Grew up on Stephen King (I'm 60) but didn't branch out on horror much, other than Poe. Reading had dwindled to just a handful of books a year til my kids convinced me to try audiobooks this year. (I'm on book 57) I create much of my Hoopla and Libby audiobook lists from your suggestions lately so finally decided to subscribe. Thank you so much!
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Happy to give you some new ideas
@dgage17768 ай бұрын
Same. But the being 60 and the kids, but getting book ideas from her. Not many others doing anything of value with new books
@travisporco10 ай бұрын
there was an interesting video by TaleFoundry a few days ago about why cosmic horror is sometimes not scary, but rather can trigger a feeling of awe or what some people call "the sublime". Very insightful I think as why a lot of us love the genre...it isn't actually for the sake of fear, pessimism, etc.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
I'll have to look that one up
@dgage17768 ай бұрын
That's what my favorite story, 'At The Mountains of Madness' did to me. I'll never forget the feeling it gave me. I can't really explain it, though. Maybe it was awe. It evoked the feeling that I was learning something that nobody else knows about the nature of our existence
@Luannsupremacy7 ай бұрын
Just want to say you are a BLESSING to have found 😭 I’m new to booktube and am loving the community and the recommendations. Just ordered NOS4A2 and book of accidents excited !
@TheShadesofOrange6 ай бұрын
Aw thanks!
@Soadsgotaload2 ай бұрын
Had no idea Rosemary’s Baby was based on a book that’s probably my favorite horror movie so definitely need to check that one out!
@TheShadesofOrange2 ай бұрын
You're in for a treat!
@nailpolishnook737310 ай бұрын
Pet Semetary(this book kicks me in the heart every time), The Exorcist, The Shining and Rosemary's Baby are my favourite horrors of all time. The Book Of Accidents sounds intriguing! I might also have to read NOS4A2!
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Love that we share so many favourites
@Comanche93-alpha5 ай бұрын
Give “haunting of hill house” and “house of leaves” a try….if you want to be horrifyingly unnerved.
@Octobig10 ай бұрын
LOVED this lineup!! tender of the flesh just hit different; one of the few books that genuinely disgusted me while reading it. i had to take breaks! and there's so much on here that's still on my TBR, which makes me so motivated to read. happy october! 👻🧛♂🎃
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Yes Tender definitely hits different
@joalgustas649810 ай бұрын
👻NOS4A2 was AMAZING! Super creeped me out last year. I loved it and “Salem’s Lot”; I’m not a big vampire person either but man. Those two books were done right!
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Glad you also love NOS4A2
@ShenefeltsAudiobooks10 ай бұрын
“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”-Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
@peterpuleo29046 ай бұрын
A true masterpiece beside which most other horror novels pale.
@JaynardManback4 ай бұрын
Not a shameless plug or anything like that... but I promise my novel will scare the hell out of you. Spooked me. Fulcrum by Jason Alan Patterson
@Mystique75310 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for a great video,i have had a few of your picks on my wishlist i can hardly wait to read them .
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
I hope you enjoy them
@jrson500010 ай бұрын
I love these list videos! Thank you!!!
@jessileemiller10 ай бұрын
This is such an awesome list! Some of my favorites are on here, and some new to check out! Thanks so much!
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Yay!
@alynam8210 ай бұрын
Two of my all-timers mentioned here: Exorcist and Pet Semetary! I loved them! I enjoyed Book of Accidents too, it was my first Chuck Wendig read, and now I want to try his book Wanderers some time. A few other of my own horror favorites would be: Dan Simmons Carrion Comfort (that's a huge read tho) and Summer of Night; Peter Straub's Ghost Story; And now my NEW favorite Fracassi's "... with Strangers" (YT won't let me post a comment with the full title, it seems)
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Glad we share some favourite and I love reading about the other books you love!
@kittyshiv10 ай бұрын
love thissss, thank you!
@KanyeWestLyricalGenius8 ай бұрын
These all sound amazing. I now have 15 new books on my reading list
@TheShadesofOrange8 ай бұрын
Yay!
