My Top 10 Horror Reads of 2022

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The 10 best horror books I read this year:
The Terror by Dan Simmons
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
The Color Out of Space by HP Lovecraft
Blackwater by Michael McDowell
The Dream Quest of Vellitt Bo by Kij Johnson
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Halloween Slaughter by Sergio Gomez
Thor by Wayne Smith
The Omen Series by David Seltzer, Joseph Howard and Gordon McGill
The Cellar by Richard Laymon
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@XX-nm3kv Год назад

I appreciate that you are recommending books that are not published in the last year. I was unaware of THOR before this video, and after reading the reviews, I've now ordered it. There's too many good books which to not get discussed because they are "old" on RU-vid, and I'm always looking for channels which plumb the depths of literature. Keep up the good work Olly.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thank you! I’m much more drawn to older books for some reason. And agree there are so many great ones that just don’t get talked about

@fullwom7 Год назад

I've seen the 1996 movie version Bad Moon but didn't know about the book. Loved the plot but the movie was a bit cheesy lol Can't wait to read the book

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

@@fullwom7 hope you enjoy it!

@floogelhornzzz4770 Год назад

Why don't you try Ghost Story_ or Shadowland_ both by Peter Straub. They are both i

@burnout40k Год назад

One of Dan Simons’ less well known books “The Song of Kali” is a good, creepy horror novel that I highly recommend if you can find a copy.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Yes, I read that one back in the 90s - enjoyed it!

@apolloniusbeitsman5444 Год назад

I heard this book drags a lot

@MriInterocitor Год назад

@@apolloniusbeitsman5444 I found it pretty relentlessly intense.

@burnout40k Год назад

@@apolloniusbeitsman5444 I read it in the 90’s as well, I don’t remember it dragging on though.

@TheLightningScience Год назад

I tried reading the Song of Kali earlier this year but I found it too racist to continue. I'm now reading the Terror and enjoying it quite a bit.

@craigpartain Год назад

Horns is my favorite of Hill's books. His short story collection 20th Century Ghosts is another one I'd highly recommend.

@baxtersmom279 Год назад

I loved”Horns”. Probably one of my very favorite “horror” novels.

@troytradup Год назад

The audiobook has a great, kinda sad narrator -- perfect for the story.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Awesome! Thanks for the recommendation

@scp240 Год назад

First on my list for this year is a short story by Guy de Maupassant, Le Horla, from 1887. In this classic tale, a supernatural being takes over the narrator and causes physical and metal anguish to lead him ultimately to question his sanity, and eventually to lose it. Maupassant was a great writer of short stories and although I prefer some of his work in other genres, he was a pioneer of horror and influenced Lovecraft and many other writers who came later. I read this in the Norton Critical Edition of Maupassant's Selected Works, which contains several other works of the supernatural as well as other tales.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I've only read one of his stories, which I now completely forget the name of, but which was very effective. I should check out more!

@shanewhitley7770 Год назад

Excellent list! As many stated in the comments, it's refreshing to see a list that isn't just a sizzle reel of books published in 2022.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

@jacktorrenc3140 Год назад

Joe Hill's short story collection, 20th Century Ghosts, is one of my favorite ss collections. The first story, Best New Horror, is one of the best I've ever read. The Black Phone, recently made into a movie (excellent), is also in the book.

@paulaj7860 Год назад

I'd recommend Heart Shaped Box from Joe Hill before Horns. They're both good, but I liked the former better.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thanks! I do have that one too!

@eriebeverly Год назад

I knew Thor was going to show up one this list. Michael McDowell is, I think, the only author to really scare me with something supernatural as an adult reader. Marcela Bolivar did a beautiful set of illustrations for a reissue of Blackwater which are well worth an internet search.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Oooh I will look those up, thank you!

@jackiemack3734 Год назад

“A Winter Haunting” by Dan Simmons was one of my favourite reads this year. Also high on my great reads list this year was “The Cabin At The End Of The World” by Paul Tremblay (a very tense & emotional read) and “The Ruins” by Scott Smith. I though his writing was mediocre but the horror elements are spectacular!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Yeah The Ruins is incredibly bleak and horrifying! I need to read both the Tremblay and the Simmons! Sounds like you had a good horror year!

