U.K. author John Wyndham (1903 - 1969) wrote several classic monster/creature-feature novels the most well known being "The Day Of The Triffids" (featuring gigantic flesh-eating plants that walk!) and "The Kraken Wakes" in which a monstrous mythical beastie rises from the ocean depths to wreak havoc. In "The Chrysalids" mutant monsters run rampant in a small English village. What more could any horror loving reading ask?!
Hi Anda. So I read "Dead inside" because of you, and I felt guilty for laughing so hard. Luckily I found that the author is a satire writer, and it's was intended to be that way. And now am gonna read one of your favorite monster books 🖤 it's Anda week in my reading universe.
Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman is a good monster book as well. Just don't want to give away what kind of monster but I definitely recommend
Great list. I love Cycle of the Werewolf, it is the basis for my favorite werewolf movie Silver Bullet. I just love the small town feel that King is known for mixed with werewolves, he does the same thing with vampires in Salem's Lot. While I would never argue against Call being his best work, I prefer Dunwich Horror and At the Mountains of Madness for pure personal reading pleasure. The Beast was a huge favorite growing up, I read it twice as a kid and loved it. I read Summer of Night earlier this year and was blown away by it, especially something that happens to one of the main characters in the 2nd half of the book. Just an amazing read. Jurassic Park was a huge favorite when I was younger, as well as The Relic. The Manitou by Graham Masterton, The Keep by F. Paul Wilson(the whole Adversary Cycle with Nightworld being an amazing finale), Necroscope by Brian Lumley, and Phantoms by Dean Kootnz are also favorites that I need to reread.
Another great list, Anda! Thanks :) This got me thinking that Folklorian / Folk-Horror books could make an interesting video. There's The Ritual by Adam Neville, Pet Sematary, Hex by Thomas Heuvelt, etc. One of my favourite recent Monster books is 'The Boy Who Drew Monsters' by Keith Donohue: really creepy & unique!
Hi Anda! I am huge fan of H.P. Lovecraft, and it's various cosmic horror spin-offs. It's nice to see others enjoying it. Also, I've recently started reading Darcy Coates. Finished both Parasite and From Below, and enjoyed them immensely. She is a fantastic writer who knows how to build tension and suspense. (You might want to know that there was a mini-series based on The Terror on AMC+. It was pretty good.)
Good video, I enjoyed it and founds new things to read. I did want to tell you that Peter Benchley's the Beast has a movie. It was a Made for T.V, movie that came out in the 90's. I actually have a copy of it from Amazon. Some of my favorite Monster books are werewolf books The Howling is my favorite one and Feral is a close second.
Recently read Monstre, yep, it's spelled weird by Duncan Swan. Good God, what a hellacious book. It's a apocalyptic mix of Aliens and The Mist jacked up on steroids and uppers. It's brutally unrelenting.
Great list! I definitely added more titles to my neverending tbr... 😅 "The Mist" is my favorite Stephen King short story, and I, personally, love its ending... the movie ending triggers me big time... 😕 About "Jaws", I read the book before watching the movie, and, frankly, I prefer the movie, it has the best parts of the book and leaves out the annoying parts... haha 😂 I also really liked "Dark Harvest"!! 🙌
I grew up in the mid 60's to mid 70's and I also love " Summer of Night " So much like when I was young. And just a great book. I was surprised when I was watching Mike's book reviews and he quit the book before the end. Oh well, everyone is different i guess. I'm subscribing to your channel right now. God bless. ❤️
The epigraph of The October Country is one of my very favorite pieces of Bradbury's writing, and I love almost all of it. Also, no "IT"? Or Dracula? And what about The Ceremonies by T.E.D. Klein? That book does not get enough love!
Thank you for the recommendations. I’ve added a couple of the books you highlighted to my Amazon wish list. I also loved reading The Terror, but my favorite historical fiction with monsters book is The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. Give it a try if you haven’t already. Another favorite monster book is Hide by Kiersten White. It is well written, fast paced, and very unique.
Great video! Have you ever though of doing a video about horror manga/visual novels? I feel stuff like Uzumaki, Dark Hideout and Corpse Delivery Service would be right up your alley.
Hi!! New to the Channel and Loving it❤. I've read all the Meg books, book 2 The Trench is really good. You should check out The Loch, Steve Alten's take on the Loch Ness Monster.
