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I read Gentlemen and Players years ago but still think about it because of the clever twist. Have you read her latest book? It sounds very interesting; a menopausal woman with special powers. I've enjoyed so many of her books so I need to get it soon. 🙂

Another really interesting video, Ros. Thanks again. I have to admit I'm a bit squeamish about reading 'Dracula' (yes, really!), but hearing you appreciate it for Stoker's quality of writing makes me think I need to look again. Otherwise, another spooky recommendation would be 'The Signalman' (Charles Dickens). This one just doesn't get old for me!

Thank you for all these scary or mostly scary reads 👻

This sounds so good. I was able to get the audio for it. Looking forward to it. Looking forward to your thoughts on Revival, I have it but haven't read it yet. I think sweet Tillie enjoys being in the spotlight. Love seeing her.

I tead them all. holy fool was my favorite

My favourite author. “Chocolat” is a 4 book series. Chocolat, Lollipop shoes, Peaches for Monsieur le cure and Strawberry thief. Úñalos loved this one

Sounds good, must read! I’m reading Bag of Bones by Stephen King for Halloween 🎃, it’s very good.

I read this about ten years ago and it became one of my all-time favourite books. 'So' difficult to review without giving away spoilers so well done!

Thanks!

I love the Choclat series, BlackBerry Wine, and Five Quarters of the Orange. I’ll have to try this one. I’ll borrow the ebook and if I love it, I’ll add the hardcover to my collection that includes the ones I’ve listed.

Not a big fan of Joanne Harris, but maybe I should give this book a chance.

It sounds good with a dark academia type vibe. It will certainly go on my to-be-read list.

I love Joanne Harris's books! I haven't read this one yet so I will definitely have to put it on my TBR list!😃 Thank you for another great video! Tilly is so adorable!😍

Never been a big fan of Joanne Harris although I read a few but I loved Gentlemen and Players and all in that series (was it two or three?) until the last one which had such a ridiculous ending.

Hi Rosamund, Thank you for that interesting video. I'm going to read the Ghoststories by M.R. James as soon as possible. They are absolutely my taste. Yesterday I watched "Whistle and I'll come to you" and "A Warning to the Curious." Both films were great. I have two recommendations as well: "The Withered Arm" by Thomas Hardy and "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. Best wishes Susanne

Try “Us” by David Nichols. Much better than “One Day”.

This was a great list. This year, for my Gothtober, I’m finally reading Mysteries of Udolpho. I would add House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I am going to add Thomas Hardy to my TBR.

Loved this, Rosamunde! I’m a Dracula fan. 😅

I absolutely loved this! Hearing the stories of you and your parents and books. 😭♥️🥹

How wonderful! I hope to read “Under the Milkwood” soon! 🥹♥️😍

I enjoy your channel so much. Thank you!

A lot if MR James stories have been adapted by the BBC usually in time for the Christmas period. ive pretty much seen all if them the picture one is beyond creepy and im fairly sure it was Michael Horden in the adaption if whistle and ill come to you. I bought her fearful symmetry when it came out in hardback still haven't rrad it mainly because its become a great book end on my shelf at the other end is the Hardback of The little Friend Donna Tartt. My friend gave me a copy of The Haunting season a collection of spooky tales by current writers like Laura Purcell so thsts on my Halloween list.

I love Stacey Hall's books. 😊

Thank you Rosamunde, some of those sound wonderful! I’m interested in the story about Highgate, a place I made a point to visit when we came to England. I read several of those in school, choosing The Turn of the Screw because it was short! I got a good grade on the report but I didn’t understand it. I should read it again and see how much more I enjoy it. Thank you! 😊😊😊 Love and biscuits to Tilly.😊

Don't know if you have mentioned it previously but a story I found really chilling was 'A Woman in Black' by Susan Hill and the really scary TV adaption which I watched in 1989 (just checked date on line).

I really enjoy your videos, Rosamunde. The way you talk about books just makes me want to read all of them. Thank you!

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is a nice atmospheric book. Not creepy although a ghost story

This is a great list of books. Dracula is a must for this time of year. Great cover art on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Neverwhere is one of my all time favorites. I enjoyed your reading of The Raven. Thank you for the recommendations. Slade House by David Mitchell is a short but creepy read. Always love seeing sweet Tillie. She's so pretty.

