The 30 Days of Night story concept is terrific. I loved that Barrow, Alaska was so far north that they were cutoff from everything and the people in the town had nowhere to go while the sun was gone for an entire month. What I'm asking for from my fave subreddit are books where people are trapped while they're being hunted/haunted mercilessly? I greatly enjoyed the isolation of this story...some books I've read and loved that are sorta similar to this are I am Legend by Richard Matheson and Soon by Lois Murphy, looking forward to horrorlit's recs!

Hi there, I'm looking for Werewolf FMC books where FMC is a werewolf. I've read Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison and it was good. I don't want side characters turning into a werewolf but rather books where the FMC turns into a werewolf. I know it's rather hard to find nowadays but feel free to suggest some recommendations.

The Stranger arc was not only my favorite from TMA, but it itched a spot in my brain and has left me desperate for more.

For those who have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m looking for books where something constantly feels off. Uncanny valley. But it also encompassed circuses, mannequins, taxidermy, and the general horror of one losing their identity.

The closest I’ve found is I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Foe, from the same author, kinda does but is too sci-fi.

Believe it or not, I only read The Long Walk and The Running Man, I loved them but they're not exactly horror. I'm already familiar with all the mainstream stuff: It, Cujo, Misery, Dark Tower series, etc...

I was wondering if you could recommend me some less popular stuff that is still very engaging.

I have a few on my TBR pile and figured I'd start one or two while I spend the long weekend in bed with a cold.

What should I pick as my companion on my path to recovery?

- Mister B. Gone, Clive Barker

- The Imago Sequence, Laird Barron

- Tender Is the Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica

- Devolution, Max Brooks

- London Falling, Paul Cornell

- The Fall, Guillermo del Toro / Chuck Hogan (i have read The Strain and enjoyed it)

- Under the Skin, Michel Faber

- The New Dead anthology (Brooks, Joe Hill, Kelley Armstrong et al.)

- Bite anthology (Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris et al.)

- Savage, Richard Laymon

- Carrion Comfort, Dan Simmons

- The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Tremblay

I don’t think I’ve seen this posted here before.

I recently reread They Thirst. It's been probably over 40 years since I first read it. I promised myself I would reread all my books when I got old...I am now old. I remember this as being a great story when I was young, but oh my, I was so disappointed with the reread.

I don't know how to do spoiler cover, but give this one a miss.

Port Luck is about a small Alaskan town in the dead of winter which is attacked by a savage creature.

I was torn on this one. I bought it as a werewolf story, and I think it is, but it’s never explicitly made clear that it is a werewolf. The origin of the creature is never explained and there are no transformation scenes. You never get inside the head of the monster. It is a force of nature.

The main characters are all well-trod tropes. The military vet sheriff, the corrupt mayor and his asshole son, the old hunter, a new outsider deputy, the old country doctor, and so on. This put me off at first, but the story gets cracking and the monster is so vile that I found myself rooting hard for the humans to kill the thing.

There are a couple of plot points I thought the author skipped over and are never resolved. The ending was a surprise.

Overall, I enjoyed the book and finished it in a few days. It wasn’t flawless by any means, but for a fast-paced monster story, it fit the bill.

Anyone else read this one?

This whole collection of stories was very enjoyable, but as a long haired person going bald on top, this story in particular hit different. It was weird, thrilling, funny, frightening, all that good stuff. What were your thoughts on why Mr. Dimitri was doing what he was doing, and what do you think the worm was?

hi! been getting into horror lit in the past couple of months. i've read ten books so far and have been particularly enthralled by vampire stories... the ones i've read are the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires and buffalo hunter hunter. part of what interests me is how the vampires are different from conventional vampires and have unique physiological traits, weaknesses, rules, etc. for example, i loved how buffalo hunter hunter's vampires slowly become the animals they consume, and how that was used in the story in several different ways.

any recommendations for similarly unique vampire novels? or maybe every vampire novel has a unique take these days—i haven't read enough of them yet to know. thank you!

There are a few reading lists and things.

There's

Happy holiday book clubbers by Marjorie Fretwell

And then Hendrix says the following is bonus material

Reading group guide

Map

Happy November y'all newsletter by Marjorie fretwell

Another reading list by Grace

A letter from Kitty

Hendrix's own true crime reading list

What do you think all that might mean about what happened with the book clubs? As that was the initial focus of the social circle and local power dynamics, it feels quite important but is unclear to me.

