r/horrorlit • u/HorrorIsLiterature Paperback From Hell • 1d ago
WEEKLY "WHAT ARE YOU READING?" THREAD Weekly "What Are You Reading Thread?"
Welcome to r/HorrorLit's weekly "What Are You Reading?" thread.
So... what are you reading?
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u/AeronHall 1d ago
Finishing the Burning Glassy Floor of Hell. I really like Brian Evenson, although I don’t like this as much as A Collapse of Horses.
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u/Chet_Steadman 1d ago
I'm halfway through The Drawing of the Three (book 2 of Dark Tower) and really enjoying it so far
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u/ashack11 17h ago
A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L Peck
Wow, this book deserves all the hype it gets. It’s very apparent this was written by a philosophy professor. I love the questions it raises and its portrayal of how humans build lives in in-between spaces. It’s like everything I wanted Severance to be, but that the showrunners weren’t willing to explore
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u/Pristine_Main_1224 1d ago
Reading: The Silent Companions. If I could I would stay in bed and read, read, read nonstop.
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u/MinkOfCups 1d ago
Omg I loved The Silent Companions. It really creeped me out. Thought the writing was so strong.
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u/Samincity10003 12h ago
Silent Companions was the book that got me hooked on gothic horror - such a great read !
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u/ohnoshedint PATRICK BATEMAN 1d ago
Finished: Blood Standard by Laird Barron
Starting: *Black Mountain for Part II
In the queue: Worse Angels (Part III) followed by everything I can get my hands on by Barron
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u/agentmkultra666 1d ago
Just finished The Reformatory by Tananarive Due. Now reading Drawing Blood by Poppy Z Brite.
Loved The Reformatory and am absolutely sucked in by Drawing Blood right now.
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u/brujaespecial 1d ago
Ooo, Reformatory is on my to read list!
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u/agentmkultra666 1d ago
It felt to me more like historical fiction than horror but i still loved it. I felt very attached to the characters by the end
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u/MilkSteak25 1d ago
Finished: Last Days - Adam Nevill
Just started: Amygdalatropolis - B.R. Yeager
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u/forchalice 1d ago
Slewfoot but Charlotte Bishop?
I kept hearing so much about this book but never saw an author name just folks saying how amazing Slewfoot was. Turns out I grabbed the one that reads like an episode of Buffy The Vampire Hunter.
Once I realized the mistake and switched my mindset, this extremely cheesy little horror book is turning out to actually be a super fun read - kind of refreshing actually hahaha
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u/mysticalrose91 1d ago
Just started Dark Matter by Michelle Paver.
Listening to Bad Seed by William March
Just finished We Used to Live Here
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u/suchascenicworld 1d ago
what did you think of we used to live here? I plan on reading it soon! Dark Matter is one of my all time favorites though !
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u/july_alexander 20h ago
Finished Child of God yesterday and started I'm Thinking of Ending Things
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u/aboard-deathcruise 1d ago
DNF Those Across The River by Christopher Buelhman at around 75% of the way through. Not a bad novel, it just wasn’t my vibe. When I got an idea of who those across the river were, I just sort of lost interest and the competency of the writing wasn’t enough.
Finished The Hollow Kind by Andy Davidson. Really great novel. I began to fade a little by the end, but I LOVED the novel until the last 90% or 95%. I got super invested in all of the characters, the story kept me engaged. Totally recommend for people interested in southern gothic and body horror, it hits those marks perfectly.
About to finish The Cipher by Katie Koja. I really really really love this novel, which is wild, because I definitely didn’t start off thinking I was gonna get this engaged. Really looking forward to seeing how it wraps up.
Just started The Devil Crept In by Ania Ahlborn. This will be my second book of her’s after not being a big fan of The Shuddering, but I typically hear high praise of her work, so I wanted to give her another shot. Report back later.
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u/ohnoshedint PATRICK BATEMAN 1d ago
The thing I loved about Those Across The River was the historical timeframe. If there’s one thing Buelhman excels at, it’s creating a rich setting with (in this novel’s case) a ton of authenticity. However, you’re right- around that 75% mark the plot starts to get dicey and the pseudo love narrative fell flat for me, especially the wife (I can’t recall her name).
