The Woman in Black and Casting the Runes are both top notch literature and 100% cozy. For years I have fallen asleep to audio versions of both. Also agree that a lot of Lovecraftian horror is very cozy in part because of the academic tilt to many of the stories.
Thank you, Rachel! I thought it would be difficult to make this list, but it surprisingly wasn’t. Im really looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
Me catching up with all the videos I have missed 😅 really loved the recommendations. There is something so cozy sabout many horror books hahaha specially probably the more supernatural ones. They tend to be more atmospheric and cozy for the winter season
I didn’t think that cozy and horror mixed at all until I tried making this list, and then it I was surprised at how easy it was coming up with the books. 😂
Great list. I read Lock Every Which was excellent. I can see that becoming like a 3 part series. The twist ending was awesome. I have Sager's book Home Before Dark, it kind of has a Amityville vibe to it. That book Red Equinox sounds real interesting. As a huge fan of the second Predator movie. Plus you described it as a "dark academia" which sound awesomely creepy. My wife loves the cozy mystery books buy author Laura Levine, about writer and amateur sleuth Jane Austen and her cat Prozac.
I would say Red Equinox is dark academia light as it has a similar atmosphere along with a little study of the dark arts type stuff. But it also has that investigatory aspect to it. It is all Lovecraftian, however. 😀 I hope that you enjoy it. I see those cozy mystery books similar to those by Laura Levine. They appear to be very popular these days!
This idea made me smile, great. One general wish. If possible I would appreciate a content list when your episode features many books. Also for my tbr but mkostly cause I like to add comments to the episode with that particular book. Sometimes takes time before I come back to comment and may be hard to find that episode. I really like your comments on books so I am not trying to use shortcut here. Coraline was excellent choice here, great audiobook also. And so is M R Jones, also great in audiobook format with David Suchet narrating.
Sherlock Holmes is one of my favorite all time characters. My favorite tv version of him is the 1980s Granada Series with Jeremy Brett. To me he really was holmes. Susan Hills Dolly is really lovely eerie coming of age story, if you havebt read that. Great list!
You got me! A recommendation got me to buy three of a series of an author in this spot. Both a tribute to you, and the author. You are one of the few youtubers that I take seriously when you recommend something.
📚 Great recommendations!! I'll be sure to check out the ones I haven't already read! Yay for the cute puppy appearing every now and then to join the book talk! So adorable! 💖😆
Thank you, Michael! I hope that you enjoy Titus Crow. I thought the stories I read in that series were a hoot. I’ve also read the first Necroscope book and thought it was quite good too. I’m terrible with series, though.
I read the Woman in Black this month and thought it was fabulous. I didn't realize it kicks of around xmas otherwise I would of held off till then. Yes the heavy atmosphere though dark and gloomy gives a sense of all encompassing...also the little town the main character arrives in via train is nice and cozy too. Thanks for sharing ~ Tracey
Great video, thank you for the recommendations! I just finished reading Dead White by Alan Ryan and I think it would fit this theme perfectly as well. Small town trapped by a blizzard visited by an antique circus train filled with menacing clowns, good stuff!
When I think of "cozy" genre it's something along the lines of the cozy mysteries.. aimed at older folks with less punch to the story.. lots of bookstore/bakery owners and cats involved... basically the same concept of the YA genre. The one that comes to mind for me is the Charlaine Harris (known for the Sookie Stackhouse series AKA True Blood) Harper Connelly series. It's about a girl who was struck by lightning and can find dead people and see how they died. Actually most of her stuff would fit, the Stackhouse books are nothing like the TV series in content. I would consider a lot of Koontz books to be "cozy" as well.
Ahh 'We Sold Our Souls' is on my wishlist! It looks very interesting. I'll have to get The Wise Friend because I loooove me some occult and witchcraft stuff.
Curse of the Demon is the English pop star Kate Bush' favorite movie. She samples a line from it in the title track of her album, The Hounds of Love. This makes me want to do my own list video but I'm not sure what I want it to be on. I'm thinking folk horror, maybe.
☕🦇👻 Coraline is perfect for this list, so is the Woman in Black. Have you read "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth Speare, and also "The Halloween Tree", by Ray Bradbury? Good stuff. And "Carrie" is cozy right? Nice to sit by the fire...
