I don't see anyone else mentioning it but Darcy Coates is the QUEEN of cozy horror. I adore the gravekeeper series, it's like reading an episode of Scooby Doo.
@ShakiLis2911 ай бұрын
I heard one of her books call HAUNTED is good. And is on my list !
@kristiew.747211 ай бұрын
@@ShakiLis29 I am reading Dead of Winter right now. Just perfect for the season and a killer using heads to decorate trees. ☺
@ShakiLis2911 ай бұрын
@@kristiew.7472 oh dang! That sounds something I will read. Is going to be on my list then. Thanks!
@kimbersgrandadventure11 ай бұрын
I just finished Dead of Winter and I really liked it! Just bought From Below.
@kimbersgrandadventure11 ай бұрын
🕸️☠️
@Octobig11 ай бұрын
what a great list! 👻 t. kingfisher is also one of those authors whose work often has a quirky / cozy vibe to me, whether it's horror or fantasy.
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Oh yes T Kingfisher definitely gets cozy
@ThePerksOfBooks11 ай бұрын
You've got to read Darcy Coates! I discovered her a year ago and all of her books fit the cozy horror vibe :)
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
I've read some of her books but her backlist is so huge
@wnctube111 ай бұрын
I feel Something Wicked this Way Comes makes a cozy autumn read
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
agreed!
@Rivercat033811 ай бұрын
Middle grade horror is my go-to for when I need something cozy but creepy. Recently enjoyed Katherine Arden's Small Spaces series and the Lockwood & Co. series. I also like going back and rereading authors from childhood like Lois Duncan.
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Yes MG horror is so cozy
@katiejo249411 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video! I love spooky but the older I get, the more I just want a cute cozy spooky mystery or horror. I cannot do gore at all which is sad because most of my fav booktubers love gore or at least don’t mind it
@cindywingetbooks11 ай бұрын
I also enjoy more supernatural stories. I have a BookTube channel and maybe the books will work better for you if you want to check it out @CindyWingetBooks. I don't read extreme horror books
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Yeah I will admit that I've definitely recommended some rather gory books I some other videos. So glad this topic worked for you
@JasonsWeirdReads11 ай бұрын
Fantastic idea! I haven’t heard of cozy horror until about a year or two ago, and i was like, “what the heck is cozy horror?” I’ve gotten a gotten a good idea of what it is since. Great choices here. 👻
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
I wasn't sure if it was an actual thing or just a phrase I made up so that's cool that you've come across it in other places
@jessileemiller11 ай бұрын
Thank you for this! I always feel like I want more cozy stories but don't feel right if I'm not reading or listening to something a bit scary or disturbing..
@nevskislake11 ай бұрын
I still need to read Cindy Winget's books. I love a good mashup. When I need to read something cozy, I look to Point Horror, Fear Street, or other horror YA series from the 80's or 90's. I like that they are, for the most part, just a trope-tastic, fun time. Most of them deliver on their premise: a slasher is a slasher, a creature feature is a creature feature, a ghost story is a ghost story and not a "humans moving around furniture and making noises" story. They also make me feel nostalgic. Thank you for this video, Rachel.
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
I never read YA horror as a kid but I can definitely understand them being comfort reads if I had
@kaelinreads674811 ай бұрын
You're not alone. I read so many Archies when I was growing up! I loved going to the grocery store and seeing a new one there! They were awesome. I wish I had kept my collection. 😊❤
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Glad you also loved Archies
@theothercomicguy11 ай бұрын
Coraline and Afterlife with Archie are both top-notch.
@justynaaleksandra5590Ай бұрын
I love your videos. I'm reducing the amount of tine I spend on KZbin and yours is the one of the two only channels I watch. Thank you
@TheShadesofOrangeАй бұрын
Oh thank you. That's so kind
@kaiju_k50429 ай бұрын
Ahh so good! Shirley comments were spot on.
