I highly recommend Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman. It is a horror fantasy blend with incredible writing, memorable characters, and a fascinating story that kept me fully engaged throughout the whole book. Just thinking about it makes me want to reread it.
Similar to S. King= Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon, a must-read classic. Also read Fevre Dream by George RR Martin. You'll love The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. A Lovecraftian novella not to miss is The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle. Happy screaming!
Loving the video Andrew! I'll be reading Salem's Lot this October for the first time. Don't give up on Simon R Green novels. His Nightside novels have creepiness to it. I'll give a look at Joe Hill this year! I love reading different genres like you are saying. Right now I'm in pulp/western kick. Zane Grey and Louis L'amour is going strong for me.
Awesome video Andrew! I’ll be reading the Shining for the first time in October. I highly recommend the Hellbound Heart, The Ballad of Black Tom, and Cunning Folk.
Oooh yes, I know exactly what you are talking about! There's something so addictive about the horror vibe. I think you should try out Asunder by Kerstin Hall based on what you said about Aching God and Kristoff, it's my new favourite fantasy with horror flavours!!
Robert McCammon is my favorite author. I highly recommend Mystery Walk (despite the horrible synopsis on the back of the original paperback) and his sci-fi horror, The Border. I've got "I Travel at Night" on my TBR for Autumn and I plan on picking up the last of the Matthew Corbett's last book in December.
For truly wicked vampires, read the 'Necroscope' series by Brian Lumley. Also check out 'The Adversary Cycle' books by F. Paul Wilson - both series written in the 80s (so nothing with modern-day sensibilities contaminate the stories.)
I'm somewhat new to horror reads myself, I've read 5 Kings and I loved each one (especially the Shinning, but Dr. Sleep is a great sequel BTW). Otherwise, so far I'm mostly going old school with HP Lovecraft: still going though his early career, just approaching his more famous works, but I've been quite impressed so far, he has a way with words that's all his own. Plus Stephen King is certainly in conversation with Lovecraft (see Jerusalem's Lot, the Mist or It for more overt examples) as are so many writers/movies/games in the genre. Also getting some great and similar horror vibes from his friend Robert E. Howard (the Scarlet Citadel, or Worms of the Earth). You won't get the great characters of King, if only cause they're shorter, but as semi-caricatures they still have some meat on them. And you can find good audiobooks or E-books easily for free since they're that old. Then I did Uzumaki, by Junji Ito. Woah. He got Lovecraft's sense of intoxicating wrongness in a visual medium amazingly - it's a whole other mythology, but the feeling is the same. It's just so...Uzumaki! One modern book (1986) I enjoyed was the Ice King by Michael Scott Rohan, not as enticing as Salem's Lot but a similar vibe doing while some cool things with Norse mythology.
@@MagusMarquillin I have been super curious on Lovecraft for years now! I have at the mountains of madness just to taste tests his work. Fingers crossed I love it. I’m looking up Ice King now to see if it grabs me.
Welcome to the dark side! 😃 If you like Jonathan Maberry, check out his first published works, the Pine Deep trilogy. The first book is Ghost Road Blues. The trilogy is set on Halloween and is really good!
Glad I came across your channel. I enjoy your style. A novel definitely in the vein of Stephen King is “All The Fiends Of Hell” by Adam Nevill. Post apocalyptic with unique plottting and great character building and atmosphere setting. Most of all Adam Nevill is a crafter of prose just like the great King. Also, if you enjoy audiobooks the read of this one is excellent.
I have a couple of recommendations. Try T Kingfisher What Moves The Dead. It's a short retelling of The Fall Of The House Of Usher. It's under 200 pages but it's really good imo. Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian you might like it has the horror theme and it takes place in the wild west times. And lastly for a new popular author try out Grady Hendrix books. I just finished How To Sell A Haunted House which for me was a fun read. Another book by Hendrix is My Best Friend's Exorcism which can be campy since it takes place in the 80s but still that one was funny to read. But I prefer How To Sell A Haunted House. Happy Reading to you.
