines" I'm always looking for more folk horror recommendations - especially if they are written by women. Thank you ❤

@Meghan_Moon Месяц назад

just stumbled across your channel, Folk Horror is my all time favorite sub genre!

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting. I'm new to folk horror but am loving it so far! Looking forward to reading more from that genre! 📚❤

@folkhorrororegon 10 дней назад

Valley Versus Vision: Folk Horror of the Willamette Valley is an incredibly dark new folk horror book!

@bibbidibobbidibooks 9 дней назад

Thank you for the recommendation!

@heatheryancey6536 Месяц назад

Great video. I love Old Country and A History of Wild Places.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Thank you for watching and commenting 🥰 I will check out your recommendations!

@mishmishstudio Месяц назад

What a great video! Thanks for the recommendations. Just ordered Lost in the Garden and Harvest Home, as well as, The Wild Hunt (that someone recommended in the comments). For Fear of Little Men by John Blackburn is a folk horror book that was highly recommended to me. It's on my shelf but haven't read it yet.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello 😊 Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy the books. I recently started "Lost in the Garden" and have to say it's nothing like what I was expecting. It reads more literary / dystopian / paranormal. But I'm intrigued to find out how the story unfolds. Thanks for the recommendation, I will look that one up! You can never have too many folk horror books on your shelves haha 😄

@mishmishstudio 27 дней назад

@@bibbidibobbidibooks Your description of "Lost in the Garden" still sounds good to me. I love a good depressing dystopian story 😂 (actually, re-reading "The Handmaid's Tale" right now). Also, always am up for a paranormal one. Looking forward to your thoughts on it.

@libertylady4041 Месяц назад

Loved Harvest Home and look forward to reading the others - thanks for great suggestions

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Thanks for watching and commenting 🥰 I'm excited to pick up Harvest Home!

@JayDee-Plantnosher Месяц назад

Love the intro!

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Thank you! 🐈‍⬛🐈📚

@lbali2896 Месяц назад

I loved The Twisted ones!! It's so original.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

It is a fun book. I love how T Kingfisher includes a bit of humor in her horror books, and her characters are always so great! Thanks for watching and commenting 🥰

@Roxywilde82 Месяц назад

I'm currently reading Slewfoot by Brom. It sounds like something that may fit into this theme.

@TillIGetToYou Месяц назад

Brom in general i feel like covers this

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

I actually have "Slewfoot" on my shelves, planning to pick it up for spooky season. I've read "Krampus" (loved it) and "The Child Theif" (not so much) by Brom. Looking forward to working my way through more of his books! Thanks for watching and commenting 🥰

@HighStrangeDrifter Месяц назад

The film adaptation of “The Watchers” comes out this summer in June, starring Dakota Fanning. Maybe move that one up to the top of the list…so you won’t be dodging spoilers.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Ohh I didn't realise there was a film adaptation coming out. I will definitely bump "The Watchers" up on my TBR list! How exciting 😄

@darrylhughes7797 Месяц назад

Check out Adam Neville's "The Reddening", "The Creeper" by AM Shine, and a new one called "The WeeJee Man" by NP Cunniffe. Adam Neville's books all have great covers and "The Reddening" is the best one of them all. Creepy stuff.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello, thank you so much for the recommendations. I will look them up! Adam Neville has so many amazing titles, I'm excited to read more of his work. Thanks again 😊

@millymollymrst3537 Месяц назад

Hi Ellie, what a great video. I've read Adam Neville, great books also twisted things. I've heard that the watchers, pine and Jackal are very good. Have you read James Herbert's Magic cottage? Very folk horror.😊

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello 😊 Thank you, we read a lot of the same books. You clearly have fantastic reading taste haha. No, I haven't read Magic Cottage, but it sounds like my kind of book! I'll add it to the TBR 😄❤

@TonyMcGreal Месяц назад

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@Maude_T 29 дней назад

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@bibbidibobbidibooks 29 дней назад

I recently started "Lost in the Garden" and it's not what I was expecting at all. It's a sort of post-apocalyptic tale with paranormal elements. Very surreal and unlike anything I've read before. I'll have to read a bit further to decide whether it's a hit or miss for me!

@natalieanagnos5747 Месяц назад

Another excellent read is Bethany’s Sin by Robert McCammon ❤

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Thank you, I'll look it up!

@mariamoody1027 Месяц назад

I still need to read Stephen King Fairy Tale. Great recommendations. ❤

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Same! I have that one sitting on my shelves as well 🙈 Thanks so much for watching and commenting 🥰 I hope you are well ❤

@lbali2896 Месяц назад

Have you ever read The Last House on Needless street? Also Little Eve. They're both by Catriona Ward, they're definitely worth reading.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

I haven't read either of those books, Thanks for the recommendations. I'll look them up! 😊

@noracula1904 Месяц назад

Hallo i love the books “old coundry” by Matt query and Harrison Query and “harvest home” by Thomas Tryon. Much greetings from Germany 😊

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hi 😊 Thank you so much for watching and commenting. I will have to look up "Old Country", thanks for the recommendation.

