I'm currently reading Lost Man's Lane! It's set in the author's Indiana hometown (where I've also spent half my life) and is full of 90s nostalgia. For a recommendation, Darcy Coates' From Below. It's unlike her other novels and follows a group diving to a sunken ship to film a documentary, but it also follows a second timeline explaining how the ship sank. Truly the perfect horror for anyone frightened by the depths of the ocean!
Horror novels are a delight that I firmly advocate should be read all year long. You said Ronald Malfi and I immediately said “It’s gonna be Black Mouth” 😂 Stolen Tongues is a fantastic book You should read “How to Sell A Haunted House” by Grady Hendrix…I think you’d like that one and Horrostor because everyone should read that one
I listened to Stolen Tongues on audio. The first chapter or prologue (can’t remember which it was) terrified me and I had to listen to it in chunks. The rest wasn’t quite so scary but it was really good! There’s nothing like a horror book on audio, literally someone just telling you a scary story like you’re around a campfire in the woods. The best!
Have you read or heard of _Our Share of Night_ by Mariana Enriquez and _Tender is the Flesh_ by Agustina Bazterrica? I think you might like those two books ; for me they were brilliant and very disturbing !!
I enjoyed the characters in Lost Man's Lane. I think this one will resonate with you. Black Mouth I thought was good. It's a horror this time, lol -- I see a little Wicked This Way Comes vibe from it, too. I think you'll see why when you get there
Ooo Lost Man's Lane is great and I definitely think it'll be up your alley. For only good Indians, most people I know "nope" off the book because the indigenous dialect can be a bit hard to read for those who aren't used to it.
Sphere definitely caught me off guard, and it creeps back in my mind more often than I ever thought it would. I'm not even afraid of the ocean, so it wasn't even that aspect for me, but I don't want to spoil anything for anyone!
I'm halfway through The Queen by Nick Cutter (it drops today). It's definitely weird ;) Shoutout to Nat Cassidy's Nestlings. It dropped on Halloween last year, which is kind of cool, but misses out on all the people who only read horror for 'spooky season' and for people looking for this season, it's a year old :P
I liked Grady Hendrix’s TFGSG, but A LOT of people don’t… so I don’t know what you’ll think of it. I’m definitely a fan of Grady Hendrix and can’t wait to read more of his work!
I will slide a recommendation to you Mike. I recently discovered the author Brom and he does incredible gothic art. But I saw his book Lost Gods and I started reading it and this guy is hot on my radar. He also wrote a Krampus book which would be a great horror read for the Christmas Holiday! I hope you look him up and check out Lost Gods or Krampus by Brom. He might become your new favorite.
Excellent Selection! I love Michael McDowell and will be reading Blackwater soon. I highly recommend Gone To See The River Man. It has atmosphere in spades and is an amazing story. It is classified as extreme horror, but besides being a disturbing and sometimes uncomfortable read, it is not overly gratuitous when compared with other books from the genre. I have also recently discovered an author by the name of David Sodergren, loved everything I have read by him, especially The Haar and Maggie's Grave. Happy Halloween! 🎃
Only Good Indians is mostly hated as Jones' writing style is very unique and can be hard to follow. I'm not sure how much you'll like it - it's very stream of conciousness. It's a 5/5 for me though
If you want to try Peter Straub book I think Shadowlands would be probably better choice for you. A coming of age horror/fantasy that's very well written and and you would probably like the characters more. That said Ghost story is also great and one of his best.
The only good Indians is my favorite book of Jones’. I think you’d like Mongrels though. It’s werewolf coming of age. Fun facts: Jones’ was my dad’s college roommate. I grew up on his stories, just my dad told them and they won’t be written down. He grew up in a town near Midland and went to Texas Tech. His most recent book takes place in a town an hour from Lubbock (Levelland). I haven’t read all his books but he has a tendency to write in small town in west Texas. Give your fellow Texan a chance.
I read Grady Hendrix’s How to Sell a Haunted House and Ronald Malfi’s The Narrows during Spooky Season this year and liked both a lot. Definitely want to read more of both authors. I have read two of Ania Ahlborn’s novels in the past including Brother. Her books are truly scary and I’ve got two more of her books queued up. You are the inspiration for my own Spooky Season reads (thanks!) and I do read the genre all year long.
“We sold our Souls” by Grady Hendrix was a fun read similar to Best Friend. And it will give you some great Rock and Roll vibes. “My Heart is a chainsaw” by Jones has great Final Girl vibes. 😊
Yeah, my October reading list is spilling over into November. I set my bar a bit high. But that's good. I will be finishing Joe Hills 4 novellas, Strange Tides tonight. Then.....Dan Simmons Carrion Comfort :) Thanks Mike! Keep on keeping on man. ✌️ -JRoot
I downloaded and read Adam Nevill's Before You Sleep, a free download of three of his ghost stories and was impressed enough to buy an omnibus of his novels, I've literally just spent the best part of four hours reading The Ritual, very good! As for a recommendation, I really think you'd like The Ocean Dark by Christopher Golden, he's quite an underrated novelist and writes comics like Hellboy as well.