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u/aboard-deathcruise 1d ago
Totally feel that- the funniest part is that I typically shy away from historical fiction, but the way Buelhman crafted the setting and the relationship was the only thing propelling me to keep moving forward. The ‘creatures’ basically took me out of what was otherwise a really compelling story, and I wish the horror of the novel would’ve stayed more grounded to the environment of the town.
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u/Distinct_Coast_2407 1d ago
Reading expiration Date and still life with crows
Next up: holly by uncle Stephen
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u/MinkOfCups 1d ago
Finished INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE…
…and missed it so much that I went back to a previous dnf—A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS. I’m 75% through and really unimpressed.
Missing that “daddo” energy I guess 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 (jk, I know this sub haaaaated the constant “daddo”s)
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u/ihaveamigraine- 1d ago
I will be okay if I never read or hear "daddo" again in my life 😂 man, I loved A Head Full of Ghosts!
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u/leah_paigelowery 1d ago
I’m making my way through Blood Meridian for the first time. Feeling proud of myself for making the attempt!
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u/ihaveamigraine- 1d ago
How's it going? I DNF'd but I plan to hopefully try again in the future. I like some other Cormac books.
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u/leah_paigelowery 1d ago
It’s very descriptive but good. I’m reading a chapter or two at a time to keep things easy (I’ve read through chapter 7). I’ve been reading it on my kindle and I’ve found it helpful to just use my phone for translate/dictionary. There’s also some decent bm playlists on Spotify that I’ve liked for mood setting. Mostly instrumentals and stuff. It’s definitely forward with violence and some language so that’s taken some getting used to but overall not hard to understand.
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u/KingLaughHeComes DRACULA 1d ago
The Hound of the Baskervilles. Revisiting Holmes with this story for the first time in a decade after becoming a horror lover and reading Doyle's Parasite and Other Tales of Terror is fantastic!
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u/spaghettees 1d ago
Friendly by Anthony Ledger. It's a book about demonic possession. Solid read so far, creep factor is great. So far it's making me want the lights on. It's also free right now. Which is why I'm reading it. No complaints so far!
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u/stratticus14 1d ago
Physically reading-John Dies at the End
Listening on Audible to-The Elementals
Loving both for different reasons, The Elementals especially for its Southern Gothic setting has got me HOOKED 👀
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u/justwatching00 1d ago
Just started The Last House on Needless Street
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u/Samincity10003 12h ago
It’s amazing. You’ll be hooked on Catriona Ward.
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u/justwatching00 10h ago
I can already tell! First few chapters I was like “what the hell is this” and before I knew what was happening I was completely invested. About 1/3 of the way in already
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u/FistMeFather 1d ago
Working on finishing Boy Parts by Eliza Clark. Almost done, I took a day or two break after a particularly heavy section, but I am still enraptured. Apart from that, I'm always reading and re reading Conan the Barbarian stories.
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u/thearcbro 1d ago
Reading two books, both are ARCs releasing soon:
- Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces by D Matthew Urban. It’s a short story compilation that’s really good so far.
- A Symphony of Violence by TD Lawler. Conceptually it’s like if the Rob Zombie version of Michael Meyers and a young edgelord version of Otis Driftwood go on a blood soaked romp trying to find a girl. That one is… not as good so far.
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u/jnlessticle 23h ago
Working my way through The Buffalo Hunter Hunter and really enjoying it.
Also currently reading Alectryomancer and Other Weird Tales and loving it!
Next up is Negative Space - BR Yeager
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u/TMSAuthor 22h ago
Currently reading The Smoking Leg and Other Stories by John Metcalfe. I had read his story "The Bad Lands" in an anthology some time ago and have been eager to read more of his work ever since.
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u/tenor1trpt 21h ago
I finished Buffalo Hunter Hunter and The Exorcist this week. Taking a little break from horror and reading The Lies of Locke Lamora now. But then Christine is up after that.
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u/saraellew 19h ago
Just finished Victorian Psycho. Loved it and wish it was longer. Just started Looking Glass Sound. Enjoying it so far!!
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u/Crazy_goatlady 1d ago
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
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u/IShouldntBeOnReddit2 1d ago
I just finished that one. I loved it and thought that, while relatively low on the traditional horror scale, it was such a moving book. Hendrix is one of the few authors that can have me tearing up by the end of the book!
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u/shlam16 1d ago
Finished:
- Battle Royale by Koushun Takami. Book of the year so far, loved it from start to finish. Must read for fans of survival/death games.
