Ranking every book published in 2023 (that I read) | horror, thriller, mystery, non fiction

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  • @buchdeckel1543
    @buchdeckel1543 9 місяців тому +5

    I speak English poorly. I watch your videos in sections, it's fun to listen to you. I have little experience with the horror genre and I'm getting more and more interested in reading in this area. Thanks for the great inspiration and creepy greeds

  • @PowerAvocado
    @PowerAvocado 9 місяців тому +2

    Read The Snowman by Jo Nesbo. Amazing thriller. The killer builds a snowman in front of the house of every victim. I love it. Don't watch the movie, it's so bad it can't be worse.

  • @seagull8415
    @seagull8415 8 місяців тому +1

    I agree on Chuck Palahniuk, you need to dial in to his frequency to enjoy his work.

  • @assembly2593
    @assembly2593 9 місяців тому +2

    I wish I could like this video twice. Once for the ranking, and again for the Watsky hoodie.

  • @JessicaSzempruch
    @JessicaSzempruch 9 місяців тому +5

    I personally really loved How to Sell a Haunted House. I can understand how some may be disappointed. It is pretty silly, but to I found it hilarious, and a really enjoyable read. Grady Hendrix doesn’t always take himself seriously, and there is a lot of humor, intentional or not, in a lot of what he writes.

  • @melizes83
    @melizes83 9 місяців тому +4

    Grady Hendrix’s My Best Friend’s Exorcism is SO GOOD! That’s honestly the only one of his novels (so far) that I’ve read, and it blew me away. It might be a good one to read to try his novels again.

    • @AndaKent
      @AndaKent  9 місяців тому +3

      I have this one actually! I'll definitely try this one next. Thanks for the suggestion.

  • @MamaTine9
    @MamaTine9 9 місяців тому +1

    I liked How to Sell a Haunted House but really loved Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix. It's funny because I don't like the comedic horror genre in movies, but enjoy it in book form. 🤷🏻‍♀️
    T. Kingfisher is hit or miss for me. Try The Hollow Places. It's a little fantastical but super creepy.

  • @jthutt5042
    @jthutt5042 9 місяців тому +3

    OMG. Please read Hendrix's My Best Friend's Exorcism.

    • @melizes83
      @melizes83 9 місяців тому

      It’s so good! I legit just left a comment about this book looool

  • @angelwalker979
    @angelwalker979 9 місяців тому

    I love stories about the ocean, and non fiction, right up my alley! The Wager is on my tbr, i will probably read it over the summer Fun video as always Anda! 📚

  • @ChekovWessels
    @ChekovWessels 9 місяців тому +1

    I think I will have to put The Wager on my waiting list from the library! It sounds fascinating.
    I dont tend to read very many new releases but I loved Bloom by Delilah S Dawson! Sapphic horror? Yes please!

  • @inoculatedcity
    @inoculatedcity 9 місяців тому

    I loved The Shards sooooo much and it was the first BEE book I’ve read. I liked that I wasn’t familiar with his other work because it was so unlike anything else I’ve read!! There were so many things I loved about it, might be my favorite book ever, sad that I feel it will be a long time until I read something else that comes close

  • @lauradone9232
    @lauradone9232 9 місяців тому +3

    If you're gonna ready another Grady Hendrix, try The Southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires. (Desperate housewives meets Jennifer's body) campy vibe but a very fun read.

    • @o_summer
      @o_summer 9 місяців тому

      YES. I have read 3 of his books and this one is my favorite!

  • @JC-ys4jf
    @JC-ys4jf 9 місяців тому

    The Wager reminds me of this movie 'Society of Snow' recently came out. True story too!

  • @barrydaugherty5528
    @barrydaugherty5528 9 місяців тому +2

    I must say…your videos have inspired me to start reading again. I never was an avid reader but recently bought a kindle and have read several books including some of your suggestions! Black Mouth and Library at Mount Char are two I’ve thoroughly enjoyed. My question, if I wanted to start a Darcy Coates book which book or series do you recommend first? Thanks again for all great comments and suggestions!

    • @littlemiss131
      @littlemiss131 9 місяців тому

      👀

    • @AndaKent
      @AndaKent  9 місяців тому +1

      I'm glad to hear that! It depends on what you feel like reading. Romance- Voices in the Snow, ghosts- The Haunting of Leigh Harker, more horrorish- Hunted, or my person favorite- From Below. These of my top recs off the top of my head.

    • @barrydaugherty5528
      @barrydaugherty5528 9 місяців тому

      @@AndaKent Thank you so much for responding! I really do appreciate that. Have a blessed rest of the day!

  • @amandalavery6282
    @amandalavery6282 9 місяців тому

    O m g!! Luv ur vlogs! This vlog was awesome! Thank u. I put all these books on my tbr! U never disappoint.

