All My Favourite Horror Books
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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The distinction you made between events that are scary to the reader and things that are scary to the characters made me realise I much prefer the former. Thank you for this list, I got some great recommendations from it! ❤
"Low plot, high ambiguity" is just my life
😂😂😂 same
This gives me hope that there may indeed be a market for my high-concept, slow-burn horror
I don't really understand that, the intent of horror only being to personally scare you. When you read romance books, are you meant to personally fall in love? When you read fantasy, do we expect to get powers? People treat horror sooo strangely to me. I really like what you do in this video, though! It's nice to see just more conversations around horror instead of just "scary or nah". Horror is so much more complex than that.
While I personally agree that the intent of horror shouldn’t be to scare you, I understand why it’s often defined that way. It’s not a 1:1 comparison comparing horror to romance or fantasy, because horror is a feeling. Romance and fantasy aren’t feelings. If other book genres were also named after feelings (sad, excited, etc.), there would be an expectation that those books would make you feel that way. But, horror has obviously evolved and changed so much and has become much more than a feeling.
@@briannasaumure108 See that whole "horror is a feeling" I think is just a way to kind of diminish the genre. How is romance not a feeling? Your comment is so well thought out and I sooo appreciate it, but I just don't agree with this sentiment at all. This is totally what I meant with ''people treat horror strangely". But, maybe it's the expectation, like you're saying? Like, it's a genre but people see it as just a feeling so if it doesn't evoke that, it didn't do it's job? (also, in no way am I saying interpreting a genre is wrong or how people feel about books is wrong. I just struggle to understand that thinking, if that makes sense).
And more with the romance and fantasy. If you don't see the chemistry with a couple in a romance novel, you don't then claim it's not romance. If the fantasy system doesn't make sense, it doesn't stop it from being a fantasy book. But if people don't "feel the horror", it makes it not a horror book? Again, totally 100% okay if/when people do this, I just don't get it.
@@theadora1693 Again, I completely agree with your sentiment, I guess I was just trying to explain why I understand the logic behind horror being treated differently. I think romance can absolutely be a feeling, but I think the difference would be that horror was exclusively used as a descriptor for a feeling before it was used as a genre label. I imagine people who treat horror differently are tied to the "classic" or "traditional" form of horror, which was initially created to evoke that feeling. Once again, I completely agree with you, I was just playing devil's advocate because I didn't think the comparison to fantasy, for example, was totally fair. Of course people who read fantasy don't expect to get powers, just like people who read horror don't expect to become possessed.
@@theadora1693 I certainly don't think people should be saying a book isn't horror if it doesn't make you feel the horror. But I guess this is a bit of a different argument than your last comment (when you said that people might say a horror not evoking the feeling "didn't do it's job"). I think it would be totally fair for somebody to feel that a horror book didn't do it's job if it didn't scare them, just like I think it would be totally fair for somebody to feel that a romance book didn't do it's job because the couple sucked. But that's completely different than someone denying its label in that genre. I thought your initial comment was about people rating or discussing horror a certain way based on whether or not it scared them, not about people denying that certain books are horror.
Not only did I love this video because of the subject matter but the satisfaction I got by having read so many of these and loving basically all of them. I feel accomplished. 👩🏻🏫
Reading Carrie made me feel overwhelmed with hopelessness. I felt trapped in her circumstance with her mother and her peers. I have never wanted to give someone a hug more than Carrie
'Carrie' got me. I was already bawling by the conclusion of the foreword
I'm one of those "never, ever going to pick these up because horror is not my thing" people, but I love watching all your videos! It helps me as a librarian to hear about books to recommend outside my normal genres, plus I enjoy hearing your descriptions of why you like certain things.
Phenomenal job, I really liked the badges and was so happy to see Our Wives Under the Seas on the list, one of the books that has resonated the longest with me over this year.
So wild how you interpreted The Hollow Places. That book scared the crap out of me! I never once thought it was silly or cozy haha! Thanks again for a great roundup of horror.
Right?? I thought it was so creepy!
I can’t wait to see that as a movie. The scene when she is running the gauntlet down the hall of taxidermy is so cinematic.
@@krisprepolec5616 I didn't know they were making it a movie! That's awesome!
@@wickedbookwitch just wishful thinking, sadly.
Oh I really LOVE the way you did this video. 😍The coin idea was so nice and easy to understand. Then breaking them down into the three levels: world encompassing horror, limited space horror and horror of the mind.. so brilliant. Well done!
I appreciated the spectrum of all-encompassing to within-the-mind! Also the coins !! such a nice visual
I loved the way you organized this. Such a good mix of recommendations!
