Recent HORROR reads (horror, extreme horror)

[@elizabethmorris197]

Agree with you on The Imaginary Friend. I read it last year. Loved the first half but seemed to go off on a tangent for the last half. Look forward to reading these. Thanks

[@subhareadsbooks]

Love the red lip! And these are amazing recommendations. I’m definitely adding a few to my list. I JUST got Rouge so I’m excited to read that! I don’t usually read horror but I love horror movies!

[@craftybeldam]

Oh my gooood the haar is one of my favorite books I read this year! It actually made me cry 😭 I found it to be incredibly sweet

[@Ricalitch]

So happy i found your channel... we have similar taste in movies and I'm finding in books, too! This is getting me in to reading again (Just read Penpal). About to start The Whisper Man, and I had to close THAT for the night... ! Thank you for sharing your picks!!!!!

[@bookinhand_]

@@Ricalitch yay!! Glad you're here too!! 🫶🏻

[@Hannah-et3xk]

One of my fave horror books is Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez…a 5 star read and deffo very unsettling! Loving the vids ❤

[@bookinhand_]

Thank you!! And ugh I've been seeing that book everywhere and I'm SO intrigued!! Thx for the recommendation ❤️👹‼️

[@RetratodaLeitora]

Your earrings are stunning!

[@SEReid-rz5bm]

I know this video is kind of old at this point, but I've been watching your backlog and just read "The Haar" based on this recommendation. Devoured the whole thing in two days, just finished it and I LOVED IT. Splatterpunk is not usually my genre, but this book was so SO good. *Feelings* is right!! 😭❤️

[@bookinhand_]

@@SEReid-rz5bm yay!! I'm glad you've been watching and enjoyed the haar !! I loved it so much too !!

[@sherry208]

I read Come Closer years ago and still remember it as one of those books where the premise and execution really creeped me out. I read a lot of horror and 3 books that have stood out for me is In the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson, Touch the Night by Max Booth lll and The Last House on Needless Street. A great historical fiction horror is Between Two Fires by Christopher Beuhlman (not sure I spelled that correctly) great character and world development in that one. Loving your videos!

[@bookinhand_]

Thank you so much! I have The Last House on my TBR and I keep hearing about Between Two Fires 👀 more books to add to my TBR lolol

[@sherry208]

Fairplay as you’ve added to mine lol

[@juliawhitmee9257]

Am I Beautiful by Jon Athen is a good story of revenge, but truly horrific in parts ! The ending was gruesome !!! Love the lippy and earrings are divine ❤

[@bookinhand_]

Thank you so much 🥰❤️ adding to TBR! I adore a good revenge 👹

[@ShelbyTaylorExists]

Ok I have a recommendation: It is extreme horror, and it does feature violence against women, which I know isn't really your jam...but...Survivor by JF Gonzalez was such an emotional wallop for me. It's beautifully written, and if you can get through the first half, the second half is honestly just this incredibly gripping crime thriller. I couldn't put it down.

[@bookinhand_]

@@ShelbyTaylorExists that is actually on my list 😳 maybe for the next extreme horror vlog 🤪

[@cloudyskye4850]

I dont know if you’re still taking recs, but i recently finished Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie. It's set up like a found footage horror movie meets archivist project. The first half to 2/3 is a little campy, but then it turns the screw and delves into some existential horror. At one point i was tearing up. There were time my heart was racing. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

[@bookinhand_]

@@cloudyskye4850 I have had it on my list!! I'll have to move it up 👀👀

[@cloudyskye4850]

@bookinhand_ I thoroughly enjoyed it. Got me outta my reading slump

[@icanreadish]

I really enjoyed the Motherthing, Near the Bone & Come Closer especially! I have a copy of Rouge I can't wait to read. For recommendations, I can't suggest 'the Luminous Dead' by Cailtin Starling, 'the Twisted Ones' by T. Kingfisher or 'Rules for Vanishing' by Kate Alice Marshall. Currently reading 'the Spite House' by Johnny Compton and it's very good.

[@bookinhand_]

Oh perfect!! I have really enjoyed what I've read from TKingfisher and I would love another sci fi horror ! I've been eyeing the spite house too 👀Thank you so much !

[@ajthecosmonaut1870]

Oh I loved this. I think you would enjoy House of Leaves by Mark Z Danelewski, Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi, Bad Cree by Jessica Johns, Chouette by Clare Oshetsky (more weird than scary but I still love it), The Laws of the Skies by Gregoire Courtois, and String Follow by Simon Jacobs. We have pretty similar horror tastes and these are some of my faves. Hope you like them!

[@bookinhand_]

Thank you so so much for the recs!!! I have Law of The Skies on hold at my library!! And I really would like to get to House of Leaves this year 👀

[@gregory_bloomfield]

Black Mouth was awesome. I loved that book.

[@danieladamico5485]

I loved Rouge and Come Closer too, they were both very unsettling to me. Definitely want to check out The Haar 👀 And for recommendations, I love the Six Stories series by Matt Wesolowski, they are written like the translation of a podcast with interviews and stuff like that, mixing supernatural elements with more realistic crime.

[@bookinhand_]

Oh I hope you love the haar !! And thank you so much for the recommendation!! I love that mix so much

[@acky12489]

Woom was fun but honestly it's super......tame

[@alanaspinall7147]

Sorry i did add my own book, but was about to recommend any james herbert books, my fave is the ghosts of sleath, best ghost story ever.

[@InSophiesBooks]

Just stumbled upon your channel ❤ great video. As a fellow horror booktuber, I've now subbed 👏📚

[@bookinhand_]

Yayyy! I'm glad we are connecting! Subbed 😈❤️!

[@RetratodaLeitora]

Have you read Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda? One of my favorites

[@bookinhand_]

I have not!! Adding ! Thank you :)

[@noellestradamus]

Imaginary Friend was hands down one of the worst books I've ever read. Like 300 pages too long. A few amazingly written passages of horror then it became a ham fisted Jesus metaphor that hits you over the head ugh

[@bookinhand_]

Same, what an enormous let down !

[@noellestradamus]

@@bookinhand_ it was honestly so refreshing to hear you discuss it! So many people love this book, and you're the only person I've seen give the religious aspects a critique!

[@gregory_bloomfield]

There is a sequel to GONE TO SEE THE RIVER MAN. It’s called ALONG THE RIVER OF FLESH. It’s a great read so far. There is more murders and more characters. I think you will really enjoy if you’ve not read it yet. Another great book that I’ve read this year is THIS WRETCHED VALLEY. It’s a horror book set in Kentucky. There is body horror and gore, but the story is great.

[@bookinhand_]

Yes! I need to pick up the sequel !!

[@cosacita]

I’ve read two of Christina Henry’s books and the last one, Girl in Red, made me furious. Hated all the characters except one. Sleepy Hollow was just okay. Still have Near the Bone on my list, but it’s far down there

[@bookinhand_]

@@cosacita I am not a fan 😂 I don't think I'll pick up another book by her, I just heard about girl in red too!

[@amandaszymczak388]

Really disappointed to hear about " near the bone" cuz Alice was great and Lost Boy was 1 of my fave reads ever....Christina henry seems hit an miss honestly. I heard ghost tree wasn't good either

[@KristijanRisteski-zp7bx]

DO NOT read Let's Go Play at the Adams'. I aint even kidding. it's not a funny way to recommend it. Just don't do it to your soul.

[@bookinhand_]

Intrigued 🤔

[@KristijanRisteski-zp7bx]

Heeeeeeeeeeeey! i said NO!@@bookinhand_

[@kathyarrr]

Kenneth Oppel’s The Nest still lives in my head.