@chriscze615310 ай бұрын
Nice list! I Am Legend is one of my favorites too, don't think I read any of the others here bar Tender Is the Flesh (also really enjoyed it). The Changeling and Wendig (will read Black River Orchard first) are on my radar, thanks for the recs.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
I hope you enjoy them
@zazenbo10 ай бұрын
highly recommend Ligotti to any horror fans that haven't read his work!
@zazenbo10 ай бұрын
also, gonna check out Tender is the Flesh and NOS4A2 from this list. Both sound awesome!
@joinbookland10 ай бұрын
A few of my faves from your list : The Changeling and NOS4A2. Others are Salem's Lot and Let The Right One In. I have Red X and Book of Accidents on my TBR!
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Love reading about your favourites
@rupertjd604910 ай бұрын
I haven't seen all of your videos yet (I'm working through the back-catalog), so I apologize if you have reviewed this author before, but it's possible that Mona Awad might be up your alley. She's ours (Canadian), and her books are such a smart otherworldly manic fever-dream twisting of reality, fantasy and horror. I've read Bunny, All's Well, and Rouge this year, and they are all on my best of all time list. Impossible to categorize. Sit with you for days after you finish reading.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Oh no I've heard of her but haven't read her. I had no idea she was Canadian
@robpowers897810 ай бұрын
Vaporetto 13 by Robert Girardi. Remember reading it when I was younger and liking it. It’s defined as a mystery set in Venice and has a supernatural vibe to it. Short read…worth it.
@isirlasplace9110 ай бұрын
Tender is the Flesh broke my brain when I first read it😅 But thenI realized it's the kind of horror I love!!
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Omg yes that book is brain breaking!
@SMtWalkerS4 күн бұрын
Great list. I have not read most of them, so will give them a try. Have read most of Stephen King, and love the original Dracula by Bram Stoker. A couple I like - The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, The House Next Door by Anne River Siddons, and Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco.
@TheShadesofOrange3 күн бұрын
Love reading your list
@noellestradamus9 ай бұрын
As someone who reads almost exclusively horror, I find these lists filled with books already on the TBR or read. And this list gave me like 5 new recs! Amazing!!
@TheShadesofOrange9 ай бұрын
Ooo your comment made my day! I know what you mean. As someone who reads so much horror, I rarely find books on these kinds of lists I haven't read or at least heard of
@AgoraphobookNerd3 ай бұрын
I had to read Red X twice as well, because several things went over my head. But such a fascinating, truly scary horror novel. Great list!! ✌🏻
@TheShadesofOrange3 ай бұрын
I'm so happy you enjoyed it! I feel like not enough people have read it
@anasstywomangaming10 ай бұрын
Just started Tender is the Flesh. About 50ish pages in and already having to do some deep decompressing sighs. It's A LOT™. But I'm so glad I'm reading it. Also, I can imagine going into Rosemary's Baby blind would be a treat, but I'll definitely vouch that even having had seen the film prior to my reading it, all of the moments that were meant to hit still hit so I hope people who've seen the movie give it a shot regardless.
@anasstywomangaming10 ай бұрын
Also you made me want to finally crack open The Exorcist. I've seen the movie so many times and it's been sitting on my shelf exuding an accusatory aura for not having been read yet, but this endorsement may have pushed it near the top of my TBR.
@EnragedTiefling10 ай бұрын
I just finished Tender Is The Flesh, it's A Lot but I felt like it accomplished what it was trying to do well.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Yeah it's definitely a lot!!
@krisprepolec561610 ай бұрын
I think for my favourites I would definitely include all 5 volumes of The Books of Blood by Clive Barker. I also love We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry and Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Love reading your favourites!
@Chowskittles25 күн бұрын
Very cool! Thanks for this. Have you read Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman?
@TheShadesofOrange24 күн бұрын
Not yet! I'm hoping to read it this winter
@halko180210 ай бұрын
That thumbnail is terrifying! I love it! 😱😂 About to listen to Ghost Radio! 👻
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Thank you! I was quite happy with this thumbnail so I hoped people would enjoy it too!
@candicebarbata502810 ай бұрын
WOW! That thumbnail’s Amazing!✨I think you’ve finally convinced me to read N0S4A2!✨
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Thank you! I was quite happy with this thumbnail so I hoped people would enjoy it too!