I love love love the format of this video; the whole exploring a genre with a view to the styles and tropes that draw you to them and how they all touch on those. The medallions are so fun and helpful. Love it!
Thank you for calling comfort me with apples a horror!! Totally agree and I think it's silly that people don't think that. Also this thing between us sounds like citizen Kane and I'm totally down to read it.
Great video! If you don’t find Horror scary but want to be scared I think you need to look for terror books. Terror often for the audience and horror for the characters? “Terror is the feeling of dread and apprehension at the possibility of something frightening, while horror is the shock and repulsion of seeing the frightening thing.”
Not my fave booktuber releasing her fave horror books just as I am getting into the horror genre!! 🎉🎉 I was fully ready to go through your back catalogue of vids and note them down 😂
Same!!!
I read Moon of The Crusted Snow because of you and I loved it! Slow burn for sure but I really enjoyed it. Wilder Girls wasn’t my favorite but I see why people like it.
he seems like an extremely genuine and kind soul whose thoughts and feelings seem to come from a very considered place.
i wish him well. 💜
I just read Come Closer by Sara Gran and I devoured it in two sittings. I’m usually a slow reader. I actually want to read it again I was so impressed. And I tend not to re-read a book so soon due to my endless tbr list. Really striking read, this one.
Came to get some suggestions on new horror, and the first one was my favorite read of 2022 and the next was my favorite read of 2023(so much so I drove an hour to get my copy of it signed by him!)
Excellent list over all (a lot I’ve read) but many more I haven’t!
I never cry and officially cried my head off at the end of My Heart Is A Chainsaw. I bonded so hard with Jade. And that last chapter, my heart!!!!!
I know!
I am obsessed with Jade in My Heart is a Chainsaw. She feels so real to me. And slow burn horror might be my new favorite because the payoff was SO GOOD.
"horror isn't a genre; it's a feeling."
I really loved the use of the coins in this video!
I picked up My Heart Is a Chainsaw due to your love for it, and I loved it too. I also really enjoy Come Closer. I will definitely be reading a few more of these, thanks for the great video as always
I love your useful little stickers in the corner! The way you categorized the genre is also so helpful for figuring out what kind of books I would be interested in. :) A+ video
You might like the short story" A Haunted House is a wheel Upon Which Some are Broken" By Paul Tremblay - it's like a choose your own adventure book. It is found in the book: Phantoms- Haunting Tales from the Masters of the Genre
And now I have even more books that i want to read! Actually there are a bunch of these that I already have on my shelves (or very recently acquired) that I haven't read yet and am even more excited to get around to! Also I totally know what you mean about the fear and pressure of recommending books. Whenever someone says they are going to read something from me I am terrified since I know people have very different tastes!! lol.
I’m back to watch this a second time for more recommendations. I love that you have The Tommyknockers on your bookshelf! When I see a book I haven’t read in 20 years but still remember it vividly, that’s saying something. I would love if you did this style of video without cutting it off at 5 years. Or if you mashed this style with your way of picking a certain number of books and doing a vlog style of reading them and your thought. But chose some of your all time favorite horror from the past and reread them to see if they hold up now.
I am truly the biggest scaredy cat and can’t handle reading horror but I did watch the whole thing because I love the way you talk about books 😂 great video! 💕
I'm obsessed with the ambiguity, self aware, etc pins!! And the way u ordered these books. You get very creative so I'm entertained while watching and getting really good books too put on my tbr 🙂🙃
Also, have u read Revelator by Darryl Gregory? I think you'd really like it based on these recommendations!
ok but the most scary thing to me in this video is the moon on your shirt. I can't stop staring at it and I can see how it could be and probably IS cute but I just hate it so much lmao
(The sweater as a whole looks great tho and I really love the use of those coins in the video, so useful!
I've barely read any horror, but I've started to play with the idea of getting more into the genre. This video really gave me a lot of recommendations and I really like how you ordered it by the "size of the setting" or however it was called. Definitely think that the ones in the more narrow space, like the mind, are the ones that I'm the most intrigued by.
I feel like people either love or hate House of Leaves, and that terrifies me 😂I keep adding it to and removing it from my TBR
It’s so fun that I’ve read so many of these based on your recommendation and have pretty much enjoyed every one that you recommended.
Omg this is the first time I've ever seen Alyssa Cole's When No One Is Watching on a favorites list!!! It was my top read of 2020!❤️
Hated it but wanted to love it
I just read the translated novella “You Should Have Left” and I think you might really enjoy this horror! (Kinda the shining vibes ish but super unsettling)
I just finished this one this week! I very much liked it. The shining is a good comparison. You really feel like you're a part of the narrator's loss on reality. I liked how unreliable a narrator he was.
