I loved Bloom so much! Definitely a 5-star. All vibes and so beautifully written. Frankenstein is one of my favorites too. I’ll read any retelling of it as well. All of the movies and plays get it so wrong. Definitely adding These Fleeting Shadows to my list! My favorite book of the year so far has been Summer of Night by Dan Simmons. Nostalgic, atmospheric, excellent character development and scene setting, and super creepy!
I read My Best Friend's Exorcism because you raved about it ..and it is now one od my favorite books ever!! ❤ i have read the same 3 that you have. I kind of want to check out Horrorstoor and will definitely chrck out his new one!
omggg!! Caitlin I've heard that ones good! And Mora Grant is Seanan McGuire right??? I loveeeee the Every Heart a Doorway series! I should check that one out too!
House of Furies is part of a Trilogy, YA has spooky vibes, haunted house vibes. It kind of reminds me of Rosemary’s Baby. Also, the new Rosemary’s Baby mini series is an excellent modern take on the original! It’s on prime and stars Zoe Saldana.
Oooo I'll have to check House of Furies out!! I've always been a little too scared to read Rosemary's Baby lol is the mini series as scary as the book/ movie???
The mini series is less creepy. Zoe does an amazing job making you feel Exactly what she is going through which can be a little stressful 😂and make you angry!
Okay QOTD Answer: : i haven't read many horrors, still a newbie, and most of those horros have been mentioned on this channel, the ones that i dont remember if its mentioned is "Small Spaces" by Katherine Arden, "The Cavendish home for boys and girls" by Claire Legrand, and "Beyond the black door" by A. M. Strickland (not exactly horror, but horror vibes when i read it. 👻 the way you say "Doctor Frankenstien" tho 😂
I just finished Dear Mothman. I picked it because I adore Mothman, and it was on a list for scary middle grade books. It is so good! Be prepared to be more emotional than afraid, but you’ll definitely hold your breath a few times. It’s beautiful and sad and creepy and wondrous. Highly recommend
I don’t see many folks talking about this one, but I read “Schrader’s Chord” a few months ago and it is FANTASTIC. If you’ve got an appreciation for music and ghosts, it’s perfect. Five star read and now an auto-buy author for me!
I finished reading The Shining a couple months ago, loved it. I read Frankenstein a couple years ago and wouldn't read it again because it pissed me off how the doctor treated him. I liked Bunny so much that I named my Mexican Black king snake "Bunny." I just finished Belladonna, liked it.
This came at the perfect time. Dealing with some health challenges and this is the perfect video to distract me from real life stuff. Love you, Lexi! 🦊❤️❤️
Grady Hendrix has written far more than three books, additionally there’s even some out of print that you can easily find on Vinted, eBay, wob etc :) hope you enjoy finding some more of his work to enjoy! His best book imo was Final Girls Support Group which is easily available to buy at most book stores and I can’t wait for you to read! ❤
Went straight and clicked to buy Rouge. Loved Bunny. My recommendation is M R James. His collected ghost stories contain some of the best horror that still haunt me. Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You is perfection.
I read The Shining when I was about your age, home alone on a darkening afternoon, sitting in a chair that backed up to nothing but the dining nook and back door. I was so scared I had to move to a different chair that backed up against the wall. I recommend to you a British author, Michelle Paver, title is Dark Matter.
Loved this video! Just like I love all your videos. Your videos are really such a source of comfort for me. Thank you for the recommendations, they all sound amazing and will definitely be adding them to my TBR. Love you Lexi!
👻 My recs: "Horns" or "Heart-Shaped Box" by Joe Hill (really anything by him) "Lisey's Story" and "'Salem's Lot" by Stephen King "Kiss the Girls" by James Patterson Any of the Hannibal books by Thomas Harris.
❤The Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates is a dark, atmospheric read. I would also recommend Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand; not only does it have a scary vibe, it focuses on female love and friendships and has asexual and POC rep. Keep up the good work Lexie, Your fellow Swifty.