I already saw someone recommend it, but Into The Drowning Deep by Mira Grant was an incredible sea monster story. I remember being absorbed from beginning to end, and sea horror is just so much fun! Absolutely recommend!
I grew up loving the "Jaws" film franchise and I still think the original "Jaws" film is perhaps the greatest horror movie ever made. I finally got around to reading the book about 2 years ago and really enjoyed it. The book and the movie really are apples and oranges. My edition had a listing of titles that Benchley was considering and I think he should have picked "The Amity Affair." "Jaws" is a better pick for the movie since the focus is clearly much more on the shark in the film as opposed to the people in the community in the book. To any "Jaws" fan reading this, I would definitely recommend reading the book. It won't be the greatest thing you've ever read, but you'll enjoy seeing familiar characters (and a few new ones) in a different light.
Have you read The Swarm by Frank Schatzing? Eco thriller from the deep. Also a tv series. It's not a true monster book, but you like sea based horrors. You got me wanting to read some more books now...
Anda have you read The Maw by Taylor Zajonc? Not a horror horror but great sense of dread and claustrophobia. About an expedition into a super cave. Because you have mentioned you love deep ocean stories, I think this would be right up your alley.
I’m not really into classic vampires, zombies, or anything too human-like. I’m more interested in terrifying, non-human creatures, especially those that are giant or truly unique. I love horror books and have a particular interest in Wendigos. I also enjoy aliens, especially those that act like real animals rather than the typical movie-style aliens. If anyone has recommendations for horror books featuring these kinds of creatures, I’d love to hear them!
can you do a ranking of your fav kurt vonnegut stories? I read slaughterhouse five and want to find more works by him but im unsure where to start (i grabbed cats cradle from my library but idk if its grabbing me)
Great lists. Beast has a two part miniseries in 1996 with William Peterson from CSI Vegas. I would love to read The Swarm, which was a recent CW series and is also sea creatures. The Meg was so great to watch. Didn't know there was a book. Ray Bradbury is a wonderful author. It's pretty amazing to see him on so many lists, especially Something Wicked This Way Comes. I read it in the 1970's. I had a professor call Frankenstein 'The Pregnant Man'. Two 'new' categories you could include: 'Don't Go There' because so many books start with the premise of 'don't go to....' like The Ruins. Another one would be 'Modern Folklore' where there is a modern person haunted by a folklore monster: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones and Pine by Francine Toon. They are amazing slow burns.
Now is the time to get started with Dan Simmons. Thanks, Creep. You should read the scariest monster book of all, in which you are the star. Yah, Jurassic Park. The main character is you. T-Rex.
U.K. author John Wyndham (1903 - 1969) wrote several classic monster/creature-feature novels the most well known being "The Day Of The Triffids" (featuring gigantic flesh-eating plants that walk!) and "The Kraken Wakes" in which a monstrous mythical beastie rises from the ocean depths to wreak havoc. In "The Chrysalids" mutant monsters run rampant in a small English village. What more could any horror loving reading ask?!
They all see perfect for a Trashy movie adaptation. 😅
The relic. And reliquary,great monster books. Still life with crows too.
Hi Anda. So I read "Dead inside" because of you, and I felt guilty for laughing so hard. Luckily I found that the author is a satire writer, and it's was intended to be that way. And now am gonna read one of your favorite monster books 🖤 it's Anda week in my reading universe.
Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman is a good monster book as well. Just don't want to give away what kind of monster but I definitely recommend
Great list. I love Cycle of the Werewolf, it is the basis for my favorite werewolf movie Silver Bullet. I just love the small town feel that King is known for mixed with werewolves, he does the same thing with vampires in Salem's Lot. While I would never argue against Call being his best work, I prefer Dunwich Horror and At the Mountains of Madness for pure personal reading pleasure. The Beast was a huge favorite growing up, I read it twice as a kid and loved it.
I read Summer of Night earlier this year and was blown away by it, especially something that happens to one of the main characters in the 2nd half of the book. Just an amazing read.
Jurassic Park was a huge favorite when I was younger, as well as The Relic. The Manitou by Graham Masterton, The Keep by F. Paul Wilson(the whole Adversary Cycle with Nightworld being an amazing finale), Necroscope by Brian Lumley, and Phantoms by Dean Kootnz are also favorites that I need to reread.
