13 THRILLERS AND HORROR BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS YOU NEED TO READ! Fast Paced and Bingeable Books!

[@isabellekane9474]

Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix is unique but so so good! It’s classic Grady Hendrix meets ikea

[@camillafladberg673]

I listen to House of Hallow this fall when I went for my evening walks. It was dark out, foggy, so atmospheric. Perfect!

[@spookylittlebooknerd]

I loved Bloom so much! Definitely a 5-star. All vibes and so beautifully written. Frankenstein is one of my favorites too. I’ll read any retelling of it as well. All of the movies and plays get it so wrong. Definitely adding These Fleeting Shadows to my list! My favorite book of the year so far has been Summer of Night by Dan Simmons. Nostalgic, atmospheric, excellent character development and scene setting, and super creepy!

[@samanthaaiello]

I just finished Dear Mothman. I picked it because I adore Mothman, and it was on a list for scary middle grade books. It is so good! Be prepared to be more emotional than afraid, but you’ll definitely hold your breath a few times. It’s beautiful and sad and creepy and wondrous. Highly recommend

[@WonderKitty24]

I just finished My Best Friend’s Exorcism yesterday! It was so good I finished it in a day!

[@lifewithhollyt]

👻👻yay for more book recs!! Soon you will be hitting 100k and it's so exciting! Been following your journey since you had like 22k xo

[@alexandraroselyn]

Omgsh no way!! That’s so cool!!!❤❤❤

[@lifewithhollyt]

@alexandraroselyn I'm so happy for you. You have no idea 💕

[@ringsandravens]

If you haven’t read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, I highly recommend it. It’s one of my favorite books of all time. 🦊🦊

[@alexandraroselyn]

Yes!! Omg I've heard it's so good!! I really have to pick it up soon!!

[@KristianaCembre]

My dad is weirdly obsessed with that book, he’s read it so many times it’s falling apart.

[@Suhailee91]

Agreed I just brought this one in physical copy because I loved it❤

[@karlag8312]

I agree this is one of my favorite books a solid 5. Excellent book.

[@arleenneu5575]

Yes, The Historian is also one of my favourite books as well!🤗

[@laurieeyebee]

I read The Shining when I was about your age, home alone on a darkening afternoon, sitting in a chair that backed up to nothing but the dining nook and back door. I was so scared I had to move to a different chair that backed up against the wall. I recommend to you a British author, Michelle Paver, title is Dark Matter.

[@karenmgagne8792]

I read The Only Good Indians on audio last week. Stephen Graham Jones is SUCH a great writer, and this indigenous take on horror is just so good! I am not a fan of gore but I pushed through it for this book because it was just so brilliant, creepy, and profound! I cried at the end... 😭 Highly recommend! 💯💕

[@kellie8032]

I really love the way you describe plots of books, I’ve seen so many booktubers read and recommend the same books that I’ve looked passed.. and yet I immediately added multiple books you mentioned to my immediate tbr. You have a gift ❤️ (happy I already know bunny was too weird for me, your disclaimer was perfect)

[@kellie8032]

Also I hate that now I feel influenced to read rouge now 😭

[@174mars]

My recs 👻 Classic: Hell house by Richard Matheson 2024: I was a teenager slasher New author: We use to live here

[@laurieeyebee]

We Used To Live Here! Yes! Truly scary.

[@174mars]

@ it should’ve been good reads book of the year but Stephen king fans are relentless

[@lauraa1345]

Thabk you for all these recommendations, Lexi! My fall tbr for next year just got bigger👻👻

[@gradyish]

Appreciate the Grady representation 😂 2:41

[@alexandraroselyn]

The list wouldn’t be complete without him! 😊

[@gradyish]

@@alexandraroselyn Yes! We gotta look out for each other 🤝

[@wonderlandjournal]

House of Furies is part of a Trilogy, YA has spooky vibes, haunted house vibes. It kind of reminds me of Rosemary’s Baby. Also, the new Rosemary’s Baby mini series is an excellent modern take on the original! It’s on prime and stars Zoe Saldana.