@erinmaggio5620 Год назад

That was about the ending of the world. I loved The Ruins last year. Trying to find movie out there.

@anotherbooktubechannel Год назад

So glad you enjoyed A Head Full of Ghosts! Definitely check out Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay, as well as Cabin at the End of the World. Incredible books

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I definitely will at some point

@Themrjoliveira Год назад

Love love these kind of lists !! Hopefully you’ll make a crime and western as well !!!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Definitely doing a crime one!

@billcann5151 Год назад

“The Terror” remains one of my all time favorite horror novels too. I don’t reread many books, but this may make the list in 2023. The TV series was very good too, but not quite as good as the novel.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Yes agree re the TV series. I thought the casting and acting were superb

@TheBookubus Год назад

Great to hear about your favourites! One of mine ended up being Flowers in the Attic which I read for GarbAugust so thanks for giving me the push to finally pick it up!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Such an enjoyably messed up book. Cheers Alex!

@GardnerGoldsmith Год назад

A great, great list! Thank you!! I just ordered Thor last week! Perfect timing!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thor is SO GOOD! Hope you enjoy it

@igaelvahgelt9890 Год назад

Love love love the terror. Just for this I will read again. Currently reading ghost story by peter straub. Thanks for all the videos I love your channel so many books I haven't heard of.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thank you so much! Really glad you're enjoying the channel

@mikellecallahan516 Год назад

Ghost Story is excellent. One of my favs.

@fiberartsyreads Год назад

Great list Olly! You’ve read some great horror this year. Thor was so good, he’s such a good boy. 🐕

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

He is! 😊

@books-on-a-wire Год назад

I've had the audiobooks of The Omen and Blackwater for awhile now, so looks like those will be my picks for you in my RU-vid Picks My TBR challenge. Such a great list!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Hope you enjoy them!

@teatimewithtraceyandcrew Год назад

Great list out of them all I have on read The Terror the beginning of this year i think. I have read a few others of Dan Simmons too (Children of the Night, A winter haunting and Summer of Night) and loved them all. I will have to check out Druid for sure. Thanks for sharing, i absolutely love your videos you always mention books I haven't heard of...& makes my tbr list so much longer . Lol. ~ Tracey

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thanks so much Tracey! I definitely need to read some more Simmons.

@mindysbookjourney Год назад

I love these kind of end of the year videos. I am reading The Terror right now and it is great. Frankenstein is a favorite of mine. Great list.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

The Terror is so good!

@mattsouter3929 Год назад

Great picks! I need to read the cellar! You should definitely check out Cabin at the end of the world, by Paul Tremblay, fantastic book!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I definitely will! Cheers!

@wadejohnston4305 Год назад

Thanks for the upload brother. I really enjoy this channel

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thanks, Wade!

@myrarucker7953 Год назад

Horns is really good Heart shaped box is really good. It’s about an old rocker dude who collects interesting object d’art and his secretary who finds this interesting old suit on line. Then there’s The Fireman. Boy howdy!! Great writing and story telling is brilliant. Characters are sublime. Joe Hill short stories are really good,too. Read them all. They’re all super!! Cross my heart!! Adios,amigo. ✌🏻🤠

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thanks for the recommendations, Myra! And thanks for being such a regular viewer and commenter, it really is appreciated.

@fullwom7 Год назад

Great List Olly! I've really been enjoying your videos and picked up several good recommendations. My favorite horror this year was Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff. It does have a bit of an fantasy feel as as well but it's definitely worth a look if you can find room on your ever expanding TBR lol Thanks!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thanks Matthew! Yeah I've heard good things about that one!

@KaiTheAssassin Год назад

Great list Olly, i've added some of your recommendations to my kindle library. I recently read "A Head Full of Ghosts" and loved it. One other I have read this year is "Home Before Dark" by Riley Sagar. It is a great haunted house story, very well drawn characters and a thoroughly good story!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thank you! Really glad you found the list useful! Ive heard good things about that Riley Sagar book

@SynsBookNook Год назад

Halloween Slaughter sounds fun. I haven’t read Frankenstein in ages, that’s one I should revisit at some point. I need to read A Head Full of Ghosts, that’s been on my tbr for a while. Great video! ☺️📚

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Cheers Syn! You should definitely read Halloween Slaughter

@BookwormAdventureGirl Год назад

A great list, Olly. I’ve already put The Terror on my TBR because of a prior video of yours. I also have a Paul Tremblay on my shelf that I need to get to. 😊💙

@BigDog366 Год назад

Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay is superb too. Absolutely unique concept, which is pretty rate for a book really.

