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I know this video is super old so this will probably get lost in the shuffle but thanks so much for putting this list together. I find our taste in horror mostly align so I read House at the Bottom of a Lake and am now listening to Bird Box. So many of my subscriptions are recommending The Troop but I’m real hesitant about it.
How exciting that you’re getting into painting! It’s been my favorite thing to do since I was little - it’s so relaxing and always feels like an accomplishment when you see something you create!
If you guys are getting into horror you should listen to the books in the freezer podcast, they go over the different types of horror books, they recommend books that fall into that horror category like, horror books in the summer, or sci-fi horror, or haunted house horror, etc etc! They also rate books as temperature wise, the more horror books would go in the freezer, fridge temperature is mild horror, then they have room temperature which is nothing crazy,, so u get to decide whether you want to pick up the book or not! I have added soo many books on my TBR because of them! I 100% recommend them!
Yaaaaaas! I love that The Troop got you into horror because 1) I discovered your channel in 2021 2) I read The Troop based on your recommendation 3) and it made me fall in love with horror and it sparked my dormant love of reading again. Now I just can't get enough horror!!!
I have read 80% of this book list, solely based on your rave reviews over the months, and I am looking forward to reading the rest. Your recommenfations are always so bomb, Gabby. Thank you. 💕
Just finished comfort me with apples yesterday and it was brilliant! House at the bottom of a lake is also in my top 10 favorites! Both are sooo good!!!
The Troop is so good. I'm a long time king fan and I seen the book had a blurb on the cover and bought it on the spot. And it was way better than I expected.
Really enjoyed hearing about your all time favourite horror novels. It was fun that I could guess some of these ! Definitely interested in Comfort Me with Apples. It sounds so intriguing ☺
I've read most of the books on this list and agree that they are great! I have a couple suggestions for you. As a lifetime horror reader (Pet Semetary was the first adult horror novel that i read at 11 y.o.) i get bored of the same basic ideas over and over. I take note when something surprises me or creeps me out. Heres a small list of books that i hope you find time to read because they are "so fascinating" 😊 The Book of Accidents - Chuck Wendig Come Closer - Sara Gran The Torment of Rachel Ames - Jeff Gunhus Intercepts - TJ Payne The Damned Place - Chris Miller The Possession - AK Kuykendall Head Full of Ghosts - Paul Tremblay My Best Friend's Exorcism - Grady Hendrix Fantasticland - Mike Bockoven ...There are just so many more. So many books and a lifetime to read only a handful of them. It's unfair lol
Head Full of Ghosts is my favorite horror novel. I love My Best Friend's Exorcism too (and The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. I love Grady Hendrix). I have Come Closer, Intercepts, Fantasticland, and The Book of Accidents on my Kindle but haven't read them yet. We must have the same taste so I'll look up the other ones you recommended!
My copy of The Winter People just arrived this morning! (Because of your recommendation Gabby!) So excited to finally read it, hopefully before the end of this month 🥰
Thanks for the list! My taste in horror is constantly...evolving? Always changing I mean as I read more and more horror and watch booktube and such. The troop broke me out of a years long reading slump. I must say I didn't expect the books you named at ALL. I'm very pleasantly surprised.
All time horror books The shining, stolen tongues, dr sleep, and It. Currently reading home before dark. Going to pick up kill creek and shudder, love your videos!!!!!
Omg Bright Lands! I read that book in a literal day. I could not put it down. It was incredible. INCREDIBLE. I screamed when you recommended it because I never see people recommend it. Also, stop recommending stuff, you’re running up my credit card bill!!
Hi! I’ve been into reading more in general for the past two years but leaning more towards sci-fi / horror and I’m definitely going to buy some of the books you mentioned! Thank you so much :)
I agree with so many of the picks here!!! Just finished Near the Bone last weekend. Fantastic!!!!!! I also absolutely LOVED The House at the Bottom of A Lake. The scene in the basement with the pool legit gave my goosebumps 😨
I read the winter people the second week of January, and it got me on a Jennifer McMahon binge. Winter is definitely her best but the end of the drowning kind was so spectacular and I still can’t wrap my head around it
Hey Gabby! I loved this video. I’ve read almost all these books and loved them all!! I have a recommendation that I’ve just read and that is Twelve Night at Rotter House. I ended up giving this book a 4 star due to the ending. I have mixed feelings on the book. I would love to see you read it and have your opinion. Only 263 pages. Keep these great videos coming. 😊
The Troop is on my list this month because of your reviews! I also have already read so many of these because of watching your videos and loved them so thank you for that! I just added a few! I’ve wanted to check out Bird Box for awhile now but I also added The Patient, The Bright Lands and Sour Candy because of this video…and already had Kill Creek on my list because of another video! Can’t wait to check those out. I did not even give horror a shot before watching your videos other than The Shining and now I have loved so many! My favourites are Near the Bone, The Winter People and Stolen Tongues (legit trouble sleeping after this one) …I also loved The Shining and Doctor Sleep (may have liked the sequel even better)…Misery creeped me out so much as well. I haven’t read Pet Sematary…it’s on my list…but I have watched the movie and that shit creeped me out hardcore.
