Lydia's Books of Terror

In today's video you will find 13 horror books coming out this month, and a bonus book! I could not resist mentioning the novelization of Terrifier 3. Not only do we get to hang out with Art the Clown, it is seasonal too!✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮Terrifier 3: The Official Novelization by Tim Waggonerhttps://amzn.to/4bbbJHe The Bloody Brick Road: A Wizard of Oz Retelling by Maude Royerhttps://amzn.to/49kYqBF The Horror Theory Reader edited by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstockhttps://amzn.to/492EF2L Hollow by Celina Myers (Hardcover - paperback was out June 2025)https://amzn.to/3MZrc3e ITCH! by Gemma Amorhttps://amzn.to/3MZWZ41 The Truth of Carcosa by Jacob Rollinsonhttps://amzn.to/4qycw9B Kittie: Fire (Graphic Novel) Written by Jonathan Hedrick, Artist Francesca Fantini, and Letterist Leo McGovernhttps://sumerianrecords.com/products/... Weird Sisters: Tales from the Queens of the Pulp Era: 57 (British Library Tales of the Weird)https://amzn.to/494L39O Apartment 16 by Adam Nevillhttps://amzn.to/3Lipidh Funeral Song by Carly Racklinhttps://amzn.to/3Lnpmsp Humboldt Cut by Allison Mickhttps://amzn.to/4prpVPT On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfieldhttps://amzn.to/3YVbQPK Persona by Aoife Josie Clementshttps://amzn.to/4jr58KX Eminence Front by Rebecca Rowlandhttps://amzn.to/49lbtTA See them all at https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror/#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

Here we are with a small stack of wintery reads. Not all are for Christmas, and while I fell behind due to having a wicked illness... this all fits into reading Victorian fiction for January!This may be a little late for your own wintery needs for chilly seasonal reads (hey, that rhymes. I must be feeling better!) so I will be publishing this alongside some new books coming in January 2026 and some of the great books I picked up in December, had as a wonderful birthday gift, or just found along the way. Hope you had an ooky spooky holiday!Mentioned: https://sites.udel.edu/poisonbookproj... - check if your old books are riddled with arsenic! ✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮Haunting of Sorrow Leaf by Chirs SorensonYou Can't Take it WIth You by Marcus Hawke#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

Happy December! The shortest day of the year where I live is fast approaching, as is the cold snow.There are 14 books that caught my eye - lucky 13 plus one more from November. I added in two thrillers and you'll also find quite a few story collections here. Two things I read more of in the winter months are short stories and oddball thrillers. Last winter I read some Riley Sager books and found them incredibly cozy. When I saw the vast amount of wintery thrillers I decided I wanted a few on the list. There are also not as many stand-alone horror books out in the winter for whatever reason. Maybe we use up all of our creative juices in the fall and harvest season and writers are all busy writing. I know I am!Do you read short cozy stories in the dim months of winter, or cozy up with a thriller?✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮The Haunting of Sorrow's Leap by Chris Sorensenhttps://amzn.to/44r5Pxo Dark Matter by Kathe Kojahttps://amzn.to/4odwFQR Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisherhttps://amzn.to/48cBSCA The Gallagher Place: A Novel by Julie Doarhttps://amzn.to/48oWJ6N The Living and the Dead by Christoffer Carlssonhttps://amzn.to/3Kdb5xT Hinterland by Logan Spurgeonhttps://amzn.to/3LLLxIK Cape Fever: A Novel by Nadia Davidshttps://amzn.to/3XGZwlx Dark Sisters: A Novel by Kristi DeMeesterhttps://amzn.to/4ibZJqm Midnight Somewhere: A Short-Story Collection by Johnny Comptonhttps://amzn.to/4ocgbIH Nine Authentic Ghost Stories edited by Kirsty Loganhttps://amzn.to/3JP5tKd Sinister Societies: Six Novellas of Secrets and Horrorshttps://amzn.to/4o9Fnj2 Dig Me a Grave: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Who Seduced the South by Richard A. Harpootlian with Shaun Assaelhttps://amzn.to/4pdNs7P The Best Horror of the Year Volume Seventeen edited by Ellen Datlowhttps://amzn.to/4ibieeA Monstrous Tales: Haunting encounters with Britain's mythical beastshttps://amzn.to/4pdNk8l #booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber Typical Books 376 - New Books for December 2025✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