[@alexandraroselyn]

Oooo I'll have to check House of Furies out!! I've always been a little too scared to read Rosemary's Baby lol is the mini series as scary as the book/ movie???

[@wonderlandjournal]

The mini series is less creepy. Zoe does an amazing job making you feel Exactly what she is going through which can be a little stressful 😂and make you angry!

[@autumnfolkringa4313]

I just finished Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman and it scared me so much! Highly recommend!

[@alexandraroselyn]

OOOO!!! I really liked his novella! I'll check this out thank you Autumn!!

[@hazelphoenix203]

This came at the perfect time. Dealing with some health challenges and this is the perfect video to distract me from real life stuff. Love you, Lexi! 🦊❤️❤️

[@alexandraroselyn]

Oh no! Hazel I hope everything's okay!

[@deborahrouse3330]

👻 great video, will definitely be buying some of these books.

[@esliet]

Loved this video Lexi and I have read several of these thanks to you. You are the best 👻

[@alexandraroselyn]

Aw thank you Eslie!!

[@MarychaPadilla]

Loved this video! Just like I love all your videos. Your videos are really such a source of comfort for me. Thank you for the recommendations, they all sound amazing and will definitely be adding them to my TBR. Love you Lexi!

[@Chasing.therain]

I read My Best Friend's Exorcism because you raved about it ..and it is now one od my favorite books ever!! ❤ i have read the same 3 that you have. I kind of want to check out Horrorstoor and will definitely chrck out his new one!

[@alib6615]

👻 My recs: "Horns" or "Heart-Shaped Box" by Joe Hill (really anything by him) "Lisey's Story" and "'Salem's Lot" by Stephen King "Kiss the Girls" by James Patterson Any of the Hannibal books by Thomas Harris.

[@leacampbell2969]

I don’t see many folks talking about this one, but I read “Schrader’s Chord” a few months ago and it is FANTASTIC. If you’ve got an appreciation for music and ghosts, it’s perfect. Five star read and now an auto-buy author for me!

[@YashaSempai]

Yay! Mom cameo!

[@courtneyalysan4925]

Thank you for the recommendations! My shopping 🛒 on Amazon just got filled! Love you❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@caitlingrover2093]

Another great spooky read (especially for the summer) is Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant! Soooo good! 🦊🦊

[@alexandraroselyn]

omggg!! Caitlin I've heard that ones good! And Mora Grant is Seanan McGuire right??? I loveeeee the Every Heart a Doorway series! I should check that one out too!

[@krisprepolec5616]

I love that one. It’s like Jurassic Park on a boat with killer mermaids. So good!

[@udishaverma7862]

OMG surprise surprise 👏 Now i can finally get back to reading after this video, just needed this push !!! ❤❤

[@alexandraroselyn]

hahaha yay!!

[@valfromsocal6806]

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno Garcia. That was my top pick last year. Blew me away with it creativeness of 90s cinema horror in Mexico 🇲🇽

[@kaka-eq6jp]

you great!

[@joannievh2071]

So proud to have guessed you two authors! 🥰 You'll love the vibes, you'll love the quotes, you might lose your lunch. 😂😂😂 I just love your recommendations... And that background!! I'm in no hurry to see you switch it up for Christmas! 😉 But why didn't you use that beautiful spooky intro this year?! 😢 👻 Don't really have anything to recommend but picked up recommendations! ❤

[@udishaverma7862]

Okay QOTD Answer: : i haven't read many horrors, still a newbie, and most of those horros have been mentioned on this channel, the ones that i dont remember if its mentioned is "Small Spaces" by Katherine Arden, "The Cavendish home for boys and girls" by Claire Legrand, and "Beyond the black door" by A. M. Strickland (not exactly horror, but horror vibes when i read it. 👻 the way you say "Doctor Frankenstien" tho 😂

[@BeckeyD]

My heart is a chainsaw! As a horror movie fan I loved this and all the connections to the classic horror movie.👻

[@ayeshaekanayake4215]

My mom is my best friend too...love the vibes💗

[@peterconetta399]

If you liked "The Shining" you probably would also enjoy his sequel to it "Doctor Sleep". I think it is really good. Thanks.

