I’m not a big horror or thriller reader but I came away with some recs! Im especially excited to give Survivor Song a try. I’ve had Justina Ireland on my tbr for some time so 2021 has to be the year I get around to it! Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
Showing up a bit late. I still have several on this list I need to read, but my top horror choices for 2020 were (for novels) Survivor Song and The Only Good Indians, and (for novellas) Crossroads and The Worm and His Kings.
Ah yes Survivor Song was so good and Crossroads nearly made my list. I actually just finished Only Good Indians here recently otherwise it likely would have been on this list
I'm reading the Mexican Gothic n its really good. Quite a hype on this book. All the books i loved is on your list!! Yay!! 😊 Tbr The girl in the video. Just ordered Night of the mannequins!! Sounds thrilling 😃
Hoping to get to Mexican Gothic, Home Before Dark, & Clown in a Cornfield this year for sure. Most of the others are on my list, too, and I read Survivor Song in 2020! My favorite 2020 horror was The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix!
Mexican Gothic was so good. It was on my best of the year list as well. I really enjoyed Survivor Song as well. I want to read Home Before Dark soon. Great list. I don't know if I have read enough 2020 books to make a list, but I should check and see LOL
Rachel, this is a terrific list. I still need to read Venus in the Blindspot. I can't believe I forgot about that one last year. I also really want to read both The Ghost Tree and Night of the Mannequins. I totally agree about the narrators for Deathless Divide. Amazing performances there. My top 7 are: 1. Survivor Song 2. Deathless Divide 3. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 4. Mexican Gothic 5. Clown in a Cornfield 6. Home Before Dark 7. Ring Shout
Two of my favorites were in the background of your video. Malorie was a stunningly well written novel. I liked Bird Box but I LOVED Malorie. And The Living Dead is such an intelligent and beautifully written social commentary novel about people and zombies and humanity in general. Daniel Krauss was exactly the right writer to finish that book. It was superb.
Great list, Rachel! I loved Clowns in a Cornfield, Girl in the Video, and Night of the Mannequins. I need to read Winter Counts and The Ghost Tree! And Junji Ito! I keep forgetting to get anything by Ito.
I have been trying to check out more new releases but we always miss some. I actually got Mexican Gothic but never got to read it. The bookworm struggles 😂 Clown in a Cornfield was such a pleasant surprise for me. I was not expecting to have so much fun with a YA Horror.
I also loved Mexican Gothic and Night of the Mannequins, and liked Home Before Dark and Clown in a Cornfield. I can't wait to read The Girl in the Video, The Ghost Tree and Junji Ito's newest release. There is also The Only Good Indians that I'm really intrigued about.
Thanks for the thrillers, especially Mexican Gothic which I I heard on booktube a lot. I'm Latina so I appreciate the cultural aspect. Will try to read it this year. I don't think home before dark is for me though but maybe. Aloha Maya
I loved Venus in the Blind Spot! The first story and cavern story, and the Venus stories were my favorite. It was first Ito and I thought I was too chicken for him, but I loved it!
There were so many good horror novels this year, i don’t even know if I could do a top 10 lol some I loved was Clown in a cornfield, Night of the mannequins, full throttle, The Loop, Ring Shout ,southern vampire book club, The only good Indians, Messy Man and more. I was disappointed by Malorie but it still would make the list somewhere. If I could only choose 1 for my top I would have to say the novella The boy in the Woods by Scott Thomas, it was like a good old 80s slasher(felt like Sleepway Camp meets The Troop) as for the worst and very disappointing it would be Night Train, waste of time.
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Help. A novel. Some guy in scotland cuts himself on a druid stone in modern day Scotland? Plague ensues worldwide. Survivors turn into vampires, fairies, sorcerers etc. Novel based in USA. Cannot remember the name for the life of me. Fell asleep to it one night and it was removed the day after. Real published novel, not a creepypasta. Thanks!
Happy new years hon. I didnt like the girl in the video, which surprised even me. Ended up sending to edward lorn for his opinion. Still looking forward to see what's next from this author.
I read Clown in a Cornfield earlier this year, it was so much fun! I think I'm going to check out The Ghost Tree, it sounds good!
Yay! I hope you enjoy it!
Some very good books on this list! I’m reading Winter Counts this month
I need to read that one as well. It's on my TBR cart.
