Recommended Reads for Halloween

[@TheMirrorWorld]

I'm just sitting here like: "Wait hold on, what, wait a second, I need this book!" And then you just hold up another book that I would love to read :D Your videos are dangerous for my bank account^^ I don't think I have a favourite creepy read yet, but I'm sure I'll find something with these wonderful recommendations! Xx

[@CuriousReader]

I agree on the ghost stories in Jeanette Winterson's collection being absolutely fantastic, they were some of my favorites in Christmas Days! I can't wait to hear your thoughts on The Witch - it seems like one of few histories of witches with a more general scope which is exactly what I'm looking for. The Buried Soul definitely is a book I have to check out!

[@Odzerful]

Love your list. I read Florence and Giles a few years ago and loved it. Reminded me a wee bit of The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. I have The Girl Who Couldn't Read by John Harding and Eight Ghosts. I'm going to dive right into it now. Thanks for the recommendations!

[@unoccupied2224]

I want to read every single book you've just mentioned

[@theinkedpath9631]

Your recommendations are so great! Now I know that if I need a creepy story I can come to this video and make a list :D Direct to favorite´s. I want to read the 'Butcher´s hook' so much

[@raimaits4eyedgal463]

I don't think I've read any spooky book and your recommendations are making me want to give them a try. Also, I'm very impressed how diverse and mature your taste in literature is. Love your videos!

[@ashleewillis125]

Gotta find The Butcher's Hook, Poor Things, and The Book Collector for sure. Jane Eyre has been a favorite since I was a pre-teen, I have to re-read it every other year or so. Oh yes....and Raven Girl sounds so intriguing as well! Love these recommendations, thank you so much!!

[@jenvcampbell]

+Ashlee Willis you're so welcome x

[@kaylatrevino1653]

Yes! More recommendations! Thank you, Jen. l was so happy when l saw the title because Halloween is my favorite holiday. (:

[@Juultje11111]

Dear what a coincidence, after having The Butcher's Hook on my wishlist for a long time thanks to your recommendation, I actually ordered it this morning haha! I hope it'll arrive before Halloween, I cannot wait to read it! Thanks for all the great recommendations!

[@jenvcampbell]

+Julia de Jong hurrah! Enjoy x

[@RosalindPeters]

I'm learning that my favourite sort of books are ones with elements of magical realism, especially when abstract concepts are personified or made concrete. Going to try 'Grief is the Thing with Feathers', been on my TBR for a while but I'm a bit nervous... Empathy is my superpower, I feel it very intensely, so I don't want to get myself in too much of a state!! Heard such great things about it though...

[@jenvcampbell]

+Rosalind Pearl I feel you. You're going to need a lot of tissues x

[@EricKarlAnderson]

Great picks! I love how The Butcher's Hook goes sooo dark & that there's a villainous character named Mr Onions. And I'd totally forgotten how odd, poetic & creative Deborah Kay Davies' novel is until you mentioned it. I'm eager try The Book Collector & The Girl Who Couldn't Read. A short graphic novel I love that's perfect for Halloween is "Angela" written by Chrissy Williams and illustrated by Howard Hardiman where the narrator is obsessed with ‘Murder, She Wrote’ and speaks directly to Angela Lansbury via Jessica Fletcher. It's really fun & camp, but also psychological and poetic like a David Lynch film. :)

[@delza9137]

Wow great selection I recently red Frankenstein and I loved it ! ☺

[@jenvcampbell]

+Darcy then I think you might need Poor Things in your life x

[@spindelyshankz671]

Turn of the screw by Henry James is great for a creepy read! :)

[@mattsalemsoutersouter202]

I am loving your channel! I'm a casual reader but you are definitely enticing me to read more! I love horror so these recommendations are Fantastic thank you!

[@JustEssayIt]

I actually have The Dumb House, The Book Collector, and Never Let Me Go on my autumn TBR, so I was happy to see you mention them!

[@LeanneRose]

Love this video!! So many great recommendations :) I picked up The Book Collector recently and it sounds so fascinating. Plus I do have a soft spot for shorter reads :P

[@BohoBookworm]

I definitely want to read Jane Eyre soon! Heard fantastic things about Never Let Me Go, too! Lullaby has really grabbed my attention now too!

[@Stacy1336]

Thank you for all these amazing recs!

[@connie4561]

Hey Jen thanks for the recommendations. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier may just call for a re-read during this time of the year for me!

[@scrawlyweaver5057]

Wong Connie Daphne is an awsome October read 👍

[@delza9137]

I just started to read it and I have high expectation 😋

[@connie4561]

Stimpy Shiznit Stimpy Shiznit Yaas! The first sentence “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” still sends me chills.

[@connie4561]

Darcy I highly doubt you will be disappointed 😉

[@shaunactually]

I've been meaning to read this for ever! I picked it up maybe a year ago? I didn't realize it was a good Halloween read. Might have to finally give it a go. :)

[@piemakerin5405]

They all sound so great! I now have several pages of my notebook devoted to your recommendations. Whenever someone says it's really dark and not for everyone I just know 'Yup, that's one for me' xD

[@jenvcampbell]

+Pie MakerIn haha, me too x

[@biblioobscura]

Great video! Thanks for all the creepy recommendations :)

[@TheReadersAthenaeum]

I think my list of 'Halloween reading' is now going to take me until next Halloween to finish.