When you started explaining ‘Summer of night’ that sold me! I’ve kind of been looking for something that took me back to summer holidays in the 90s!
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant is an awesome ocean horror book!! I highly recommend it!
I would LOVE to read this book. Several years ago there was a mockumentary on Animal Planet about mermaids. It was great!
Another great list, Anda! Thanks :)
This got me thinking that Folklorian / Folk-Horror books could make an interesting video.
There's The Ritual by Adam Neville, Pet Sematary, Hex by Thomas Heuvelt, etc.
One of my favourite recent Monster books is 'The Boy Who Drew Monsters' by Keith Donohue: really creepy & unique!
Hi Anda! I am huge fan of H.P. Lovecraft, and it's various cosmic horror spin-offs. It's nice to see others enjoying it. Also, I've recently started reading Darcy Coates. Finished both Parasite and From Below, and enjoyed them immensely. She is a fantastic writer who knows how to build tension and suspense. (You might want to know that there was a mini-series based on The Terror on AMC+. It was pretty good.)
Good video, I enjoyed it and founds new things to read. I did want to tell you that Peter Benchley's the Beast has a movie. It was a Made for T.V, movie that came out in the 90's. I actually have a copy of it from Amazon. Some of my favorite Monster books are werewolf books The Howling is my favorite one and Feral is a close second.
Beast has a tv mini series from 1996. great recs.
The Summer of Night, The Ruins, The Thing, and even H.P. Lovecraft. You knocked it outta the park with those goodies!
Recently read Monstre, yep, it's spelled weird by Duncan Swan. Good God, what a hellacious book. It's a apocalyptic mix of Aliens and The Mist jacked up on steroids and uppers. It's brutally unrelenting.
Great list! I definitely added more titles to my neverending tbr... 😅
"The Mist" is my favorite Stephen King short story, and I, personally, love its ending... the movie ending triggers me big time... 😕
About "Jaws", I read the book before watching the movie, and, frankly, I prefer the movie, it has the best parts of the book and leaves out the annoying parts... haha 😂
I also really liked "Dark Harvest"!! 🙌
I grew up in the mid 60's to mid 70's and I also love " Summer of Night "
So much like when I was young. And just a great book. I was surprised when I was watching Mike's book reviews and he quit the book before the end.
Oh well, everyone is different i guess.
I'm subscribing to your channel right now. God bless. ❤️
The epigraph of The October Country is one of my very favorite pieces of Bradbury's writing, and I love almost all of it.
Also, no "IT"? Or Dracula? And what about The Ceremonies by T.E.D. Klein? That book does not get enough love!
Thank you for the recommendations. I’ve added a couple of the books you highlighted to my Amazon wish list. I also loved reading The Terror, but my favorite historical fiction with monsters book is The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. Give it a try if you haven’t already. Another favorite monster book is Hide by Kiersten White. It is well written, fast paced, and very unique.
Loved this video! PLEASE do the vampire books ranked video! I'd love to see how you rank them!
I read dark harvest last week and loved it, will definitely read again next halloween!
Great video! Have you ever though of doing a video about horror manga/visual novels? I feel stuff like Uzumaki, Dark Hideout and Corpse Delivery Service would be right up your alley.
Just found this video! I'd love an alien rec list too. Space horror is my favorite genre!
Hi!! New to the Channel and Loving it❤. I've read all the Meg books, book 2 The Trench is really good. You should check out The Loch, Steve Alten's take on the Loch Ness Monster.
The real monsters were the friend we made aloang the way.
I already saw someone recommend it, but Into The Drowning Deep by Mira Grant was an incredible sea monster story. I remember being absorbed from beginning to end, and sea horror is just so much fun! Absolutely recommend!
I grew up loving the "Jaws" film franchise and I still think the original "Jaws" film is perhaps the greatest horror movie ever made. I finally got around to reading the book about 2 years ago and really enjoyed it. The book and the movie really are apples and oranges. My edition had a listing of titles that Benchley was considering and I think he should have picked "The Amity Affair." "Jaws" is a better pick for the movie since the focus is clearly much more on the shark in the film as opposed to the people in the community in the book. To any "Jaws" fan reading this, I would definitely recommend reading the book. It won't be the greatest thing you've ever read, but you'll enjoy seeing familiar characters (and a few new ones) in a different light.
Silver Bullet is an amazing movie!!! Perfect Halloween movie!!!!