Because of you, I have read almost all of the books in this video! Near the Bone, Stolen Tongues, and The Patient are definitely some of my favorite horror books because they gave me thrills and chills. I also loved We Need to do Something. Thanks for the recommendations! The only ones I need to read (for next Weenie) are: The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon The Shuddering by Anita Ahlborn The Bright Lands by John Fram When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
Gabby have you seen the empty man? Idk why but I feel like you’d like it. The beginning is amazing, then the story gets a bit cliche, but then it takes a really cool direction and the end is pretty well done. For some reason some of the books you mention give me vibes from different parts of this movie.
finally what I been looking for. Some great enthusiastic recommendations of horror books that I havent read. been looking for days and it's always some kraftbeer guy recommending the same 5-10 books everyone has already read.
I love that I read almost all of the books on your list and many of them mainly because of you 🖤 And the six I haven't read yet are definitely on my TBR. Also, I liked all of the books you mentioned except for The Bright Lands, that one was just so boring 🙈
New subscriber here. Haven't read in about a year but getting back into it and horror/thriller are my fav genres so thank you for you're recommendations 😁
We're the same! I hate reading before but i love horror and when i read pet sematary, i bought lots of books and reading them (most are SK lol). Right now im halfway through revival by stephen king. Love your choices, i'll try to read those others too ❤️ love from philippines!
I feel like I’m navigating horror through you. I feel like when I was a kid I always liked ghost stories & stuff like that but then I got into reading the R.L. Stine Fear Street books & books like it & those were more like thrillers. I feel like I’ve mostly consumed horror through watching it. So, I’m interested to see what horror books work for me. I really liked The Winter People! I need to read Pet Semetary at some point. That was the first Stephen King movie I ever watched. So, yes, you are pretty much helping me with horror because I’m not sure what I like or what is for me just yet. 🥰🤓📚✨
Great recommendations and great video. Have only read a few on your list but they were definitely good ones. A few recommendations: 1. The Ruins by Scott Smith 2. Watchers by Dean Koontz 3. Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz 4. Clown in a Cornfield by Adam CeSare 5. Southern Book Club's Guide to Vampires by Grady Hendrix 6. My Best Friends Exorcism by Grady Hendrix 7. The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones 8. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Gabby! The troop is also one of my absolute favorite horror novels. Because you enjoyed it, I can't recommend Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven enough!! Please give it a go!
I personally did not like near the bone 😕 it was boring to me the last 100 pages were okay. But I have stolen tongues on my TBR for this month. I also wanted to check out bunny, imaginary friend, and the patient!
You've given me a bunch of Horror recommendations that I've enjoyed - Kill Creek, Bunny, Bird Box, Stolen Tongues ... I'd suggest The Bird Eater by Ania Ahlborn, something by John Ajvide Lindqvist - either Let The Right One In or Handling The Undead, & something by Peter Straub - Ghost Story or Shadowland. The Least Of My Scars by Stephen Graham Jones is also worth picking up.
Gabby's horror recs- 1. Pet cemetery 2. The troop 3. The winter people 4. The drowning kind 5. Bird box/Malorie 6. Near the bone 7. Stolen tongues* 8. The patient 9. The shuddering 10. Kill creek 11. The knight lands 12. When the reckoning comes 13. Bunny 14. Imaginary friend (? ending sucks apparently) Novellas- 15. Things have gotten worse since we last met 16. Night of the mannequins 17. We need to do something (trapped in a bathroom) 18. A house at the bottom of the lake 19. Comfort me with apples 20. Sour candy 21. The boogeyman (SK) 22. Quitters inc. (SK)
Omg, you have a few of my all time favorites on this list! Especially, The Patient! This book doesn't get enough attention. The last couple of pages of this book still haunts me.