Moving from spooks to snow is never easy, but moving from a list of 31 books to 13 is a treat. Here are some of the top horror books coming this month that caught my eye. With creepy cover art galore, check out these fine reads. I am still debating if I should make a poll each month to go along with this. Bookworms on Patreon can download the list with covers as a great shopping list, and you can also find these listed on https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henryhttps://amzn.to/4gUkmGX The Creed Falls Massacres by Jon Cohnhttps://amzn.to/49EUGwp Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World by Cullen Bunnhttps://amzn.to/3WL3YPU Howl: An Anthology of Werewolves from Women-in-Horror by Lindy Ryan and Stephanie M. Wytovichhttps://amzn.to/4oBRg2b The Chambermaids by Leigh Hallhttps://amzn.to/47to73g The Forest of Missing Girls: A Novel by Nichelle Giraldeshttps://amzn.to/4gXW1Ai There Is No Antimemetics Division: A Novel by qntmhttps://amzn.to/3XjTg2U I'll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Ikerhttps://amzn.to/4nUOG6E My Name Isn't Paul by Drew Huffhttps://amzn.to/4osBqqJ You Watched in Silence by H. Lee Justinehttps://amzn.to/4pPokEU Threads of Fate by Aminah Foxhttps://amzn.to/47HF08X The Sofa by Sam Munsonhttps://amzn.to/46yzUg3 The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibohttps://amzn.to/475ZWaH ✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮No new books bought this week - check the next video for the few I did pick up in October!#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

Today on Lydia's Books I’m sharing a stack of nonfiction books that dive into true crime, Hollywood scandals, punk history, and dark philosophy. These real stories are unsettling, harrowing, and perfect for Nonfiction November. If you enjoy deep dives into strange corners of history, this lineup should keep you thoroughly fascinated, and maybe wide awake at night...Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth AngerPunk 365 by Holly George-Warren forward by Richard HellThe Nazi War on Cancer by Robert N. ProctorThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerRue Morgue Magazine #227In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteFast Fiction by Denise JadenDexter and Philosophy by various contributors✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮Some of these were picked up at library and workplace book sales!Punk 365Dexter and Philosophy Hollywood Babylon#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

As mentioned previously, I have a great addition to my extreme horror collection, specifically for my Edward Lee shelf. If you want to hear about the convention, DreadCon, check the previous video DreadCon • An indie horror haul dream! for a load of indie author books! Edward Lee has been a huge inspiration to me as a writer and reader of horror. From the first time my mother and I stumbled upon the City Infernal series, or that time I special ordered 'Goon' while feeling homesick at college, or finding Gast at the local library, to last week (and every time) someone discovered his books on the ExtremeHorrorLit subreddit; my heart grows a little (blacker) each time. Now that he has announced his retirement from writing, I thought I'd take the plunge and pick up some hard to find and just out of my price range books - only because I was lucky enough to find them in my home province!Huge thank you to Fred for collecting and giving these books a 'fine' home. Reach out to me for Fred's Fine Editions contact information if you are looking for hard to find or excellent horror fare.Buy Fred's book here: https://subterraneanpress.com/the-wor...From the Deadite Press website: Edward Lee is the premier practitioner of splatterspunk and has written over fifty books. He is the author of such hardcore horror classics as The Bighead, The Pig and the House, Gast, and many more books to test your gag reflex. His story Header was adapted into a movie and was released on DVD by Synapse.✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮HeaderA Header TaleA Header Tale IIHeader 2Header 3The Pig / The HouseCreekers#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com 🩶▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeeverAs an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