If you like cosmic horror, I recommend The Outside by Ada Hoffman! It's sapphic, it has an autistic MC, there are AI gods and angels??? It's super strange, but has that strange horror element in it with the physics/sci-fi elements.
I'm going to be making a twenty-four hour reading vlog over Halloween, and both The Year of the Witching and Sorrowland are on my TBR, probably because of you haha
I think I might actually try to conquer House of Leaves soon! I tried before but the book was definitely smarter than me. I had the hardest time keeping up with the different storylines and loooong footnotes. I’m determined though!
Love this video. I read The Only Good Indians for your book club and ever since then SGJ solidified himself as one of my fav authors. The Last Final Girl was SO good, but I agree it's a certain audience for that one. My SGJ section of my bookshelf is my favorite. All thanks to you! 🙌
I read Comfort Me with Apples because of you and LOVED it….definitely see why you’d struggle with the placement in this ranking system though 😂
Thank you for adding to my tbr list prayers and thoughts for you and your family love your family friend John ❤❤❤❤
I've added a bunch of these to my TBR! This was great 😊
my goal is to read all of these and do the ultimate test to see how our tastes align
shoot i forgot House of Leaves was on here nvm
I fit in that category that does not and will not enjoy this genre but watched the whole video anyway. I do love reading romance once in a while, though, and I enjoyed watching the romance videos you just put out and wanted to watch more about books you enjoy, hence why I am here on this video. I love seeing people get excited about things they love 😄
The books you vibe with are very similar to mine. I'm always super excited to pick up books you liked to love ☺😁
I don’t read much horror but glad to see that I have at least read some of these and have a couple on my TBR shelf! Maybe I should get to them sooner rather than later 🎃📚
Thank you for a comprehensive list. I am exploring genres outside my usual preferences and this list gives me a good starting place to read the themes I usually enjoy and to also begin to branch out.
If you could only see the vigorous notes I’m taking right now yessss I’m reading all of them😅👻
I just listened to the audiobook for Goddess of Filth this week in one sitting and it was SO good. I loved that it had both paranormal and human nature horror in it. Very good time
This was a fantastic video Kayla! I love how you categorised these (scope, scary-to-the-reader vs scary-to-the-characters, the badges); it really helps me to decide which ones I'd be interested in.
I would personally love a video of recommendations from the "it's not horror" category. I really love the ones that teeter on the edge of genres, whether it'd be Kingfishers humor-horror, or what I'd like to call melancholic ghoststories like Watch Over Me by Nina Lacour.
Oh my gosh seeing IT on your bookshelf is just screaming to me! I have it on audible and trying to listen but I really want to actually read along with it!! My absolute favorite stories by Stephen king.
Lala, you have got to read From Below By Darcy Coates. It might be the scariest book I have ever read including Stephen King. Claustrophobic, well-drawn-out characters, supernatural, and just downright horrifying. Please give it a try.
damn, now I have 35 books to read in 4 days 😂
This was great! I definitely got a few new recs I had never heard of and am excited to pick up (Tinfoil Butterfly and Come Closer). I LOVED My Heart is a Chainsaw and I've been itching to read more of SGJ's works ever since I read that last year. I've had The Only Good Indians on my TBR cart for a while now waiting for my dad to be ready to buddy read it with me haha. The way you distinguish different types of horror in this video was wonderful, and it helped me be able to categorize and understand the intent behind certain books more.
We have such similar thoughts and taste in horror and it makes me so happy to hear your thoughts and you talk about your favorite horror books.
Ooh based on your preferences I think you might really like Slade House!
I don’t read too much horror, but I’ve definitely read some of these! I’ve read A DOWRY OF BLOOD, SORROWLAND, THE HACIENDA, COMFORT ME WITH APPLES, WILDER GIRLS, and a few others. I think I prefer fantasy horror, gothic horror, or horror with social commentary. THE HACIENDA was one of my favorite books I’ve read this year! I thought the writing was absolutely beautiful. I also loved WILDER GIRLS when I read it in 2020. There’s some great YA and Adult horror coming out in 2023 as well! Thank you for this video! 💜
I've been meaning to delve more into horror so I'm looking forward to coming back to this video for inspiration!
Hi. Now I need to read all of them. Thank you. Bye. (So far, I've only read Bunny 👌)
I've heard that the novella 'You Should Have Left' by Daniel Kehlmann is very similar to House of Leaves (particularly the Navidson Record) if you're looking for something similar :)
A year late but your hair looks absolutely incredible!!!