I think Buehlman’s Between Two Fires or Swans Justice of Kings may be perfect for you right now if you have not read them. My favorite horror, King’s Duma Key!!
You can't talk horror without mentioning Stephen Graham Jones, who has taken the genre by storm in the last couple of years. Some people don't gel right with his writing style, and that's fine, but GOD he's good. Indian Lake Trilogy is A++++. I also like Cassandra Khaw; more cosmic, and again, some people don't gel right with the writing style, but I loved both Nothing But Blackened Teeth and The Dead Take the A Train. Richard Laymon is a bit of a classic when it comes to the pulpy stuff and he's enjoyable. Clive Barker is another classic--beautiful writing. Would definitely recommend his short stories above everything else. The Books of Blood are phenomenal. My favorite is The Inhuman Condition; it's a collection of five short stories/novellas and they're all wonderful in their own special ways. I also argue that Bret Easton Ellis is a horror author, even beyond American Psycho; Glamorama was absolutely a horror novel. Wilderness horror: Briardark by SA Harian was sooo good. Haven't read the sequel yet but I'm excited.
OMG Anne Rice Yessss! So hard to categorize Harlan. It is dark for sure. I would say for sure start Maberry with Patient Zero or his trilogy Ghost Road Blues.
You should read Mine and The Border by McCammon before They Thirst in my opinion. Mine won the Brom Stoker Award for best horror novel the year it came out, and it was well deserved. For his book The Border, I don't even need to say anything except just go read the description for it. It sells itself.
If you liked Aching God (which I read this year) then check out the Ash and Sand Trilogy by Richard Nell. Absolutely Grimdark to the max (so you know it has horrific elements to it) It was honestly one of favourite reads and needs to be talked about more. Also, The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. It’s a murder mystery/investigation first and foremost, but set in amazing unique fantasy world with Sherlock Holmes vibes. The horror is the murders. It’s my favourite fantasy I read this year.
Yay! Another horror reader. I am kinda like you but the opposite way. Horror is my fav genre, but I am trying to get more into fantasy. And I notice I enjoy Fantasy that has horror elements. Salem's Lot & Pet Semetery are my fav King Novels. His short stories The Raft and The Mist are amazing. (Skeleton Crew Anthology) You may like Blake Crouch Pines; Fall of Night by Jonathan Maberry and some Dean Kootnz recs are Phantoms, Whispers, Watchers, and Intensity. Weird question but not really b/c its horror--how do you feel about Gore?
I went and bought Phantoms! Thank you for the recs. I really enjoyed Skeleton Crew besides the tiger short story. That one didnt work for me. Everyhting else was awesome.
So, I saw Clive Barker has already been recommended, but not the book I would suggest. Whilst Weaveworld and Imajica are good, my favourite is Cabal (released as Nightbreed on film) . Also Threads of Ash by S.H. Cooper, which is a fantasy/horror novella. If you liked The Last of Us, I would also recommend Among The Living by Tim Lebbon.
If you want fantasy with horror elements, here are a few I thought were entertaining. Some are sci fi with horror as well. Faerie Tale by Raymond E Feist Stronghold by Paul Finch Necroscope by Brian Lumley Dhampir by Barb and JC Hendee Kagen the Damned by Jonathan Maberry
FUN video, so glad you're steping through the curtain 🤪😉👹👻😈 Those Across the River by Buhelman. Our Share of the Night by Mariana Enriquez House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias
I love early King books too. Salems Lot, The Shining, It and Pet Semetary are still the 4 scariest books Ive ever read. And for years Ive tried finding anything close to those. Still waiting. No one has ever suggested anything to compare to them. Please help!
I highly recommend Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman. It is a horror fantasy blend with incredible writing, memorable characters, and a fascinating story that kept me fully engaged throughout the whole book. Just thinking about it makes me want to reread it.
@@SarahAsYouWish it’s a good book! Buehlman is one heck of a writer. Glad to hear it landed well for you
Appreciate all these recs sir, my horror list is growing!
