my favorite book in EVERY horror sub-genre 💀 || survival, supernatural, frankenstein inspired & more 

I'd love to see aquatic horror, Arctic/blizzard horror, anthologies/short story collections, and forest/outdoor horror in a future video 🖤. Apropos of nothing, but I know you love litfic that has darker elements and I just read a fantastic debut novella that no one is talking about called Bear Season. I highly recommend it if you get a chance to pick it up.

older vintage horror books are the best books to read. 🤘

Apocalyptic stories - Swan Song and The Stand are two of my favorites

Night Worms did an Addiction Horror-themed package a few years ago. The books in it were The Green Kangaroos, All Smoke Rises (which I read and thought was really good), and Lullabies for Suffering (short story collection), if you're interested!🖤

Adam Nevill is amazing I highly Recommend his book House of small shadows it was soo good 👍🏻

Please continue this series!!! I definitely want to get into reading horror genre books once I stop being a chicken lol because I love me some classic horror movies like Nightmare on Elm Street. 😅

How do you always look so stunning? So many of my favorites were listed in this video 💜💜 I've only read 2 Rachel Harrison books so far, but both were about female relationships (with ourselves, and other women) with a sprinkle of horror elements. I love how she weaves those together.

The Vessel sounds like it would give me nightmares. *adds to cart* Everything you said about My Best Friends Exorcism 🙏 8:23 oh tea that's good to know I never heard that about this book Scream meets The Shining??? Literally say less I'm so here for this series! 🖤

Thank you. I haven't read Our Hideous Progeny so I’m going to check that out. If you haven't read Orpheus Builds a Girl by Heather Parry, I hugely recommend that to quench your Frankenstein-inspired thirst. Loved it so much.

This lighting!!! 🙌🙌 I cannot think of possession without thinking of a head full of ghosts. THE possession story for me. I loved this video, so informative and such great recs. I know youre not a huge fan, but id love to see if you have a cosmic horror fave 👀

If u want another slasher, I’d highly recommend clown in a cornfield 1 & 2 if u haven’t read it. It was pitched to me as “if u like scream, u will like this’ and it’s camp but it’s great imo. Great video!🖤

Great video idea! I love so many of the books you mentioned, and I've added some new books to my TBR, too. I absolutely LOVED Our Hideous Progeny. It doesn't get enough recognition. I'm so excited to see it made your list of favorites🖤

I really need to read the vessel it sounds like it actually has a lot of tropes I enjoy!

Some subgenres I reccomend are vampires, comedy, gothic, alien, creepy kids (if that counts), and maybe witchcraft?

doctor sleep is the 2nd book to the shinning

Haunted house - September House is a recent favorite for me

Splatterpunk is definitely mostly body horror (and gross-out factor) so much so, that I was initially confused as to why you combined it with survival, but I definitely understand lol

hella good recommendations!! idk if you've read vicious by v.e. schwab, but that's my favorite frankenstein retelling. not a direct retelling but pulls on a lot of the same elements! also heard frankenstein in baghdad was another great one!

I recently read Bless your Heart by Lindy Ryan and it felt like a cozy horror for sure though it still has a good amount of gore and intense scenes. I think what made it feel so cozy was the setting and the strong family bonds. Would highly recommend it!

Love your explanation why these books are awesome! Subbed

Darcy Coats is definitely my cosy horror go to. Her book Dead of Winter is one of the best ones I’ve read. Highly recommend it!

I love the idea of a Frankenstein sub-genre 🤗 definitely adding that rec to my tbr. There’s a book called The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein that I thought was more litfic, but just looked it up again and its horror 🖤🖤🖤 and a sub genre I would like to read more from is ocean/sea/water 🖤 With supernatural I think vampires, witches, magic powers, etc. With paranormal I think ghosts, demons/angels, haunted houses. But idk for sure if that’s the “right” way 🤔 A ya horror I loved is This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers. It’s in the zombies, apocalyptic, survival area, I’m afraid to reread it bc what if I don’t like it as much now that I’m older

Yesss!! So many awesome recs here!! I love Curse of The Reaper!! I really need to check out Our Hideous Prodigy 🖤🖤🖤🖤

You need to check out philip fracassi . Hi from Belgium

Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon is a fantastic post apocalyptic book.