This is the second annual DreadCon; and I am happy to support this since there is nothing like it near me. I wish there were more horror conventions in Canada!I took the train in to Burlington - I’d not been to Toronto for over ten years, and not downtown since I was a kid. So happy see writers I am a huge fan of, have come to know well, and writers whose work I’ve reviewed under one roof.S.J. Shank Tim McGregorTobin Elliott and Dale LongMary RajotteAdam CoscoMarcus Hawke Edo van Belkom Rick Hipson C.M. ForestRW DuderCharlene ElsbyMallory McCartneyAnuci Press! So great to meet on his first convention ever and his son’s first trip to Canada - they had so much to choose from it was hard to decide so I grabbed Satacnic Static for the great title.Now, I didn’t see enough panels. I sat in on Queer Horror, Canadian Horror, and the Dacre Stoker talk. I missed all the readings I wanted to attend though, so I have to plan better next year. I also picked up some great extreme horror from Fred’s Fine Editions which I will cover in my next video.    • Edward Lee • The Header books  https://www.dreadconcan.com/https://sjshank.com/The Canadian Horror panel:    • dReadcon Canadian Horror Panel     / @darkbites   ✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮15 books! Typical Books 369 - DreadCon Haul 2025#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ All socials and merch ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

For all of August I read Stephen King books - this was for #allinaugust and I loved it! In this video I will talk about how I liked it, how that affected my reading going forward, and how I felt about that as a writer.As mentioned, I cover Revival more here:    • Revival by Stephen King • I do love a good...  Then on to what I am reading now and for the rest of September. Quite a few good books, from transgressive perversions, splatterpunk, and some dark literary work too. Fairy Tale, Revival, and the Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon; by Stephen KingPerverts by Adam Cosco (Available Sept 16)No One Rides For Free Judith SonnetWe Are Always Tender with Our Dead (Burnt Sparrow 1 - Available Sept 9) y Eric LaRoccaBody of Water by Adam Godfrey (Available Sept 23)Nightface is now available once more! My violent vampire novel has transmogrified into the definitive edition with new art, new typeset, and a fresh preface. https://www.amazon.ca/Nightface-Lydia...✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮I have a few ARC copies of books on the way, so will not take another ARC until December.#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm merch is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeeverAs an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

