Dark & Spooky Book Recommendations🕷 // Recs Room Ep. 4
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- this was supposed to be a 13-book-spooky-spectacular episode of the Recs Room, except I completely forgot to mention one of the 13 scary books - and that is The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry! Another creepy, fog-filled creation about hauntings and memory and very large snakes?? Anyway thought I should mention it here! Let me know what your spooky recommendations are below!!
Books Mentioned
The Castle of Otranto tidd.ly/3nuG8F9
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein tidd.ly/3d6XrHG
Mexican Gothic tidd.ly/3nuGHPh
The Bloody Chamber tidd.ly/36Kf3be
The House of the Spirits tidd.ly/3jImB1M
Tinder tidd.ly/3iMmReO
An Oresteia tidd.ly/3ntanw9
The Butchering Art tidd.ly/34FLQeD
The Graveyard Book tidd.ly/34Hhclr
The Haunting of Hill House tidd.ly/2SFB1DO
The Woman in White tidd.ly/3jLYyik
Macbeth tidd.ly/36RC8c9
The Essex Serpent tidd.ly/3lsO3RK
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"spooky time usa" emma you live in canada
I live in Latinamerica, so I had to read both 100 years of solitude and The house of the spirits back to back, because I needed to compare them for my literature class. I really don't know how it will be translated, but in spanish, I feel like The House of the spirits is way easier to read, and if you aren't really used to magical realism, it's an amazing point to start. Also, as a girl, it feels way more relatable, because Allende treats so many problems that latin american women still have to face and really focuses on the impact we have in our society and Oh my gosh, I can't wait for you to read and share your opinions with us!
Perfume by Patrick Süskind. It's magical realism + horror, though it's more creepy than scary. Definitely a good spooky time nonetheless.
Omg I love that book 😍
Love halloween brought a pumbkin sweet holder made in glass very heavy.
your voice is so soothing and also awesome recs!
A middlegrade book that was my favorite book for a while is The Thief of Always by Clive Barker. It's about this boy who goes into this notorious house in his neighborhood and when he's there he finds a bunch of other kids and they are allowed to do whatever they want. No parents. No school. Only a few rules. But there's something more sinister going on. I think that's the best way I can pitch it without going into too much information or looking things up to refresh my memory.
Yay! I'm glad I'm not the only one re-reading Macbeth this month. it fits the spooky vibes so well
I love Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is my fave character, she's so interesting
omg same!! she’s such a badass
im studying macbeth at school at the moment!
Oh I hope you like The Graveyard Book! It's actually a retelling of The Jungle Book and it's fantastic! I also highly recommend pairing it with the audiobook because it's a full cast with music composed just for it and it's beautiful!!
I had no idea it's a retelling of the Jungle Book that's amazing!! and ahh yes I'll try to find the audiobook!
"you can never trust a victor...aparantly" lmaoo
My reads this Autumn so far: Phantom of the Opera, We Have Always Lived in the Castle of course, The Turn of the Screw and Murder on the Orient Express. But my all-time favourite for the season are Dracula, Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray 🖤
I really wanted to try for the first time Stephen King but I don't know 😬
Stephen King has his issues (* ahem * overly sexual, insensitive to race) but he's so good at making the reader terrified and describing gore, and Tabitha King (also an author, and a really good one, and his wife) helps him not be a sexist prick. The Shining is in my opinion the peak of his career, but Pet Sematary, Salem's Lot (a Dracula retelling), or Carrie are good places to start as well!
Why are we like the same person oh my word
I loved this so much!! So many spooky books that I'd like to read one day, especially The Woman in White and The House of the Spirits.
Perhaps a good Shakespeare play for halloween would be Hamlet! Also for poetry, Emily Dickinson has those spooky vibes in her writing.
Amazing video as always
Without doubt, "Macbeth" is spooky, nevertheless it's "Othello" that received its first performance on All Saint's Day.
My tbr list has gotten larger thanks to you haha I love these I can't wait to read them. I've wanted to read more gothic/dark books lately so this video came in the perfect time! Thank you! ❤️
@21:50 i get what you mean, the imposter trope is so creepy! like one of those classic tales where a family member’s calling out to you, but then you see the actual family member plead that it’s not them.
I love when you post!! thank you so much for posting videos for us ❤️
your reading taste so flawless??? now i have 13 new books i want to read and i'm loving it
I have An Oresteia coming in the mail within the next week, so I definitely will be starting it right away! I bought both If Not, Winter & Autobiography of Red due to your recommendations, and I loooved them! As always, great video emma!
Good thing I have The Bloody Chamber on my shelf, so I could read the first sentence and immediately calm down my curiosity 🙃 This collection of short stories is the best, love Angela Carter!
Hey Emma I’ve had a really bad day today and this video is just way I needed. Thanks for brightening up my day like always 🥺
First time watching one of your videos and I really enjoyed it. Your voice is so soothing and the books were great! 😌
Emma YOU NEED TO READ MACBETH!!!
It is so fun and spooky at the same time.