Stephen King is my absolute favourite horror author! I recommend "Gerald's Game", "Misery" and "Thinner". Totally creepy. And often leave me needing to sleep with a light on (at 50 years old!!). 👻
So proud to have guessed you two authors! 🥰 You'll love the vibes, you'll love the quotes, you might lose your lunch. 😂😂😂 I just love your recommendations... And that background!! I'm in no hurry to see you switch it up for Christmas! 😉 But why didn't you use that beautiful spooky intro this year?! 😢 👻 Don't really have anything to recommend but picked up recommendations! ❤
Eyes Guts Throat Bones. This is a short story collection by Moira Fowley, and is a collection of weird sapphic horror. I loved it personally. It is a new favourite. Please look into it
i have 2 recommendations for you! The first is The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, its the first gothic novel ever written. very ghosty, very dramatic! the other is a dark academia I never hear anyone talking about called Madam by Pheobe Wynne
I just LOVED Frankenstein! (the book, not the dude. The doctor sucks.) Didn't we name the creature Paul in a live show? ooooh my dad read 11/22/63, I'm definitely interested! OH! And I read both House of Hollow (forgot the twist, lol) and You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight, short YA horror novels are so fun! 🦊👻 (oh and you already recommended all the horror I've read thus far)
If you liked Stephen King's 11/22/63, I recommend Time and Again by Jack Finney - a time travel story set in Manhattan - not a thriller/horror, but it's such a lovely story!
Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud is a spooky little new release novella I think everyone should check out. It's strange, lyrical, and beautifully horrific, with a story that blends the best parts of classic horror and science fiction into an entirely new commentary on how women and mental illness have been historically treated. 👻
Okay so a horror recommendation... this is an older one, very epic, and it's called Swan Song by Robert McCammon. It's a dystopian, post-apocalyptic thriller very like King's The Stand, but also not. Excellent characters, Excellent villains, I flew through it, but, warning it is a chunky book at 928 pages! HOWEVER, it's considered the author's magnum opus. I loved it and I think it's well worth the read. 👻🦊
👻 For beginners, I recommend Darcy Coates. Also I hugely recommend her book Where He Can’t Find You, it a YA but it’s got all the right elements of horror.
they should probably have Romantasy separate category at this point. It’s far more romance leaning imo. I’m really not like I g any newly published books. I’ve DNF’d so many books lately. I’m really frustrated I hate the writing style the feelings that they’re being rushed out or they’re boring and forgettable. I’m quitting new books until they wake up and have a shit again!
👻 Hi Mom! Great book recs! Any book by Jack Ketchum or JD Barker are sure to pull you in and some are more horror, thriller, or supernatural, or all of the above.
I love Grady Hendrix ❤ love these videos such great recommendations 😊😊😊😊 i live in Maine so Stephen king is my idol ❤ i love the shining butbthen again i love all his books....i did meet him once when i was in middle school it was the moment i started reading his books 👻👻
If you haven’t read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, I highly recommend it. It’s one of my favorite books of all time. 🦊🦊
Yes!! Omg I've heard it's so good!! I really have to pick it up soon!!
My dad is weirdly obsessed with that book, he’s read it so many times it’s falling apart.
Agreed I just brought this one in physical copy because I loved it❤
I agree this is one of my favorite books a solid 5. Excellent book.
Yes, The Historian is also one of my favourite books as well!🤗
I loved Bloom so much! Definitely a 5-star. All vibes and so beautifully written. Frankenstein is one of my favorites too. I’ll read any retelling of it as well. All of the movies and plays get it so wrong. Definitely adding These Fleeting Shadows to my list! My favorite book of the year so far has been Summer of Night by Dan Simmons. Nostalgic, atmospheric, excellent character development and scene setting, and super creepy!
My recs 👻
Classic: Hell house by Richard Matheson
2024: I was a teenager slasher
New author: We use to live here
I just finished My Best Friend’s Exorcism yesterday! It was so good I finished it in a day!
Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix is unique but so so good! It’s classic Grady Hendrix meets ikea
👻👻yay for more book recs!! Soon you will be hitting 100k and it's so exciting! Been following your journey since you had like 22k xo
Omgsh no way!! That’s so cool!!!❤❤❤
@alexandraroselyn I'm so happy for you. You have no idea 💕
I read My Best Friend's Exorcism because you raved about it ..and it is now one od my favorite books ever!! ❤ i have read the same 3 that you have. I kind of want to check out Horrorstoor and will definitely chrck out his new one!
Another great spooky read (especially for the summer) is Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant! Soooo good! 🦊🦊
omggg!! Caitlin I've heard that ones good! And Mora Grant is Seanan McGuire right??? I loveeeee the Every Heart a Doorway series! I should check that one out too!
I love that one. It’s like Jurassic Park on a boat with killer mermaids. So good!
A new cosy video from Lexi is the perfect birthday gift for me.
Omgsh!! HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 🎉❤❤❤
@@alexandraroselyn Awww thank you so much ♥♥💚💚
House of Furies is part of a Trilogy, YA has spooky vibes, haunted house vibes. It kind of reminds me of Rosemary’s Baby.
Also, the new Rosemary’s Baby mini series is an excellent modern take on the original! It’s on prime and stars Zoe Saldana.
Oooo I'll have to check House of Furies out!! I've always been a little too scared to read Rosemary's Baby lol is the mini series as scary as the book/ movie???
The mini series is less creepy. Zoe does an amazing job making you feel Exactly what she is going through which can be a little stressful 😂and make you angry!
I just finished Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman and it scared me so much! Highly recommend!
OOOO!!! I really liked his novella! I'll check this out thank you Autumn!!
Okay QOTD Answer: : i haven't read many horrors, still a newbie, and most of those horros have been mentioned on this channel, the ones that i dont remember if its mentioned is "Small Spaces" by Katherine Arden, "The Cavendish home for boys and girls" by Claire Legrand, and "Beyond the black door" by A. M. Strickland (not exactly horror, but horror vibes when i read it.
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the way you say "Doctor Frankenstien" tho 😂
My mom is my best friend too...love the vibes💗
Appreciate the Grady representation 😂 2:41
The list wouldn’t be complete without him! 😊
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno Garcia. That was my top pick last year. Blew me away with it creativeness of 90s cinema horror in Mexico 🇲🇽
I just finished Dear Mothman. I picked it because I adore Mothman, and it was on a list for scary middle grade books. It is so good! Be prepared to be more emotional than afraid, but you’ll definitely hold your breath a few times. It’s beautiful and sad and creepy and wondrous. Highly recommend
I don’t see many folks talking about this one, but I read “Schrader’s Chord” a few months ago and it is FANTASTIC. If you’ve got an appreciation for music and ghosts, it’s perfect. Five star read and now an auto-buy author for me!
I finished reading The Shining a couple months ago, loved it. I read Frankenstein a couple years ago and wouldn't read it again because it pissed me off how the doctor treated him. I liked Bunny so much that I named my Mexican Black king snake "Bunny." I just finished Belladonna, liked it.
Luv that your snakes name is Bunny!🥰
Loved this video Lexi and I have read several of these thanks to you. You are the best 👻
Aw thank you Eslie!!
This came at the perfect time. Dealing with some health challenges and this is the perfect video to distract me from real life stuff. Love you, Lexi! 🦊❤️❤️
Oh no! Hazel I hope everything's okay!
Grady Hendrix has written far more than three books, additionally there’s even some out of print that you can easily find on Vinted, eBay, wob etc :) hope you enjoy finding some more of his work to enjoy! His best book imo was Final Girls Support Group which is easily available to buy at most book stores and I can’t wait for you to read! ❤
Went straight and clicked to buy Rouge. Loved Bunny. My recommendation is M R James. His collected ghost stories contain some of the best horror that still haunt me. Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You is perfection.
I read The Shining when I was about your age, home alone on a darkening afternoon, sitting in a chair that backed up to nothing but the dining nook and back door. I was so scared I had to move to a different chair that backed up against the wall. I recommend to you a British author, Michelle Paver, title is Dark Matter.