Id really like to see your list of Alien books. A favorite genre of mine.
Loved Summer of Night
I’ve just seen a book on KU called Blender Babies by Jon Athan and thought of you (maybe for the next extreme horror reading day)
I might have to read this one. :/ haha
Love meg...got the newest book meg 2 excited to read it
there was a tv film of The Beast in the 90s. if i remember right, it was pretty good (but it doesn't seem to be streaming anywhere)
If you like sea monsters, read Into the Drowning deep. Great stuff.
Is there a list written of Anda’s recs? Not just this video i mean she’s recommended so many books in all her videos
Read white shark (Peter Benchley’s creature) by Peter Benchley
Have you read The Swarm by Frank Schatzing? Eco thriller from the deep. Also a tv series. It's not a true monster book, but you like sea based horrors. You got me wanting to read some more books now...
Anda have you read The Maw by Taylor Zajonc? Not a horror horror but great sense of dread and claustrophobia. About an expedition into a super cave. Because you have mentioned you love deep ocean stories, I think this would be right up your alley.
Have you read Curse of the Reaper by Brian McAuley? It gives a 80-90's slasher vibe. I loved it
You may not know but there was a made for tv movie for the beast.
I just finished The Deep by Nick Cutter. Really enjoyed it! Not as good as The Troop but is a solid cosmic horror read
The Deep was a good read. 👍
Have you not read "into the drowning deep"? I thought I heard u mention it before. If you haven't you should definitely check it out its soon goood
putting the terror in the thumbnail is like bait for me. extremely successful bait keep it up!
Ooh I’d love to see an alien video!
Ease up on the jump cuts. Surely you can speak for longer than a few seconds without needing to edit!?
Did you enjoy Dracula by Bram Stoker and Salem’s Lot by Stephen King?
I’ve read a lot of Stephen King but not Cycle of the Werewolf. Sounds like just my kind of thing!
I just started Stolen tongues the other day, I'm not real far in yet but it is really creepy! Love that edition of HPL, it's gorgeous!
I’m not really into classic vampires, zombies, or anything too human-like. I’m more interested in terrifying, non-human creatures, especially those that are giant or truly unique. I love horror books and have a particular interest in Wendigos. I also enjoy aliens, especially those that act like real animals rather than the typical movie-style aliens. If anyone has recommendations for horror books featuring these kinds of creatures, I’d love to hear them!
Also the monster having more/equal amount of time it’s in the book as the humans iykwim
The Ruins is such a good book. ❤
I ve just started it 👍🏻
@ImissRickGrimes, I actually like the book way better than the movie.
Yes please an alien video!
I think you would enjoy Black Tide by KC Jones if you haven’t read it yet.
The only thing I did not like about Beast is he crapped on Jaws by saying it was fiction instead of from the same universe
What this video tells me is there are few actual "monster" books, aside from Lovecraft.
Do you have any recommendations?
what is your reading speed?
can you do a ranking of your fav kurt vonnegut stories? I read slaughterhouse five and want to find more works by him but im unsure where to start (i grabbed cats cradle from my library but idk if its grabbing me)
A monster book series you would enjoy Anda is The Monstrumologist. By Rick Yancey
Great lists. Beast has a two part miniseries in 1996 with William Peterson from CSI Vegas. I would love to read The Swarm, which was a recent CW series and is also sea creatures. The Meg was so great to watch. Didn't know there was a book.
Ray Bradbury is a wonderful author. It's pretty amazing to see him on so many lists, especially Something Wicked This Way Comes. I read it in the 1970's. I had a professor call Frankenstein 'The Pregnant Man'.
Two 'new' categories you could include: 'Don't Go There' because so many books start with the premise of 'don't go to....' like The Ruins. Another one would be 'Modern Folklore' where there is a modern person haunted by a folklore monster: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones and Pine by Francine Toon. They are amazing slow burns.
Thank you! I thought I remembered a tv movie about the beast. I think I loved it then, but I doubt it holds up lol
@@amandamarinovich6164 I'm sure it didn't. I remember watching it because my mum had a HUGE crush on William Peterson.
I liked Jaws a lot except for the cheating .
Now is the time to get started with Dan Simmons. Thanks, Creep. You should read the scariest monster book of all, in which you are the star. Yah, Jurassic Park. The main character is you. T-Rex.
Maeve is a monster