@BookwormAdventureGirl Год назад

@@BigDog366 Glad to hear. That's the one on my shelf. 😉

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I really do think you'll like The Terror. It's not a million miles away from Lonesome Dove in fact

@BookwormAdventureGirl Год назад

@@CriminOllyBlog Ohhhh, that's interesting.

@euthimiag.5489 Год назад

I have only read the song of Kali by Dan Simmons, ages ago, but I do remember I enjoyed it. I will definitely check out the terror. Thank you! ☺

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

It’s excellent! Simmons has so many great books

@paulcurtis2866 Год назад

Enjoyed the video, Olly. My favourite horror read of 2022 is the novella "What Moves the Dead" by T Kingfisher. It's a fantastic retelling of "The Fall of the House of Usher". Well worth a read.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I've heard great things about that one

@catarinathebookworm Год назад

I just got a second hand copy of the cellar so now I cannot wait to pick that one up!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Enjoy, it’s bonkers!

@rjrocket3757 Год назад

The novel Thor by Wayne Smith is the source material for the 1996 horror movie called Bad Moon.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I need to check that out!

@BigDog366 Год назад

Fantastic vid. I'd not heard of Blackwater, so that's on my kindle now, also the Lovecraft. I'm ashamed to say I've never read a single of his stories/novels, so that novella you rec'd sounded a good start. That's on the kindle too! Thor was already on, so I must get round to reading that one (love dogs). I really enjoyed Head Full of Ghosts too and Terror is one of my favourite books ever (although unlike you I didn't really like the TV adaptation). Have you read Michelle Paver's Dark Matter novella? It's my top horror story ever. Highly recommend it.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thank you! Hope you enjoy Blackwater and the Lovecraft. I have read Dark Matter and really liked it. Paver's books Thin Air is very good too, if you haven't read that

@georgebennett1242 Год назад

Horns is my favourite Joe Hill (I've read all of them). It's more black comedy than out and our horror and it works really well.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Cool! look forward to reading it

@KitsuneCool Год назад

I’m so happy you loved “Thor”! It’s one of my favorite books, I read it every year. ❤

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

It was wonderful!

@nc9726 Год назад

Paul Tremblay’s latest THE PALLBEARER’S CLUB was one of my faves this year, along with THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME by Gabino Iglesias. Both are superb.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I have The Pallbearer's Club to read soon. Have heard great things about The Devil Takes You Home

@richiearkarich Год назад

BLACKWATER!!! Read the entire series couple of years ago, still can't get it out of my head. The ending was heartbreaking.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

It's such a great book!

@morebirdsandroses Год назад

I was lucky enough to be haunting the bookstore monthly for it. You're right about the ending 100%. Really special.

@richiearkarich Год назад

@@morebirdsandroses I haven't read anything of Michael Mcdowell that's bad , till now.

@morebirdsandroses Год назад

@@richiearkarich There just might not be anything bad of his. 😊🎄Glad we agree!

@richiearkarich Год назад

@@morebirdsandroses I'm yet to finish his bibliography so fingers crossed!

@katrinabrown Год назад

Halloween Slaughter was amazing 👏 I've loved every Micheal McDowell I've read this year! Reading Blackwater in 2023 and I'm so excited! Awesome top ten!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

So good! Hope you like Blackwater!

@pandittroublejr Год назад

Thank you...🙏🏾❤️

@Harbottle64 Год назад

Excellent video, Olly. I've been aware of Richard Laymon for years, but never got around to reading any of his works. After your heads up, I found the whole Beast House Chronicles (4 books) on Amazon for 99p for the Kindle. Looked like a good deal to me. I tried reading Paul Tremblay's Disappearance at Devil’s Rock awhile back, but couldn't get into it. A Head Full of Ghosts sounds a lot better.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Ah cool! Hope you enjoy the Cellar!