I have read The Halloween tree. It was very good. Have you seen the cartoon adaptation from the early 1990s? I’m going to check out The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
So many great choices in this list! I am always excited for anything Lovecraftian. I also wanted to let you know that I tried three times to leave a comment on your last video. It would never post. 🤷♂️. Also, I appreciate you subscribing to my channel. (You are currently the only one. 😂). I managed to read the comment you left on my first video in my email. It is not displaying on the video. It shows a comment, but will not display the actual comment. 🤷♂️ I am working on the “new booktuber” video you suggested. Thank you for that! I am sorry to post all this here, but I did not want you to think I was not replying to your kind comment. Thank you again!📚
The Woman in Black and Casting the Runes are both top notch literature and 100% cozy. For years I have fallen asleep to audio versions of both. Also agree that a lot of Lovecraftian horror is very cozy in part because of the academic tilt to many of the stories.
Wow, thanks so much for including THE HUNGRY EARTH! You've put me in some great company here!
No problem, Nick! It was my pleasure!
I love this! I was actually compiling my own list of "cozy" horror books so we must be on the same wavelength
Thank you, Rachel! I thought it would be difficult to make this list, but it surprisingly wasn’t. Im really looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
We Sold Our Souls rocked! Yeah! ROCK 'N' ROLL, BABYYYYY!
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Me catching up with all the videos I have missed 😅 really loved the recommendations. There is something so cozy sabout many horror books hahaha specially probably the more supernatural ones. They tend to be more atmospheric and cozy for the winter season
I didn’t think that cozy and horror mixed at all until I tried making this list, and then it I was surprised at how easy it was coming up with the books. 😂
Great list. I read Lock Every Which was excellent. I can see that becoming like a 3 part series. The twist ending was awesome. I have Sager's book Home Before Dark, it kind of has a Amityville vibe to it. That book Red Equinox sounds real interesting. As a huge fan of the second Predator movie. Plus you described it as a "dark academia" which sound awesomely creepy. My wife loves the cozy mystery books buy author Laura Levine, about writer and amateur sleuth Jane Austen and her cat Prozac.
I would say Red Equinox is dark academia light as it has a similar atmosphere along with a little study of the dark arts type stuff. But it also has that investigatory aspect to it. It is all Lovecraftian, however. 😀 I hope that you enjoy it. I see those cozy mystery books similar to those by Laura Levine. They appear to be very popular these days!
Omg the haunted mask!! I loved that one as a kid! So creepy.
It was really good! 😀
Thank you for this video Night of the Demon is one of my favorite old horror movies !
I just watched Night of the Demon again the other night. Such a great film!
Your book brought me here (Local Haunts)..I am home!.
Thank you! And welcome! 😊
This idea made me smile, great. One general wish. If possible I would appreciate a content list when your episode features many books. Also for my tbr but mkostly cause I like to add comments to the episode with that particular book. Sometimes takes time before I come back to comment and may be hard to find that episode. I really like your comments on books so I am not trying to use shortcut here. Coraline was excellent choice here, great audiobook also. And so is M R Jones, also great in audiobook format with David Suchet narrating.
Thank you! Feel free to say in any video a book you want to discuss that I’ve talked about in a previous video. 😀
When I was young, I read extensively of R.L.Stine (in translation of course, since I do not speak English back then). What a good time.
His books are so fun!! 😀
Sherlock Holmes is one of my favorite all time characters. My favorite tv version of him is the 1980s Granada Series with Jeremy Brett. To me he really was holmes. Susan Hills Dolly is really lovely eerie coming of age story, if you havebt read that. Great list!
Thank you, Mers! I don’t believe I’ve seen that version of Holmes but am intrigued! Definitely going to check it out along with Dolly. 😀
You got me! A recommendation got me to buy three of a series of an author in this spot. Both a tribute to you, and the author. You are one of the few youtubers that I take seriously when you recommend something.
I hope that you enjoy them! And thank you! ☺️
Finally. Someone who has a bookshelf like mine😅
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I never would have put "cozy" and "horror" together, but you make a good case. I think It Will Just Be Us by Kaplan fits the bill, too. Great video!