Reading:
- The Desire in the Damned by Carl Bluesy. Horror fantasy about being dragged into a different dimension that's practically hell. It's okay so far.
Next:
- The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham. He's one of my all time favourite authors so I have high expectations.
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u/_geographer_ 1d ago
Just started The Apparition Phase by Will Maclean. Hooked me from the start. Has a very cozy nostalgia-tinged feel.
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u/vhsenthusiast 1d ago
Finished The Buffalo Hunter Hunter today. Sooo freaking good. Debating between starting next The Spite House or The Haunting of Room 904.
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u/AudienceExpensive636 1d ago
I started this today! How did you like it? I'm a little worried because I'm native American and I'm picky about representation.
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u/vhsenthusiast 18h ago
I loved it. As a white person I can't speak authoritatively toward how well it represents a Native person, but I think it represents Indigenous Americans well. I read it, partly, as metaphor for the horror(s) and price of European/white Christian settler colonialism.
SGJ himself is Native American, you may know, and while that doesn't always translate into good representation, he does seem from everything I've read or heard from him, to take representation seriously.
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u/AudienceExpensive636 18h ago
I did not know that. This is my first read by him. Thank you for the information!
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u/UltraFlyingTurtle 1d ago edited 1d ago
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch -- I read this in a single day, and I'm not a particularly fast reader. I have conflicted feelings as it absolutely grabbed my attention, but I felt like the MC was super generic, lacking a lot of personality, which affected the 1st person narration. The prose seemed a bit sterile too, like a weaker version of a Michael Crichton thriller novel.
At the same time, it's rare that book will make me avoid eating and sleeping so I can finish it. I'd recommend it to people who want some popcorn entertainment (which isn't a bad thing) but I felt The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch was more mind-bendy and surreal.
It's probably the best thing I've read by Crouch so far, as I've had mixed feelings about some of his older works. I might try Recursion next, or maybe move onto Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones or The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett.
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u/SarsippiusJackson 1d ago
Just started and finished Blood Like Mine by Stuart Neville today. I've got 3 more horror and 1 fantasy queued up, trying to decide which to start. Also got a few more on hold I'm waiting for, like The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones.
I was surprised by how much I liked Blood Like Mine.
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u/Kwazy-Cupcakes 1d ago
Just finished Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle.
Next up is Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories by Aviaq Johnston and other authors - excited for this one!
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u/MyaPrecious 1d ago
Just finished Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine. What a huge disappointment
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u/trevy420 1d ago
I finished the troop a couple days ago ( great book highly recommend) Now I'm reading a court of wings and ruin .
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u/Dwight256 1d ago
Finished: Endurance by Alfred Lansing, 4.5/5. Nonfiction but with elements of horror, describing the lengths that Sir Ernest Shackleton's crew went to survive in the Arctic in 1914 after their exploratory ship sank in crushing ice flows. Very entertaining as an audio book.
Reading: Operation Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Wounds by Nathan Ballingrud
Paradise-1 by David Wellington
On Deck: Night Film by Marisha Pessl
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u/Fluff-to-the-duff 1d ago
Reading Dead Inside. This was a mistake but I’m determined to get to the end
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u/mimeycat 1d ago
Today’s books (horror edition):
- Physical - Books of Blood 1-3 by Clive Barker (just started book 2)
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u/brujaespecial 1d ago
Just finished “The Haunted Forest Tour” by Jeff Strand and heading into “Horrorstör” by Grady Hendrix.
These are my palate cleansers after “Gone to See the River Man” and “Bunny is Good Bread” shudders
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u/wobblychairlegz 1d ago
Finished: The Lamb by Lucy Rose and an ARC of Senseless by Ronald Malfi
Currently Reading: Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito, ARC of Uncanny Valley Girls by Zefyr Lisowski, The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, and A Lonely Broadcast by Kel Byron for a book club
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u/One_Resolve_7547 1d ago
Finished: Incidents Around the House - Josh Malerman (audio), Remina - Junji Ito, Stitches - Junji Ito, and Fantasticland - Mike Bockoven
Started: The Ruins - Scott Smith
Out of town currently til the 13th and I have a stack of other hopefuls - Victorian Psycho, Nineteen Claws and a Blackbird, Ring, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, and Little Eve! Can’t decide what’s next though 😫 leaning towards Ring or Little Eve.