@jeff883510 ай бұрын
Happy spooky season!! 👻
@sherryallison525810 ай бұрын
👻 🦇. Always enjoy your ranking videos! I read The Book of Accidents this year and agree it's a very good complex story.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Glad you also enjoyed it
@clairesayers772710 ай бұрын
Ive read a few of these and my current read is The Book of accidents . Im really loving it so far. Pet Cemetery is also one of my Favourite Kings along with Needful things. Thanks for the recommendations, there are definitely some there that I have added to my list !
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Glad you're enjoying Book of Accidents so far!
@Darrkness10 ай бұрын
Lots of great choices for October spooky reads! 🎃👻🧛♂️
@whitecrow158310 ай бұрын
yeah! all time top..something is what I need from life 🤩
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Woo!
@SuprEmpth5 ай бұрын
I’m new to reading books for pleasure. I’ve been trying to find some real scary stories. Can’t wait to read these.
@TheShadesofOrange5 ай бұрын
I hope you enjoy some of these
@amberreid105910 ай бұрын
Tender is the Flesh and The Exorcist are also in my top ten! I also enjoyed a number of other books you mentioned but there are definitely a couple you mentioned that I haven't read yet but will have to keep an eye out for. A couple of other ones that are really high up on my list are Penpal and A Short Stay in Hell (though, the latter is a novella).
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Sounds like we have some similar tastes! That is awesome
@clancyconnolly49510 ай бұрын
Listening to Ghost Radio now on your recommendation- it is very different, I think it will be worth a reread in the future but very interesting story so far!! I love your list as a whole- lots of great horror that I have read and loved and lots of new to me books that I cannot wait to check out :)
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
It's a slow build... I hope it works for you!
@clancyconnolly49510 ай бұрын
It was great, finished a few days ago and still thinking about it- so definitely a win and one I never would have known about without your recommendation. So thank you!! :) @@TheShadesofOrange
@ladyj938610 ай бұрын
NOS4A2! Love the audio book by Kate Mulgrew - thanks for that recommendation. Also like Pet Semetary. Thanks for the video!
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Amazing narrator!
@Jarratt-42010 ай бұрын
Great list, you have great taste! If you like joe hill you’ll like nick cutter and Grady hendrix. I also think you would like jack ketchum, Anya ahlborn, and Tim Curran if you like that really intense stuff. Thanks for the video 😊
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Yes lots of good authors who just missed out on my top 15
@Cory_bo9 ай бұрын
I've had The Book of accidents on my Kindle since years!! I will put up higher on my list if you have it as one of your top horror books!!! I had the chance to read Tender is the Flesh in Spanish, since it's my first language and the original of this book... one of the best books I've ever read!
@TheShadesofOrange9 ай бұрын
I hope you love it!
@fiberartsyreads10 ай бұрын
Lots of good books here! I need to reevaluate my faves for a list for sure.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Love to see a new list from you
@DATo_DATonian5 ай бұрын
I am into my seventh decade on this earth, and as a child I was raised as a Roman Catholic. Catholic dogma, like the dogma of any other religion, is not meant to be questioned by its members, and for this reason I think the impact of the movie (and novel) _The Exorcist_ was given a certain validity which other horror stories do not achieve. This was chiefly, in my opinion, experienced most deeply by Roman Catholics, but the actual practice of exorcism added a new dimension to the believability of the story to all who read the novel or viewed the movie. It was this element of believability which I think accounts for the fantastic interest and reception this story generated upon its release as well as the documented physical reactions exhibited by many who experienced the story.
@Zivilin10 ай бұрын
Booktube subtle reminding me i still need to read Fledgling on my physical tbr. 🙈
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Do it!!
@JasonsWeirdReads10 ай бұрын
Fantastic list! Pet Sematary was a reread for me and made the number one spot on my revised list. It’s such a great book. I am Legend is so good and I must reread it soon as well. N0S4A2 is also a favourite of mine. I should reread it for Christmas.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Happy we share so many favourites!
@mackgarner64777 ай бұрын
Classic, almost forgotten favorites are the men in the jungle by Norman Spinrad, the maze of death, by Philip K Dick, and the plague by Albert Camus
@emmaribena552910 ай бұрын
Funnily enough, I read Tender is the Flesh on the 8th October 2022 and stopped eating meat! Still a vegetarian today!!!