I did my college paper on "the Turn of the Screw. My thesis was whether the governess actually saw the ghosts or was just going mad,

Love your channel ❤

Hi Rosamunde and Miss Tilly, I enjoyed your recommendations and will certainly try a few, particularly Niffenegger and Gaiman. I think you would be a wonderful audio narrator! With your background in acting and your melodic reading voice - a combination for success. Thank you for this enjoyable video. ❤🐕

Hello! Thank you for the recommendations! I am excited to put some on my TBR list. My personal recommendation would be "The Monkey's Paw" (1902) by W.W. Jacobs . Very short but quite terrifying. It's probably not that much disturbing nowadays when we have all movies with outrageous quality of scary scenes, but still, it's worth reading. The moral of the story is Beware of what you wish. Wisecrack of yours about the difference of perception nowadays and before. I wonder if I would have been left mentally ok if I was a Victorian reading Dracula 😅.

The Vampyre by John Polidori was written almost 80 years before Bram Stoker's Dracula and - along with Sheridan Le Fanu's extraordinary "sapphic vampire" tale "Carmilla" of 1872 - was hugely influential on Stoker's story of erotic bloodsucking!

I always love your recommendations ❤ I read Neverwhere this year and it is now one of my favorite books of all time. I really wasn't expecting it! I've been wanting to read Audrey Niffenegger for quite some time, so thanks for reminding me of her!

The 1968 television adaptation of M.R. James' "Whistle And I'll Come To You" starring Michael Horden and directed by Jonathan Miller is a truly creepy version that haunted me when I first saw it and still does! It was remade in 2010 with John Hurt which - while well worth a look - isn't nearly as effective as the original.

Strange that Tenniel should portray the raven apparently about to take flight when the narrator describes it as "....perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door..." and later still - "...and the raven never flitting still is sitting still is sitting..." I wonder if the artist actually read the poem!

Thank you so much for another wonderful video Rosamunde! Dracula is one of my favorite books and I love Edgar Allen Poe as well! Some of these other stories I haven't read yet so I will definitely look them up! Tilly is as adorable as always!😍 looking forward to the next video!

Hi Rosamunde, I really must agree about Dracula, I bought a copy from Whitby Abbey book shop whilst stay in an old converted barn in Whitby. I’d seen the film many times by different people over the years, but reading the book and seeing the actual places really brought it to life. Such a well written book, I think I might have to read it again! I’m tempted by some of the books that you mentioned and love horror stories, perhaps because I was born on Halloween 🙄🙄🙄😂😂🕷🕷❤❤ Thankyou so much for sharing ❤

You reminded me of reading Mrs Pepperpot, Catweazel, The Borrowers and a whole lot more! Then every horror story I could get my hands on, so many influences ❤

For a summer read, I want to suggest A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr. I hope I'm remembering it correctly and not conflating it with some other book, but I recall it exuding summer atmosphere. It had a bit of an E.M. Forster vibe about it. It's a very short book. The main character is away on a summer project which puts you right in that timeless, out-of-the-world idyll of a wonderful summer book. This is a very vague recommendation but it's a short read and worth is for the atmospheric immersion. Clearly, I need to read it again! I love this summer book list and have added some more titles to my list to read.

Love the list! I love your recommendations because you steer me to writers I am not familiar with. Excellent case in point is Winston Graham. I look forward to finding a copy of that book/series to read.

As a child, did you know Wind in the Willows or Alice's Adventures in Wonderland! ❤ ❤

Hi there, such an interesting books you’ve read during your childhood. Sadly, I didn’t read much when I was a child, but I remembered the first book that got me into reading and literature are Danielle Steel, Sherlock Holmes The Study in Scarlet and Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. I really adore Gone with The Wind, and I’m thinking of re-reading it. Thank you so much for sharing your interests in books and I’m hoping for more from you soon. ❤❤❤😊

Loved it so much! Great choices. I loved The Lionthe Witch and the Wardrobe too, reading them as an adult. I also dearly loved 101 Dalmatians, my mother read it as it was serially done in a ladies magazine, called at that time, The Great Dog Robbery. Oh so exciting!, 😊

Magical, hearing about all the books that made you, I remember starting The source when I was about 17, but abandoned it because I thought it was too long. Recently though I read it and absolutely loved it, now I have read Poland, Caribbean and now reading Space. Michener is a great story teller.

Arthur Rackham is my favorite illustrator too. He was wonderful and magical. What a world he created...

When asked about her relationship with her husband William Blake his wife Catherine replied that she had very little of his company because he was always too busy communing with the angels!

The fictional setting of Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood is the very Welsh sounding Llareggub...just don't read it backwards! .

When I read to my kids when they were young, I would do all characters "voices". My daughter's teacher told me that when she read aloud in class, she would also do all the different voices. Made my heart happy.❤

Wonderful! Thank you so much, Rosamunde. BTW, did you know Winnie-the-Pooh was born on 14 October? 💐 Carol