Fave Horror Reads

the books I love and am in love with

I’m not going to mention the classics like King and Poe. Thomas Ligotti is another all-time fave.

In no particular order:

The Terror by Dan Simmons

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Ararat by Christopher Golden

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Sundial by Catriona Ward

Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell

The Reddening by Adam Nevill 

Swan Song by Robert McCammon

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Penance by Eliza Clark

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite

Exquisite Corpse by by Poppy Z. Brite

Let's Go Play at the Adams' by Mendal Johnson

Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

Honorable mentions:

Snowblind by Christopher Golden

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

Anathema by Nick Roberts

Near the Bone by Christina Henry

The Fervor by Alma Katsu

The Ruins by Scott Smith

The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

Kill Creek by Scott Thomas

Seed by Ania Ahlburn

The Nightmare Man by J. H. Markert

All Hallows by Christopher Golden

Handling the Undead by John Lindqvist

Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite

Whisper Down the Lane by Clay Chapman

Das Parfum by Patrick Süskind

Full Brutal by Kristopher Triana

Books of 2024:

Penance by Eliza Clark

Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite

The Troop by Nick Cutter

Mean Spirited by Nick Roberts

Gothic by Philip Fricassi

Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry (not technically horror, but still)

Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica

The Church Beneath the Roots by Felix Blackwell

Let's Go Play at the Adams' by Mendal Johnson

Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

Books of 2025:

Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

rekt by Alex Gonzales

Woom by Duncan Ralston

The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker

The Home by Judith Sonnet

Anathema: Legacy by Nick Roberts

The Eyes Are The Best Part by Monika Kim

Motel Styx by Jonathan Butcher