I don’t believe that I’ve heard of It Will Just Be Us. Having looked it up, it looks great and I added it to my tbr. 😀
📚 Great recommendations!! I'll be sure to check out the ones I haven't already read!
Yay for the cute puppy appearing every now and then to join the book talk! So adorable! 💖😆
📚 Thank you! And the puppy, named Sammy, is indeed cute. The problem is is that he knows it! 😂
@@JasonsWeirdReads Haha I bet he knows it! 😆 You're most welcome!!
I have three Titus Crow books and a ton of the Necroscope series but I haven't read any of them yet. This is a very interesting list
Thank you, Michael! I hope that you enjoy Titus Crow. I thought the stories I read in that series were a hoot. I’ve also read the first Necroscope book and thought it was quite good too. I’m terrible with series, though.
I have over a thousand books and so many of them are unread. But I still buy more of course.
Yes! Me too! 😂
I read the Woman in Black this month and thought it was fabulous. I didn't realize it kicks of around xmas otherwise I would of held off till then. Yes the heavy atmosphere though dark and gloomy gives a sense of all encompassing...also the little town the main character arrives in via train is nice and cozy too. Thanks for sharing ~ Tracey
The Woman in Black surprised me with how good it was! I can’t wait to read it again.
Great video, thank you for the recommendations! I just finished reading Dead White by Alan Ryan and I think it would fit this theme perfectly as well. Small town trapped by a blizzard visited by an antique circus train filled with menacing clowns, good stuff!
Very cool! Thank you for the recommendation! 😀
When I think of "cozy" genre it's something along the lines of the cozy mysteries.. aimed at older folks with less punch to the story.. lots of bookstore/bakery owners and cats involved... basically the same concept of the YA genre. The one that comes to mind for me is the Charlaine Harris (known for the Sookie Stackhouse series AKA True Blood) Harper Connelly series. It's about a girl who was struck by lightning and can find dead people and see how they died. Actually most of her stuff would fit, the Stackhouse books are nothing like the TV series in content. I would consider a lot of Koontz books to be "cozy" as well.
I used to love Koontz in my teens.
Ahh 'We Sold Our Souls' is on my wishlist! It looks very interesting. I'll have to get The Wise Friend because I loooove me some occult and witchcraft stuff.
Awesome! I hope that you enjoy both! 😀
We sold our souls. I felt it to be a cozy read except for the claustrophobic scene. That was a bit tense for me lol
Indeed! There were a couple of intense scenes in We Sold Our Souls.
Curse of the Demon is the English pop star Kate Bush' favorite movie. She samples a line from it in the title track of her album, The Hounds of Love.
This makes me want to do my own list video but I'm not sure what I want it to be on. I'm thinking folk horror, maybe.
Thank you, John!! A folk horror list would be awesome to see!
Awesome list!
Thank you! ☺️
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Have you ever read Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh? It is a middle grade spooky book with possession. Creeped me out. Loved it. 😁📖👻
I haven’t yet, but it’s on my tbr! 📚🎃💀
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Coraline is perfect for this list, so is the Woman in Black.
Have you read "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth Speare, and also "The Halloween Tree", by Ray Bradbury? Good stuff.
And "Carrie" is cozy right? Nice to sit by the fire...
I have read The Halloween tree. It was very good. Have you seen the cartoon adaptation from the early 1990s? I’m going to check out The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
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So many great choices in this list! I am always excited for anything Lovecraftian. I also wanted to let you know that I tried three times to leave a comment on your last video. It would never post. 🤷♂️. Also, I appreciate you subscribing to my channel. (You are currently the only one. 😂). I managed to read the comment you left on my first video in my email. It is not displaying on the video. It shows a comment, but will not display the actual comment. 🤷♂️ I am working on the “new booktuber” video you suggested. Thank you for that! I am sorry to post all this here, but I did not want you to think I was not replying to your kind comment. Thank you again!📚
There was something weird going on regarding your comments. UA-cam got rid of them before I could respond. Now they’re here. Very strange!
@@JasonsWeirdReads Yes indeed. I have no idea. LOL Thanks!
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