Here are 40 new horror books for September! Two of these I am reading this month, and even more I want to pick up. Too many great horror books are coming out this month; in preparation for autumn and spooky season I am sure. Once again, the list is sprawling - I shorten the list but there were just so many amazing authors putting work out right now. Also, a sneak peek of the new cover art for my vampire novel, Nightface. The sequel is coming soon! If you have read some of these or have them on your list, let me know,September 2A Blood as Bright as the Moon by Andrea Morstabilinihttps://amzn.to/4ndy21V Halloweird: Classic Stories from the Season of Samhain by Johnny Mainshttps://amzn.to/41xiE8d Night & Day: Dreadful Dark: Tales of Nighttime Horror/Merciless Sun: Tales of Daylight Horror edited by Ellen Datlowhttps://amzn.to/3JHNzbE Spider to the Fly: A Novel by J. H. Markerthttps://amzn.to/4mDX5Lr Taaqtumi 2: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories various authorshttps://amzn.to/41vnCCh These Dreaming Spires: A Dark Academia Anthology by various authorshttps://amzn.to/4g3B9ai Nightface by Lydia Peeverhttps://amzn.to/4n7ZUnT September 9Acquired Taste by Clay McLeod Chapmanhttps://amzn.to/45LsMfW An Echo of Children by Ramsey Campbellhttps://amzn.to/45ThCpH Coffin Moon: A Novel by Keith Rossonhttps://amzn.to/3UVP8Fs House of Idyll by Delilah S. Dawsonhttps://amzn.to/4g2JlYn Play Nice by Rachel Harrisonhttps://amzn.to/4mNDFnIThe Macabre: A Novel by Kosoko Jacksonhttps://amzn.to/4nagyU3 The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinezhttps://amzn.to/3JzUILg They Fear Not Men in the Woods by Gretchen McNeilhttps://amzn.to/3HAJxRW We Are Always Tender with Our Dead: Burnt Sparrow 1 by Eric LaRoccahttps://amzn.to/41A0XER You Weren't Meant to Be Human: A Novel by Andrew Joseph Whitehttps://amzn.to/45X4r5I September 16, 2025Bad Things Happened in This Room by Marie Stillhttps://amzn.to/4lWlb38 Exiles by Mason Coile (Andrew Pyper)https://amzn.to/4n3GpNi Fiend by Alma Katsuhttps://amzn.to/4lW90TR Galloway's Gospel: A Horror Novel Set in Renfield County by Sam Rebeleinhttps://amzn.to/47iVUMM Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piperhttps://amzn.to/47W0osV The Whistler by Nick Medinahttps://amzn.to/4fZesE0 Veil by Jonathan Janzhttps://amzn.to/45JXhTB September 23, 2025Devil of the Pines by James Kaine (author of The Dead Children's Playground)https://amzn.to/4mK90aN Monochromicon: The Complete Monochrome Trilogy by Todd Keislinghttps://amzn.to/4g2ZcWR October Shadows: Classic Ghost Stories for Halloween compiled by John A. Ricehttps://amzn.to/4n9gRyb Spit Back the Bones by Teagan Olivia Kinghttps://amzn.to/3HVEYBJ Spread Me by Sarah Gaileyhttps://amzn.to/461btGM The Red Knot by Monique Asherhttps://amzn.to/4p2JA9K September 30, 2025Demon Song by Kelsea Yuhttps://amzn.to/4lNtnCt MrBallen Presents: Where Nightmares Live: The Graphic Stories by MrBallen illustrated by Andrea Muttihttps://amzn.to/46ggX1w Night of the Living Dead: The Official Novelization by John Russo

Today I am talking about Stephen King, specifically the 'electrifying' book Revival. I share my thoughts about the book and make connections to my love for weather, other King books, and how many meanings 'revival' can have here. I hope you like this booktube video!Revival has been recommended to me online and off for years then sat on my shelf since finding this at a book sale. I love the themes so I feel foolish for not picking it up earlier. This is Stephen King at his best, and for a more modern choice it is refreshing that we can recommend a book that is not older than I am as a quintessential King.On that topic, Revival was his 53rd, and it is always amazing to me how his voice is unwavering, and while I did not see a nod to constant readers in a foreword, the whole book is fan service notes back-to-back. While I went into this knowing it was religious(ish), from the jacket copy, recommendations and the title, I was intrigued by the lightning angle on the cover. I had not known abut the Doctor Frankenstein inspirations throughout and was delighted by each incarnation of Jacobs as we follow his experiments and fascination with electricity. ✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮To come on the show: the latest by Eric LaRocca#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber #stephenking ✮✮✮✮✮✮ Nails by EZNails semi-cured gel wraps - not sponsored but I have a referral code 🩶 https://eznails.ca?kb_ref=65a1ced449134▹ See if there are books in the Shoppe https://typicalbooks.com/shoppe/▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm merch is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

July was a fairly busy reading month and I head into August with a few half-read books, so more on that soon, I want to wrap them all up in this first week so I can get to this readathon! As noted in the poll posted earlier, All-In-August will be all Stephen King. I'm reading, in order:RevivalFairy TaleThe Girl Who Loved Tom GordonFor more on Stephen King: https://amzn.to/47kkNYg and https://stephenking.com/Also, my thoughts on recent reads: Full Brutal by Kristopher Triana, Toadhead by Andrew Lyall, Tales told around a Strange Fire by Bud Templin, Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward, and The Knave of Graves by S. J. Shank. Some books to come: No One Rides for Free by Judith Sonnet, How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (maybe, eventually, it was on sale). I have a feeling I may get them all read this month but promised myself I'd put a book down if it was proving to be a chore. Since that represents all of the SK books I have here that I have not read, I may dip in to Sleeping Beauties if I do run out of King to read - since that is two King's in one!Roya's launch video:    • All-In August Readathon & My Stephen King ...  ✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber #allinaugust✮✮✮✮✮✮ Nails by EZNails - they are semi-cured wraps I simply adore. Today I am wearing black tips and while this is not sponsored I have a referral code 🩶 https://eznails.ca?kb_ref=65a1ced449134▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm merch is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