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
I kinda believe it. The book certainly got me questioning my habits as a meat eater
@clintgardner74222 ай бұрын
Pet Sematary is my favorite Stephen King book as well as my first book I ever got.
@TheShadesofOrange2 ай бұрын
So good!
@starian7210 ай бұрын
NOS4A2 is my number one too! I’ve never reread it though, I definitely need to!
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
I'm glad you love it too!
@josediaz-bahamonde320310 ай бұрын
Thanks for this amazing list! (and Tender Is The Flesh Is quite creepy)
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Glad you feel the same way with Tender
@briteskin10 ай бұрын
When I reread 'The Exorcist' earlier this year it lead to first reads of 'Jaws' and 'The Amityville Horror'. Not sure why didn't think of adding 'Rosemary's Baby' to that cycle of reading. I been meaning to read that and 'The Body Snatchers'. Maybe 2024 sometime. Some of the books that are among my fave horror books that aren't on your list are: 'Skin' - Kathe Koja, 'Carrion Comfort' - Dan Simmons, 'Damnation Game' - Clive Barker, 'Lost Souls' - Poppy Z Brite, 'Swan Song' - Robert R McCammon, 'The Red Tree' - Caitlin R Kiernan
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Love reading your favourites!
@BigDaddy135156 ай бұрын
Awesome list! American Psycho is one of my favorite books of all time. Idk if you’ve read any Clive Barker but I definitely recommend checking out The Hellbound Heart, The Thief of Always and The Books of blood. And if your ever in the mood for a total gore fest check out Off Season by Jack Ketchum!
@TheShadesofOrange6 ай бұрын
Thanks. I've read Hellbound & Weaveworld but definitely need to read more
@aleidadiaz226110 ай бұрын
Great list!
@Mrjacharles10 ай бұрын
Love the cover of Rosemary's Baby. That one sticks out at me for some reason ...
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
It's a good one!
@_Mike.8510 ай бұрын
Read NOS4A2 last Christmas... fantastic book. Instant 5 star for me and one i'll definitely be coming back to as well. The TV adaptation they did of it was really really great also if you haven't seen it.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
So happy you also love the book!
@SFF18010 ай бұрын
Ghost Radio sounds good. I still have to read Piñata as well.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Be interested to see if you like them
@billkeon88010 ай бұрын
Lavalle’s books are all fantastic, but Changeling is my favourite. Similar feel to Night Film
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Oo Night Film is good too
@JaySmith-ll4fo3 ай бұрын
Horror novels have brought you here😂😂
@georginamiles4024Ай бұрын
Love a good haunted house book
@Booknerd19 ай бұрын
I loved this and will definitely be checking these out. I am also Into Creepy Doll books. What is the book behind you called the doll collection. I am reading K.R. Alexander Gallowgate he's a middle grade horror author the sixth book of his I read.
@TheShadesofOrange9 ай бұрын
The Doll Collection is an anthology edited by Ellen Datlow. Definitely recommend
@ignyup10 ай бұрын
Have you ever done a top 10 best short stories collections?
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
No I haven't at this point
@susansprague73049 ай бұрын
Thanks, Rachel! Did you know that 'Cabin In the Woods' was made into a movie? Also, I have to push my fav Stephen King - 'Bag Of Bones'.
@TheShadesofOrange9 ай бұрын
Oh yes I still haven't seen it though
@girlygirl28152 ай бұрын
I am legend the movie was phenomenal. Will Smith is the character love love love this movie.
@hahahahahha84582 ай бұрын
Damn, I did not know American Psycho was a novel. Will be reading that one, thanks :D
@TheShadesofOrange2 ай бұрын
You are in for a treat!
@寿司食べたいな10 ай бұрын
You could make a Top 50 list and I'd buy all of them.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
I don't think your wallet would appreciate me making that video 😅
@pauls71310 ай бұрын
Stop doing this to me! October is too short to fit in all the horror novels I now want to read. Your videos should come with a disclaimer.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
I'll work on that disclaimer 😅
@TonyV898 ай бұрын
I have either read a lot of these or have them on my list. I think she and I could be good friends. Edit: I love this list. This woman has great taste in literature.
@TheShadesofOrange8 ай бұрын
Aw glad we have similar tastes!