Your room is always well-organized, Emmie. Always amazing to watch your awesome recording. Have a great day Emmie as well as everyone who is watching Emmie's video here
hi, yes i shamelessly rewatch your old videos everyday. because you are amazing
OMG OMG OMG!!! I lovvvvved the haunting of hill house and Jackson’s other works. It’s so atmospheric and I looove it!!!!! I hope you do to!!!!!
hey emma, i’ll be checking out the haunting of hill house, thanks for the spooky recommendation 👍🏼
Thanks for rec’ing The Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein. I’m looking forward to checking it out. 🎃
Damn girl how's your hair always perfect
Loved this Emmie, you are inspiring me to read more and more :)) x
I'm glad you recommended The House of Spirits because I have never seen any of Isabel's books here in English-spoken booktube. Isabel is actually the author who made me fall in love with reading; The House of Spirits is kind of inspired in her own life (for example, the poet is Neruda himself) so I would really recommend you to read Paula, it's a letter to her daughter which was dying and Isabel tells her the story of their family. I love that book so much and I think you would like it!
Emma your videos give me life! Thank you for giving us excellent content. :)
I am also planning to read The Graveyard book and The Haunting of Hill house, seems perfect for the Halloween month! I also have Mexican Gothic and I am very excited to read that
Macbeth - yessss! I love how you were all prepared to read something dark and beautiful from Bloody Chamber, did zoom in, and "wait, it's rather saucy". Yeah, this whole anthology is a bit, I studied it for my Literary theory course and it was a bit meh to apply psychoanalytic theory to it :P. I really want to read The Graveyard Book as well, I really enjoyed The Ocean at the End of the Lane! "The Woman in White" is SO SO good. Highly recommend.
Ooh you’re gonna love Macbeth, it’s in my top favorite Shakespeare plays!
I felt similarly about The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein! I'm always skeptical that a retelling can live up to the original--especially my fav, Frankenstein--but Dark Descent really highlighted understated elements of the original and painted Victor as an unreliable narrator in a way that I loved. Honestly my favorite Frankenstein retelling. Don't know if you know, but it's apparently getting a screen adaptation!
I can't believe how cute those skeleton (dogs? Cats?)behind you are!!!! 😱
hi emmie!! I can't wait to add more books to my tbr list after this video :)
I fell in love with reading again in quarantine. I'll check the Isabel Allende book and the haunting of Hill house
Hi!! I just wanns say I always feel good after watching your videos and also, Im learning a lot from your videos.
Since you love Anne Carson so much, I highly recommend Mary Reynault if you haven't read her books yet. She makes ancient Greece feel so real, even though it's mythology. The King Must Die is one of my favorite books ever. I got in trouble in school for reading it all in one sitting instead of reading it in parts with the class....oops. :)
Great spooky recomendations! 🎃 For me, the perfect read at this time of the year is Perfume by Patrick Suskind because it's my favorite book ❤️ Has anyone ever told you that you have a voice very similar to Dakota Johnson? Very soothing and calm, beautiful. Have a nice day!
Thanks for the recommendations 🤗
I love watching your videos 🧡
I love Arcturus editions too! I have quite a few in that editions.
Oh so you really are thrusting these quality videos at us back to back huh?
You should read The Infernal Devices! It's set in Victorian London. I didn't like any of Cassandra Clare's other books, but TID was so good!
your my new fav utube channel. thank you.
emmie you're the person i want to be
The October vibes >>>>
Also sawkill girls is a very chilling book!!! Would recommend
Hi emmie :)) Should I read Frankenstein first before the Dark Descent of Elizabeth? And is Frankenstein a good book? My friend read it for school and thought it was awful so I'm wary
If you liked 'Hill House' I think you might like Slade House, which definitely has the spooky vibe.
Hi Emma. Have you ever read any Robert Aickman? He is one of Neil Gaiman’s favorite authors. Aickman wrote about fifty short stories, which are usually referred to as “strange stories.” I wouldn’t exactly call Aickman spooky, but he’s wonderful at generating a feeling of uneasiness. His stories do not resolve neatly, and they tend to linger in the memory (well, mine anyways) for long afterward as you wonder what exactly happened. There are several good collections of his work, including Dark Entries and Cold Hand in Mine. Oh, and my wife and I read The Woman in White several years ago and really enjoyed it. Hope you do too.
YESSSSSSS Emmaaaaaaa thank you so much!!!
Tinder sounds amazing
I also would love to read hill house. I just watched the show and it sounds very different
Emmie I have 2 reading recs for you that are both spooky AND translated: Little Star and Let the Right One In, both by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist. I think you’d love them both!
She's so articulate!!❤️
Spooky reads I am planning on reading/am currently reading are The Manuscript Found In Saragossa by Jan Potocki and The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio! :) 💀
Loved these recommendations.... Though.... The scardey cat I am will probably not venture further into spooksville than Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 😂
Hey, Emma! Because you’ve talked so much about Anne Carson in your channel I got curious to read something from her. So I read one of her short stories (1=1, available on The NY Times) and recommended it to a reading club I’m a part of (we read women only). They liked it a lot! I found it a little hard to understand everything, she has such a way with referencing philosophy using a minimum amount of words hahaha anyways, I liked her writing. It IS very poetic. I might recommend her again for one of our meetings.
