Spooky Halloween Book Recommendations

[@Unicorniosymonstruos]

I always love your videos but your spooky books videos I like the best!

[@SarahSunbeemz]

Thank you so much!

[@shannonmurphy75]

I can't believe you overlooked the best middle grade book I've ever read: Clive Barker's The Thief of Always. It's the perfect spooky kids' story. A great way to get younger children into horror

[@jamiea4791]

It makes my horror heart happy seeing a Junji Ito recommendation, I read Uzumaki last Halloween and have been in love with his work ever since. Awesome list, definitely adding a few of these to my TBR!

[@SarahSunbeemz]

He is so awesome! Glad to help the TBR haha

[@Booksaremysolace]

I love to read The Diviners and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children around the time of October.

[@SarahSunbeemz]

Both of those are so good!

[@stews9]

Most of Poe is humor and satire, but his horror is superb. He also invented detective fiction and pioneered science fiction. / Caitlin Doughty has another book called Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs. /

[@trentmills4673]

Great book list for October! Could not believe you didn't mention Affliction I Have Seen by Trent Mills. One of the scariest and most bizarre books I've ever read. Its a new book, I highly recommend it for a "spooky Halloween" read.

[@mybirthwrite]

Welcome to Nightvale is on my TBR for this month! I'm honestly so excited to jump into it!

[@mybirthwrite]

Also, I'm pretty sure that seeing it on your shelves/in your videos is what compelled me to pick it up!

[@SarahSunbeemz]

Its a great read, I hope you like it!

[@eastgapeach]

Junji Ito is amazeballs. I think I will read Gyo this month.

[@SarahSunbeemz]

He is!! Hope you like Gyo

[@sherrismith8874]

Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts is excellent, and his Disappearance at Devils Rock is good.

[@sarahpslytherin3315]

Have you read Stiff by Mary Roach? Its a book all about what they do with corpses. Each chapter they go somewhere new including a body farm where they study decomposition

[@SarahSunbeemz]

NO! I have been meaning to read it for ages though, I have heard such amazing things about it.

[@Iloveonedirection332]

I LOVE CAITLIN! I just bought her books and i loved them, I'm so glad you mentioned her

[@SarahSunbeemz]

+Laura Ballard she is AMAZING! Such great content and sassiness

[@torirose2551]

Anna dressed in blood was like one of my favourites!

[@madzwrld]

Ugh this video was balm to my dead little soul. This is the best time of the year. Also, Coraline and the Yellow Wallpaper are two of my favorite stories 👏 also, if you like Poe's work, you might enjoy the graphic novel The Raven and Other Tales illustrated by Pete Katz

[@SarahSunbeemz]

BEST time of year indeed! I'll have to check out that graphic novel, sounds dope :)

[@danielleciamei7113]

adoseofloneliness the Raven is terrifying I once saw I forget his name some guy read it out loud on TV with like candles and stuff he was a really dramatic narrator it was creepy

[@BaileeWalsh]

I just read Dracula last month and loved it! I figured I would really like it but it still took me by surprise. Yeah, a new favorite for sure! I also love Frankenstein and Edgar Allan Poe! Oh, Poe. My favorite story of his (that's I've read) is The Cast of Amontillado. I plan on reading The Devil In The White City this fall! This month if I can but I'm also already reading 4 pretty big books, so it's on the bottom of my October TBR. It might have to be next month when I read it. Oh jeez, this just reminds me how many Halloween-ish books i haven't read!! Carrie, Salem's Lot, Perfume ... all already on my never-ending, ever-growing TBR! I also love The Picture of Dorian Gray, which isn't spooky really but it's a Victorian Gothic novel, and that totally fits into Fall/Autumn reads! Any Victorian or Gothic classic for Fall! I'm in!

[@SarahSunbeemz]

So so good! Glad you liked it

[@booksandquirks]

Yay for Stephen King love. I always read his books in October. Re-reading Salem's lot this month.

[@SarahSunbeemz]

Its so great! I need to reread it soon as well

[@kittycollins2193]

For me the best spooky classic is The Phantom Of The Opera purely because its so weird XD

[@Dragondarkness30]

I just recently bought Stalking Jack the Ripper. Added it to my TBR. I love Stephen King books as well.

[@SarahSunbeemz]

Hope you love it!!

[@Riverrly]

Do you read a lot of Stephen King? Can you do a Stephen King recommendation/guide video? I've never read his books but want to start somewhere.