@FrankOdonnell-ej3hd10 ай бұрын
have read five or six of the books on the list but not the top two which are now on my tbr must-read list⚛😀
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Woo hoo!
@somedude854810 ай бұрын
You’re awesome!
@calvinriley32927 ай бұрын
Alright, let me grab a pen!
@寿司食べたいな10 ай бұрын
It just hit me that the pet cemetery in Pet Sematary is just a red herring..
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Yeah it's a good one!
@nightmarishcompositions453610 ай бұрын
Now this is my kinda list (:
@nobo198210 ай бұрын
I got incredibly board with tender is the flesh in and put it down only a third of the way in but maybe ill give it another go.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
It has gut punch ending but it also just might not be your thing which is okay
@blakebellis9 ай бұрын
Shades! Make a video of "If You Like Nos4a2 or IT, You Might Like"... please!
@dhcherine3 ай бұрын
Tender is the Flesh made me stop eating meat for weeks!
@TheShadesofOrange3 ай бұрын
Yeah 😅
@Asmrmii9 ай бұрын
Loved the caretaker of Lorne fields and I ended up loving Rosemarys baby!!❤❤
@TheShadesofOrange9 ай бұрын
Yay!
@MrNiceguyjin9 ай бұрын
I’ve had NOS4A2 on my shelf for two years now, but I still haven’t read it. I guess I’m expecting the son of Stephen King to disappoint me. 😅 But I suppose I will have to read it this year! Have you read Swan Song by Robert McCammon? It’s my favorite, and the audiobook is fantastic.
@TheShadesofOrange9 ай бұрын
No I haven't done Swan Song yet
@Mradenful5 ай бұрын
The pet sematary audio book with michael c hall is something down right special
@TheShadesofOrange5 ай бұрын
So good!
@georgebennett124210 ай бұрын
👻 Need to re-read NOS4R2 (as it's titled over here in the UK) for sure
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Oh I didn't know about the title difference
@georgebennett124210 ай бұрын
@@TheShadesofOrange Now you know 🧛
@josephcossey181110 ай бұрын
NOS4A2 was great but would have been even better at half the length!
@caseygomes86233 ай бұрын
I just got Living Dead, after that.. i'll check out tender is the flesh. sounds disturbing
@cindywingetbooks10 ай бұрын
Nice list
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Why thanks
@TheLongestTake9 ай бұрын
Did you start the show The Changeling yet? Lakeith Stanfield is in it and hes wonderful!
@TheShadesofOrange9 ай бұрын
No I don't have the channel 😔
@jimfaust63428 ай бұрын
I hope the first one has man eating plants lol there needs to be more of them imo.
@TheShadesofOrange8 ай бұрын
I like how you think
@briankregg632910 ай бұрын
You look amazing!
@billkeon88010 ай бұрын
The brand-dropping in American Psycho is a harsh critique of commercialism. It’s a big criticism of Reaganism (yuppies celebrating wealth, commercialism, sexism, surface beauty - all of which were hallmarks of 1980s culture, pop music and Reagan politics). All these things make the book and movie dark satire. Anyone who doesn’t get it just doesn’t know the context of the time.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Yes I definitely think some readers didn't understand what the author was trying to do
@TheAbigailDee10 ай бұрын
Red X was such a horrific read, in the most incredible way. It's biographical and fictional and just a breathtaking narrative. I'm Canadian and the country has had a really turbulent history with the way queer people have been treated. I mean even as recently as 2017 with the murders of queer men being taken completely unseriously by the Toronto Police... It was an amazing book that i'm so excited to see cool people like you sharing it! Great list over all!!
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Such a brilliant book! And so awful to hear the situation is still happening. I think the book deserved to win more Canadian prizes
@miljanmatovic8808 ай бұрын
Regardin American Psycho - the constant brand referencig was the scarriest thing for me, I got to see that this is what he actually thinks inside his head - zero empathy, 100% brand/media obsession To this day, I consider it the most disturbing book I ever read (and I eat horror for breakfast 😂)
@TheShadesofOrange8 ай бұрын
Agree with everything here!
@Cory_bo9 ай бұрын
I was looking for The Changeling book, and saw there's an Apple TV show based on it, have you watched it?