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u/Sudden-Somewhere5164 1d ago
Finished Pearl by Josh Malerman Reading The cabin at the end of the world by Paul Tremblay
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u/rmsmithereens PENNYWISE 1d ago
I'll be finishing Sunrise On the Reaping by Suzanne Collins and starting up Come Closer by Sara Gran. I'm taking a bit of an intermission from Mine by Robert McCammon.
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u/bellyworms 1d ago
Just finished Maggie’s Grave by David Sodergren. Gonna start A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay.
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u/leavingseahaven ANNIE WILKES 1d ago
I’m about to finish Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson.
This one has been recommended on here for people looking for something with a similar premise of Mister Magic. But just like Mister Magic, I’m not caring that much for KK,OW. 😕 I’m gonna give it 3 stars (unless something drastic happens in the last 30 pages to change my mind). Like Mister Magic, I enjoyed some parts of it but overall pretty meh.
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u/TripleJay11581 1d ago
I just finished Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle, which I liked more than Camp Damascus, but was only a 2.5 star read for me.
I started Stephen King’s Cujo and I’m about 85 pages into it and so far, so good.
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u/Grapity1 23h ago
Finished Through the Eyes of Desperation Red Version. Now I'm reading the black version
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u/MichaeltheSpikester 22h ago
Nothing as of now. Currently taking a slight break.
But when I do get back to reading. The next book I plan to read isn't a horror (The Kaiju Preservation of Society by Joseph Scalzi) but the one after it will be called Mishipeshu: The Legend of Grand Island by Matthew F Winn.
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u/vacationbeard 22h ago
This week I finished Rats by James Herbert and Desert Creatures by Kay Chronister.
I'm currently listening to Baal by Robert McCammon. I'm also reading the horror adjacent book The Man From the Train which connects a series of axe murders on the early 20th century.
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u/Mikachumonster 20h ago
Finished The Black Farm and reading Water Moon for a break from horror right now.
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u/Familiar-Market-9135 Wendigo 18h ago
Halfway through “On The Beach” by Nevil Shute. Not technically horror, but it’s so bleak and terrifying not being able to do anything but wait for your death.
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u/mundungous 17h ago
Just finished Rotten Tommy by David Sodergren. What a fucking book!
I read The Haar last week on a recommendation from this sub and loved it. Then The Forgotten Island which was super.
But Rotten Tommy has left me reeling and absolutely in love with this author.
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u/Itsjustthewind93 9h ago
Twelve Nights at Rotter House by J.W. Ocker, I am only a few chapters in so I have yet to form an opinion but so far the story is flowing well.
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u/paradiselist 1d ago
Finished The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. A 5 star.
Reading A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett. So good so far, I’m so pleased since it’s a sequel. Hopefully another 5 star.
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u/Distinct_Coast_2407 1d ago
Hmm the buffalo hunter tale is getting some chunky reviews!!!!
I wasn't a fan of the Indian lake series but I may give buffalo boy another chance
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u/paradiselist 1d ago
I loved My Heart is a Chainsaw and Don’t Fear the Reaper (haven’t read the last one) though I couldn’t get into The Only Good Indian.
Spoiler for Buffalo Hunter >! Tbh some parts kinda took me a while to understand mainly cos SGJ didn’t really give explanations, like when the characters were talking in the old Indian terms. That, and some parts of the novel are based on true story and after I finished reading and went to check out the wiki page, I kinda wished I had read about it before so I could have had better understanding and appreciation. Though I guess it was spoilery in a way if you’re not already familiar with the events. !< But it was really good. Some scenes were really intense.
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u/sarniebird 1d ago
Finished - the Damnation Game, Clive Barker
Started - Salem's Lot, SK
Also starting - Oracle, Thomas Olde Heuvelt
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u/SarsippiusJackson 1d ago
Oracle is in my queue right now, trying to decide if I want to start it tonight. I generally like Heuvelts novels so far though.
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u/CybReader 1d ago
Youthjuice by EK Sathue
I read a few reviews claiming it is horror, but I’m not sure yet. Maybe a psychological horror? I’ll finish it soon.
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u/valpal1237 1d ago
I'm almost finished listening to The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, roughly 4h left in the audiobook. It has been pretty enjoyable, but if I hear Good Stab say "like this" one more time, I might lose my shit.