@@NerdLevelRising That is awesome! Check out the comments section as well I have added a ton to my list already
Similar to S. King= Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon, a must-read classic. Also read Fevre Dream by George RR Martin. You'll love The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. A Lovecraftian novella not to miss is The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle. Happy screaming!
@@curtjarrell9710 harvest home sounds great!
This changes everything 😱! Recommendations: “Phantoms” by Dean Koontz and the “Escape From Furnace” series by Alexander Gordon Smith.
@@fangs1972 I have been contemplating Koontz for a hot minute
Agreed! Phantoms is one of my fav books!
Loving the video Andrew! I'll be reading Salem's Lot this October for the first time. Don't give up on Simon R Green novels. His Nightside novels have creepiness to it. I'll give a look at Joe Hill this year! I love reading different genres like you are saying. Right now I'm in pulp/western kick. Zane Grey and Louis L'amour is going strong for me.
I am glad you are enjoying the Videos! Def not giving up on Simon R Green. I have been wanting to check out Splatter westerns for a bit.
closing 7K sub soon my friend
@@HakolBeseder09 it’s exciting!
Awesome video Andrew! I’ll be reading the Shining for the first time in October. I highly recommend the Hellbound Heart, The Ballad of Black Tom, and Cunning Folk.
@@BookishChas I’ll look into these now! Thanks Chas :)
@@AndrewsWizardlyReads cool! You’re welcome. 🙂
I really want to read blackwater as well. It sounds soooo good.
Awesome video!!! Great day for posting this ;)
@@FineReads I have black water on my shelf now I’m really excited to dig into it
Yes dude!!! I can’t wait to fit in more horror as well - I love me some scares. Some banger picks, a lot are on my tbr.
@@RekindledReader If there are any you want to buddy read let me know! I’m all in
@@AndrewsWizardlyReads I’m reading The Reformatory next month with Alicia - maybe let me know…??? Check it out
@@RekindledReader I’ll look into it and see if it calls to me
Newbie to horror here. My favorite so far is Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher.
@@bethloubet4650 I really need to check out t kingfisher
Oooh yes, I know exactly what you are talking about! There's something so addictive about the horror vibe.
I think you should try out Asunder by Kerstin Hall based on what you said about Aching God and Kristoff, it's my new favourite fantasy with horror flavours!!
@@esmayrosalyne i am running to add to my list! Thanks Esmay :)
Robert McCammon is my favorite author. I highly recommend Mystery Walk (despite the horrible synopsis on the back of the original paperback) and his sci-fi horror, The Border. I've got "I Travel at Night" on my TBR for Autumn and I plan on picking up the last of the Matthew Corbett's last book in December.
@@brandon5080 I’m on River of Souls for Matthew Corbett!
For truly wicked vampires, read the 'Necroscope' series by Brian Lumley.
Also check out 'The Adversary Cycle' books by F. Paul Wilson - both series written in the 80s (so nothing with modern-day sensibilities contaminate the stories.)
@@benja6902 yesss Necroscope is on my list to pick up here soon. Looking up The Adversary cycle now! Thanks for the recommendation
I'm somewhat new to horror reads myself, I've read 5 Kings and I loved each one (especially the Shinning, but Dr. Sleep is a great sequel BTW). Otherwise, so far I'm mostly going old school with HP Lovecraft: still going though his early career, just approaching his more famous works, but I've been quite impressed so far, he has a way with words that's all his own. Plus Stephen King is certainly in conversation with Lovecraft (see Jerusalem's Lot, the Mist or It for more overt examples) as are so many writers/movies/games in the genre. Also getting some great and similar horror vibes from his friend Robert E. Howard (the Scarlet Citadel, or Worms of the Earth). You won't get the great characters of King, if only cause they're shorter, but as semi-caricatures they still have some meat on them. And you can find good audiobooks or E-books easily for free since they're that old.
Then I did Uzumaki, by Junji Ito. Woah. He got Lovecraft's sense of intoxicating wrongness in a visual medium amazingly - it's a whole other mythology, but the feeling is the same. It's just so...Uzumaki!