[@judytombaugh2990]

Great recommendations, thank you - many I have read and many others are on my TBR list. If you have not read Dracula it is the OG for a good reason. Just read Carmilla this year and I also loved the gothic vibes of Lady Macbeth and dark romance and atmosphere of Hollow Heathens. 👻

[@caitlin375]

Love all these recs! and love the mom cameo. How fun would it be to do a buddy read with your mom and get her opinion on the books! 👻

[@alexandraroselyn]

omg I would LOVEEE that! Maybe at some point I can convince her or my dad to do a buddy read with me for the channel lol.

[@caitlin375]

@ a family buddy read would be everything

[@tonyaroche7733]

If you’re looking for something really creepy, I’m re-reading Brian Lumley’s Necroscope series. It’s been a couple of decades since I first read them, but I remember them being pretty scary. Of course, as always happens when I watch your videos, my list of “gotta haves” just increased by a LOT. Thanks a lot. 😉❤👻

[@laurenschenck5355]

OMG! Love n Academy for Liars one of my favorite books 🎄🎄❤️❤️❤️🎄💚💚🎁❤️❤️🎄🎁🎁💚🎁📚📚📙📙📖📖📚📚📙📖📖📙📚📚📙📖📖💚🎁🎄❤️🎄🎁🎁🎁🎄❤️❤️🎄🎁🎁📚📚📚📙📖💚🎁

[@Anna-dp8ee]

I may have laughed out loud when you said „you might loose your lunch“ 🤣 🦊🦊🦊

[@alexandraroselyn]

hahaha!

[@ReadingNymph]

Classic horror is my favorite type of classics to read. They are the best 👌🏻

[@elisal.8822]

I usually don't like horror. When my older kollegue gave me "IT" i got hooked. I like this list. I want to read "Frankenstein" next.

[@KaylaShowers-n3w]

My Stephen King rec is It. This was so time consuming but absolutely worth reading. Episode Thirteen is a really good ghost hunter book, even though I'm only halfway through. Still recommend. YA rec: How To Survive Your Murder, not horror exactly, but this has great slasher vibes. And then I love Dracula & Carmilla! Very beautiful vampire stories.

[@rachaelgudgel8074]

👻 Have you read the Small Spaces series by Katherine Arden? I read the first one and it was creepy! I want to pick up the others!

[@PavithraPraveen-y6h]

Always Love your videos😍👻

[@alexandraroselyn]

Aw thank you! 😊❤️

[@hospitalfood6621]

I now have two books I must buy. Wonderful video!👻👻👻

[@stargazerbird]

Went straight and clicked to buy Rouge. Loved Bunny. My recommendation is M R James. His collected ghost stories contain some of the best horror that still haunt me. Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You is perfection.

[@RecoveringBookHoarder]

👻 Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix…so good!!!

[@stacybrown7863]

I could see myself in These Fleeting Shadows with the Mother/daughter dynamic who hate her mum's toxic family, and aren't in contact with them any more. Then you mentioned a mansion and money, and that's where the similarities ended. 😅

[@kendrathomas4584]

My favs this year was Daisy Darker and Diavola! Both SO good!

[@abbisaiya2254]

Darcy Coates is the right vibe to freak me right out

[@casualobs]

Definitely check out anything by Camilla Sten! The Lost Village is more horror, but the Resting Place leans more mystery/thriller

[@holly_a_reads_away5120]

Lexi you HAVE to pick up The Witching by Alexis Hendersen! Its soooo good

[@alexandraroselyn]

Omg agreedddd! I bought it for my kindle so hopefully I can get to it soon!!

[@StephTucker-hc8px]

House of Hollow was omg. One of my favourites of the year!! I was HOOKED.