Thank you for the recommendations! My shopping 🛒 on Amazon just got filled! Love you❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Darcy Coates is the right vibe to freak me right out
OMG surprise surprise 👏
Now i can finally get back to reading after this video, just needed this push !!! ❤❤
hahaha yay!!
Loved this video! Just like I love all your videos. Your videos are really such a source of comfort for me. Thank you for the recommendations, they all sound amazing and will definitely be adding them to my TBR. Love you Lexi!
👻 My recs:
"Horns" or "Heart-Shaped Box" by Joe Hill (really anything by him)
"Lisey's Story" and "'Salem's Lot" by Stephen King
"Kiss the Girls" by James Patterson
Any of the Hannibal books by Thomas Harris.
I may have laughed out loud when you said „you might loose your lunch“ 🤣
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hahaha!
Definitely check out anything by Camilla Sten! The Lost Village is more horror, but the Resting Place leans more mystery/thriller
Love all these recs! and love the mom cameo. How fun would it be to do a buddy read with your mom and get her opinion on the books! 👻
omg I would LOVEEE that! Maybe at some point I can convince her or my dad to do a buddy read with me for the channel lol.
@ a family buddy read would be everything
My favs this year was Daisy Darker and Diavola! Both SO good!
❤The Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates is a dark, atmospheric read.
I would also recommend Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand; not only does it have a scary vibe, it focuses on female love and friendships and has asexual and POC rep.
Keep up the good work Lexie,
Your fellow Swifty.
Stephen King is my absolute favourite horror author! I recommend "Gerald's Game", "Misery" and "Thinner". Totally creepy. And often leave me needing to sleep with a light on (at 50 years old!!). 👻
So proud to have guessed you two authors! 🥰
You'll love the vibes, you'll love the quotes, you might lose your lunch. 😂😂😂
I just love your recommendations... And that background!! I'm in no hurry to see you switch it up for Christmas! 😉
But why didn't you use that beautiful spooky intro this year?! 😢
👻 Don't really have anything to recommend but picked up recommendations! ❤
You NEED to read "Look Again" by Lisa Scottoline! That book was so difficult to put down and it made my heart pound.
I now have two books I must buy. Wonderful video!👻👻👻
Lexi you HAVE to pick up The Witching by Alexis Hendersen! Its soooo good
Omg agreedddd! I bought it for my kindle so hopefully I can get to it soon!!
Eyes Guts Throat Bones.
This is a short story collection by Moira Fowley, and is a collection of weird sapphic horror. I loved it personally. It is a new favourite. Please look into it
Always Love your videos😍👻
Aw thank you! 😊❤️
i have 2 recommendations for you! The first is The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, its the first gothic novel ever written. very ghosty, very dramatic! the other is a dark academia I never hear anyone talking about called Madam by Pheobe Wynne
My Best Friend’s Exorcism was my FAVORITE Grady Hendrix book! Least favorite? Horrorstör
Agreed. Horrorstor was a DNF for me.
I just LOVED Frankenstein! (the book, not the dude. The doctor sucks.) Didn't we name the creature Paul in a live show? ooooh my dad read 11/22/63, I'm definitely interested! OH! And I read both House of Hollow (forgot the twist, lol) and You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight, short YA horror novels are so fun! 🦊👻 (oh and you already recommended all the horror I've read thus far)
Love the vid! ❤👻
👻 If you haven’t read “Home before dark” by Riley Sager, then you should. It’s a must read, excellent writing I couldn’t put the book down.
If you liked Stephen King's 11/22/63, I recommend Time and Again by Jack Finney - a time travel story set in Manhattan - not a thriller/horror, but it's such a lovely story!
My recommendation: Incidents around the house 👻
If you liked "The Shining" you probably would also enjoy his sequel to it "Doctor Sleep". I think it is really good. Thanks.