One modern book (1986) I enjoyed was the Ice King by Michael Scott Rohan, not as enticing as Salem's Lot but a similar vibe doing while some cool things with Norse mythology.
@@MagusMarquillin I have been super curious on Lovecraft for years now! I have at the mountains of madness just to taste tests his work. Fingers crossed I love it. I’m looking up Ice King now to see if it grabs me.
Welcome to the dark side! 😃 If you like Jonathan Maberry, check out his first published works, the Pine Deep trilogy. The first book is Ghost Road Blues. The trilogy is set on Halloween and is really good!
@@JasonsWeirdReads thanks! I’m adding to the list now!
Glad I came across your channel. I enjoy your style.
A novel definitely in the vein of Stephen King is “All The Fiends Of Hell” by Adam Nevill. Post apocalyptic with unique plottting and great character building and atmosphere setting. Most of all Adam Nevill is a crafter of prose just like the great King.
Also, if you enjoy audiobooks the read of this one is excellent.
@@tomhunter7672 I do love audio books! Thank you for the recommendation :) adding to the list now. Thank you for watching!
I have a couple of recommendations. Try T Kingfisher What Moves The Dead. It's a short retelling of The Fall Of The House Of Usher. It's under 200 pages but it's really good imo. Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian you might like it has the horror theme and it takes place in the wild west times. And lastly for a new popular author try out Grady Hendrix books. I just finished How To Sell A Haunted House which for me was a fun read. Another book by Hendrix is My Best Friend's Exorcism which can be campy since it takes place in the 80s but still that one was funny to read. But I prefer How To Sell A Haunted House. Happy Reading to you.
I just bought some Grady Hendrix but i will look into Kingfisher and Red Rabbit! Thank you for the reccomendations
I think Buehlman’s Between Two Fires or Swans Justice of Kings may be perfect for you right now if you have not read them. My favorite horror, King’s Duma Key!!
@@heidi6281 I have read both of those :) DUMA KEY is such an underrated King Gem
You can't talk horror without mentioning Stephen Graham Jones, who has taken the genre by storm in the last couple of years. Some people don't gel right with his writing style, and that's fine, but GOD he's good. Indian Lake Trilogy is A++++. I also like Cassandra Khaw; more cosmic, and again, some people don't gel right with the writing style, but I loved both Nothing But Blackened Teeth and The Dead Take the A Train. Richard Laymon is a bit of a classic when it comes to the pulpy stuff and he's enjoyable. Clive Barker is another classic--beautiful writing. Would definitely recommend his short stories above everything else. The Books of Blood are phenomenal. My favorite is The Inhuman Condition; it's a collection of five short stories/novellas and they're all wonderful in their own special ways.
I also argue that Bret Easton Ellis is a horror author, even beyond American Psycho; Glamorama was absolutely a horror novel.
Wilderness horror: Briardark by SA Harian was sooo good. Haven't read the sequel yet but I'm excited.
Wow Thank you for all of the reccomendations :)
OMG Anne Rice Yessss! So hard to categorize Harlan. It is dark for sure. I would say for sure start Maberry with Patient Zero or his trilogy Ghost Road Blues.
@@Talking_Story you definitely put Mayberry on my Radar :)
You should read Mine and The Border by McCammon before They Thirst in my opinion. Mine won the Brom Stoker Award for best horror novel the year it came out, and it was well deserved. For his book The Border, I don't even need to say anything except just go read the description for it. It sells itself.
@@Coleton2573 I definitely need to read more McCammon!
If you liked Aching God (which I read this year) then check out the Ash and Sand Trilogy by Richard Nell. Absolutely Grimdark to the max (so you know it has horrific elements to it) It was honestly one of favourite reads and needs to be talked about more.
Also, The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. It’s a murder mystery/investigation first and foremost, but set in amazing unique fantasy world with Sherlock Holmes vibes. The horror is the murders. It’s my favourite fantasy I read this year.
