SPOOKY BOOKS FOR WIMPY READERS

[@TheLiteraryApothecary]

I love that you recommend books that you didn't necessarily like. More people need to think this way!

[@ebnovels]

Well thanks! I try 😅

[@TheLiteraryApothecary]

@@ebnovels you do awesome! 👌

[@kevinerskine3299]

I follow a few book review people. Some because their tastes are close to mine. I just have to say, I follow you just for the cuteness. I don't mean that in a creepy way. I love the little emotional things you throw into the videos. You always make me smile, which is really needed these days.

[@rebeccamedusasrockgarden4781]

I never would have considered Elantris a zombie book... but you're totally right, it actually is. That's so weird.

[@ZoeElizabethZ]

I just read an arc of Among the Beasts and Briars, which is coming out on October 20 and I would totally recommend it as a creepy fall read. It takes a couple of fairy tales as inspiration, but primarily Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and the Beast I think. You follow a gardener's daughter as her friend inherits the kingdom after her father, the king dies. The crown is responsible for keeping the dark forest and the monsters in it in check, but at the coronation the forest breaks free and Cerys has to go on a quest to save herself, her friends, and her kingdom by traveling through the forest with her fox companion to try to break the curse. This book was honestly much darker and creepier than I expected. I'm definitely a horror wimp but I really enjoyed it. It's a quick YA read and I would recommend it.

[@ebnovels]

I have Among the Beasts and Briars on my anticipated releases!!! So cool that you got an ARC :D

[@MLLatUtube]

I love the idea of a list of spooky books for wimpy readers (yes, that would be me.) I read both Ninth House and House of Salt and Sorrows last year and enjoyed both of them.

[@Aneriana]

This is no news to any avid readers but I think Stoker's Dracula is a great read for Halloween! It fits both Halloween creepy vibe and the mysterious, dark autumnal mood!

[@QandTG]

Never thought of Elantris is spooky... But the way you sold it def can see that now lol. Also I've had 9th Rain on my shelf for a while... but your description was great & makes me want to check it out sooner.

[@ebnovels]

Ohhh, you have Ninth Rain? I feel like no one has even heard of it :D It’s so weird and different and I LOVED it 😄 I hope you guys do too!

[@selinana29]

I’m definitely checking out Ninth Rain. You’re recommendation of Fireborne got me out of a reading slump, and this one seems perfect for sustaining the upward trajectory.

[@ebnovels]

Oh yay, I hope you enjoy it!!!

[@avi6837]

I think The Graveyard Book by Gaiman can be a good pick for this category although it's middle grade. Great recs btw 👍

[@asmalljoy]

I'm HERE for this. I've been looking for a video like this. Because I'm proudly a wimpy reader. :D

[@TheLibraryofAllenxandria]

Planning on reading 9th Rain for sure and can't wait to read Elantris!

[@DoctorRocktapus]

The more I listen to you talk about The Ninth Rain the more I want to read it immediately! :)

[@Rachelsjourney]

Great list - I need to try some of these. I have read Elantris a couple of times...my heart goes out to these people who get banished to the city. :( I'm also a wimp for spooky or horror. Right now I'm reading The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher and it is creepy but I'm handling it so far! Hopefully I'll be done with it tonight.

[@kristenharpell2158]

Unrelated to this video, BUT I just read Fireborne after hearing you mention it a couple times and Oh. My. God. It was so amazing. I read it practically straight through the night because I could not put it down. I was so disappointed when I finished and realized the second book hasn't actually come out yet and just the cover art had been released. Definitely worth a reread again before March when Flameless comes out. Thank you for the recommendation! I've already shared the rec with a friend

[@ebnovels]

Yay!!! That makes me so happy! Fireborne friends unite :D I’m thinking about rereading it in March as well 🔥🔥🔥

[@whimsydearest]

If you're looking for a spoopy read, Lauren Oliver wrote a charming book called Liesl & Po about a lonely girl befriending a ghost. Also, it's not a book, but I absolutely adore watching Over the Garden Wall every fall.

[@1hopsc]

I ordered the Jen Williams Trilogy from Book Depository. Excited!

[@ebnovels]

Yay!!! I’m so excited-I hope you enjoy it :D

[@Books_BrewsandBeyond]

I definetely want to check out The Ninth Rain now. Great recommendations Elliot!.