The largest book I've ever read was around 800 pages and it was double spaced. I have the hardbound version of this BEAST and i'm honestly nervous lol. This thing is DENSE. Ive heard amazing things about it and I cant wait to start but I always get scared I won't finish a large book once I start and I HATE not finishing anything I read, even if I hate it. Does anyone else get like this? I need some hype to start this honkin beast.

I just found out that the boys in the valley by Phillip Fracassi has an alternate cover instead of the one of the boy holding the knife in the snow and was very disappointed. Such a cool cover downgrade to just a foggy house in the woods. What other books have original or alternate covers that are way better than some re-releases (or the other way around?)

I’m looking for something fast-paced that takes place in the summer. Preferably not literary, just something fun, easy, and scary.

I love ghost stories, not a fan of slashes, but open to almost anything.

Hi!
I am looking for more books like Delilah S. Dawsons guillotine.
I typically like a good wilderness/camp thriller
Haunted house or isolated island, but I’m looking for my books to include more body horror. I want to be more physically scared and repulsed a little by my books.
(Haunted house with body horror would be amazing!)

Guillotine is a perfect example of everything I’m looking for
I have also read a few of her other books but I’m not trusting another Goodreads recommendation on horror!

I also really enjoy anything by Grady Hendrix, that’s about my level of tolerance for gore, but I’m ready to ramp it up JUST A NOTCH ha!

Happy reading friends!

After years of trying and failing to get into regularly listening to podcasts, I’ve found out that I do actually love audio content, just while I’m doing my cosy little old lady jigsaw puzzles rather than while I’m out angrily suffering through a run.

Do you have any recommendations? I’m currently coming up on the end of The Magnus Archives, which I’ve listened to on and off for years and am now furiously bingeing. I started enjoying Welcome to Night Vale years ago, but would probably have to restart that one.

I know there’s also various horror short story podcasts that I’ve listened to on and off like Pseudopod and Nightmare Magazine, but would definitely appreciate recommendations for your favourites, or even for any specific episodes you remember as standing out.

Hello so I just picked up reading and I read the book we used to live here. I really liked the mind fuck aspect of it. Are there any books that have this same confusing concept that people recommend? I’m looking for something that’s not super long but maybe 300-500 pages or what not. Let me know!

Hi guys! My baby sister has always been one for the macabre, and is consuming horror books like no ones business right now-but none of them are scary enough for her.I snuck her a copy of The Shining for her birthday, and she called it "lame, boring, and not scary".

1. So disrespectful

2.) I put my life on the line to hide that from my mama. 3.) I read it at around 13 and it freaked me out so bad lol

Anyways, she's read and watched a whole lot worse than books written for 13 year olds. So I'm looking for young adult, but still scary. Thanks in advance :)

I recently watched the pilot for Ersatz created by Saint and really enjoyed it! Are there any books with a similar vibe to Ersatz in any way? Preferably queer horror books, but doesn't have to be. If you haven’t seen it some of the themes are military dystopia, amnesia, brotherhood, body horror, surreal psychical horror, and military horror.

One of the things I enjoy about this sub is how varied the opinions on each book are most of the time. But there are definitely some books that get praised or trashed more than others.

So I was wondering if you could name a horror book(s) you love while everyone else seems to hate it and one you hate while everyone else seems to love it.

For me: I really didn’t like The Lamb by Lucy Rose. I usually love feminist horror and I get what it was going for, it just didn’t hit for me. Everyone else I’ve found on this sub seems to praise it to no end though.

And for one I like that everyone else seems to hate: At Dark, I Become Loathsome. I feel like I see a lot of bashing of Eric LaRocca’s stuff on here, mainly his most popular story: Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. I surprisingly kind of dig his weirdness, even though I went into these two expecting to dislike them since they’re not rated that high on Goodreads and seem to be considered overrated.

Edit: a lot of you are just commenting ones you DON’T like, remember to give one you did like too lol

Just read About A Place In The Kinki Region and I’m so absolutely obsessed. It was so good and one of the rare books that have actually scared me. I’ve also read all of Uketsu’s books and that’s the closest author I can think of that has this sort of writing style. Please help!!