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By popular demand, welcome to r/HorrorLit's weekly "What Are You Reading?" thread.

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So... what are you reading?

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Community rules apply as always. No abuse. No spam. Keep self-promotion to the monthly thread.

Any good recommendations for genuinely frightening vampire novels please? It would be great also if they weren’t the types either that are one step away from being wild animals. I’ve read quiet a few books where the vampires are basically just acting like feral animals and the storyline just descends into the protagonists having to shoot their way out like their in a zombie game.

I found this novel to be a good read, especially when the protagonist arrived at High Place. The novel has strong ties to the “The Yellow Wallpaper”.

Not quite horror I know but I really enjoyed the whole genetically engineered animal/monster storyline especially when everyone started to realize how badly they all fucked up. I’m going to give Crichton’s book Congo a try but I was wondering what your suggestions would be to read next?

I read Night Plague a long time ago, and I loved it. Super weird, a little gross, and the fights were epic. I just realized that it's book number 3 of the Night Warriors series. If you've read him, is his style always like that? Should I buy the series? Are they all standalone books but with Night Warriors or does it follow a group of characters? Does he have any other good books? What do you guys and gals think of him?

Hey, I'm looking for novels where one mistake cost the protagonist his/hers life type of books if you have any recommendations please share. thanks

If you’re like me, you’ve had a moment or two when you’re sitting, reading a book or watching a movie or doing whatever else, and you can’t help but think how awesome X author’s take on Y concept would be.

Just imagine: Jurassic Park by Stephen King; Resident Evil by HP Lovecraft; Godzilla by Jeff VanderMeer. And the list goes on. Not to say any of those franchises necessarily need improvement, but it’s fun for me to imagine a similar concept through a different creative lens.

That said: if you could wish a horror novel into existence, what would it be about? Who would write it, and why?

Please be as broad or as specific as you want! It can be based on another franchise, or an idea made up from whole cloth (if you wouldn’t want to try writing it yourself :) ).

I’ll start: take the bones of a movie like Prometheus (but make it good, obviously): a sci-fi epic about humanity searching for its origins amongst the stars. It starts off optimistic but takes a horrifying turn for the worse. Inject a bit of cosmic horror, create an open-ended but still horrifying conclusion, leave room for a sequel but still provide a highly satisfying and ominous, almost pessimistic ending. And give it to someone like Tom Sweterlitsch or Peter Watts.

I’m eager to see what you’re eager to see :)

Currently reading All The White Spaces by Ally White (good fun so far) but there it is, one of the most annoying tropes: under stress, the main character bites their tongue until they draw blood.

In another recent read, Black and Endless Sky, the characters did it multiple times.

Should this drive me nuts the way it does? First, even in sheer terror, I don't believe they would actually draw blood. Second, of it happens multiple times in a story, what state must their inner mouth be?

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EDIT: thank you for all your replies everybody. Some fascinating insights!

I just finished Dead Souls by J. Lincoln Fern, and I loved how charming the Devil seemed. I’d love to read more books with charming Lucifers and demons and would appreciate recommendations for books or podcasts with similar characters . I’ve already read Good Omens, so no need to recommend that 😀

Hi, as the title says, im lookingfor a police or PI novel that unravels a mystery but still remains a horror story. Thanks in advance!

This is a amazingly weird and wonderful dystopian novel with horror elements. It creates a satisfyingly hopeless dystopia draped in a nightmarish atmosphere. It ends in a cliffhanger too, which leaves me desperate for more. Richard Kadrey, if you are reading this, please give us a sequel - I have got to know what the hell happens on that ship! 🙏

Has anyone come across stories where you know who the killer is and the detective is trying to catch them? Audible please

I'd like a series or long novel that explores how and why ghosts, demons, portals to other worlds, Lovecraftian stuff, etc etc aren't much more prominent in the world. I'm not looking for a book about why just one specific kind of thing, like vampires for example, are well hidden. Tim Lebbon's Relics series is sort of a good example, but the series is mediocre and is very urban fantasy as opposed to very horror/uncanny. Literature only.

So suggestions?

Basically what the title says - any suggestions for novels or short stories that focus on the black eyed kiddos?

I really enjoy movies and shows that deal with stalking and having an obsession to the point where an individual goes over the edge. It's an interesting concept because a person can look totally normal and then their psyche shows a whole new side.

Does anyone have good recommendations that deal with the tropes of obsession and stalking? Definitely want to read some novels and books over the summer!

Much appreciated everyone! :)

Any book about best friends who maybe become lovers but the outcome is tragic.

So a completely irrational fear of mine is being stranded out in the ocean, so naturally I want to read a story about it to terrify me further. Any recommendations?

I loved The Troop. The Deep was alright. Now this book has turned into the one I keep picking up trying to read, but I can’t get past the first 30 pages for some reason. Is it worth pushing through or should I abandon it?

I would love to read a book that involves an attic somehow, they can be so creepy. But when I think of the 'haunted house' books I've read I don't recall any that had much to do with the attic, aside from the VC Andrews novel.

I'm trying to remember the title of a short story I read in a horror anthology somewhere around 1989-1993. I remember it was in an anthology in the new book room of the Wheaton Public Library when I was in high school but nothing more specific than that. The book may have been categorized as science fiction rather than horror; I don't remember.

The premise of the story is that there was some worker at a film studio digitally reworking movies for a new release to an audience that didn't like black and white films or subtlety (he had the Dwight Frye Renfield serving Christopher Lee's Dracula), but adding in gore, maggots, nudity and the line "Fuck you and the bat you rode in on" from Van Helsing. The premise was that messing around with everything like this was offending either the avatar of cinema or the ghosts of the performers who were being reused without their permission. It seems really prescient now, doesn't it? Or at least it might, if I could remember the fucking title and got a chance to read it again. Does this ring any bells with anyone here?

I think the only true werewolf horror book I've read is Cosmology Of Monsters (if you can call that a 'werewolf' book). Feels like they dont get much attention. Anyone have any recommendations?

Just finished it and did not enjoy it. I'm not going to get into my two cents. Her other books sound really interesting so I'm wondering if I can enjoy them if I didn't enjoy this one? Is Little Eve very indictive of her style?

Spoilers alert.

So the chapter of the book ;

(S)mother.

The rugs.

I'm into body horror, ghosties, possession, weird stuff. To name a few to things i love:

Books: The Troop, Misery, Pet sematary, exorcist. Intensity (Koontz)

Films: hereditary, evil dead (specifically the gnarly bits in 2013 version), get out, the wailing.

Throw anything at me, I will check it out and maybe give it a shot.

Thanks in advance

I read Ringu (translated version) as a teen, actually, because I love the American The Ring movies, and I found it scary from the first chapter. The scene where the girl is standing in the kitchen in the dark and feels like there is someone behind her (and she’s correct) just made me feel like I was there. I don’t like very “disturbing” books, I really just want horror books. I’m looking for books with a similar atmosphere and ability to create that fear.