I just read Our Wives Under the Sea and I *love* stories like that. Intimate. strange. ambiguous. with characters that you get invested it.
Just placed a hold for this! Thanks for the rec 💖
Both of Sara Grans books are probably my favorite on this list. I have read all of them but 6 and those 6 are already on my radar. Up first, Tinfoil Butterfly!
i am indeed a person who hasnt read any of these, probably never will, but could listen to you talk about books you've read forever...
okay that moon looked at me the whole time
There's a skull spying on you too, just hiding behind my hair 👀
@@BooksandLala !! I see their eye! The little sneak
Heck yes. I’ve been waiting for a new Kayla video. Day made.
I hope you read Mary by Nat Cassidy if you haven’t read it already, I feel like it might be your brand or horror 😊🧡
LOVE moon of the crusted snow - can't wait for the sequel!
YESSS Catherine House is one of my favorites!!!!!
Dowry of Blood is one of my favorite books I read this year
I loved A House at the Bottom of the Lake ❤🌊
Just from the get, I love the way you are organizing this video.
Yay a new Kayla vid!!! 🥺I hope you are doing well 💛✨
Loved "The Good House" by T. Due.
Haha yeah, this whole genre is not my thing and I have no intention of reading any of these. Oh, I did read Bunny! (didn't care for it, lol)
I can honestly say I have never read any of these books and have no intention of reading them, but I watched the entire video.
I Hate how the covers are so different in México and the spanish Versions are much More expensive!! I can read in english but I in some cases (honestly) I understand some stuff by context lol but I think i need to stop having that feeling against books in english - if It makes sense i have to start taking them. Love your readings! How can you find the Time to be mom wife worker and reader?! AND extra to that still doing your hair ❤
Pleaseeeee reread House At the Bottom of a Lake. Because….I just can’t. Haha I need to scream with joy that you change your rating or scream and punch the air that you didn’t 😂
She did! During Halloween in the vlog.
@@emmadavis9020 I saw!!! I wrote this before that vlog came out
This video is exceptional! Thank you! I'm interested in getting into horror and this list is perfect.
Can you please do an updated bookshelf tour since it has been about 4 years since your last one?
Thank you
🙂🙂🙂
My tbr is just this video
Horror is not really my genre, but I watched your whole video. Definitely put The Hacienda and Tender Is The Flesh on my TBR!
This video is so thoughtful and perceptive! Automatic subscribe!
I super wanna read Tender is the Flesh but I am *scared* it's going to be too gory for me.
Horror is not my genre but I did watch the whole video! 😅 I was a horror reader when I was younger, but my heart is too sad to take on heavy or scary topics so I can’t read them anymore. This video was still enjoyable for me though. 😊
Kayla! Have you watched the my best friends exorcism movie?? My family reports that it is high camp 😅
I couldn't stand "The Good House" because my #1 pet peeve in horror/suspense is when people are in very serious, distressing, life and death situations and all they do is bone each other.
Thank you for this video! Making my tbr list now :)
Goodreads does say The year of the witching had a sequel but no expected release 🥺
Oh yes I've had it on my Goodreads shelf forever now. 🥹 The author has said she'll probably write the sequel someday but as of right now considers it a "failed project" and that she will come back to it when she's ready. 🤗 Whether it's 2 years from now, or 10- I'll read it!
love the spooky recommendations 👻🎃💖
At 1:32 next time I think you might want to put those coins up since the cc hide those coins
omg where is that sweatshirt from
I just was about to ask you
....can you link your shirt? 👀👀👀
These all sound so interesting! Would you ever consider making a “where to start” video about Stephen Graham Jones? I would be interested in hearing your thoughts!
What I enjoy about SGJ is there are levels to a lot of his horror. He's often literary. The Only Good Indians is graphic, and gory, and tragic, and beautiful.
My Heart is a Chainsaw gets grief for being slow burn, but if you're into characterization, caring about the main character, it's amazing. Jade is this tragic, traumatized young woman who takes refuge in horror, and we're with her a good while before the huge body count kicks in. And like The Only Good Indians, I cried at the end.
Where did u get your hoodie ? I loveee it
Etsy! www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1263366417/halloween-doodles-sweatshirt-vintage
You need to read … Don’t Play Games With The Builder… best horror book I’ve read in years..
Hi! I wanted to find the video I. Which you talk about Final Girls by Riley Sager but cannot find it, can you help????
i was so anticipating this, day made!! ❤❤
I really liked Cabin at the End of the World right up until the ending. Ruined the entire book for me.
Same here!
Thank you for blessing us
Where did you get your shirt from! I love it so much!