[@hello_honnay]

Okay really random but I am loving that mug you have, where can we get it?

[@theamberjournal]

Love the vid! ❤👻

[@karlag8312]

👻 If you haven’t read “Home before dark” by Riley Sager, then you should. It’s a must read, excellent writing I couldn’t put the book down.

[@beautifulmama862]

I love Grady Hendrix ❤ love these videos such great recommendations 😊😊😊😊 i live in Maine so Stephen king is my idol ❤ i love the shining butbthen again i love all his books....i did meet him once when i was in middle school it was the moment i started reading his books 👻👻

[@daisylyn1000]

You NEED to read "Look Again" by Lisa Scottoline! That book was so difficult to put down and it made my heart pound.

[@Beafree1975]

I finished reading The Shining a couple months ago, loved it. I read Frankenstein a couple years ago and wouldn't read it again because it pissed me off how the doctor treated him. I liked Bunny so much that I named my Mexican Black king snake "Bunny." I just finished Belladonna, liked it.

[@SandyMorgan-q2h]

Luv that your snakes name is Bunny!🥰

[@aamnahere6250]

A new cosy video from Lexi is the perfect birthday gift for me.

[@alexandraroselyn]

Omgsh!! HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 🎉❤❤❤

[@aamnahere6250]

@@alexandraroselyn Awww thank you so much ♥♥💚💚

[@nadiyah_i]

you might like Dracula's Child by JS Barnes? it's like the unofficial sequel to the original Dracula, making constant references to to it, and i loved it.

[@AnneBeal-e3i]

Ooo, I'm currently reading to break a covenant by Alison Ames. I think you'd really like it Lexi!

[@alexandraroselyn]

ooo okay!! I'll write that down thank you!!

[@horrorbookhellhound387]

👻 great video!

[@RociosLibrary]

The Haunting of Hill House is so good! The Shining is my favourite. You’re not supposed to die tonight was so fun, however, I hated the epilogue. When I re-read I’m skipping it.

[@slkendall85]

Frankenstein, classic Freudian Uterus envy 😂

[@Kayla-anne]

i have 2 recommendations for you! The first is The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, its the first gothic novel ever written. very ghosty, very dramatic! the other is a dark academia I never hear anyone talking about called Madam by Pheobe Wynne

[@carolmerciez9226]

👻 I will try Frankenstein again lol. The Shining is on my TBR.

[@JohnSaxon-vw5vi]

Thanks so much for making my book 📕 list even bigger miss teach hear is your apple 🍏 to say thanks 🙏 xx

[@rockyjreads]

I just LOVED Frankenstein! (the book, not the dude. The doctor sucks.) Didn't we name the creature Paul in a live show? ooooh my dad read 11/22/63, I'm definitely interested! OH! And I read both House of Hollow (forgot the twist, lol) and You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight, short YA horror novels are so fun! 🦊👻 (oh and you already recommended all the horror I've read thus far)

[@kiramccarthy7382]

If you liked Stephen King's 11/22/63, I recommend Time and Again by Jack Finney - a time travel story set in Manhattan - not a thriller/horror, but it's such a lovely story!

[@caitlyn.m.t9618]

Eyes Guts Throat Bones. This is a short story collection by Moira Fowley, and is a collection of weird sapphic horror. I loved it personally. It is a new favourite. Please look into it

[@andishobbies]

👻👻👻 another great list!!

[@armanmiah7093]

❤The Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates is a dark, atmospheric read. I would also recommend Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand; not only does it have a scary vibe, it focuses on female love and friendships and has asexual and POC rep. Keep up the good work Lexie, Your fellow Swifty.

[@MarcyWatson-ez2tp]

The Whisper Man by Alex North…. I was so creeped out by this book.

[@taintedcrimson]

Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud is a spooky little new release novella I think everyone should check out. It's strange, lyrical, and beautifully horrific, with a story that blends the best parts of classic horror and science fiction into an entirely new commentary on how women and mental illness have been historically treated. 👻

[@anarosalina3464]

Vou ler Bunny, parece bom, obrigada pela dica. Um abraço do Brasil.