I really hope you end up liking that one!
Yes!
I’m not a big horror or thriller reader but I came away with some recs! Im especially excited to give Survivor Song a try. I’ve had Justina Ireland on my tbr for some time so 2021 has to be the year I get around to it! Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
Thank you Mari! I hope you enjoy Survivor Song & Justina Ireland's duology. I really love that you read a bit from so many different genres.
Showing up a bit late. I still have several on this list I need to read, but my top horror choices for 2020 were (for novels) Survivor Song and The Only Good Indians, and (for novellas) Crossroads and The Worm and His Kings.
Ah yes Survivor Song was so good and Crossroads nearly made my list. I actually just finished Only Good Indians here recently otherwise it likely would have been on this list
Soooo excited to check out clown in a cornfield!! It sounds sooo fun!
It's SO fun!
The Ghost Tree looks amazing! I cant wait to read this now!
Such a fun one! I hope you check it out. Should be on Libby
I'm reading the Mexican Gothic n its really good. Quite a hype on this book. All the books i loved is on your list!! Yay!! 😊 Tbr The girl in the video. Just ordered Night of the mannequins!! Sounds thrilling 😃
So happy we have such similar tastes. So glad you're enjoying Mexican Gothic
Hoping to get to Mexican Gothic, Home Before Dark, & Clown in a Cornfield this year for sure. Most of the others are on my list, too, and I read Survivor Song in 2020! My favorite 2020 horror was The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix!
All good picks!
Clown in a Cornfield was so much fun! I’m from a really rural town in the Midwest so the setting just worked for me.
Ah yes the town setting was great
So many good books! I've read some, and you've prompted me to put others on my TBR, like The Ghost Tree.
Wonderful. That's such a good classic horror story
I also loved Mexican Gothic and Winter Counts. I need to get to Deathless Divide, I liked Dread Nation a lot. Great list!!
Oh yes, Crystal, definitely check out Deathless Divide, it takes the series to a whole other level
Just picked up Night of the Mannequins - sounds fun! Great list as always
Hope you enjoy it!
I'm so excited about Mexican Gothic! Looking forward to read it! Thanks for this nice video :)
Hope you love Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic was so good. It was on my best of the year list as well. I really enjoyed Survivor Song as well. I want to read Home Before Dark soon. Great list. I don't know if I have read enough 2020 books to make a list, but I should check and see LOL
I hope you enjoy home before dark!
Rachel, this is a terrific list. I still need to read Venus in the Blindspot. I can't believe I forgot about that one last year. I also really want to read both The Ghost Tree and Night of the Mannequins. I totally agree about the narrators for Deathless Divide. Amazing performances there. My top 7 are:
1. Survivor Song
2. Deathless Divide
3. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
4. Mexican Gothic
5. Clown in a Cornfield
6. Home Before Dark
7. Ring Shout
I didn't read Ring Shout this year... such a shame. I definitely need to read it in 2021.
Two of my favorites were in the background of your video. Malorie was a stunningly well written novel. I liked Bird Box but I LOVED Malorie. And The Living Dead is such an intelligent and beautifully written social commentary novel about people and zombies and humanity in general. Daniel Krauss was exactly the right writer to finish that book. It was superb.
Glad you enjoyed those 2! I 2020 was such a strong year for horror fiction
I'm reading Home Before Dark right now. Really enjoying it so far!
Glad you're enjoying it!
Great list, Rachel! I loved Clowns in a Cornfield, Girl in the Video, and Night of the Mannequins. I need to read Winter Counts and The Ghost Tree! And Junji Ito! I keep forgetting to get anything by Ito.
Oh yes I hope you get to all of those!
I have been trying to check out more new releases but we always miss some. I actually got Mexican Gothic but never got to read it. The bookworm struggles 😂 Clown in a Cornfield was such a pleasant surprise for me. I was not expecting to have so much fun with a YA Horror.
Ahh yes I missed a few buzzy 2020 releases myself
@@TheShadesofOrange now the struggle is to still read 2021 releases while catching up on the ones you missed last year
Mexican Gothic and Home Before Dark made my list as well.
Yes! I saw that! I love seeing where our reading year overlapped
Going to try Night of the Mannequins and Venus in the blind spot. Thanks Rachel
I hope you enjoy them both!