[@ebnovels]

Yay! It’s such a hidden gem and so unique-I hope you like it :D

[@mojopie]

The title of this video basically sums me up perfectly 😂 Ninth Rain sounds super good! I picked up the Shadow of the Fox trilogy because of you and it was so fun but you're right, it definitely had some creepy vibes at times

[@ebnovels]

Yay Shadow of the Fox! Definitely a YA level of creepy 😆 Ninth Rain is so different and I loved it :D

[@mojopie]

@@ebnovels I'm really interested to read it now! I hope I can get to it soon but my tbr is so long (which I definitely blame you for 😂 because I want to read all the books you recommend since our tastes seem to match - I love that though)

[@gerald112b]

Thanks Elliot. I was going to mention the Wardstone Chronicles by Joseph Delaney. They're probably best described as YA horror but on second thoughts might be a bit scary for the wimpy. Still entertaining series if you don't mind first person narrative 👻

[@allmyloveizc0105]

One of my faves!!!

[@adelaquinne2838]

I don’t know if I should be offended that this video was recommended to me by KZbin 😂 Anyways, lovely video 💖

[@ebnovels]

Ahahahaha 😂😂😂 Well it’s offensive, then I’m very sorry! 🤣

[@adelaquinne2838]

No it’s fine! I like to consider myself a little bit un-wimpy sometimes, but my inner wimp loved these recommendations! Thanks!

[@MajesticGovernor]

H.P. Lovecraft 👌🏻

[@quackaddict9810]

I highly recommend The Winter Wood and The Wicked Deep for this category!

[@TheBookishMom]

Elantris has been on my radar for what feels like forever. I need to get to it sometimes very soon since I am working my way through the Cosmere right now.

[@ebnovels]

You should read it with other Jessie and me and Allen at the end of the month :D

[@TheBookishMom]

@@ebnovels that sounds great! Not that I needed another excuse to read sanderson lol but its always fun to read with other people

[@TheBookishMom]

@@ebnovels let me know when yall start and im down

[@raquelmarcalsantos]

Thank you so much for this video! I love a good thrill and some minor scary stuff, but I’m such a wimp too! hahaha And these days everybody’s recommendations are Halloween focused so it’s all horror and very gory, which I’m not a fan of. So this is a really good video! I’m so interested in The Shadow of The Fox!

[@ebnovels]

Shadow of the Fox is so fun! It starts a tad slow but I love the relationship between the two characters :) Book two-imo-has middle book syndrome, but I loved the conclusion in book three 😄

[@raquelmarcalsantos]

@@ebnovels Another three books added to my TBR... LOL

[@kaitlinschneider845]

Prefacing my recommendations by saying that I too am a wimpy reader! Lightly spooky book: The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht. Dark and atmospheric, but not necessarily horrific. Medium spooky book: All the Bad Apples by Moira Fowley-Doyle: Curses and witches and banshees, and one part in an abandoned building that I had to close the book and collect myself, but as a whole not too bad. Medium spooky book: The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson. The witches and the woods are definitely creepy, but it's so gooooood.

[@gwennag222]

This is perfect for me and my baby capacity for anything spooky or remotely scary!😆

[@ReadingNymph]

Haha you have now sold me on Wicked Saints I loved the Darkling so much

[@ebnovels]

Ohh, then that one will probably work for you! I hope anyway-definitely very angsty and bloody 😆

[@martincockerill7428]

a series not for those scared easy is the Necroscope series by Brian Lumley, a fantastic take on the vampire genre.

[@mariasadecka164]

I want to read House of Salt and Sorrows soon! Thank you for new recs. ♥️

[@christine2931]

Read Elantris in September. My first Sanderson. I 💯❤ IT!

[@skijumpnose]

Hey Elliot, I recommend some spooky books - Salem's Lot by Stephen King, The Troop by Nick Cutter and Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill.

[@shantanu3231]

Dude Salem's lot was scary AF.

[@shainav3326]

Sounds like some great recommendations! Thanks!

[@EricMcLuen]

Thief of Always by Clive Barker. Very creepy and that kids are more apt to believe thing that adults will just ignore. Like sometimes there really is a monster under the bed.

[@ericviera5120]

I recommend "My Best Friend's Exorcism" by Grady Hendrix. It was a fun read and suits the Halloween season nicely.

[@CrystalDennisMusic]

Uprooted is sufficiently creepy - when I read it all the forest scenes majorly creeped me out. I must be more of a wuss than you though, because I wouldn't read a decent amount of these just based on how you described the creepyness XD

[@asmalljoy]

TOTALLY. It's so creepy. Even the scenes with the "corrupted." Those gave me the heebee-geebees.