@Harbottle64 Год назад

@@CriminOllyBlog Thanks mate! 🍻

@cleverkrowbooks13 Год назад

A Head Full of Ghosts was my favorite horror read of the year. It was such an interesting tale. I loved the complexity of the family stress, and how effectively Tremblay wrote from a child's perspective. Solid read.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Yeah, he managed to weave a hell of a lot into quite a short book

@dkropelnicki9819 Год назад

Thor seems something I'd be into. Adding that one to the list. Horns I've read awhile ago now, I remember really enjoying it. Warrants a reread for me. The movie wasn't bad either.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Hope you enjoy Thor! It's pretty great

@Priscilla_Bettis Год назад

It's hard to pick favorites because I like different books for different reasons, but I'll go with Popsicle by Christa Wojciechowski. It's the first cyberpunk horror that I truly enjoyed, fabulous read!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

That looks interesting! Cheers Priscilla

@MJDawson231970 Год назад

I think Blackwater Saga is one of the most underrated books. I always recommend it.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Yeah really great!

@rosannavitale9922 Год назад

Thank you. I, and surely many others, would be very interested in listening to your thoughts on the subtilty/nuance of horror in Salò.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thank you!

@loudrockmusic1 Год назад

A paperback copy of Thor goes for around $300 on Amazon US! Free for Kindle though!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Yeah I went the Kindle route!!!

@badrad9226 Год назад

These are my favorite videos! Yay 😁 but of course all your videos are amazing but when it comes to horror reads ! Ahhhhh I love it !

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thank you so much! 😊😊

@badrad9226 Год назад

@@CriminOllyBlog yes of course. I watched your introvert video I found it very helpful because I can relate so much .

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

@@badrad9226 ah great!

@badrad9226 Год назад

@@CriminOllyBlog 🙂 I have ghost of heads book , I’m so glad you liked it . I need to read it soon .

@markrickert6592 Год назад

Have you tried Nick Curtter? The Deep had a very Clive Barker-esque feel to it. And I hear his The Troop is really good...

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Yes, I've read The Troop and enjoyed it. Have The Deep on my shelves but haven't got to it yet

@BookMaven9 Год назад

Frankestein is my favorite book ever! the terror was unforgettable. Loved those the most.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Both absolutely great. I suspect The Terror will be considered a classic in the future

@BookMaven9 Год назад

@@CriminOllyBlog the terror absolutely should be considered a classic. Couldn’t agree more

@rmss6315 Год назад

I really enjoy watching your channel and I am glad you recommended Thor by Wayne Smith earlier this year. It was so good, I took a chance on an author I had never heard of until your video and bought Nightlife as well. FYI, it was as good if not better than Thor! It starts off with a "bang" & doesn't let up;) Why isn't author Wayne Smith a household name?

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Ah that's great to hear! I haven't read Nightlife yet but will need to check it out!

@josephperkins6625 Год назад

I've read some great horror this year. Tender is the flesh, the ruins, the troop amd head full of ghosts. I'm not even gonna mention the steven king books I have read/reread. I also finally picked up necroscope. Can't wait to read it.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Those are all great books! Hope you enjoy Necroscope!

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff Год назад

Black Water and The terror sound intriguing. I've only read Frankenstein from the books you talk about.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I think you'd really like The Terror

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff Год назад

@@CriminOllyBlog I'm more interested in Drood as I've been working my way through Dickens oeuvre.

@heidifogelberg3544 Год назад

Re: Head Full of Ghosts, which I just finished. In it, Tremblay mentions The Haunting of Hill House, and the author bio notes that he has served as president of the board for the Shirley Jackson Award. Nowhere is We Have Always Lived In the Castle, with its protagonist named Merricat and her tragic family mentioned. They aren't the same story. But man oh man, talk about a book full of ghosts from one title to another ...

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Yeah the similarities really were striking

@troytradup Год назад

Michael K. Vaughan's recent top ten prompted me to look at my own 2022 top ten and I was shocked to find an even split between fiction and nonfiction -- with the top spot going to a graphic novel (Saga). I think my list is trying to tell me something about why I've been so resistant to reading this year: I think I'm reading the wrong stuff! As for your own list: yay, Blackwater finally getting some love in the world again!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Sounds like you are! I need to read Saga!