So many amazing horror books are coming out this month. Normally I shorten the list to less than fifteen but there were too many of interest. These are the ones that caught my eye and usually focus on the darker end of the genre. If you have read some of these or have them on your list, let us know!Nails by EZNails - they are semi-cured wraps I simply adore. Today I am wearing black tips and while this is not sponsored I have a referral code 🩶 https://eznails.ca?kb_ref=65a1ced449134Pick up a copy of these books or click through to read more:Black Brane by Michael Cisco - https://amzn.to/43Fsk0mBlack Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin - https://amzn.to/4l9PNOfDeparture 37: A Novel by Scott Carson - https://amzn.to/4l4wOUUHaunted Reels 2: More Stories from the Minds of Professional Filmmakers - https://amzn.to/4lND2d8Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions by John Langan - https://amzn.to/44UBsjKTantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton - https://amzn.to/479ksHTThis Is My Body Lindsay King-Miller - https://amzn.to/4l1t32FWe Like it Cherry by Jacy Morris - https://amzn.to/40HD0LAA Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper - https://amzn.to/4msoFepAn Evil Premise by T Marie Vandelly - https://amzn.to/3IUX6M7Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle - https://amzn.to/41d1mNiThe Midnight Shift by Seon-Ran Cheon, translated by Gene Png - https://amzn.to/40KUPt1Eradicator by David Simmons - https://amzn.to/4oxirvFHouse of Monstrous Women by Daphne Fama - https://amzn.to/46vj4PEThe End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand - https://amzn.to/459BLpGSo Thirsty by Rachel Harrison - https://amzn.to/4l1qcXv The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas - https://amzn.to/477CvOzThe Unseen: A Novel by Ania Ahlborn - https://amzn.to/4obdMiNYour Favorite Scary Movie: How the Scream Films Rewrote the Rules of Horror by Ashley Cullins - https://amzn.to/4fmmNS8Feral and Hysterical: Mother Horror’s Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women by Sadie Hartmann - https://amzn.to/4l7S7VRSacrificial Animals: A Novel by Kailee Pedersen - https://amzn.to/4lXoY0ROn Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia - https://amzn.to/40MSeimPins by Jessica McHugh - reprint - https://madnessheart.press/product/pi...The Revised Anarchist’s Kosher CookbookUnsettling Horror in Anti-Bigotry Splatterpunk Environments8114 by Joshua Hull - https://amzn.to/4ofDvq0How Bad Things Can Get by Darcy Coates - https://amzn.to/41hRGB7Restoration by Ave Barrera - https://amzn.to/46CqLUmSecret Lives of the Dead by Tim Lebbon - https://amzn.to/45drybYShoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day by Emma E Murray - https://amzn.to/4l6BpWSWhat the Dead Can Do by Peter Rosch - https://amzn.to/47951PXBlood Like Ours by Stuart Neville - https://amzn.to/4l3gK5WKatabasis by R.F. Kuang - https://amzn.to/4fck90Y✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ See if there are books in th

Today on Lydia's Books I'll be going through 50+ extreme horror and splatterpunk books on my shelf. It is one part shelf tour, and one part discussing the gems of the genre. I also get into a handful of books that are on the edge of extreme so may be of interest for readers looking for something not so harsh, or just more from the darkest talents there are. As mentioned, I have a few in the Shoppe https://typicalbooks.com/shoppe/✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm merch is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ EZNails referral code! https://eznails.ca?kb_ref=65a1ced449134▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