I recently read Left To You by Daniel J. Volpe and it was sooooo good!! I would recommend adding it to your TBR if you haven't already! Keep up the great work, Gabby! :)
Sour candy!!!! I absolutely love that story. It’s F**CKING crazy. I’m so glad I got it. I just want someone to talk to about it lmao. It’s so good. It’s so bizarre. One of my faves for sure.
I loved Imaginary Friend - it was so creative & had the most imaginative visuals & world building. I couldn’t put it down. I didn’t love the ending, but didn’t hate it as much as you :)
I think my last truly creepy book was No One Gets Out Alive. I've read the majority of these and they were 4 stars, but they weren't scary (to me). I do need to read The Troop, I have my fingers crossed for that one.
I started reading The Troop like last year or the year before and had to stop bc my loan was up. I am hoping to read it and finish it this spooky season.
They actually made Quitter's Inc. into a short film as part of the horror anthology Cat's Eye. Stars James Woods as the guy trying to quit smoking and is pretty good.
@GabbyReads I just got into horror books over the last few years myself as well and I must say, out of all the Stephen King I have read which isn’t much, I think Pet Sematary while it’s not my personal favorite I would probably give my personal favorite to Salem’s Lot but, it is easily the scariest book I have read and now I want to knock out all the essentials for his dark tower universe with a reading guide
I just started horror over the last couple year too. So far I’ve really enjoyed IT, The Shining, Doctor Sleep, Salem’s Lot, House of Leaves, American Psycho, and The Hellbound Heart
Hey Gabby check out Naomi's room and Penpal. Both are dark and bleak horrors. Also give Laura Purcell a shot. She is a recent author who writes Gothic Horror.
Quitters Inc. has been made. It is in the movie Cat's eye. Cat's eye is a film with 3 short stories written by Stephen King, the other 2 are The Ledge and one written just for the film.
I keep trying to find a horror book to actually scare me enough to not be able to read at night or sleep with the lights on... Unfortunately, I think I have become desensitized to horror book and movies. I still have a lot of horror books on my TBR list but so far Stolen Tongues has been the creepiest. I remember reading certain parts and getting chills or at least thinking "OK that is horrifying." So, up to this point I'm thinking that is about as scared as I can get.
I have pet cemetery and the night shift i absolutely loved night shift I re read it 2 times I love the short story’s. My fave is night shift and the pandemic with the kids Or even the window one
If you want to be afraid of deer read The only good Indian By Stephen Graham Jones. I may have spelled his first and middle name wrong 😳. A creepy ass book with moments that come out of NOWHERE. I think it was the author/youtuber Edward Lorn who said I have never had a book jump scare me until this book. I second that statement. I was wondering if he'd be in your novella section because NotM and The night cyclist are both AMAZING horror novellas.
Unfortunately I dnf'ed Stolen Tongues 😭 i just didn't find it particularly scary I did love The Patient!! I don't think it was super scary for me tho. Maybe it's just that we're scared by different things haha Ooh even more intrigued by When the Reckoning Comes now 👀 oooh also enjoyed We Need To Do Something!!
Have you read The House on Abigail Lane by Kealan Patrick Burke? It's a haunted house novella that gives me reverse Imaginary Friend vibes -- the beginning and middle are pretty straightforward and what you'd expect, but the ending leaves you ???. I thought it was great! (And I think it's funny that the ending is your least favorite part of Imaginary Friend because that's the part that made me fall head-over-heels in love with it!) I also think you'd like Dathan Auerbach. I might've recommended him to you before; I try to get everyone to read him because he's grossly underrated IMO. He has two books and you can't go wrong with either, but I will say that I prefer Penpal, his self-published debut, to Bad Man, his second book that was published traditionally.
Pet Sematary was the first book of fiction I read back in 2014 and it is still one of my faves of all times, I would also recommend u Rage from Stephen King, it's my favorite book from him
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The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/gabbyreads02221 👻 what is your favorite horror novel of all time?
The Shining and The Only Good Indians
It by Stephen king, books of blood by Clive barker and we need to do something by max booth III
I know this video is super old so this will probably get lost in the shuffle but thanks so much for putting this list together. I find our taste in horror mostly align so I read House at the Bottom of a Lake and am now listening to Bird Box. So many of my subscriptions are recommending The Troop but I’m real hesitant about it.