@Kikilang60 Год назад

Thanks

@ITCamefromthePage Год назад

ONLY 3 of these Olly? I am Milking my top tens for allll of January lol....okay wait I actually think I only have 4. I honestly think you should do a top ten Trashy reads list. I would love to hear your favourite 3 star reads of the year haha. Although I guess with Laymon making this list we already have some bleedover here haha. YES Halloween Slaughter. I need to get to Blackwater soon. I need to get to the Tremblay book as well. The Terror is good stuff.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

A 3 star reads list is a great idea! And I've read so many!

@bigaldoesbooktube1097 Год назад

The Terror sounds excellent. Going straight on the TBR pile that one.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

It's really great

@speedotheguido1014 Год назад

Head Full of Ghosts was sooo good. That scene towards the end almost made me cry 😢 not easy for a book to accomplish

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Yeah it really is brilliantly done

@markrickert6592 Год назад

I started reading this one but put it down. I thought it was too close to the exorcist. But now I feel like maybe I should have stuck with it.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

@@markrickert6592 There are definitely similarities, but it's an interesting modern take

@Ichithix Год назад

Best horror novel I read this year was "The Lesser Dead", it was one of those books I just kept thinking about after I finished.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I've not heard of that one! Will have to look it up

@michellesmelancholia Год назад

Reading Michael McDowell is probably my best reading moment of the year. I can't wait to get to Blackwater! I'm starting to accept I will read The Terror which I've been avoiding because of its length!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

McDowell is great, and so is The Terror! Hope you like it when you do read it

@teatimewithtraceyandcrew Год назад

Oh a horror that come to might first thing in the morning that I resently reas is Devils Creek by Todd Keisling. Really enjoyed it.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Ah I've not read that one!

@morebirdsandroses Год назад

The Terror is one of my favorites. Especially good for the directions it took; a real saga. Must read Drood! Head Full of Ghosts too. It also took that path of "bet you weren't expecting that, like The Terror.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

You should definitely read Drood! It has a very similar feel to The Terror

@morebirdsandroses Год назад

@@CriminOllyBlog That definitely sounds must-read. Ooh!

@lyndaslittlelibrary Год назад

A Head Full of Ghosts and The Terror are two of my all time favourites, love the short story and recent movie adaptation of The Color out of Space as well. I tried reading The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay and didn't like it at all, couldn't even bother finishing it so I don't know where to go with him now. I haven't read Blackwater yet, but can wholeheartedly recommend The Elementals by Michael McDowell.

@kevsplitterskull3209 Год назад

How far did you get in Cabin? I thought it was great. I know there is a moment that can be make or break for a lot of people, just asking if that was the last straw or something else.

@kevsplitterskull3209 Год назад

Every other thing you mentioned are much loved by me, so just curious.

@lyndaslittlelibrary Год назад

@@kevsplitterskull3209 Maybe like a third of the way through? I gave up and read a summary so I know what part you're talking about and it wasn't that. I liked Andrew, Eric and Wen well enough, but I found the antagonists (Leonard was okay, but the others) irritating and felt like the same conversation was being had over and over and just got bored. I thought A Head Full of Ghosts was genuinely scary, but this one I found to be a slog. I thought it was just the audiobook narration, which in my opinion was terrible, but still couldn't get into it when I switched to the physical book.

@morebirdsandroses Год назад

The Elementals! I've read that 4or 5 times and it never gets old. You might like The Amulet of his too. 😱🎄

@lyndaslittlelibrary Год назад

@@morebirdsandroses Haven't gotten to it yet, but it is sitting on my shelf next to Blackwater 😆

@parlabaneisback Год назад

Best horror read for me this year was 'Suckers' by Anne Billson, and I've just finished 'Spirits of the Season: Christmas Hauntings' edited by Tanya Kirk (one of the British Library Tales of the Weird collection) which had some excellent stories.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Suckers is such great fun!

@johnnythepillpopper1974 Год назад

Heart shaped box by JHill is also very good

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Great - I have that one too!