I love this video idea! Have you read Boys in the Valley? It’s a possession horror that I read a couple months ago and absolutely loved. (Definitely save it for winter if you haven’t read it yet though 😊) That book made me FEEL THINGS 🖤

I haven't explored much horror novels yet, though I consume other horror media, so this is helpful. 🖤

This was so fun to watch! It's always interesting to see other people's journeys with horror, where they're coming from, their starting points and all that. I grew up in the eighties, so of course it was a lot of Stephen King and Clive Barker, but it's been incredible to follow the genre as it's expanded and evolved in the past however many years. I refuse to write the number because it's a long time and I don't like to accept that, ha! I think one of my favorite subgenres, or maybe sub-subgenres is horror that revolves around writers or artists, especially creators who go off to create in a remote/isolated location, and weird, creepy stuff ensues. I guess The Shining (also The Dark Half, sort of) would fall squarely into that, and I'd love to read more! A subgenre that I was SO surprised that actually I enjoy is cozy horror (mostly because there's usually romance, which I don't love) and Rachel Harrison's Cackle was SO GOOD.

that's a great video idea, I'm quite new to horror and think this video will come in handy as soon as I'm ready to commit to the genre

What a great list! Thanks for putting this together, I was able to get some great recommendations! I would highly recommend “The Good House” by Tananarive Due (haunted house), “Come Closer” by Sara Gran or “Goddess of Filth” by V. Castro (possession), “The Ballad of Black Tom” by Victor LaValle (cosmic/occult horror), and “Fantasticland” by Mike Bockoven (found footage/amusement park horror)🤓📚

i loveeeeee this concept! i can’t wait to read the cotton candy massacre this summer

Loved this! A Head full of ghosts is a must read! I still think about that ending 😫 very excited about horror movie next month!! A really good body/survival horror is The Ruins by Scott Smith. I loved it. I was never bored and the pacing was great. 🖤

Great recommendations! *adds everything to tbr*

Omg I love The Troop

not the point but your hair is so so pretty

I really enjoyed this video! Have you read The Hatching by Ezekiel Boone? It would be more creature feature but I think of it as apocalyptic. I thought it was fun.

Hey! You should check out swan song for apocalyptic!

Great video idea!❤

Have you read the Merciless series. It deals with possession

I've read almost all of these and you did such an amazing job talking about them! I feel like a broken record recommending Brother by Ania Ahlborn, but it's a slasher that I loved so much and I can't remember if you've tried it yet or not. The ending is fantastic. We Need to Do Something by Max Booth is one I've been hearing about a lot lately for claustrophobic horror but haven't read yet. I'm trying my first Darcy Coates next month! Going with From Below 🤞 Oh and for splatterpunk I'd look into Kristopher Triana and Judith Sonnet and see what speaks to you because both of those authors are hit or miss for me. 🖤

Other sub-genres I can think of would be horror short story collections, horror poetry (seeing more of these pop up now), feminist horror, good for her horror, motherhood horror, horror about aging, cryptid horror, summer camp horror, ocean/water horror, claustrophobic horror, queer horror, horror about food/hunger, workplace horror

🖤💚 Hi chica, I answered you on Pango

I love Apocalyptic stories one series I'm working through right now is the Black Winter Series by Darcy Coates. The first book is Voices in the Snow and I devoured that book. There are 4 books total in the series

♠️ I can’t find the black heart 🖤 oh there it is lol

So my recommendation for a slasher horror book would have to be "Night of the Prowler" by Jon Athan. I also have a recommendation for a supernatural Ghost story with addiction, and the book is "Ghost Eaters" by Clay McLeod Chapman. If you haven't read Darcy Coates yet, id recommend "Craven Manor"

Great video!

I need to get to Head Full of Ghosts ASAP Idk if you've read Final Girl Support Group but it's def a slasher which I wasn't expecting. SAME w/ Such Sharp Teeth I was like why tf do I want to read about werewolves but it's actually so good lol Another rec honestly idk the subgenre, maybe splatterpunk? Is Gone to See the River Man. WILD

For cryptid horror I’d recommend Laurel Hightower’s Below if you haven’t already read it.

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