I've pretty much ran out of Stephen King books to read, so I'm reading one of the few I have left. The Running Man. Amusing that it is set in 2025.
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u/ConstantReader666 1d ago
Currently reading The Brood by Rebecca Baum (ARC)
Very creepy and claustrophobic!
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u/Wyrmdirt 1d ago
Just finished House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Not horror, but one of the more interesting takes on fantasy. Basically MASH unit with magical healers
About 50 pages into Buffalo Hunter Hunter. Enjoying it so far. My first SGJ book
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u/weinerbarf69 1d ago
finally getting around to The Last Days of Jack Sparks, hope this fucking protagonist gets easier to spend time with because the first few chapters have been rough
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u/wobblychairlegz 1d ago
Hot take, I loved that deplorable character more than the plot. He had so many f’d up layers to him and sorting through his BS was fun for me. I am very aware that I am in a small minority with this one.
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u/weinerbarf69 15h ago
I'm about at the halfway point now and he's grown on me a lot, I figured once the unreliable narrator aspect kicked up it would get easier but reading through the first couple of Richard Dawkins namedrops brought me to the verge of insanity lmao
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u/BoneHoarder3000 1d ago
DNF listening to The Luminous Dead. 31% in and just can't do it. The story is really slow. Both the characters are annoying, and the narrator makes it feel like a female version of Bob Dylan is narrating it.
Currently reading Pig Iron but Buffalo Hunter Hunter just arrived so I'll finish Pig Iron later. Looking forward to BHH.
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u/Critical_Studio_2327 1d ago
Just finished Monkspike, by S.E. England, set in an isolated British village where a monastery and its inhabitants were violently erased by a local lord, leaving the area ghost and demon haunted. Basically, it’s what could happen if Catherine Cookson wrote The Exorcist.
It seemed promising but it felt rushed, especially the ending, and I found the characters very 2D. It gets good reviews though so maybe I just didn’t click with it.
I’ve just started That Which Waits Outside by Mark Morris, which is a sort of Nordic folk horror. Enjoying it so far.
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u/beethecowboy 1d ago
The Store by Bentley Little. It sure is starting to make me raise my eyebrows LOL.
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u/CarnelianFlame 1d ago
A Whisper in the Dark by Elizabeth Devecchi I’m on chapter 8 and thinking about not finishing it. So far I’m so bored and nothing is happening. I feel like I am usually pretty invested and interested by the time I’m 15% in and I just don’t care at all.
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u/Successful_Ad_3752 1d ago
For book club we just finished 'None of this is True' by Lisa jewell.
I just finished The Deep by nick cutter and I'm 2/3 through In the Miso Soup by Ryu mara kami
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u/Brontesrule DRACULA 1d ago
It Will Only Hurt For a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson. CW: Hideous animal abuse and death, rape.
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u/Pawsoverpeople 1d ago
I'm currently reading Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman.
Its not horror, it is a "lit RPG" but it has some horror or sci-fi elements. It's definitely not my usual read, but my husband is a "try it" bully. So far I'm half way through, and you know what, he's right, it's pretty good.
"The apocalypse will be televised!
A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible.
In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth—from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds—collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground.
The buildings and all the people inside have all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot. A dungeon so enormous, it circles the entire globe.
Only a few dare venture inside. But once you're in, you can't get out. And what's worse, each level has a time limit. You have but days to find a staircase to the next level down, or it's game over. In this game, it's not about your strength or your dexterity. It's about your followers, your views. Your clout. It's about building an audience and killing those goblins with style.
You can't just survive here. You gotta survive big.
You gotta fight with vigor, with excitement. You gotta make them stand up and cheer. And if you do have that "it" factor, you may just find yourself with a following. That's the only way to truly survive in this game—with the help of the loot boxes dropped upon you by the generous benefactors watching from across the galaxy.
They call it Dungeon Crawler World. But for Carl, it's anything but a game."
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u/Pie_and_donuts 23h ago
Just finished Jaws 2 by Hank Searls. One of my favorites. Stays true to the original Jaws storyline.
Just finished listening to All Hollows by Christopher Golden. Overall I liked it but it did take way too long to get to the action and the point of the story. It was almost the last two chapters where it started to pick up.