[@CoralinhN]

The intro! Hahaha ❤

[@Josandy]

When you said you have two faves I immediately said "it's going to be Grady Hendrix & Neil Gaiman" haha so close!

[@alexandraroselyn]

Oh I love Neil Gaiman too!! I’d def recommend his middle grade horror to anyone!!

[@megs_holland]

Stephen King is my absolute favourite horror author! I recommend "Gerald's Game", "Misery" and "Thinner". Totally creepy. And often leave me needing to sleep with a light on (at 50 years old!!). 👻

[@tim_terror]

👻 I don‘t know if you read Cackle, but it is pretty spooky / witchy & it is one of my all time favourite books.

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I want to read An Academy for Liars so badly

[@eballa1]

11/22/63 is one of the best books i've ever read as well. so good!

[@sabrinacedeno6918]

I recommend the House Across the Lake by Riley Sager 👻

[@stevencarsley2446]

I like the haunted house book Looks good 👻

[@hollyc4624]

👻 Hi Mom! Great book recs! Any book by Jack Ketchum or JD Barker are sure to pull you in and some are more horror, thriller, or supernatural, or all of the above.

[@iniyaa6255]

My recommendation: Incidents around the house 👻

[@shawnieadams1319]

Bloom was crazy but I loved it! Also loved Graveyard Shift. I'm hooked on novellas! 🤮 👻 I'm reading An Academy for Liars now and really into it.

[@hazelphoenix203]

Okay so a horror recommendation... this is an older one, very epic, and it's called Swan Song by Robert McCammon. It's a dystopian, post-apocalyptic thriller very like King's The Stand, but also not. Excellent characters, Excellent villains, I flew through it, but, warning it is a chunky book at 928 pages! HOWEVER, it's considered the author's magnum opus. I loved it and I think it's well worth the read. 👻🦊

[@alexandraroselyn]

oooo Swan Song???? I loveeee the name!!! I'll 100% look into it thank you Hazel!!

[@karenlittlefield]

Dead of Winter- Darcy Coates. 👻👻 its incredible

[@kaitlingfairy]

Jumping in with another comment, I honestly thought the stand was the best of Stephen King but I have pet cemetery on my TBR.

[@ProvocativePixels]

Listen here - pants are optional in my house

[@readingwarlock]

13:43 tell ‘em Lexi. Team Creature all the way

[@WonderKitty24]

Um, did I get all of my TBR list from you?

[@LaLaLonna]

House of Hunger sounds like it was possibly based on the real woman - Elizabeth Bathory. She was a Hungarian Nobel woman who lived in the late 1500s'/early 1600s. She was accused of k*lling hundreds of girls from the local village and surrounding area. Its rumored she bathed in their blood kept her young and beautiful.

[@kaylamoffatt7725]

👻 For beginners, I recommend Darcy Coates. Also I hugely recommend her book Where He Can’t Find You, it a YA but it’s got all the right elements of horror.

[@Emily12406]

A book I would like for you to pick up and try are "The Twisted ones by T. Kingfisher"(if you have not gotten to it yet), and the other book(which comes out 2/25/2025) is"Something in the Walls" by Daisy Pearce

[@cacole88]

Swimsuit by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro - scary serial killer thriller

[@syrritajones2538]

My Best Friend’s Exorcism was my FAVORITE Grady Hendrix book! Least favorite? Horrorstör

[@andrewcrow1031]

Agreed. Horrorstor was a DNF for me.

[@kaitlingfairy]

I was really shocked when you said Frankenstein was hard to get into. I found Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde way more boring.

[@outi3852]

I'm just going recommend T. Kingfisher's horror in general.

[@Sagaofhygge]

👻I actually got a bit scared just listening to what those books were about😅 I’ll definitaly be reading Frankenstein and These fleeting shadows😱