@TheShadesofOrange9 ай бұрын
I wanted to but I don't have the service. So I only have the book review video
@Cory_bo9 ай бұрын
@@TheShadesofOrange I'm hesitant to watch it... I'll probably read it before hehehe . Thank you, love your videos!
@pembie29 ай бұрын
Ghost Radio sounds good
@TheShadesofOrange9 ай бұрын
It really is
@Nixx091210 ай бұрын
I really liked how subversive "I am a legend" and "Cabin at the end of the world" were, I was excited for both recent movie adaptations (the old Vincent Price one was acctualy good) and then came the endings...and frustration. The only reason why they did both autors dirty I can find is thinking the audience is made of idiots. In the case of "I am a legend" even the tittle stops making sens. In the case of "Knock at the cabin" I've read it was suppose to be more optimistic ending. When you think about what happened in how is it optimistic?
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
I would call in ambiguous, not necessarily optimistic
@cr33pycrawlspace10 ай бұрын
I read Rosemary's Baby while pregnant. It was a great time.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
Oh wow. I'm so grateful I was done being pregnant before I read it
@TonyV898 ай бұрын
If you havent read Bird Box, please do!
@TheShadesofOrange8 ай бұрын
Oh yes I have
@georginamiles4024Ай бұрын
Love peter Straub
@awritersjourney37718 ай бұрын
An interesting list, but no Haunting of Hill House, Hell House was missing, what about Turn of the Screw? You want creepy, read The Willows by Algernon Blackwood. George R.R. Martin wrote a vampire tour de force called Fevre Dream. And no Dean Koontz? Interesting.
@TheShadesofOrange8 ай бұрын
Some of those I read but didn't quite make my personal cut. Some like Fevre Dream, I still need to read. I always consider Dean Koontz more of a thriller writer so I didn't think of his work when compiling this list.
@awritersjourney37718 ай бұрын
@@TheShadesofOrange Another one to follow up, if you haven't read it, is "Cast a cold eye," by Alan Ryan. It's very much a ghost story, set against the Irish Potato Famine.
@eric03808 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure MSNBC or Chris Hansen secured the rights to the first book.
@davidhayes64917 ай бұрын
I DNF''d NOS4A2. I have too many books to read. If you don't suck me in by page 100, story over. NOS4A2 just wasn't doing anything scary by page 100 for me. Sorry.
@TheShadesofOrange7 ай бұрын
You didn't find the prologue scary?
@masonholt65110 ай бұрын
RE: I Am Legend. I just had to laugh when you said: "He's a manly man, so it might rub people the wrong way." If that statement doesn't summarize the declining state of our country, nothing will.
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
I just meant he's kinda a stereotype
@josephcossey181110 ай бұрын
Top 20 in 2024 please!
@TheShadesofOrange10 ай бұрын
I worry it'll be too repeative to this list
@joeloguirato701217 сағат бұрын
I’m sorry, but Wendig’s Book of Accidents was an absolute mess.
@miljanmatovic8808 ай бұрын
First of all - thanks for the list! On another note, why do you think vampires should be sexualized? I am really sad that this is how people percieve them. They should be scarry and horrific (as the monsters they are). The next fad in literature should be how viruses and bacteria are dreamy, I swear... 😂😂😂
@TheShadesofOrange8 ай бұрын
Sexualization of vampire actually goes back to the early roots. I read some good articles on the topic.. but I can't remember where I found them
@miljanmatovic8808 ай бұрын
@@TheShadesofOrange could be that they are referring to Anne Rice... just saying 😜 Dracula is certainly not characterized as such (and I am sure not a single movie maker read the book - based on what they filmed under that title) and I haven't found anything older than Vampire Chronicles that depicts vampires in that light. Please send some recommendations of books like that if you can - I love vampire books (even if they are bad... caughcaughmostofthemcaughcaugh) 😜
@TheShadesofOrange8 ай бұрын
I'm specifically talking about Dracula. But you can disagree. There are so interesting debates that there is gay subtext in the classic
@miljanmatovic8808 ай бұрын
@@TheShadesofOrange but you did read it, right? Certanly people will interpret things differently but (in my memory) he was portayed as a monster and not as a seducer... really love that book, must re-read soon