@CliffsDarkGems11 ай бұрын
Thank you Rachel, I need more of these kind of books for when things get too dark. I usually just use fantasy and adventure palette cleansers between all the horror stuff. This is very helpful, thank you! Who knew that a Paperbacks From Hell could be a cozy read. I love Neil Gaiman and plan to focus more on the author this year. I have a Clive Barker YA graphic novel to read this month which fits the bill. I will be giving The Haunting of Hill House a re-read from a different angle, as I was disappointed the first time around, Horror mashup-ups are a great idea.
@onedadinplaid15911 ай бұрын
"Something Wicked This Way Comes" is one of my favorite cozy autumn reads. Bust out the apple cider and sit by the fire with my dog. It's go time!
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Oh yes that is a good cozy one!
@SFF18011 ай бұрын
With full awareness that he is Bad Racist Man, I still find pretty much anything by Lovecraft to be reliable comfort horror. His prose, which a lot of people can't stand, is to me unfailingly immersive, drawing the reader in to his New England locations and the madness of his protagonists. At the Mountains of Madness never gets old.
@teslagoth940111 ай бұрын
Great for the super freezing temperatures we are about to have ❤❄️ The Graveyard Book is cosy and the graphic novel is amazing
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Oh that's a good one
@barbaratweten913211 ай бұрын
I read Darcy Coates and Jennifer McMahon. Chuck Wendig is another calmer kind of horror. The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Strauss is one I read when I'm feeling down. Love your channel! Greats recs!
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Thanks. Agree with your author suggestions
@FATIMAPECHI11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the recs! I just added several of these to my neverending tbr... 😁
@jessicamou11 ай бұрын
The caretaker of the Lorne field sounds interesting ❤ TBR keeps growing longer everyday 😂
@user-vr9dm9sb1v11 ай бұрын
Lynne speaking here great book haul some of these books look really good have to check them out. Happy Reading :)
@cindywingetbooks11 ай бұрын
Several of these are on my tbr. I never read Archie. It was a little before my time and nobody in my family read comics. Thanks for showcasing my books 😃 i am glad you enjoyed them.
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Happy to find an excuse to highlight them again
@josephiyeke894611 ай бұрын
I think my Comfy Horror areas is either The Fisherman by John Langan or a new one to me is Fairy Tale by Stephen King. May have to give The Reaping a try!
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Oh those are good ones
@starpilotsix11 ай бұрын
I tend to go dark and depressing when I need a comfort read, I know it's bizarre. Sometimes with uplifting sides to them if looked at from a different perspective (like The Last Policeman series, for example, or post-apocalyptic stories where things are terrible but people are still working together trying to get through it), but sometimes just something hopeless like Blindsight.
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Oh those are bleak!
@loumarcellino17Q1911 ай бұрын
Thank you Rachel, I always love your recommendations and have downloaded many books you have recommended. I appreciate the great descriptions of each book you give, as it helps me to decide whether or not I may enjoy the book. Have a great day!
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Thanks! You too!
@lena_blue11 ай бұрын
I think The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher is a great cozy horror! ☺️🧛
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
I agree
@Mslector11 ай бұрын
I read Coraline recently and I really enjoyed it! And I loved Afterlife Archie. I have read some the other horror Archie comics as well. They never came out with volume 2 of Afterlife Archie.
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
I'm so sad they never continued it
@jameshendrix821711 ай бұрын
afterlife with Archie remake of Sabrina the TA witch is really good too, the netflix series is also well done.
@JJ-rx8ym11 ай бұрын
My brain will forever associate New Jersey with comic book stores. My grandparents lived in Jersey and we’d always go looking for Archie comics
@MoonLightAmethyst_11 ай бұрын
🤗I read Afterlife with Archie in Oct I plan on moving on with the books😊
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Yay! I love Archie Horror
@teslagoth940111 ай бұрын
Downton Abbey is wonderful, you should check it out (not downtown lol ❤)
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
I literally thought it was Downtown Abbey... whoops 😅
@debramaertens89311 ай бұрын
Good memories. My older cousins had tons of comics. Mostly Superman, but some Archie comics as well. I always went straight to the comics when we visited. Speaking of Neil Gaian, have you read “The Graveyard Book”? It’s great!
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Oh yes Graveyard Book would be a good addition to this list
@marywilson363311 ай бұрын
Because of your earlier recommendation, I bought The Caretaker of Lorne Field, and absolutely loved it!