  • @lilyc7922
    @lilyc7922 9 місяців тому

    Maybe I’ll try the palahniuk! I similarly was obsessed with him in early college, read everything my dad had of his on his shelf. Then I think I read Damned which I thought was bad and I was told what Pygmy was, and haven’t tried one since, I’ve heard basically all are bad. I also tried the fight club 2 graphic novel and thought it was just horrible!! Maybe this one’s for me though what you described was very me lol

  • @caitlinbrewer4843
    @caitlinbrewer4843 3 місяці тому

    Ironically, one of the big reasons I love Holly is because it's set during the pandemic. Some people say it's too political and those people would NOT have survived Stephen King in the 70s and 80s

  • @YungMuShu
    @YungMuShu 9 місяців тому

    Thank you for all your recs!! I’m gonna have to check them out. Also, where do you get your outro music?

  • @Blackenedwhiplash
    @Blackenedwhiplash 9 місяців тому +1

    Hilarious to me how all the reasons you didn't like The Only One Left were the same reasons why I think it's a five-out-of-five lol
    I read Darcy Coates's "Where He Can't Find You" and loved it, didn't realize she also published like forty other books the same year haha

    • @AndaKent
      @AndaKent  9 місяців тому +1

      This is why I find reading so interesting! It's so subjective. Where He Can't Find You is one of the only ones I haven't read yet because it was technically a YA and I wasn't sure how I would feel about it. Do you think it's worth the read?

    • @Blackenedwhiplash
      @Blackenedwhiplash 9 місяців тому

      @@AndaKent I think so, it didn't feel very YA to me, it was still creepy and gruesome at parts. I didn't even know it was YA until I was logging my rating on Storygraph. It was also the first Darcy Coates book I've read, so I didn't have anything to compare it to. But to me, it didn't feel YA it felt like a regular horror novel that happened to have high school protagonists, like a lot of Stephen King's novels.

  • @amputechure
    @amputechure 9 місяців тому

    There once was a woman who spent her isolation in a *headless* house!

  • @melissajackson4173
    @melissajackson4173 9 місяців тому

    I won’t lie. I did audibly gasp when you put Grady Hendrix towards the bottom. I do get it. He peppers comedy in his books.
    I laughed out loud at wouldn’t you eat your friends. Who knows…..

  • @UnCreativeBeliever
    @UnCreativeBeliever 9 місяців тому

    I couldn't finish How to Sell a Haunted House... glad I'm not the only one that didn't enjoy it

  • @Ghostvix
    @Ghostvix 9 місяців тому

    I didn’t even think of the only one left as a horror 😂

  • @ElleBeatrice
    @ElleBeatrice 9 місяців тому +1

    I feel like AHS Asylum was the best season 😭🤣 but I get what you’re saying lol

    • @AndaKent
      @AndaKent  9 місяців тому

      😂😂 I know a lot of people love that show so I might be alone in my views on it.

  • @DaZugZug
    @DaZugZug 9 місяців тому +1

    I love more Anda. ❤

  • @torindunn
    @torindunn 7 місяців тому

    I do not understand the hype for Grady Hendrix. I've read Final Girls and Horrorstor, his prose is really bland and his stories don't have the punch that I think they need. And I like 80's slashers too so I'm not sure what's not clicking

  • @thedemonpigs5272
    @thedemonpigs5272 9 місяців тому +1

    The night house was so so bad but I loved the Grady Hendrix book. I think I might be the only person that didn't like Maeve Fly 😂

    • @lesliepowell-mccarty7067
      @lesliepowell-mccarty7067 9 місяців тому +1

      Maeve Fly was just meh to me. I don't understand the hype but I'm happy that others enjoyed it. 🤗

    • @AndaKent
      @AndaKent  9 місяців тому +1

      I was honestly so surprised that so many people loved Maeve Fly. It reminds me of other books I love but are always considered controversial. But I can definitely understand how it wouldn't be for everyone.

    • @thedemonpigs5272
      @thedemonpigs5272 9 місяців тому

      @AndaKent Extreme horror doesn't bother me at all but I can't put my finger on why I didn't like it but then loads of people enjoyed the Jo Nesbo book. Maeve Fly was well written but I think I expected more maybe after all the hype. So lesson learnt don't follow the crowd 🤣🤣 Have you read A Haunting On the Hill? another disappointment for me.

    • @AndaKent
      @AndaKent  9 місяців тому +1

      @@thedemonpigs5272 That is true. Sometimes books are overhyped and they just can't live up to what you think they'll be. No, I haven't. It's supposed to be the second to a Shirley Jackson book?? I've never heard of this one.

    • @thedemonpigs5272
      @thedemonpigs5272 9 місяців тому

      @AndaKent Again some people loved it, you should just read the last 20 pages as that is the only action. It was a relative of Shirley Jackson who agreed for the book to be written. It could have been so good too.

  • @robertschreiner1428
    @robertschreiner1428 7 місяців тому

    yes hate asylum