I read Comfort Me With Apples in December and it ended up being one of my favorite books of the year! I also really enjoyed Night Shift quite a bit!
I really appreciate you warning us about animal abuse in books - please continue to do so!!! 💕
How exciting that you’re getting into painting! It’s been my favorite thing to do since I was little - it’s so relaxing and always feels like an accomplishment when you see something you create!
That’s awesome! I’m not very good at it but I’m trying to learn 🥰
I'm gonna get into horror genre in 2022 because of Gabby! 👻💕
😍😍😍
I’m gonna get into the horror genre because of 2022 🙃
The Patient & Stolen Tongues are on my list to get to (eventually) 😅 Looking forward to your short horror recs, that's my favorite form of horror too!
If you guys are getting into horror you should listen to the books in the freezer podcast, they go over the different types of horror books, they recommend books that fall into that horror category like, horror books in the summer, or sci-fi horror, or haunted house horror, etc etc! They also rate books as temperature wise, the more horror books would go in the freezer, fridge temperature is mild horror, then they have room temperature which is nothing crazy,, so u get to decide whether you want to pick up the book or not! I have added soo many books on my TBR because of them! I 100% recommend them!
always looking for new horror to read and these all sound amazing! thank you for this. my tbr grows exponentially!
Yes please do a video on short story recommendations! Horror or any type really! Great recs Gabby! Adding some to by TBR
Yaaaaaas! I love that The Troop got you into horror because 1) I discovered your channel in 2021 2) I read The Troop based on your recommendation 3) and it made me fall in love with horror and it sparked my dormant love of reading again. Now I just can't get enough horror!!!
I have read 80% of this book list, solely based on your rave reviews over the months, and I am looking forward to reading the rest. Your recommenfations are always so bomb, Gabby. Thank you. 💕
That’s amazing thank you!! 🙌
Just finished comfort me with apples yesterday and it was brilliant! House at the bottom of a lake is also in my top 10 favorites! Both are sooo good!!!
The Troop is so good. I'm a long time king fan and I seen the book had a blurb on the cover and bought it on the spot. And it was way better than I expected.
Really enjoyed hearing about your all time favourite horror novels. It was fun that I could guess some of these ! Definitely interested in Comfort Me with Apples. It sounds so intriguing ☺
Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been struggling to find more horror books.
I've read most of the books on this list and agree that they are great! I have a couple suggestions for you. As a lifetime horror reader (Pet Semetary was the first adult horror novel that i read at 11 y.o.) i get bored of the same basic ideas over and over. I take note when something surprises me or creeps me out. Heres a small list of books that i hope you find time to read because they are "so fascinating" 😊
The Book of Accidents - Chuck Wendig
Come Closer - Sara Gran
The Torment of Rachel Ames - Jeff Gunhus
Intercepts - TJ Payne
The Damned Place - Chris Miller
The Possession - AK Kuykendall
Head Full of Ghosts - Paul Tremblay
My Best Friend's Exorcism - Grady Hendrix
Fantasticland - Mike Bockoven
...There are just so many more. So many books and a lifetime to read only a handful of them. It's unfair lol
Head Full of Ghosts is my favorite horror novel. I love My Best Friend's Exorcism too (and The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. I love Grady Hendrix). I have Come Closer, Intercepts, Fantasticland, and The Book of Accidents on my Kindle but haven't read them yet. We must have the same taste so I'll look up the other ones you recommended!
@@kima8670 I love horror! And those books on your kindle are sooo good. I'm sure you will enjoy them 😊
@@destinykyle5742 Thanks! I'm going to start one tomorrow!
My copy of The Winter People just arrived this morning! (Because of your recommendation Gabby!) So excited to finally read it, hopefully before the end of this month 🥰
I love your energy and taste in horror books! Definitely going to check a few out.
Thanks for the list! My taste in horror is constantly...evolving? Always changing I mean as I read more and more horror and watch booktube and such. The troop broke me out of a years long reading slump. I must say I didn't expect the books you named at ALL. I'm very pleasantly surprised.
Oh my gosh! The Patient is literally my favorite horror❤❤❤it is so good. I read it a year ago and I still think about it every day.
The shuddering … luv this one … couldn’t put it down & still think of about it when it’s snowing
All time horror books
The shining, stolen tongues, dr sleep, and It. Currently reading home before dark. Going to pick up kill creek and shudder, love your videos!!!!!