[@jennifercahill7397]

I'd start with smaller ones first. I've read most of his books. If you like short stories, Night Shift or Skeleton Key are very nice collections. I'd personally recommend Carrie, Pet Sematary, Misery, or Firestarter as first novels. A lot of his tend to be very long/complicated. If you want more recent, he did a collab with another horror writer for a novella called Gwendy's Button Box which is more of a horror-fantasy. I literally couldn't put it down and finished it within hours.

[@jennifercahill7397]

That skeleton cup is amazing! Did you hear Sabrina is going to be a TV show in the future? I definitely want to read that. OK, damn, sold me on Junji Ito, girl. That cat picture though. Any idea which one has that picture in it? "Mind fucky", haha. I read Dracula for Halloween and it is my favorite classic of the year. I felt the ending was a little anti-climatic and a few parts here and there were slow, but overall, awesome. Very easy to follow. I didn't even use Sparknotes for once. That Poe book is gorgeous. I was that morbid child too. Watching scary movies and reading spooky books. And also writing creepy things. Looking back it's a wonder my teachers weren't concerned at all. Thinner was pretty creepy. Have you read Gwendy's Button Box or Sleeping Beauties yet? I'd really like to get to Perfume since I'm going to France next year. Great recs. I'd recommend The Merciless (it's a trilogy but have only read the first one) by Danielle Vega and the I Hunt Killers trilogy if you haven't yet.

[@emmarisby]

OH MY GOD? CAITLIN!! ^^ I JUST BECAME OBSESSED WITH HER VIDEOS THE OTHER DAY - I LOVE HER!! ^^ Also, you look like snow white.~ ♡ Xx

[@SarahSunbeemz]

SHES THE BEST! Haha and thank you

[@kathievolk6128]

Really enjoyed your choices and your videos but could you please hold the books still long enough to read the title and authors!! Trying to make a shopping list and getting dizzy!! Lol!! Love your enthusiasm!

[@SarahSunbeemz]

Haha sorry about that 🙈

[@tamekiagardner2064]

I totally agree

[@vavila16]

Just finished The Queen of Tearling trilogy! I definitely want to read a Stephen King book! Thank you! 🎃

[@SarahSunbeemz]

Oh awesome! I listened to the first book as an audio book last year and I have been meaning to finish the trilogy.

[@87idk]

I NEED TO GET FROM HERE TO ETERNITY! smoke gets in your eyes was soooo good

[@SarahSunbeemz]

YOU DO! ITS SO GOOD

[@girlmath-abolisher]

Why does everyone think Carrie is scary? ( *yay it rhymed* 😶) Anyway I just found the novel so poignant and beautiful. And it just reminds me of The Virgin Suicides, in that the author capture such a visceral sense of teenage girlhood so perfectly in their writing. It somehow makes me all nostalgic about the present.

[@irisAnjel]

The graveyard book by Neil gaiman will always be one of my all time fave

[@smolcutie1773]

Throughout the video I couldn't keep my eyes of the "X files" book on shelf on background 😂😂

[@SarahSunbeemz]

X-Files always demands attention haha

[@lauraandjulia2594]

Lmao I love your intro... Also you look fab as fuq

[@SarahSunbeemz]

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[@roaaexe]

SARAH! all of these sound amazing are you trying to get me to murder my budget? because it's already dead i genuinely want to read all 100+ of stephen king's books they all sound so interesting

[@SarahSunbeemz]

Murdering budgets is always applicable at halloween *evil laugh* (Also you should read some Stephen King lol)

[@rottworks]

I recommend a library if you've got one near you. The saver of budgets!

[@MetalGearChief]

The Thief of Always by Clive Barker is quite good.

[@SarahSunbeemz]

Oh cool, I just looked it up and it seems really good, i'll have to add it to my TBR

[@mackenziemicki4517]

LOL that keemstar opening xD

[@SarahSunbeemz]

Haha yuuup

[@Zzapi]

hahaha dying at the keemstar intro in the beginning

[@SarahSunbeemz]

haha!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Love coraline! I mean... I haven’t read it... but I loved the movie 😂 I’ve never read Stephen King and I am so ashamed I LOVE ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD!

[@SarahSunbeemz]

The movie is great! The rare occasion where the book and movie are equally good

[@honeyburn688]

Jay G u should read the books it so different from the movie but its good

[@AlyssLysie]

Love stalking Jack the Ripper and am in the middle of the second book!

[@SarahSunbeemz]

Its so good!!