[@jenvcampbell]

+The Reader's Athenaeum ha! I know the feeling x

[@jayupadhya4049]

The Reader's Athenaeum there is another one that I recommend called 50 scary Fairy Tales it is a Huge paperback book it is the Halloween Version of Fairy Tales and there is a Horror book that is also a movie called the curse of sleeping beauty it is both a fairy tale and a ghost story

[@TheReadersAthenaeum]

Thanks for the recommendation! :)

[@kelmom25boys60]

Hi Jen, thanks for the recommendations! I've only found your channel a couple months ago. I haven't read any of your suggestions, but am intrigued by Lullaby. I don't like scary stories but just adore creepy, spooky, twisty tales. My favorite authors of this type are Daphne de Maurier, Sophie Hannah and Sarah Waters...are you a fan of any of those?

[@scrawlyweaver5057]

Recently read Never Let Me Go. This book is a perfect example of "Don't judge a book by it's cover" The name and the image were so off putting to me but man was I wrong, and of course, after reading it, the title made perfect sense. It was after watching your list of great dystopian reads, that I was like "oooooh, I might be missing out here" Will deffinetly be reading more of his books in the future, for me this is a lesson learned. 😶

[@jenvcampbell]

+Stimpy Shiznit Ishiguro is very hit or miss for me. I enjoyed Remains of the Day but didn't love his others. Still have The Buried Giant on my TBR ☺️

[@curioushmm9027]

wow such a richness of the strange and weird...i'd already chosen a group of short stories by patricia highsmith "mermaids on the golf course" and now i've added "never let me go" from your recommendations and will keep lightman's "ghost" and burnside's "dumb house" in mind.

[@StillAlicia]

They have Raven girl at my local library so I'm definitely picking that up on my way home today.

[@jenvcampbell]

+MsAKiddo hope you like it x

[@alexatu279]

Dearest Jen, what is the beautiful music at the end of your videos? Thank you. Love what you do by the way xx

[@jenvcampbell]

+AlexAtu items from the KZbin audio library (can't remember the name off the top of my head, sorry!) x

[@jjnewbold]

Wow, The Dumb House sounds fascinating, thanks for the recommendation!

[@elleoneiram]

The book "Poor Things" reminds me a tinnnny bit of one of the plotlines in Penny Dreadful.

[@mikedonovan8811]

Jane Eyre is the only one I've read. Actually, I listened to it on CD. I think I might have heard of some others. If you haven't already read them, read Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Lewis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe's works, and Ray Bradbury's "Usher II," which can be read as a sequel of sorts to his novel Fahrenheit 451 but is also a tribute to Poe and part of The Martian Chronicles.

[@jenvcampbell]

+Donovan Michael I've read all of those apart from Usher II x

[@BabyTables]

This is a great list! Right now I'm gearing up for Halloween with Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book. Loving it so far :)

[@krissyn.3366]

Great recommendations! I really enjoyed reading The Thirteenth Tale this time of year. Have you read it?

[@jenvcampbell]

+Krissy N. I tried to get into it this time last year and couldn't. Sadly not for me x

[@writerspen010]

I tend to find myself reading a lot of Emily Bronte this time of year, but aside from that I'm not really into seasonal reads. I enjoy Gothic fiction a lot, but I don't necessarily save those reads for fall

[@Readinordertolive]

Just ordered The Resurrectionist - looks and sounds amazing. For Halloween I like any Stephen King or Henry James. I am currently reading Poe short stories which are very creepy.

[@jenvcampbell]

+Susannah C hope you like the Ressurectionist x

[@quirkydee45]

I'm giving Frankenstein a shot this year.... but also giving myself permission to DNF it at any point (not really into creepy reads/shows/movies, but thought I'd stretch a bit)!

[@fabiolaaa19]

You need to read Geek Love by Katherine Dunn! Since you love strange fiction and from what I can tell it is on the same level as Poor Things. It was so interesting and very well written. Highly recommend for this time of the year!

[@jenvcampbell]

+fabiolaaa19 not my cup of tea at all, I'm afraid. Tried it a few times. Didn't like the way it handled disfigurement. xx

[@fabiolaaa19]

Jen Campbell yeah now that you say that I agree that it wasn’t handled properly and it was very messed up. The writing style was pretty good so I hope she comes out with something else and handles the subject much better then this one. I wonder how she handled it in interviews.

[@jenvcampbell]

+fabiolaaa19 she died this year, I think. xx

[@marshmallowpie42]

My halloween reads this year have been Every Heart A Doorway and The Dumb House, also thinking of reading The Haunting of Hill House and Fingersmith. Should I read Never Let Me Go though I know the twist (seen the movie)?

[@jenvcampbell]

+marshmallowpie42 the movie sticks pretty close to the book, though I can highly recommend the audiobook if you'd like to reread it in a more casual way x

[@fabiolaaa19]

Jenet Ellis needs to write another book like right now!!! I have loved the Butcher's Boy! Gosh it was freaking amazing!!! gah!

[@jenvcampbell]

+fabiolaaa19 she has. It's out next year x

[@fabiolaaa19]

Jen Campbell omg yesssss!!!! Best news!! Also I cannot wait to get my hands on your new book! Been waiting for this so long! Sending much love! :)

[@Sherlika_Gregori]

Can you recommend books for the broken hearted?

[@baabastic]

house of leaves!

[@NGAT01]

The Book of Lost Things by John Connelly.

[@jenvcampbell]

+Michelle Haywood that's a good'un

[@aliendoomsyndrome]

A controversial opinion indeed! Well, no, I do love both "Florence and Giles" and "The Girl Who Couldn't Read" a lot, but I slightly prefer "Florence and Giles". They are both great though.

[@msfromwonderland9536]

First!