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Yay!
@rocsimmons853511 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊
@asgrimurhartmannsson11 ай бұрын
Anything with "Dracula" in the title is automatically campy. The "Bedtime Stories" youtube channel has many very cozy ghost-stories and cryptid stuff. Can recommend the "Happy Kitten" series. The first one is sort of cozy and familiar. Until it suddenly stops being that. The whole ouvre of Clive Barker is rather cozy. For some reason. To me.
@Tetsujin-2811 ай бұрын
Caretaker: I'll put a hold on that book after I finish Little Eyes (Samantha Schweblin) and The Ritual (Adam Nevill).
@RominaJones11 ай бұрын
Love the channel, only place for some comfy horror recommendations that start off with here’s a story that begins with some girls’ heads cut off.
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Lololol... just a cozy beheading 😅 ... I didn't even think about that
@wendypridmore200511 ай бұрын
I used to love reading the Archie comics
@epiphoney11 ай бұрын
I'm reading a 50 yr olds romance between online game players, Role Playing by Cathy Yardley.
@katiejo249411 ай бұрын
Is the ghost tree the book where the 3 kids hide in a tree house or is that another book?
@JeantheSecond-ip7qm3 ай бұрын
That’s another book. I’m pretty sure. It’s been a bit since I’ve read it, but I don’t remember a treehouse at all.
@RadiationStyle11 ай бұрын
The Monster of Elendhaven is one of my favorites, though the ending is a bit confusing. Otherwise, for my favorite real cozy horror, I go straight for the Magnus Archives podcast.
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
I still need to read that story
@ignyup11 ай бұрын
Have you tried Kim Neumann's Anno Dracula series?
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
No I haven't yet
@susanmctavish663911 ай бұрын
I haven't got to it yet but was thinking maybe The Woman in Black falls into this category.
@thefeldgeister296111 ай бұрын
I love Archie Horror!
@MoonLightAmethyst_11 ай бұрын
My comfort reads are zombie books. I really need to read more of them🧟🧟♀️🧟♂️
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Yes! Same!
@miyayume_eclectic_dream9 ай бұрын
Please please read The Horizon by Jh and know it is a Manhwa but such short work. It is on Webtoon but also published. It is goood horor and has like 15% dialogs...
@kufujitsu11 ай бұрын
"The Reaping" by Bernard Taylor was a decent read, but his "Sweetheart, Sweetheart" was much better - a ghost story that actually chills....& the chills come steadily throughout the book, which is a heck of an accomplishment - I've read several of Taylor's books, but none of them measure up to Sweetheart, Sweetheart. It's probably the best novel about this theme that I have read, & I've read dozens of them...including "The Turn of the Screw", "Ghost Story"(by Peter Straub), "The Haunting of Hill House", "The Shining", & countless lesser knowns - "Sweetheart, Sweetheart" beats them all out as being the creepiest IMO.
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
I prefer The Reaping over Sweatheart but I see the appeal
@kufujitsu11 ай бұрын
@@TheShadesofOrange All good. Different tastes.
@wilthomas11 ай бұрын
A Boy's Life. And December Park even though it's about a child killer. The ending was sooooooo dumb though😢
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
The ending jumps the shark a bit. I didn't mind it so much until rereading it
@jamieserrano82711 ай бұрын
Yes, I started reading Archie digests when I was about six years old because I had to go to the hospital and spent my sixth birthday there
@TheShadesofOrange11 ай бұрын
Aw that's quite the memory
@zubaerchaudhari826711 ай бұрын
Hello there hey
@vahim193211 ай бұрын
❤
@roanokebrooks10 ай бұрын
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@heatherlilly234411 ай бұрын
👻 🧛♀️
@maeve_ever_manga11 ай бұрын
💀
@Blufox3011 ай бұрын
🧛
@sherryallison525811 ай бұрын
👻 🧛
@zacharia82711 ай бұрын
#hood 🐺
@JohnSmith-x8s5g11 ай бұрын
I like how your idea of "cozy" involves decapitation. He he.