Omg Bright Lands! I read that book in a literal day. I could not put it down. It was incredible. INCREDIBLE. I screamed when you recommended it because I never see people recommend it. Also, stop recommending stuff, you’re running up my credit card bill!!
I was literally just watching your January wrap up, so excited u uploaded! ❤️
Omg 🥰
I'm definitely planning on reading all the books mentioned here! So excited!
Hi! I’ve been into reading more in general for the past two years but leaning more towards sci-fi / horror and I’m definitely going to buy some of the books you mentioned! Thank you so much :)
I have been so in the mood for horror & thriller, this was PERFECT TIMING! Thank you Gabby ❤️🖤
I literally read The troop because of this video, I binged it in one day it was so good!
Omg i just subscribed, just finished one of your videos and you just posted this video? And I love horror books?? I'm having a lucky day.
I love how much sparkle you get in your eyes and happiness you get when talking about books. It's genuinely so wholesome!
I agree with so many of the picks here!!!
Just finished Near the Bone last weekend. Fantastic!!!!!!
I also absolutely LOVED The House at the Bottom of A Lake. The scene in the basement with the pool legit gave my goosebumps 😨
I read the winter people the second week of January, and it got me on a Jennifer McMahon binge. Winter is definitely her best but the end of the drowning kind was so spectacular and I still can’t wrap my head around it
Sooo excited to read Near the Bone and The Shuddering yessss 🙌🏻
Hey Gabby! I loved this video. I’ve read almost all these books and loved them all!! I have a recommendation that I’ve just read and that is Twelve Night at Rotter House. I ended up giving this book a 4 star due to the ending. I have mixed feelings on the book. I would love to see you read it and have your opinion. Only 263 pages. Keep these great videos coming. 😊
I love your energy so much! So hype, but genuine and kind :) subscribed
The 1st 3 books Gabby picks up are my favourite horror books 😍 great taste Gabby
The Troop is on my list this month because of your reviews! I also have already read so many of these because of watching your videos and loved them so thank you for that! I just added a few! I’ve wanted to check out Bird Box for awhile now but I also added The Patient, The Bright Lands and Sour Candy because of this video…and already had Kill Creek on my list because of another video! Can’t wait to check those out. I did not even give horror a shot before watching your videos other than The Shining and now I have loved so many! My favourites are Near the Bone, The Winter People and Stolen Tongues (legit trouble sleeping after this one) …I also loved The Shining and Doctor Sleep (may have liked the sequel even better)…Misery creeped me out so much as well. I haven’t read Pet Sematary…it’s on my list…but I have watched the movie and that shit creeped me out hardcore.
Phenomenal, as always! Your videos are always fantastic, Gabbs. Continue shining! ❤️
Because of you, I have read almost all of the books in this video! Near the Bone, Stolen Tongues, and The Patient are definitely some of my favorite horror books because they gave me thrills and chills. I also loved We Need to do Something. Thanks for the recommendations!
The only ones I need to read (for next Weenie) are:
The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
The Shuddering by Anita Ahlborn
The Bright Lands by John Fram
When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen
Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
Omg that’s amazing!!! 😍🙌
I like who I added EVERY BOOK u just named of to my tbr list u sold every book to me how u talked about them 😍
Gabby have you seen the empty man? Idk why but I feel like you’d like it. The beginning is amazing, then the story gets a bit cliche, but then it takes a really cool direction and the end is pretty well done. For some reason some of the books you mention give me vibes from different parts of this movie.
Yes!!! That movie is so good and so creepy!
finally what I been looking for.
Some great enthusiastic recommendations of horror books that I havent read.
been looking for days and it's always some kraftbeer guy recommending the same 5-10 books everyone has already read.
I love that I read almost all of the books on your list and many of them mainly because of you 🖤 And the six I haven't read yet are definitely on my TBR. Also, I liked all of the books you mentioned except for The Bright Lands, that one was just so boring 🙈
New subscriber here. Haven't read in about a year but getting back into it and horror/thriller are my fav genres so thank you for you're recommendations 😁
Kill creek how you just described it makes me think of AHS Roanoke (second half of the season)
We're the same! I hate reading before but i love horror and when i read pet sematary, i bought lots of books and reading them (most are SK lol). Right now im halfway through revival by stephen king. Love your choices, i'll try to read those others too ❤️ love from philippines!
