The first one that came to mind was Bret Easton Ellis' Lunar Park. An alright read, but he nails the King vibe relatively well (Ellis even said it's his attempt at writing King). Speaking of, I looked up December Park when you mentioned it. From the premise, it reminds me of Ellis' The Shards, in that it's an auto-fiction novel with a serial killer sub-plot. So that has my interest.
Violet, hi. I have gotten into Jack Ketchum, who has passed but wrote several really good books. I think his two best are Off Season and its sequel Offspring. It concerns cannibalism with characters that you’ll care about, characters that you’ll despise, and characters that will step up to become heroic and tragic. Ketchum wrote a third book in that series: The Woman. I’ve seen the movie and, while not being terrible, does not do justice to Ketchum’s voice. But I cannot find the book anywhere. Just wondering if you’ve read him, if you’ve heard of him? What are your thoughts? I’m interested in finding out more about Christopher Golden. Good job!!
Love this video! Liked that you do a comparison with Stephen King style writing. Really enjoy your reviews and recommendations and have read a lot of horror based on your recommendations. I just read King for the first time this past Summer, always thought he was too pop culture for me till I read 6 or 7 of his books. Thanks for your time and efforts. Tyler
Based on your recommendations I read my first Ania Ahlborn novel: Within These Walls. I liked it and especially liked that it didn't have some phony ending. I am thinking of reading Brother next. What do you advise?
I LOVE Ania Ahlborn! My favorite is also. I haven't read Dark Across the Bay yet. Have to add it to my list. I just bought Sallow Bend because of your recommendation. It sounds so good. Thanks for the recommendations
Saturday videos are a wonderful treat! Great recommendations! Have read 1/2 of these, adding the others. PS - I know you had some issues with it, but I absolutely LOVED Boys in the Valley.
@@audradriscoll503 I’m so glad you loved BITV! I really wanted to love it, but it just didn’t work for me. I still will pick up anything Fracassi releases, though. His writing style is so good.
@@violetprynne I agree, I seem to breeze through his books. I have also read Gothic and A Child Alone With Strangers, and just picked up his story collection No One Is Safe. 👍
Thanks for the ten suggestions. I'm definitely giving the Alan Baxter one a go. The House of Last Resort is a dopey good time. If you haven't read it pick up Scott Carson's Lost Man's Lane. It's very much Stephen King by way of Robert McCammon.
Enjoy your recommendations. I won't read King anymore, he's an author not a genre. King has become a.warped bitter man...the.Robert De Niro of horror fiction.
I love your taste. Malfi and Malerman have become favorites, now I'm going to check out Tim Meyer! Thank you for showcasing them.
The first one that came to mind was Bret Easton Ellis' Lunar Park. An alright read, but he nails the King vibe relatively well (Ellis even said it's his attempt at writing King).
Speaking of, I looked up December Park when you mentioned it. From the premise, it reminds me of Ellis' The Shards, in that it's an auto-fiction novel with a serial killer sub-plot. So that has my interest.
Violet, hi. I have gotten into Jack Ketchum, who has passed but wrote several really good books. I think his two best are Off Season and its sequel Offspring. It concerns cannibalism with characters that you’ll care about, characters that you’ll despise, and characters that will step up to become heroic and tragic. Ketchum wrote a third book in that series: The Woman. I’ve seen the movie and, while not being terrible, does not do justice to Ketchum’s voice. But I cannot find the book anywhere. Just wondering if you’ve read him, if you’ve heard of him? What are your thoughts? I’m interested in finding out more about Christopher Golden. Good job!!
@@deanwhite890 I have not read anything Ny Ketchum, but I’ve heard amazing things! So glad to hear you enjoyed his work!!
Love this video! Liked that you do a comparison with Stephen King style writing. Really enjoy your reviews and recommendations and have read a lot of horror based on your recommendations. I just read King for the first time this past Summer, always thought he was too pop culture for me till I read 6 or 7 of his books. Thanks for your time and efforts. Tyler
@@tylerb.-hq7fq thank you so much for watching!!! ♥️
Based on your recommendations I read my first Ania Ahlborn novel: Within These Walls. I liked it and especially liked that it didn't have some phony ending. I am thinking of reading Brother next. What do you advise?
@ Brother is my favorite thing Ahlborn has written, so I highly recommend it :)
I LOVE Ania Ahlborn! My favorite is also. I haven't read Dark Across the Bay yet. Have to add it to my list. I just bought Sallow Bend because of your recommendation. It sounds so good. Thanks for the recommendations
Love these recommendations!! I totally forgot I had a copy of Dark Across The Bay, will read soon
@@heidilocke4763 it’s soooo good! And definitely a great autumn read, as it takes place in the Fall!
❤❤❤ love Stephen king currently reading his short stories from 1993
Nightmares and Dreamscapes???
Saturday videos are a wonderful treat! Great recommendations! Have read 1/2 of these, adding the others.
PS - I know you had some issues with it, but I absolutely LOVED Boys in the Valley.
@@audradriscoll503 I’m so glad you loved BITV! I really wanted to love it, but it just didn’t work for me. I still will pick up anything Fracassi releases, though. His writing style is so good.
@@violetprynne I agree, I seem to breeze through his books. I have also read Gothic and A Child Alone With Strangers, and just picked up his story collection No One Is Safe. 👍
Great recommendations. Thank you for another awesome video!
@@marinaschnierer4560 thank you for watching!!
I am hoping that these books 📚 will get me out of my reading slump so thank you for sharing them with us love 🥰 your Aussie friend John xxx
@@JohnSaxon-vw5vi thank you so much for watching and I hope you get out of the slump soon! Those are the worst!!
I got much info from this video and I put 4 of these on my list. Thank you very much!
@@gmachineq so happy to hear that! Thanks for watching :)
Thanks for the ten suggestions. I'm definitely giving the Alan Baxter one a go. The House of Last Resort is a dopey good time. If you haven't read it pick up Scott Carson's Lost Man's Lane. It's very much Stephen King by way of Robert McCammon.
@@eriebeverly ooohhh! I’ll have to check that out! Thanks for the rec :)
Love Stephen King. Great recs.
@@Ms.SpookyNerd thank you!!
Enjoy your recommendations. I won't read King anymore, he's an author not a genre. King has become a.warped bitter man...the.Robert De Niro of horror fiction.
I agree, James.
Totally disagree. Just bc he hates fascists doesn’t make him bitter
@@tbritz13
So because King hates fascist politics he’s bitter?!? Makes so much sense.
You're a moron
Same here