13:43 tell ‘em Lexi. Team Creature all the way
Ooo, I'm currently reading to break a covenant by Alison Ames. I think you'd really like it Lexi!
ooo okay!! I'll write that down thank you!!
Bloom was crazy but I loved it! Also loved Graveyard Shift. I'm hooked on novellas!
🤮 👻 I'm reading An Academy for Liars now and really into it.
Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud is a spooky little new release novella I think everyone should check out. It's strange, lyrical, and beautifully horrific, with a story that blends the best parts of classic horror and science fiction into an entirely new commentary on how women and mental illness have been historically treated. 👻
When you said you have two faves I immediately said "it's going to be Grady Hendrix & Neil Gaiman" haha so close!
Oh I love Neil Gaiman too!! I’d def recommend his middle grade horror to anyone!!
👻 I will try Frankenstein again lol. The Shining is on my TBR.
👻 Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix…so good!!!
The Whisper Man by Alex North…. I was so creeped out by this book.
👻👻👻 another great list!!
Okay so a horror recommendation... this is an older one, very epic, and it's called Swan Song by Robert McCammon. It's a dystopian, post-apocalyptic thriller very like King's The Stand, but also not. Excellent characters, Excellent villains, I flew through it, but, warning it is a chunky book at 928 pages! HOWEVER, it's considered the author's magnum opus. I loved it and I think it's well worth the read. 👻🦊
oooo Swan Song???? I loveeee the name!!! I'll 100% look into it thank you Hazel!!
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For beginners, I recommend Darcy Coates.
Also I hugely recommend her book Where He Can’t Find You, it a YA but it’s got all the right elements of horror.
they should probably have Romantasy separate category at this point. It’s far more romance leaning imo. I’m really not like I g any newly published books. I’ve DNF’d so many books lately. I’m really frustrated I hate the writing style the feelings that they’re being rushed out or they’re boring and forgettable. I’m quitting new books until they wake up and have a shit again!
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Hi Mom!
Great book recs!
Any book by Jack Ketchum or JD Barker are sure to pull you in and some are more horror, thriller, or supernatural, or all of the above.
Thanks so much for making my book 📕 list even bigger miss teach hear is your apple 🍏 to say thanks 🙏 xx
Dead of Winter- Darcy Coates. 👻👻 its incredible
Thanks for giving me options beyond King. He's just someone I don't care to support and just never liked him frankly.
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I want to read An Academy for Liars so badly
I recommend Needful Things by Stephen King for you to read. 👍🏾
If you liked Rouge or thought it was almost there, I would try Natural Beauty and Youthjuice. Creepy, disturbing and v. weird.
👻 Have you read the Small Spaces series by Katherine Arden? I read the first one and it was creepy! I want to pick up the others!
Have you read Horrorstor? I bought it but I'm too scared to read it, can anyone say if it's pretty scary or not too bad for a horror beginner?
Its ridiculous, funny and creepy at times, but I wouldnt call it scary at all. Enjoy! 😊
The Incidents around the house, by Josh Malerman.
I love Grady Hendrix ❤ love these videos such great recommendations 😊😊😊😊 i live in Maine so Stephen king is my idol ❤ i love the shining butbthen again i love all his books....i did meet him once when i was in middle school it was the moment i started reading his books 👻👻
👻I actually got a bit scared just listening to what those books were about😅 I’ll definitaly be reading Frankenstein and These fleeting shadows😱
I like the haunted house book Looks good 👻
Billy summers by Stephen king is really good! Not really scary but just a great story
Rouge was super creepy and odd!! 👻
I’d recommend you Motherthing! Perfect if you like Mona Awad
I was supposed to read You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight for Halloween but I didn't 😢. But I will before November ends 👻👻👻
I hope you like it Georgieeeee!
@alexandraroselyn awww 🍂🍂🍁🍁🧡🧡🧡
👻great recommendations, am reading An Academy of Liars this week. Just finished The Amityville Horror audio book by Jay Anson, the perfect horror book
Had the recommendations been related to Christmas or winter themes, the content would have been more engaging.
Um, did I get all of my TBR list from you?
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