You sold me on Bird Box and Malorie - The shuddering - Night of the Mannequins
Thanks for the recommendations ✌🏻😁
I feel like I’m navigating horror through you. I feel like when I was a kid I always liked ghost stories & stuff like that but then I got into reading the R.L. Stine Fear Street books & books like it & those were more like thrillers. I feel like I’ve mostly consumed horror through watching it. So, I’m interested to see what horror books work for me. I really liked The Winter People! I need to read Pet Semetary at some point. That was the first Stephen King movie I ever watched. So, yes, you are pretty much helping me with horror because I’m not sure what I like or what is for me just yet. 🥰🤓📚✨
Thank you so much gabby for coming into our life..... On behalf of all horror and thriller book lovers
I still watched the whole video even though I've read all these books thanks to your recs 💙
Great recommendations and great video. Have only read a few on your list but they were definitely good ones. A few recommendations:
1. The Ruins by Scott Smith
2. Watchers by Dean Koontz
3. Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz
4. Clown in a Cornfield by Adam CeSare
5. Southern Book Club's Guide to Vampires by Grady Hendrix
6. My Best Friends Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
7. The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
8. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Gabby! The troop is also one of my absolute favorite horror novels. Because you enjoyed it, I can't recommend Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven enough!! Please give it a go!
I just finished Fantasticland and loved it! Would you recommend the Troop for someone who enjoyed that novel?
@@TheEsperKing1 yes, I would!
Just started Near the Bone today & I’m excited to finally read it! Stolen Tongues is God tier.
I personally did not like near the bone 😕 it was boring to me the last 100 pages were okay. But I have stolen tongues on my TBR for this month. I also wanted to check out bunny, imaginary friend, and the patient!
Thank you very much for this video - will check amazon and will get some new thrills 🙂🧡
You've given me a bunch of Horror recommendations that I've enjoyed - Kill Creek, Bunny, Bird Box, Stolen Tongues ...
I'd suggest The Bird Eater by Ania Ahlborn, something by John Ajvide Lindqvist - either Let The Right One In or Handling The Undead, & something by Peter Straub - Ghost Story or Shadowland.
The Least Of My Scars by Stephen Graham Jones is also worth picking up.
The library had an audio of night of the mannequins 🙌🏾🙌🏾 I am going to check it out . Thanks so much for sharing
Gabby's horror recs-
1. Pet cemetery
2. The troop
3. The winter people
4. The drowning kind
5. Bird box/Malorie
6. Near the bone
7. Stolen tongues*
8. The patient
9. The shuddering
10. Kill creek
11. The knight lands
12. When the reckoning comes
13. Bunny
14. Imaginary friend (? ending sucks apparently)
Novellas-
15. Things have gotten worse since we last met
16. Night of the mannequins
17. We need to do something (trapped in a bathroom)
18. A house at the bottom of the lake
19. Comfort me with apples
20. Sour candy
21. The boogeyman (SK)
22. Quitters inc. (SK)
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Omg, you have a few of my all time favorites on this list! Especially, The Patient! This book doesn't get enough attention. The last couple of pages of this book still haunts me.
I recently read Left To You by Daniel J. Volpe and it was sooooo good!! I would recommend adding it to your TBR if you haven't already! Keep up the great work, Gabby! :)
Omg I love your shirt 😍
I need to read The Patient! Have heard nothing but good things. It's a must for next Summerween.
Sour candy!!!! I absolutely love that story. It’s F**CKING crazy. I’m so glad I got it. I just want someone to talk to about it lmao. It’s so good. It’s so bizarre. One of my faves for sure.
And the author, Kealan Patrick Burke, is one of the funniest people you will ever follow on social media.
I loved Imaginary Friend - it was so creative & had the most imaginative visuals & world building. I couldn’t put it down. I didn’t love the ending, but didn’t hate it as much as you :)
Love love love the shirt!!!
I think my last truly creepy book was No One Gets Out Alive. I've read the majority of these and they were 4 stars, but they weren't scary (to me). I do need to read The Troop, I have my fingers crossed for that one.
you alway have the absolute best recommendations
Watch the movie Cat's Eye. It's an adaptation of several Stephen King stories, including Quitter's Inc.
I started reading The Troop like last year or the year before and had to stop bc my loan was up. I am hoping to read it and finish it this spooky season.