AH that's amazing I'm so glad you got to read something from her! I've never read her short stories but I would loooove to get into them
@@emmiereads ohhh I think you’re gonna love it! If you allow me to recommend one I personally enjoyed I’d say check out “Flaubert again”
The woman in black by susan hill, and the house on Abigail lane are pretty good
I love to listen to your voice please please stay safe and strong love you and your channel love 💖 John and i love your amazing videos xx
But Emma... I am a total coward and I don't wanna have a spooky night :( anyway.... Thanks for the recommendations and video, as always!
The Woman In White is atmospheric, eerie, and wonderful. You'll like Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone, No Name, and Armadale are other good ones from him. He got preachy toward the end of his career, which spoiled otherwise energetic and engaging stories, but the four I've named are good ones, in my view. / Drood by Dan Simmons is a light, entertaining book told from Collins's voice, in a pulp romp through Fu Manchu territory, dragging Dickens along for the ride. Fluff, but good, like cotton candy. (Candy floss).
I read The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson because Neil Gaiman recommended it for a good adult title for All Hallow's Read. It's very strange, atmospheric, twisted, and you don't know what's real and what's imagined as the story unfolds. Two thumbs up.
Love the video! Could you please tell me where you got that three headed dog skeleton on your shelf? (Maybe also the skull with the butterflies on it?) Thanks!!
Thank you! The skull with butterflies I found thrifted and the three-head dog is from a store in Canada called Canadian Tire lol
@@emmiereads thankyou! I'll try my best to find it online haha
You make me want to start reading again🥰
go for it!
This isn't relevant to the video, but that Hansen & Quinn Ancient Greek textbook in your background caught my eye lol! I just finished my language requirement and we used that textbook...are you taking Ancient Greek in school?
'the legend of sleepy hollow' is quite good too.
a spooky children’s book is the witches by rod dahl!! it’s really good xx
i mean roald dahl!
Emma, have you read "The Book of Disquiet" by the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa? If not, i recommend you, i think you will like it.
Great video, by the way.
This channel always makes me feel good.
Keep going ✌
Hi Emma, have you ever read something by Thomas Ligotti? It's my favorite modern gothic horror writer. I recommend you to read the Penguin Classic edition of his Songs of a Dead Dreamer/Grimscribe.
I LOVE gothic horror, it is easily my favourite genre, but I absolutely hate with a passion The Castle of Otranto.
my fave new discovery, I hit subscribe in a big hurry...❤️
Please do read House of Spirits it is one of my favorite books I love it so much, I hope you read it soon...
I love your voice!!
My favorite gothic novel is Dracula. I love vampires. I'm reading Inverview with The Vampire right now, it's quite enjoyable so far. I've actually enjoyed The Dark Descent more than the original Frankenstein, oops.
Have you read The Turn of the Screw? If so, what did you think of it?
I for one am always down to live in "spooky town usa"
I just have to say this. "You look like Dakota on the first movie of fifty shades" i love you💖
Is that Fluffy behind you?
I'd be v interested to know your thoughts about the Woman in White.
i actually just finished haunting of hill house and am very unsure how it received so much hype. it just...wasn’t great. utterly confusing with no explanation for anything. leaves with too many questions and not in the good way. I hope you enjoy it though! I will try and reread next year perhaps to understand better
The Castle of Otranto
Dark Descent
The Butchering Art
The Haunting of Hill House
Macbeth :)
Are the books I am choosing from your list.
have you ever read Cortazar?
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I understand english and my speaking is good but my problem is when I read books I feel like I do not understand anything 😭why ????
I read Alot of books but only one english book I am really dissapointed😢
You just have to keep doing it, I promise it will get easier. Start with something easy, maybe a children's book or YA and look up words if the context doesn't help. It takes some time but e eventually you will get used to it!
Read The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore.
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
Thank you so much for the recommendations 🌸 the graveyard book was phenomenal, in my opinion, and quite interesting 🤭 If you ever want to buddy read "The Woman in White" let me know because it has been on my tbr for ages 😳 I hope you are doing well. Have a great day Emma ♡˖꒰ᵕ༚ᵕ⑅꒱
Oh i am the first comment!
My personal horror story is 'Trump Doggy Pumps the World"
If you haven't read it, you should read Dracula.
emma you look like dakota johnson!
Shirley Jackson is awesome ! You haven’t read the lottery ??????
YOUR VOICE!!!!
The Bloody Chamber is so good, but the whole thing is pretty saucy tbh, not for anyone who doesn't like dark sexual content for sure
Are you marianne sheridan
Umm ..may I dare call thy lady beautiful?
how can you recommend books you haven’t read?
ooh because I've heard SUCH good things about them and their content/themes/stories sound like such compelling and wonderful things to read about! :)
@@emmiereads fair enough!
im early oml