@@saucebot7214 I was on the fence of tainted cup but you just sold me on it! Thank you 😊
@@AndrewsWizardlyReads the audiobook is great as well 🤘
@@saucebot7214 Thanks! I’ll check it out
Everyone talks about Hyperion and rightly so but Simmons can do some horror! Check out Carrion Comfort or The Terror
@@Talking_Story The terror is one I’m always called to
@@AndrewsWizardlyReads historical horror in a desolated setting. Very very good.
@@Talking_Story I can’t wait!
Yay! Another horror reader. I am kinda like you but the opposite way. Horror is my fav genre, but I am trying to get more into fantasy. And I notice I enjoy Fantasy that has horror elements. Salem's Lot & Pet Semetery are my fav King Novels. His short stories The Raft and The Mist are amazing. (Skeleton Crew Anthology) You may like Blake Crouch Pines; Fall of Night by Jonathan Maberry and some Dean Kootnz recs are Phantoms, Whispers, Watchers, and Intensity. Weird question but not really b/c its horror--how do you feel about Gore?
I went and bought Phantoms! Thank you for the recs. I really enjoyed Skeleton Crew besides the tiger short story. That one didnt work for me. Everyhting else was awesome.
@@AndrewsWizardlyReads you’re welcome. I’m very curious what you’ll think of Phantoms.
Looove Kagen the Damned ❤❤❤ The Pine Deep Trilogy is supernatural horror but a good Stand Alone from him is Glimpse.
@@ithrahmunchswallow468 I bought Ghost road Blues it’s on the way!
@@AndrewsWizardlyReads awesome!! Some of my favorite characters 💖
@@ithrahmunchswallow468 I love to hear it
So, I saw Clive Barker has already been recommended, but not the book I would suggest. Whilst Weaveworld and Imajica are good, my favourite is Cabal (released as Nightbreed on film) . Also Threads of Ash by S.H. Cooper, which is a fantasy/horror novella. If you liked The Last of Us, I would also recommend Among The Living by Tim Lebbon.
@@fantasybooknerd1961 Thank you for all the recommendations. I’ll check out a few :)
@@fantasybooknerd1961 among the living sounds great! I added it to my Amazon wishlist. Cheers
Enjoy ur spooky 👻 reads… 😊
@@safinan8008 thank you Safina!!!!
If you want fantasy with horror elements, here are a few I thought were entertaining. Some are sci fi with horror as well.
Faerie Tale by Raymond E Feist
Stronghold by Paul Finch
Necroscope by Brian Lumley
Dhampir by Barb and JC Hendee
Kagen the Damned by Jonathan Maberry
@@civoreb ohhh Faerie tale is one I’d like to tackle eventually
FUN video, so glad you're steping through the curtain 🤪😉👹👻😈
Those Across the River by Buhelman.
Our Share of the Night by Mariana Enriquez
House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias
@@ithrahmunchswallow468 ohhh Gabino is on the list!
I love early King books too. Salems Lot, The Shining, It and Pet Semetary are still the 4 scariest books Ive ever read. And for years Ive tried finding anything close to those. Still waiting. No one has ever suggested anything to compare to them. Please help!
@@jeffbowman1225 That is also what I’m hoping to find!
Just thought of another one. Boys in the Valley by Phillip Fracassi
@@ahill6858 Talking Story just read this one and really liked it!
ever try Clive Barker? You might really dig Imajica and Weaveworld
@@awizardintraining I have read Imajica and weaveworld!
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons. The Troop by Nick Cutter
@@ahill6858 as a former boy scout I’m terrified to read the troop lol
@@AndrewsWizardlyReads Perfect for the season.
Aching God sounds really interesting
@@myriamlaviolette1119 it’s such a fantastic book! There is a Kickstarter that is being done of it
Read Laird Barron's Old Leech mythos
@@TalonBray looking him up!
Anything by Nick Roberts and Philip Fracassi.
@@booksbeerhorror753 added boys in the valley to the list