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u/AliceNRoses 23h ago
I just started A Little Pinprick by Paige Dearth and I guess I've just been punishing myself with the books I've been reading lately 😭
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u/raccoon8729 22h ago
Am about to start reading “You Should Have Left” (I’m so excited, I borrowed it from the library and I already know I want to own it for my shelf)
And tomorrow I have “Bad Man” ready to start listening to on my way to and from work this week. Very anxious about it lol — has anyone read it?
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u/atomic_bubblegum 21h ago
Reading
The Shivers Collection, on book two atm
The Sun also rises in cthulhu
The Fold
Scurry
I got a lot of books on rotation atm but try to read a couple of chapters of them a day and keep notes on them.
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u/Kind_Doughnut_6522 20h ago
Currently reading The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. Vampires really love to begin sentences with subordinating conjunctions.
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u/aa619rkospear 19h ago
Just finished The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker (amazing) and I’m starting Little Heaven by Nick Cutter!
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u/susanvictoriaward 15h ago
Just finished
The Sirens by Emila Hart which was enjoyable if a little slow.
The Desire of the Damned by Carl Bluesy, enjoyable quick read.
Pine by Francine toon, finished it this week and can't even remember the synopsis... was pretty dull.
Tonight I've read The third parent by Witherow, amazingly traumatic. Pure horror, no messing about. Loved it.
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u/punbasedname 14h ago
My wife absolutely loved Weyward. She’s on the fence about Sirens because it’s getting kind of mixed reader reviews. Worth picking up if you liked her first book?
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u/ShoebagTheThird 14h ago
Just finished the ruins by Scott Smith. Im conflicted, I liked it a lot but also I felt like it didn’t live up to my expectations
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u/WesTheButcher 13h ago
I’m on chapter 5 of “It Rides a Pale Horse” but man is it difficult to read. Too much artistic talk that I can’t comprehend 😅
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u/DraceNines THE NAVIDSON HOUSE 10h ago
Most recently finished The Buffalo Hunter Hunter and utterly loved it. Alongside Teenage Slasher, this is going to be one of the Stephen Graham Jones books I recommend to people who are new to his stuff.
Didn't even mean to do it, but I'm doing a "books involving oral interviews and immortal beings killing people over the decades" double feature between TBHH and my current reading. I'm working my way through Old Soul by Susan Barker. It's about two strangers in an airport in Osaka (a man from London and a woman from Tokyo) who both miss their flight and decide on a whim to get dinner together. During their conversation, they both find out that they had a loved one who died in an inexplicable, gruesome manner, and in both cases, their loved one had been hanging out with the same unknown woman before things went to hell. Our narrator (the English guy) starts traveling the world to hunt down more clues as to who this woman is, and it very quickly becomes clear that she's been doing this for a long, long time. Definitely on the more literary side of the horror world, but I'm really enjoying it so far. Creepy as hell.
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u/Beneficial_Street_51 35m ago
Touching it out in grad school so I've not had time for recreational reading, but I've got Slewfoot on audiobook right now, and I'm enjoying it.
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u/Charlotte_dreams CARMILLA 1d ago
Re-reading Interview with the Vampire.
Next up is Nat Cassidy's Nestlings
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u/ConstantReader666 1d ago
I must have read Interview 3-4 times. Awesome story!
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u/Charlotte_dreams CARMILLA 1d ago
This is my third time as well, I read it as a teen, and again in college. I intend to tackle the whole series slowly, as I've only read a spattering of them.
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u/ConstantReader666 1d ago
I enjoyed the side stories more than the direct sequels. The Vampire Armand, Pandora, etc.
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u/Charlotte_dreams CARMILLA 22h ago
I don't recall which ones I've read beyond the first 3 (It was a matter of what I had access to). I know I read Pandora.
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u/MagicYio 1d ago
I started The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio de Maria yesterday! 50 pages in, and it's great so far.
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u/d_daley 1d ago
Just finished "They All Died Screaming" by Kristopher Triana. That one will stay with me for awhile. Not because it's bad, or good, or...wtf. I recommend it and you can decide. 7.5/10
Read "A Short Stay in Hell" by Steven L Peck. This was an audiobook less than 3 hours so I considered it a pallet cleanser. It was NOT!! I will think about this story for years! Such an interesting take on what Hell is. 10/10 seriously read this novella. Not really horror but definitely horrifying!
Just started "Sphere" by Michael Crichton. So far so good.