@mollyanna000 Месяц назад

this is exactly what i’ve been looking for! thank you ❤ recommendations for folk horror so often end up leaning towards fantasy, so i’m loving these more realistic rural stories, really brings the spookiness home!

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello 😊 I'm glad you found this video useful. I also struggled to find realistic folk horror recommendations, which is why I wanted to make this video! I will say, I've just started "Lost in the Garden" and it's not what I was excepting at all. It reads more literary / paranormal. But the others on this list all fit the vibe well. Thanks for watching and commenting ❤

@christine7956 Месяц назад

Pine is a great Halloween read. I enjoyed Devil's Day but The Loney is even better.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

I am going to save Pine for Halloween 🎃 Good to know! I will add "The Lonely" to my list. Thanks for the recommendation 😊

@rebecca.reader Месяц назад

Great video. Have you read Alan Garner? I would say his books fit into this category. Whilst most of his books are children's books, they are definitely suitable for adults, and creepy too. I really recommend The Owl Service...but all of his books are worth checking out. His most recent book Treacle Walker is for adults and I really loved it, but it is incredibly weird and plays a lot with language.....so maybe check out some of his other books first.

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello 😊 Thank you so much. No, I haven't read Alan Gardener. I'll check out their works! I do enjoy reading children's stories every now and again to break up my reading, especially if they are creepy! Thanks for the recommendation ❤

@abigailowen4321 Месяц назад

have you read dead eleven by jimmy juliano? i *think* it’d fit in this category based on some of the other books you described. the story is set primarily in this tiny isolated island community that is seemingly stuck in the past. very culty vibes. missing persons. some made up folk lore elements that heavily affect the story… not sure if it’s quite it but definitely an interesting read!

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello, thank you for the recommendation. I haven't read that one but it sounds really interesting! I'll look it up 😄📚❤

@jamieserrano827 Месяц назад

There was an American horror book that I think qualifies as folklore called old country by Matt and Harrison Query

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll look it up! ❤

@Shugerbuger Месяц назад

Slewfoot by Brom is good

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

I have that one on my shelf! Planning to read it this spooky season 😄

@gamineglass Месяц назад

I recently discovered a classic folk horror movie, in case you don’t know it: The Wicker Man. Don’t read anything about it, just watch it

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Hello, ohh thank you for the recommendation. I'll try and stay clear of spoilers!

@williamerickson520 Месяц назад

Anybody else notice the number of Adams on this list? What's that about? 🤣

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Oh yeah! Haha I didn't notice until you pointed it out!

@robertrodriguez8665 Месяц назад

Damnable Tales Folk Horror anthology

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Thanks for the recommendation 😊

@SplashyCannonBall Месяц назад

Do you two work? Or homestead?

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

I work full time in the NHS as an Occupational Therapist 💚

@SplashyCannonBall Месяц назад

@@bibbidibobbidibooks you two seem like homesteaders. Folkish folk.

@stjohntownsend3019 Месяц назад

How on earth can you recommend something that you haven’t read ?

@bibbidibobbidibooks Месяц назад

Haha that's a fair point! I suppose it's not recommendations as such, more like suggestions/ideas for books in this genre. I only made this video because I'd been looking online for more Folk Horror books for myself, so I thought I might as well share the ones I'd found for anyone else who might be looking too. So you're absolutely right, I shouldn't really call them recommendations, since I haven't read them yet. More like suggestions or ideas for this genre. Hopefully it does that job anyway 🙂

@almatoledo1608 19 дней назад

Thanks everyone for so many other suggestions!🎉

@ritamurray5114 15 дней назад

The twisted ones is not folk. It is not horror. And it is not good. Any atmosphere the author could have created is obliterated by the constant,inane,juvenile "wit". Truly one of the worst written novels I've ever read. The "author" is no doubt laughing all the way to the bank. Read the source material she pilfered, Arthur Machen's White People, instead. Or the more contemporary Starve Acre whose author can actually write.

@bibbidibobbidibooks 15 дней назад

Hello, thanks for your comment and recommendations. I'm sorry to hear you didn't enjoy "The Twisted Ones". It's not my favorite T Kingfisher novel but I do actually quite like how she includes a bit of humor in her stories. I'm fairly new to the horror genre, and folk horror subgenre, so I'm looking forward to reading more and figuring out what works for my reading taste.