I'm happy you u liked Survivor song I just got it on my libby account today!!! I loved Home Before Dark!!!
I hope you enjoy Survivor Song!
I put Survivor Song on hold at my library. Thanks for reccomending it.
Yay! I hope you enjoy it!
I also loved Mexican Gothic and Night of the Mannequins, and liked Home Before Dark and Clown in a Cornfield. I can't wait to read The Girl in the Video, The Ghost Tree and Junji Ito's newest release. There is also The Only Good Indians that I'm really intrigued about.
Sounds like we share some favourites! And I just read Only the Good Indians at the beginning of the year and it was really good
Thanks for the thrillers, especially Mexican Gothic which I I heard on booktube a lot. I'm Latina so I appreciate the cultural aspect. Will try to read it this year. I don't think home before dark is for me though but maybe. Aloha Maya
Oh wonderful. I really hope you enjoy it!
I found The Ghost Tree at the bookstore and I’m super excited for it!
I loved Venus in the Blind Spot! The first story and cavern story, and the Venus stories were my favorite. It was first Ito and I thought I was too chicken for him, but I loved it!
I hope you love it as much as I did!
So happy to hear that you're another Junji Ito fan
Definitely have to check out Night of the Mannequins soon!
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
I am going to try and read some of these books 📚
I hope you enjoy them!
@@TheShadesofOrange no worries 😉
Ghost Tree is on my shelf. I have to read it next.
An excellent choice!
There were so many good horror novels this year, i don’t even know if I could do a top 10 lol some I loved was Clown in a cornfield, Night of the mannequins, full throttle, The Loop, Ring Shout ,southern vampire book club, The only good Indians, Messy Man and more. I was disappointed by Malorie but it still would make the list somewhere. If I could only choose 1 for my top I would have to say the novella The boy in the Woods by Scott Thomas, it was like a good old 80s slasher(felt like Sleepway Camp meets The Troop) as for the worst and very disappointing it would be Night Train, waste of time.
Ooh yes lots of good ones on your list. I definitely need to read Ring Shout this year.
Rachel, you dont know how much these recommendations help me (i am a huge thriller fan)
Yay! That makes me happy to read
PS winter counts sounds right up my alley.
Such a gripping story!
I love The Troop by Nick Cutter
Ah such a good one!
Hola, que tal?, como van?,
Los mejores y más cordiales Saludos desde puente piedra, lima, Perú, ojalá que puedas venir en algún momento a mi país y que disfrutes mucho de todo por aquí, con la familia y los amigos,
felicidades por tus vídeos....
The Clown in the Cornfield, Junji Ito's book and the Night of the Maniquins all look super interesting.
All good picks!
Have you read Uzumaki?
I have. It's one of my favs
I have Mexican Gothic and need to get to it!
Yes you do!
Home before dark sounds really interesting ☺️
I love it
It's a good one!
Deathless Divide wasn’t favorite book of the year! I agree with you - Dread Nation was great but this sequel is just next level!!
Ah yes Deathless Divide definitely brought the series to a new level. I LOVED it
The Only Good Indians was my favorite book of 2020 for sure!
I just read it in January... so good!
@@TheShadesofOrange SGJ has a become an absolute favorite
Loved Home Before Dark!
So fun!
Surprisingly enough, I have only read Mexican Gothic so I have more books to add to my list!
Well more for the 2021 tbr! 😊
Oh wow! Human sized tunnels sounds creeeeeeeepy!!!
Hahaha I know, right!?!
@@TheShadesofOrange ordered myself a copy of this one yesterday, looking forward to it!
I love Junji Ito!
Same!! 🖤
Help. A novel. Some guy in scotland cuts himself on a druid stone in modern day Scotland? Plague ensues worldwide. Survivors turn into vampires, fairies, sorcerers etc. Novel based in USA. Cannot remember the name for the life of me. Fell asleep to it one night and it was removed the day after. Real published novel, not a creepypasta.
Thanks!
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Happy new years hon. I didnt like the girl in the video, which surprised even me. Ended up sending to edward lorn for his opinion. Still looking forward to see what's next from this author.
Happy New Years! And too bad, but I understand. Sometimes a book just doesn't work for me either
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