Lydia's Books of Terror: Horror Booktube Weekly

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! ✮

14 books caught my eye from authors both new and well-loved. Some are form the HWA and some are new to me too! There is a little something for everyone - even romance and space travel - one thing is sure, they are all spooky, ghostly, deadly and dark...Symphony for Walpurgis: A Collection by Rami Ungar - https://amzn.to/3F2ohmu The Disappearing of Three Forks by K.L. Patrick - https://amzn.to/3GSSvsH Below the Grand Hotel by Cat Scully - https://amzn.to/3SkswwNOvergrowth by Mira Grant - https://amzn.to/3YwJ9ZL The Butcher's Daughter: The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett by David Demchuk and Corinne Leigh Clark - https://amzn.to/4mfcz98 The Manor of Dreams by Christina Li - https://amzn.to/3RO6wKE Red Walls by Christina Bergling - https://amzn.to/4jWenlg Requiem by John Palisano - https://amzn.to/4jOG4gf Aftertaste: A Novel by Daria Lavelle - https://amzn.to/3RJIaBM Feeders: A Novel by Matt Serafini - https://amzn.to/3ENoryc Going Home in the Dark by Dean Koontz - https://amzn.to/4jVugZ6 We Live Here Now: A Novel by Sarah Pinborough - https://amzn.to/3RKwm2d The Malthusian Correction by JG Faherty - https://amzn.to/3ETw3iH Never Flinch: A Novel by Stephen King - https://amzn.to/4iOIWtk As mentioned, I use EZNails : https://eznails.ca and the necklace is from   / designsbyoolootie   - neither of these are sponsored but I think EZNails does have a referral program! Next time, I will talk a bit about why some books are not scary, even when we deliberately try to find ones that are.Typical Books 349 - May New Horror Books✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ 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! ✮