Great video thank you for your recommendations
I’ve been interested in The Troop but I’m so glad you mentioned the cat and AC because definitely can’t do that 😰
They actually made Quitter's Inc. into a short film as part of the horror anthology Cat's Eye. Stars James Woods as the guy trying to quit smoking and is pretty good.
i looked up stolen tongues and it was originally a reddit story and then read by creepypasta! crazy how things grow into officially published works
@GabbyReads I just got into horror books over the last few years myself as well and I must say, out of all the Stephen King I have read which isn’t much, I think Pet Sematary while it’s not my personal favorite I would probably give my personal favorite to Salem’s Lot but, it is easily the scariest book I have read and now I want to knock out all the essentials for his dark tower universe with a reading guide
I just started horror over the last couple year too. So far I’ve really enjoyed IT, The Shining, Doctor Sleep, Salem’s Lot, House of Leaves, American Psycho, and The Hellbound Heart
Kill Creek has been on my tbr for so long! I need to definitely read it.
Hey Gabby check out Naomi's room and Penpal. Both are dark and bleak horrors. Also give Laura Purcell a shot. She is a recent author who writes Gothic Horror.
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell is awesome!
@@Devi15 I agree. I really liked The Silent Companions
Quitters Inc. has been made. It is in the movie Cat's eye. Cat's eye is a film with 3 short stories written by Stephen King, the other 2 are The Ledge and one written just for the film.
IM SO EXCITED FOR THISSSS
i loooove nick cutter. i've read little heaven and the deep and now the troop is on my list !
how was the deep? I liked the troop
Thanks for including horror novellas.
im so excited to read the winter people because I loved pet sematary except for a few scenes that had written-by-a-man vibes
"Quitter's, Inc." is in the movie Cat's Eye from 1985. But it WOULD fit well as a Black Mirror episode.
Just picked up Stolen Tongues based on your rec! I used to adore NoSleep on reddit and I hears thats where it was originally written
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Wow, great video!🤩
thanks for the new titles and not listing generic titles. see you on goodreads, love you, kevin the book hermit
I keep trying to find a horror book to actually scare me enough to not be able to read at night or sleep with the lights on... Unfortunately, I think I have become desensitized to horror book and movies. I still have a lot of horror books on my TBR list but so far Stolen Tongues has been the creepiest. I remember reading certain parts and getting chills or at least thinking "OK that is horrifying." So, up to this point I'm thinking that is about as scared as I can get.
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I just got the book the troop because I’ve heard so many good reviews
Kill Creek sounds like a direct cross between Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted and Halloween Resurrection, lol.
I have pet cemetery and the night shift i absolutely loved night shift I re read it 2 times I love the short story’s. My fave is night shift and the pandemic with the kids
Or even the window one
You have to add Tender is the Flesh and Brother to your tbr!!
I love your new opening
If you want to be afraid of deer read The only good Indian By Stephen Graham Jones. I may have spelled his first and middle name wrong 😳. A creepy ass book with moments that come out of NOWHERE. I think it was the author/youtuber Edward Lorn who said I have never had a book jump scare me until this book. I second that statement. I was wondering if he'd be in your novella section because NotM and The night cyclist are both AMAZING horror novellas.
Unfortunately I dnf'ed Stolen Tongues 😭 i just didn't find it particularly scary
I did love The Patient!! I don't think it was super scary for me tho. Maybe it's just that we're scared by different things haha
Ooh even more intrigued by When the Reckoning Comes now 👀 oooh also enjoyed We Need To Do Something!!
Have you read The House on Abigail Lane by Kealan Patrick Burke? It's a haunted house novella that gives me reverse Imaginary Friend vibes -- the beginning and middle are pretty straightforward and what you'd expect, but the ending leaves you ???. I thought it was great! (And I think it's funny that the ending is your least favorite part of Imaginary Friend because that's the part that made me fall head-over-heels in love with it!)
I also think you'd like Dathan Auerbach. I might've recommended him to you before; I try to get everyone to read him because he's grossly underrated IMO. He has two books and you can't go wrong with either, but I will say that I prefer Penpal, his self-published debut, to Bad Man, his second book that was published traditionally.
No I haven’t! But it’s on my TBR 🥰
Pet Sematary was the first book of fiction I read back in 2014 and it is still one of my faves of all times, I would also recommend u Rage from Stephen King, it's my favorite book from him