[@adrienthomas3415]

I really like Coraline by Neil Gaiman. It creeped me out as a kid, and I remember not liking it very much. Recently re-read it, and it still creeped me out, but now I appreciate the themes amidst the creepiness that went over my head as a kid, and it's great. :)

[@fileanavailable]

Hahaha, love this. I saw The Strangers in theaters back in the day and watched it with my hands over my eyes or couldn’t even watch it. #1 wimp award please

[@sophiasthoughts]

It's so weird that you've uploaded this today because I planned to film and upload this exact concept today too! Even the video name is similar to what I was planning! *queues x-files music*

[@ebnovels]

Ohh, how fun! I’ll try to share your video as soon as I see it’s up :D

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

With the exception of some classics, I’ve avoided horror, so I suspect I must be a wimpy reader too! Thanks for these recommendations for us courageously challenged folks!

[@ebnovels]

Courageously challenged 🤣 I love that. I’m brave if my doggie needs me, or my hubby, but otherwise, it’s the nightlight life for me!

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

Elliot Brooks I suppose that just means we have vivid imaginations!

[@borb5663]

To anyone looking for a book with mild horror elements I recommend "Krabat" by Otfried Preußler (it has various English titles). It's a dark, atmospheric fantasy novel inspired by Slavic (Sorbian) folklore with creative prose, a tight plot and interesting characters. The story follows the inhabitants of a water mill. However this is no ordinary mill, due to the fact that magic is tought there. I don't want to give away much of the plot, so all I shall say is that the power magic gives comes with an enormous price and that some highly traumatizing things happen to the characters.

[@catsandbats77]

I found the English version under the title The Satanic Mill on goodreads

[@borb5663]

@@catsandbats77 You can also find the book under the titles "The Curse of the Darkling Mill" and "Krabat and the Sorcerer's Mill".

[@reyanazuber6658]

Did you do a video about Rage of Dragons? I remember seeing you comment somewhere that you didn't enjoy it, and I'm curious whether your reasons are the same as mine! I've been keeping an eye out for you to mention it somewhere but I wanted to check in case I missed it.

[@ebnovels]

Here’s my review for it! I’m sorry it’s on the longer side 😅 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYHbaYKKdpyUqNU

[@reyanazuber6658]

@@ebnovels Excellent! Thank you!

[@jamieserrano827]

Shadow of the fox sounds really good I like things about the the kitsune and other Japanese yokai . Just FYI, yokai are Japanese spirits and creatures in their mythology

[@tanishamahajan7991]

I finally got the ninth rain and am so excited to start it!!!!!

[@ebnovels]

YAY!!! Oh man, that makes me so happy :D

[@martincockerill7428]

A good series to try is Surviving the evacuation by Frank Tayell. Zombie apocalypse but with a twist as main character is just a normal guy.

[@safinan8008]

Have a great weekend reading to u!! 😊📖🎃👻

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Oooo yes love ninth house!

[@zainhartono7193]

A book recommendation: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. It’s rather scary but I feel it’s more intriguing gothic adventure than pure horror.

[@gwenroberts3426]

I think I speak on the behalf of all wimps when I say THANK YOUUUU! For making this 😂 🖤💀

[@ebnovels]

Hahaha, you’re very welcome!!!

[@1000HolyPlaces]

Huh. I wouldn't have pegged Elantris as a "spooky" book. Interesting classification.

[@GrayWolf323]

total wimpy reader here and I absolutely loved the Lockwood & Co. series by Jonathan Stroud it probably helps that it's YA :P

[@ebnovels]

Ohh, I know that author from Bartimaeus :D

[@GrayWolf323]

Elliot Brooks yep it’s the series he did after :) it’s really good though I had to take breaks occasionally while listening to the audiobooks because it got pretty spooky ^_^;; I highly recommend it though especially if you liked Bartimaeus

[@curioussoundwave2275]

I think the Bear and the Nightingale would be a good halloween book. I liked that one.

[@ebnovels]

I’m planning on reading that in December :D

[@BoosGaming1]

I cant do spooky anything at all! I don't like my heart rate going up than holding my breath....thats death and I ain't got time 😳😳😱

[@rolandspoofy5896]

I found Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff pretty scary! For wimpy readers (me).

[@ebnovels]

I didn’t even think of that as spooky, but I can definitely see it now that you’ve mentioned it :D

[@lostintheuniverse5232]

Elantris gave me nightmares. How wimpy does that make me?

[@ebnovels]

You might need a crown. We’ll make you ruler of the wimps :D

[@LanaFeyah]

Yep, definitely a wimpy reader here, haha.

[@CharMeezy21]

Me, I am a wimpy reader 🙋🏾‍♀️

[@ebnovels]

Wimpy readers unite!

[@CASSIE_COLE]

So, now that you describe Elantris as a zombie book, I lost all my interest in it! I hate zombies :(

[@AnastaciyaSh]

Haha, I just read the really creepy stuff, and then regret it 🙈 thanks for the recommendations!