This week in my horror reading I wrapped up reading Cold Chills by Robert Bloch and really recommend one short story above all. The Plays The Thing is just perfect to me. The whole book i good for fans, or if you want a variety pack of sci-fi, horror, and weird tales. It is week two of #ReadingandRumps so I am into some more Richard Laymon!🔪 Week 2: The Basement is Always a Bad Idea (My pick? Endless Night. May have a basement, highly rumpy.)Find a scene where a character enters a creepy space they absolutely should've avoided. Why are they like this?Love Laymon? Check out Richard Laymon Kills! The website that never died! https://rlk.stevegerlach.com/ There is a poll up on Patreon for the possible new show name if you would like to vote:   / 130892467  ✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮Cari Mora by Thomas Harris https://amzn.to/45MWtxx ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

Only a small clutch of books caught my eye this month. There were not many to choose from in terms of plain horror. I am also all over this candle. Book Loft, from Bath and Body Works. Not sponsored, just loving this scent in the office. (if interested in this lovely soy candle: https://amzn.to/4kNRUYc)Have you read any of these or added them to your reading list?I Can Fix Her by Rae Wilde https://amzn.to/43exWQb Of Flesh and Blood: A Novel by N. L. Lavin, Hunter Burke https://amzn.to/4d2ag53 Beyond the Planet of the Vampires by Ulrich Baer https://amzn.to/4lW3wK5 Ecstasy by Ivy Pochoda https://amzn.to/4kIWW8g Ten Sleep by Nicholas Belardes https://amzn.to/4d3aA3w The No-End House by Jeremy Bates https://amzn.to/3RKQz83 ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

This week I am still reading one story at a time in Cold Chills by Robert Bloch. I finished Lock Every Door by Riley Sager and the book is not on my shelf anymore even though I liked this book a lot. Please wash your hands before reading books, and if you must ruin books with food stuffs, don’t put them in your workplace book sale… I finished reading My Dark Vanessa from the backward bookshelf and picked out Someone’s Watching by Andrew Neiderman.Just today I have started first chapters of No End House, Full Brutal, and Among the Missing for Reading and Rumps. That is the Richard Laymon read-a-thon and the prompt for this week is: 🔪 Week 1: Boobs Before Brains (My pick? Among The Missing. People are camping so the possibility of weird noises to investigate is very high.) Read a Laymon scene where hormones override common sense. Bonus points for someone investigating a noise in their underwear.✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮Look at our Holes – for a good cause, and glad Juan got it out!Full Brutal - for the Extreme Horror Lit Starter Pack reading listTales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe - a gorgeous editionLeaves of Grass - a ghost picked it for me, I swear, andSlade House by David MitchellTypical Books 354 - First Weekly Reads of June✮✮✮✮✮✮

You know I love me some Richard Laymon. He is one author I have read every summer for the past few years too. So, thank you, Regina for organizing this event! This June, buckle up for a backwoods bloodbath, lusty librarians, haunted basements, and enough bad decisions to fill a swamp. We're honouring the master of pulpy mayhem, Richard Laymon, with a month-long read-a-long that's as unhinged as his characters.Grab a paperback, lower your standards, and prepare to scream, laugh, and possibly blush your way through the carnage. Scroll down for the prompts and join the madness..But beware: side effects may include uncontrollable screaming, raised eyebrows, and a full-blown case of Laymania!#ReadingandRumps #LaymaniaRegina of Regina’s Haunted Library and Alex, The Bookubus created this tag. And I am so honoured to be one of the co-hosts! @ReginasHauntedLibrary ‪@TheBookubus‬ ‪@SlimeAndSlashers‬ ‪@AuthorDLTillery‬ ‪@HarpiesintheTrees‬ and me @typicalbooks‬ ‪Weekly Prompts 🔪 Week 1: Boobs Before Brains (My pick? Among The Missing. People are camping so the possibility of weird noises to investigate is very high.)Read a Laymon scene where hormones override common sense.Bonus points for someone investigating a noise in their underwear.🔪 Week 2: The Basement is Always a Bad Idea (My pick? Endless Night. May have a basement, highly rumpy.)Find a scene where a character enters a creepy space they absolutelyshould've avoided. Why are they like this?🔪 Week 3: The Villain Slaps (My pick? Cuts. This villain creeped me out a lot when I first read it.)Celebrate Laymon's most over-the-top baddies. Pick your favoritepsycho, swamp monster, or possessed creep and share the chaos.🔪 Week 4: Campfire Trash Classic (Bonus read: Darkness, Tell Us)Wrap it up by picking the most off the wall moment from your read and honouring it like the glorious literary insanity that it is.So there you have it. Let us know if you participate either with a video, a blog post, photos, or just curling us with a wild ride that is a Richard Laymon novel.✮✮✮✮✮✮