You've mentioned reading Blake Crouch in reverse publication order, just keep going until you get to his early horror novels. They are fantastic. He did a lot of collaborations with JA Konrath (who I also recommend), and they were vicious together.
Have you read Silvia Moreno-Garcia's horror novels? I just finished Silver Nitrate, and loved Daughter of Dr. Moreau & Mexican Gothic. Brother is SO GOOD. After Silver Nitrate, I just started on The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne as part of current project of alternating horror and fantasy.
Always appreciate your recommendations. I read The Troop, Come With Me and Boys In The Valley for this spooky season! Enjoyed them all. Heard about all of them on your channel.
Mariana Enríquez! Argentinian horror author very inspired by King, I think you would love it. Her short stories are great, especially the collection "The things we lost in the fire"
I'm currently reading Ronald Malfi's Small Town Horror. I read Black Mouth, and it felt like another of Stephen King's book, but definitely not like IT . . . in my opinion. And I'm one of the DNF people concerning The Only Good Indians.
Grady hendrix is great read the whole catalogue and mbfe was definitely the best…. Another newer horror author I like is Paul Tremblay(cabin at the end of the world) and Catriona Ward(last house on needless street)(I think she is British) super great stuff you’ll love but also the best nostalgia book for 80s/90s that isn’t horror but is sci-fi is ready player one
I'm currently reading Lost Man's Lane! It's set in the author's Indiana hometown (where I've also spent half my life) and is full of 90s nostalgia.
For a recommendation, Darcy Coates' From Below. It's unlike her other novels and follows a group diving to a sunken ship to film a documentary, but it also follows a second timeline explaining how the ship sank. Truly the perfect horror for anyone frightened by the depths of the ocean!
Stolen tongues is genuinely scary. It made me nervous to take my dog outside at night.
I agree it got to me in ways a horror story hasn’t in so so long, I’m not sure why haha
Horror novels are a delight that I firmly advocate should be read all year long.
You said Ronald Malfi and I immediately said “It’s gonna be Black Mouth” 😂
Stolen Tongues is a fantastic book
You should read “How to Sell A Haunted House” by Grady Hendrix…I think you’d like that one and Horrostor because everyone should read that one
I listened to Stolen Tongues on audio. The first chapter or prologue (can’t remember which it was) terrified me and I had to listen to it in chunks. The rest wasn’t quite so scary but it was really good! There’s nothing like a horror book on audio, literally someone just telling you a scary story like you’re around a campfire in the woods. The best!
Reading Slewfoot based on your spooky season reviews. Really Enjoying it. Thanks!
Have you read or heard of _Our Share of Night_ by Mariana Enriquez and _Tender is the Flesh_ by Agustina Bazterrica? I think you might like those two books ; for me they were brilliant and very disturbing !!
I enjoyed the characters in Lost Man's Lane. I think this one will resonate with you.
Black Mouth I thought was good. It's a horror this time, lol
-- I see a little Wicked This Way Comes vibe from it, too. I think you'll see why when you get there
Ooo Lost Man's Lane is great and I definitely think it'll be up your alley.
For only good Indians, most people I know "nope" off the book because the indigenous dialect can be a bit hard to read for those who aren't used to it.
Sphere definitely caught me off guard, and it creeps back in my mind more often than I ever thought it would. I'm not even afraid of the ocean, so it wasn't even that aspect for me, but I don't want to spoil anything for anyone!
I'm halfway through The Queen by Nick Cutter (it drops today). It's definitely weird ;) Shoutout to Nat Cassidy's Nestlings. It dropped on Halloween last year, which is kind of cool, but misses out on all the people who only read horror for 'spooky season' and for people looking for this season, it's a year old :P
I have The Queen on my TBR Horror shelf!
Thank you for turning me on to Nick Cutter! Read ‘The Troop’ a couple weeks ago and it was spectacular! Will def be reading more from him
I made the mistake of reading the first chapter of The Troop during my lunch hour at work...didn't finish lunch, but I did finish the chapter.
Did Stolen Tongues for this spooky season - included with Audible membership 😊 Quite enjoyed it
My plan is finishing The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and then read more King books and I have two boxes of them
I liked Grady Hendrix’s TFGSG, but A LOT of people don’t… so I don’t know what you’ll think of it. I’m definitely a fan of Grady Hendrix and can’t wait to read more of his work!
I will slide a recommendation to you Mike. I recently discovered the author Brom and he does incredible gothic art. But I saw his book Lost Gods and I started reading it and this guy is hot on my radar. He also wrote a Krampus book which would be a great horror read for the Christmas Holiday! I hope you look him up and check out Lost Gods or Krampus by Brom. He might become your new favorite.