@jean-marieboucherit4518 Год назад

My first and much loved horror book is Swan Song.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

An excellent book!

@jean-marieboucherit4518 Год назад

@@CriminOllyBlog i can hard,y finish it,i’m so scared for the heroes and they’re all dying😱

@rustypatch9543 Год назад

Read Blackwater and loved it and everything by this author. I love Southern Gothic Horror and McDowell was the master of it. He died too young. Read The Terror. Excellent book as well.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Yeah McDowell’s early death was really tragic

@thisbirdhasflown2554 Год назад

Great list! I really enjoyed Marigold by Sara Gran, which is an Audible original podcast, done as a series of interviews by a paranormal researcher with a young woman who has a special relationship with her odd house. I thought it was different and very entertaining, with just the right level of creepiness

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

That sounds very interesting. I hadn't heard of it but might have to check it out!

@johndrayton8728 Год назад

Have you read Last Days by Adam Nevill? It's absolutely fantastic. I keep hoping for a sequel, because the characters are excellent.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I haven't! Not read any Nevill yet but am conscious I need to!

@M-J Год назад

Great list! 👏🏻👏🏻 Happy to see The Cellar (my first Laymon) make the list. 👏🏻👏🏻 What a bonkers ending. There’s the Tremblay again. Man, I need to read that. I have Thor purchased and will get to it soon. What, no love for Moon Dance? 🤭😂 - 📚MJ

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thanks MJ! You do need to read the Tremblay. And Moon Dance nearly made it!

@apolloniusbeitsman5444 Год назад

The Cellar is such good fun

@M-J Год назад

@@CriminOllyBlog Moon Dance for the Top 10 Mediocre Horror Reads of 2022. 🐺💦

@M-J Год назад

@@apolloniusbeitsman5444 bonkers, right? I’m on Book 3 of the series now.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

@@M-J 😂😂

@apolloniusbeitsman5444 Год назад

Have you read Adam Nevill yet? I think he's a really strong writer. Very atmospheric books, dripping with dread and hopelessness.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I haven't yet, but I do have a couple of his on the TBR

@the_eerie_faerie_tales 9 месяцев назад

I'm reading A Head Full of Ghosts right now!

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff Год назад

I didn't read much horror this year, just three books (out of 72 read) of these the best was Crota by Owl GoingBack, a Native American writer with a monster horror, an earthquake in Missouri wakes up an ancient monster the Crota who lives in a cave system in which there is a lost city comparable to Macchu Pichu. The local police are mostly incompetent and need the services of a Native American warden and a very old medicine man to tackle the monster... eerie and intriguing with an impressive body count.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

That does sound good! I think I've read one thing by her, a short story perhaps, but I forget what it was now!

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff Год назад

@@CriminOllyBlog Owl Goingback is a man, his novels (all in the horror genre): Crota (1996) Eagle feathers (1997) The Gift (1997) Shaman Moon (1997) Darker Than Night (1999) Evil Whispers (2001) Breed (2002) Coyote Rage (2019). Crota and Coyote Rage both received Bram Stoker Awards.

@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf Год назад

Haven’t read any of these 😬 but they all sound so good!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

They are, but they're spooooky

@TangibleReads Год назад

Can't go wrong with The Omen. Sergio Gomez has a fun vibe. Reading another book by him this month:The Visitor

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I need to read The Visitor. I read his book The Chaos a while back and liked that. Thanks Courtney!

@Zozette27 Год назад

I think if the supernatural theme were taken out of The Terror it still would have been a very good book. The characters were so well portrayed and the historical novel side of the book was so intriguing that the supernatural aspects became secondary to me. I also love The Terror series. It was very close to the book. The Mr Blanky scene (I think you will know what scene I was talking about) was far more suspenseful in the book than on the screen.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

@@Zozette27I think you're probably right!

@williamwright9446 Год назад

Read The Terror before the series came out...its a slow burn but when it gets going

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Yeah, so good!