This week I read The Summer I Died, Eternal Flower of Your Soul, and started reading Cold Chills, and Lock Every Door. I am still poking away at The Butchers Daughter and have a few books lined up; The No-End House, Full Brutal and My Dark Vanessa. Pick up Eternal Flower of your Soul here https://godless.com/products/eternal-...Let me know if you have ever encountered a filthy used book. Cheezie dust? Bodily fluids? Dead bugs? We have it all here! Ew. Also, if you want to perk up your review writing or are just curious about the craft, check out A Reviewer's Guide to Writing Book Reviews by Rick Hipson - see more on this at Dark Bites    • Getting Paid To Read Free Books? (Reading ...  (Forgive the odd muddy audio - hopefully I will have my mic sorted tomorrow)✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

This month I read a total of 9 books and talk about a few more. Here are some small reviews of:The Summer I Died by Ryan C. Thomas https://amzn.to/3H1cq9aNorth American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud https://amzn.to/3F0IY2tand Scurry by Seann Barbour https://amzn.to/4dnRJ32This is the first month I've used the tracker I am slowloy tugging into shape, and it shows the 25 books I've read, the stats like page count and genre, and even star ratings which I usually don't give publicly. There is more work to do with the tracker, and going forward I'll be sure to read the numbers out too! I realize lots of people listen along on the podcast but may not see the image, so I'll keep a copy of the screen cap here: https://typicalbooks.com/tracker/Read...Also, the essay I spoke of is in T.E.D. Klein's book Providence After Dark and Other Writings https://amzn.to/45hYtgV✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

Today I want to talk about a critique I see all the time in the horror community. You see it in reviews, Reddit threads, BookTube comments—people asking for recommendations that will finally, actually, really scare them, like there’s one perfect book out there that’ll do the trick.Some seem to have bought into marketing and literally want a white-knuckled thrill-ride of scares... and that might just be impossible. Fear is incredibly personal, and what terrified one reader might feel totally flat to someone else. And more importantly most seasoned horror readers aren’t actually looking to be scared every time. This is just the genre and the themes they enjoy. It’s not always about fear—it’s about atmosphere, tension, projection, characters, and dark imagination.So I’ve pulled together seven reasons why horror novels might not be scaring you anymore—and why that’s not necessarily a bad thing.Let me know in the comments what the last book was that genuinely creeped you out—or if like me, you think horror doesn’t have to actually scare you to be great. Books mentioned:Grimm's Fairy TalesScary Stories to Tell in the DarkIn a Lonely Place by Karl Edward WagnerSundial by Catriona WardThe Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn KisteClown in a Cornfield by Adam CeasarHeads WIll Roll by Josh WinningThe Terror be Dan SimmonsHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Rats by James HerbertGone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana Woom by Duncan RalstonDead Inside by Chandler MorrisonThe Summer I Dies by Ryan C. ThomasSlob by Rex MillerPressure by Jeff StrandWe Used to Live Here by Marcus KliewerStarling House by Alix E. HarrowSkeleton Crew by Stephen KingSmall Town Horror by Ronald Malfi✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