Excellent Selection! I love Michael McDowell and will be reading Blackwater soon. I highly recommend Gone To See The River Man. It has atmosphere in spades and is an amazing story. It is classified as extreme horror, but besides being a disturbing and sometimes uncomfortable read, it is not overly gratuitous when compared with other books from the genre. I have also recently discovered an author by the name of David Sodergren, loved everything I have read by him, especially The Haar and Maggie's Grave. Happy Halloween! 🎃
Only Good Indians is mostly hated as Jones' writing style is very unique and can be hard to follow. I'm not sure how much you'll like it - it's very stream of conciousness. It's a 5/5 for me though
If you want to try Peter Straub book I think Shadowlands would be probably better choice for you. A coming of age horror/fantasy that's very well written and and you would probably like the characters more. That said Ghost story is also great and one of his best.
You and your wife really need to start the show “From” I think you’d really like it.
The only good Indians is my favorite book of Jones’. I think you’d like Mongrels though. It’s werewolf coming of age.
Fun facts:
Jones’ was my dad’s college roommate. I grew up on his stories, just my dad told them and they won’t be written down.
He grew up in a town near Midland and went to Texas Tech. His most recent book takes place in a town an hour from Lubbock (Levelland). I haven’t read all his books but he has a tendency to write in small town in west Texas. Give your fellow Texan a chance.
I read Grady Hendrix’s How to Sell a Haunted House and Ronald Malfi’s The Narrows during Spooky Season this year and liked both a lot. Definitely want to read more of both authors. I have read two of Ania Ahlborn’s novels in the past including Brother. Her books are truly scary and I’ve got two more of her books queued up. You are the inspiration for my own Spooky Season reads (thanks!) and I do read the genre all year long.
I got Looking Glass Sound in a book box subscription and really enjoyed it.
“We sold our Souls” by Grady Hendrix was a fun read similar to Best Friend. And it will give you some great Rock and Roll vibes. “My Heart is a chainsaw” by Jones has great Final Girl vibes. 😊
Stolen tounges starts good. But falls flat
Yeah, my October reading list is spilling over into November. I set my bar a bit high. But that's good.
I will be finishing Joe Hills 4 novellas, Strange Tides tonight. Then.....Dan Simmons Carrion Comfort :)
Thanks Mike! Keep on keeping on man.
✌️
-JRoot
I downloaded and read Adam Nevill's Before You Sleep, a free download of three of his ghost stories and was impressed enough to buy an omnibus of his novels, I've literally just spent the best part of four hours reading The Ritual, very good! As for a recommendation, I really think you'd like The Ocean Dark by Christopher Golden, he's quite an underrated novelist and writes comics like Hellboy as well.
You've mentioned reading Blake Crouch in reverse publication order, just keep going until you get to his early horror novels. They are fantastic. He did a lot of collaborations with JA Konrath (who I also recommend), and they were vicious together.
I feel that you would love Dean Koontz
Have you read Silvia Moreno-Garcia's horror novels? I just finished Silver Nitrate, and loved Daughter of Dr. Moreau & Mexican Gothic. Brother is SO GOOD.
After Silver Nitrate, I just started on The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne as part of current project of alternating horror and fantasy.
I loved black water when I read it in the 80s. I’m going to reread this year. The elementals is quite good as well. The troop was serious body horror.
+1 for Stolen Tongues!
I read Black Mouth a few weeks ago. Good coming of age story, I think you'll like it.
In the middle of NOS4A2 - and I'm loving it. If you haven't read it, I recommend it, especially as a Stephen King fan.
Always appreciate your recommendations. I read The Troop, Come With Me and Boys In The Valley for this spooky season! Enjoyed them all. Heard about all of them on your channel.
Mariana Enríquez! Argentinian horror author very inspired by King, I think you would love it. Her short stories are great, especially the collection "The things we lost in the fire"
I genuinely wish i had never read The Deep. I will never look at bees the same way again
Currently listening to Stolen Tongues. Haven’t finished yet…so far it’s a decent listen. But man it’s VERY redundant. Prepare for that
Just read Carrie is 50 years old -- can that be true? She still ruined my prom either way!
Ooh, The Rats is a must read! I find Grady Hendrix very meh after reading 3 of them.
Sadly, I DNF'ed Adam Neville's "The Reddening." It was super boring and repetitive. Hopefully you'll have better luck.
I'm currently reading Ronald Malfi's Small Town Horror. I read Black Mouth, and it felt like another of Stephen King's book, but definitely not like IT . . . in my opinion. And I'm one of the DNF people concerning The Only Good Indians.
Will Mike find a spell to grow hair on his head? 😁
Grady hendrix is great read the whole catalogue and mbfe was definitely the best…. Another newer horror author I like is Paul Tremblay(cabin at the end of the world) and Catriona Ward(last house on needless street)(I think she is British) super great stuff you’ll love but also the best nostalgia book for 80s/90s that isn’t horror but is sci-fi is ready player one
Just finished last girl support group. I think it was good but not great
You never mention Bentley Little. The Store.
I like The Troop a lot. I should’ve DNF The Deep. I didn’t like it at all.
yeah I didn't enjoy it either, the ending was baffling
First?