@anotherbibliophilereads Год назад

I knew The Terror would be #1. The Song of Kali is another great horror novel. My top horror reads this year are rereads: Frankenstein, Off Season, The Slugs, and The Rats. A surprisingly good book was The Monk by Lewis. Old and dated, but enjoyable.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I need to read The Monk - have read all the rest and loved them

@markrickert6592 Год назад

The terror is indeed fantastic. Simmons' the Drood is equally good.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Yes, both really excellent

@elizabethmcfadden466 Год назад

I am starting The Terror because of your review. I’m nervous. Summer of Night is now one of my favorite books of all time. I dunno if he can top that one.

@morebirdsandroses Год назад

Maybe not a "topper" but I don't think you'll be disappointed. 😊

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I really need to reread Summer of Night

@stumerac Год назад

Thanks for the list, I think I will add Frankenstein, Dream Quest of Vellitt Bo, Head Full of Ghosts, and The Cellar to my tbr. I didn't read much horror this year, but I did read the short story "The Footfalls Within" by Robert E Howard. It was a nice short story where Solomon Kane investigates the haunting of the short route to the next village. It wasn't spetacular, but it was short and well worth reading. In comics I read, "The Me You Love in the Dark." The art is dark and beautiful and the first four issues built a wonderful suspense. It's the story of an artist who rents a house in a small town to get work done, and find she has a supernatural roommate. I didn't really care for the ending, but worth it for the art and suspense. I absolutely loved _Horns_, one of the better things I've read from Joe Hill. Very engaging.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I have a big book of Robert E Howard horror stories I need to get soon!

@kerrymoore5146 Год назад

I’m going to read Halloween Laughter when I’ve finished Drood (may be some time as I’m a painfully slow reader). I just hope it’s better than Camp slaughter, as that book annoyed me on so many levels 😝

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Oh no! Sorry Camp Slaughter didn't work for you!

@lewiscarty5517 Год назад

I had read Shaun Hutson's 'Erebus' this year as you know, and after reading it, I couldn't believe how nasty it was to read, and there were some parts where I felt really sick reading it and other scenes where I had nightmares of having vampires coming out on the streets and attacking people and the scenes with guns firing in a public place and I had trouble sleeping for a while, but at least it wasn't forever.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

It is a pretty extreme book!

@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws Год назад

I read the Omen years ago, all three of those. I feel the same about Richard Laymon it hit or complete miss with me too. Frankenstein is one of my favourites too, he, the creature is sad, its brilliant. I am not a fan of the Chthulu mythos as I just can't find octopuses (octopi) scary. I think the Colur Out of Space is about the only one I liked. I have listened to the audio of Head Full of Ghosts, I don't seem to remember audiobooks the same as physically reading, oh yeah Drood was good and the Terror was great too.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

The Terror really was amazing. I've thought about it so often since reading it

@apolloniusbeitsman5444 Год назад

My favourite horror books of the year: -Some will not sleep by Adam Nevill - Alone with the horrors by Ramsey Campbell -Island & The Cellar by Richard Laymon - Slewfoot by Brom -Trenchmouth by Christine Morgan

@adriennelee9605 Год назад

Alone with the Horrors is a great collection.

@jeannevolpe6058 Год назад

In my opinion, Joe Hill's best book is Heart-Shaped Box. I much prefer it over any of his other books.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I have that one as well

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I keep hearing great things about Slewfoot

@vintagehorrorlibrary Год назад

My Dad read The Cellar by Richard Laymon 20 or so years ago. He hated it. He hated it so much. Now, about 15 years after that he began to read Laymon again. But then he read The Woods are Dark. And now he hates him again. Whenever I mention Laymon my Dad always says “rump” or “breasts” or “dark nipple”. I always laugh at that. And according to Laymon’s family and friends, he was much different than the stuff he wrote about. Great video, Olly!

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Ha! Yeah Laymon is certainly one of a kind. Fortunately lol

@vintagehorrorlibrary Год назад

@@CriminOllyBlog the funny thing is that I am a writer and my dad compares me to Laymon all the time hahaha.

@deadend68 Год назад

TOP 10 HORROR! (read this year) HUNGER - Alma Hatsu THE WATCHERS - A.M. Shine PINE - Francine Toon THE PATH - Richard M. Person BONE WHITE - Ronald Malfi THE APPARITION PHASE - Will Maclean STARVE ACRE - Andrew M. Hurley THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS - Stephen G. Jones BLINDNESS - Saramago THE LAST DAYS OF JACK SPARKS - Jason Arnopp

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Good list! I have a quite a few of those to read

@TheJericho1123 Год назад

Thor was made into the movie Bad Moon; the paperback is very hard to find.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Yeah, I went the kindle route!