[@RandaMoody]

"Who is the monster? The creator or the created?" Beautiful.

[@SarahSunbeemz]

[@lostinmyimagination7485]

U are freakin hilarious! I plan to binge watch any more that u have (I'm new to booktube). Great video and I will look for some of the books u suggested.

[@SarahSunbeemz]

Thank you so much!!

[@danielleciamei7113]

I love the Coraline movie even tho it’s kinda creepy, I’m going to re-watch it today!

[@MeliodasssESO]

I would love to know what you think about my favourite book, The Ghost Hunters by Neil Spring. Relatively new author that deserves much more recognition in my opinion! I've not been so immersed into a story since Stephen Kings "IT"

[@SarahSunbeemz]

I haven’t read it but I’ll have to check it out!

[@sarakizer438]

I just read Frankenstein, and it was not my favorite. It's beautifully written, but it's literally 200 pages of Victor and the Creature whining, and Victor blaming destiny for EVERYTHING instead of taking responsibility.

[@serkseees]

Perfume was one of Kurt Cobains favorite book, says it in an interview.

[@hayleycat4899]

The book I want to read the most by Stephen King is it after facing my fear and seeing the movie recently I've been wanting to pick it up

[@SarahSunbeemz]

I hope you like it! I have heard crazy things about it haha

[@hayleycat4899]

Sarah Sunbeemz thank you I hope so too

[@marlonbrown1285]

The Neophyte by Guy N Smith.

[@SiddharthatheGreat]

There is something I would like to ask you, Sarah. I do not know if you or anyone else will ever respond to my query but I would still like to ask. From my earliest years, I have known people using the term ‘Frankenstein’ to refer to the monster of the story. It is well accepted among the masses. I do not consider this acceptation erroneous. Please tell me what do you think Mrs. Shelley wanted to refer to by calling the novel ‘Frankenstein’? If the scientist, then why not the full name? To make it simple, all I want to know is what does the title signify? I would be grateful if you or anyone else responds to my query. Thank You.

[@bluesapphire170]

Hello~ you have received a response one year later. I believe Mrs. Shelly wanted us to be misdirected, she wanted to make us think that Frankenstein is the protagonist and that we should sympathize with him. In a way the Doctor was the protagonist, but who we should really focus on is the Monster, which I lovingly nickname Adam. Truthfully, the story tells us the tale of the monster and the complex web of emotions that surround him that origin from the doctors actions in wanting to play god. It is a tale of conflict and mutual suffering on both ends of the spectrum, meant to make us, the readers, vary in the emotional scale and expend our thought process regarding our two protagonists as you do not know who to cheer for in the end, if you cheer at all, or if you just switch between your focus on who the actual protagonist really is. That said, if you read the book for the first time and then re read it, you notice how your view completely changes about the characters and notice tiny details you might have missed. In short, Mrs. Shelly was a master of emotional manipulation and the art of misdirection. At least that’s my thought process.

[@SiddharthatheGreat]

Thanks a lot Sir. Last year was the 200th anniversary of the first publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and a magazine was requesting papers on Frankenstein for a special edition. I wanted to publish an article on "the significance of the title". I watched this video and was excited by the lady's mention of the use of the title. That was why I put forth this question. Sadly, neither she nor anyone else responded to me for a whole year till you did. Thank you again. I now have my doubts regarding this woman's understanding of literature. As for the others, I believe they just came to see this lady.

[@bluesapphire170]

Im glad to be of help, even if it’s a year later. This is one of the most beloved pieces of literature I have ever read, and I really love when people appreciate Mrs. Shelly’s genius works. I’ll be honest, her view on it was pretty disappointing to me as well, I’m not sure if she really understood the complexity that is layered in this story, but to be fair this is probably after the first reading, we don’t know if she read it again and thought differently. Even if not everyone is entitled to their own option and I’m sure we can respect that. I hope that your article went well in the end, Im sure I would have enjoyed reading it.

[@paulpacini]

@@SiddharthatheGreat I understand that you wanted to ask this girl what is the actual meaning and significance of the title Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein. That is not an easy question to answer. Neither this girl nor any other person wanted to answer your question because they themselves were not sure. It is also possible that this girl did not respond to you because she thought your intention was nothing but to flirt with her. Anyways, be happy and keep reading.

[@SportsNetwork1122]

nice

[@whitneyestes464]

thanking you for sharing you have a new subscriber

[@M92753]

Go Coraline!

[@lands4life1]

Super cute chick!