@rebeccamann9655 Год назад

I read The Cellar earlier this year, it was the first Richard Laymon book I have read and the first book I have given 1 star rating on Goodreads! I read Summer Of Night by Dan Simmons this year and enjoyed it. I want to read The Terror. The only other book I have read by him is Carrion Comfort, but also have Hyperion on my Kindle. I read The Colour Out of Space recently too and thought it was a very good story. N0S4R2 is my favourite by Joe Hill, I didn't enjoy The Fireman so much either. Thought the story had a lot of potential but it just didn't work for me.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Ha! Yeah The Cellar (and Laymon in general) is definitely an acquired taste!. I read Summer of Night back in the 90s and remember loving it

@rebeccamann9655 Год назад

@@CriminOllyBlog I was thinking it might be because it was his first book and he might have improved! I've had a couple of his books in the Abominable Box, the sequel, The Beast House and After Midnight.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

@@rebeccamann9655 LOL he's really all over the place - he can be fun though

@patlockwood6207 Год назад

I made a note of several books today. I usually don't read books about or including dogs. I do not want to cry. So, is Thor in anyway sad? It sounds so interesting, but I am cautious.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

It’s hard to answer that without leaving a spoiler which everyone can see! Can you email me or something?

@jesserodriguez7680 Год назад

I don't read a lot of horror because I'm a big scaredy-cat, but Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum was a tightly coiled little novella.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I've not heard of that one! Thanks for the recommendation

@williamwright9446 Год назад

I recommend Hunter by James Byron Huggins ..and for sci go Cains Blood..very Boys from Brazil like

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thanks for the recommendations!

@fabiwilliams4644 Год назад

Tropic of night by Michael Gruber is an excellent novel that borders between horror & thriller. It deals with voodoo & a man's quest for immortality through cannibalism. It's written from his wife's perspective as an anthropologists that has studied this religion

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Not heard of that but it sounds really interesting! Thanks for the recommendation!

@christine7956 Год назад

Currently reading The Tenant again. (Roland Topor) Such a messed up book and the movie is very good as well.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

I think I read that years and years ago. I've definitely seen the movie!

@chimneydriptray2439 8 месяцев назад

If you enjoy a good Christmas ghost story …Don’t Play Games With The Builder.. is up there with the classics , just finished reading it and could not put the book down.

@CriminOllyBlog 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the recommendation!

@AlisonAlison Год назад

The Omen 😍

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

So good!

@DDB168 Год назад

Hmmm I may need to raise a point of order here. It sounds to me like Drood should be in this list. More deserving than The Cellar, surely. Hmmm 🤔🤔 My best horro read of the year was probably Warlock 🤭

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Well I kind of included Drood. It is definitely better than The Cellar!

@mahtoliyaplays Год назад

Hlo dear pls recommend me one bear horror book i just started reading book waiting for that first book to read pls suggest me best

@wadejohnston4305 Год назад

I've been wanting to read Thir. The movie is okay but you don't get Thors perspective in the movie which is what makes me want to read it that much more.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Hope you enjoy it!

@nonowannabe Год назад

@AnaMoShoshin Год назад

I'm surprised Villet Boe made it to your top ten, but I'm very surprised you put it in horror and not sci fi? Did you find it horrific?

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

That's a fair comment. It's certainly not horrific, and I guess really it's more dark fantasy than horror.

@AnaMoShoshin Год назад

@@CriminOllyBlog I was just wondering if you did classify it as horror, as I have also been thinking about what makes a horror novel. It was great to see your new video on the subject!!

@toddbutler3341 Год назад

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones. I thought Horns was great and a passable movie.

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Yeah My Heart is a Chainsaw was great!

@Elly510 Год назад

hello bro...I'm a horror story lover, and my content is also horror story content this week...it's really fun to be able to listen to your content, I hope my content develops quickly greetings from Indonesia, bro

@CriminOllyBlog Год назад

Thanks! Good luck with your channel!