Typical Books of Terror

Another year, another top ten, and yet another where I did not make my goal of 52 books. Close! But not quite. The top ten surprised me in a few ways, but the very top book was a given for me ~ as with any year, that number one spot just sort of stands out. I also discuss a few plans going forward, like reading more Richard Laymon, Edward Lee, and Ronald Malfi - all of which feature here. Indeed, there is a Lee book in the mail as we speak, and a few more in the works. You may see a few books mentioned through the year - or even recently read - that are not in the list. Either I totally forgot them, they were not on Goodreads, or I did not actually finish them. Four honourable mentions that should have been here, with three making the top fifteen are: All These Steps Lead Down - Nelson W. Pyles Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? - Eric Powell and Harold Schechter Rare Specimen and Other Stories - S.J. Shank Acts of Violence: Twelve Tales of Terror - Marcus Hawke Nineteen Little Stab Wounds - Alexis DuBon As mentioned, I will be reading along with the #richardlaymonbookclub on instagram curated by @constantreader89! Join in! Happy New Year to all, and thank you so much for a bookish and spooky 2024. ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money. I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮

For the 2025 version of the Read What You Own Challenge, I decided to flip the script. And flip the books. Literally. I chose 26 books that I have not read from my shelves and turned them around to create a fore-edge shelf. This is an aesthetic style of shelving that many people dislike... and you know... it kind of looks neat when it is just one shelf like this. The list has some Stephen King, Eric LaRocca, Richard Laymon, Josh Malerman and more! So, after talking a little about the books I have read lately, and how great L'Entre-Sort bookshop is, we get into the 26 books, where they came from, why they sat unready and how excited I am to get to them. I'll choose a book every week or two to read and that is my challenge for the year sorted! Be sure to check out L'Entre-Sort of Etsy and subscribe to Madam LaMort's channel. My favourite series lately has been on extreme horror (of course!). https://www.etsy.com/fr/shop/LEntresort https://www.youtube.com/@lentresort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zmvlYjF2vI - cette video est LE SPLATTERPUNK, LES LIVRES D'HORREUR LES PLUS EXTREMES (le meilleur!) ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money. I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮

The new year brings new books so here we are with the January installment. Is there a secret cabal of popular horror authors who decided to all release in the first month? Is it all to give us a boost in the dawn of 2025 that good things ar to come? If so... I believe it is working! See all of the books I talk about today at https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror. We have Lee, Larocca, Chapman, and Hendrix; plus a slew of other books with amazing cover art. Perhaps I am getting choosier or the art departments are working overtime. Enjoy! ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money. I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮

I’ve read a good amount of books so far in January and had some amazing book mail too! I did get a chance to finish Linghun by Ai Jiang, and have wrapped up Strange Stones, The Rising: Selected Scenes from the End of the World, Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, then jumped into The Ushers by Edward Lee, a short story collection by one of my most favourite extreme horror authors. The Edward Lee book came from a shipment of books ordered from an amazing dealer and writer who is downsizing his collection - and there is more to come. I have a real soft spot for old Deadite Press books so there are a few of those, and maybe more Edward Lee eventually. For now, we have The Ushers, Dahmer’s Not Dead, Flesh Gothic, Brain Cheese Buffet, and White Trash Gothic 2. I swore I had White Trash Gothic so may have to find that one elsewhere, On top of that, I did order We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer which is what I am reading now. To round out my January reading I picked two mystery books off of the backward shelf to begin the reading challenge for the year as well. If you are interested in extreme horror, there is more to come next week when I talk about the very cool ‘starter pack’ thread on reddit! ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money. I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮

For every twenty Halloween and autumn horror books there must be at least one winter horror, or dare I say Christmas horror book out there. Chilly snowy horror is especially scary to me because for one, Christmas is creepy and unhinged, and most of all I can’t take the cold. I am not a Chrismtas fan, and indeed I resent capitalizing it. I love the look of winter, the idea of staying cozy, the starving wolves surrounding your cabin at night and firelight to fend off the shortening days. Winter sports are interesting to me but I’d rather chop wood over figure skating, ice fishing over downhill skiing. Snowshoeing and cross country skiing are really great but I’d rather take a winter stroll on a packed trail or winter market for sure. Even with winter horror I would rather hear the sound of snowfall over carols and seeing the story’s hero melting snow for water to survive over mixing drinks at a family dinner. Most of the big names in horror come out to play, however, and there is something for everyone on a list like this. If you are after more tinsel and mistletoe, there are hundreds of lists online, but I wanted a little list here that is well rounded and offers some of the best names in horror and a few smaller or less known titles too! The Shining by Stephen King Black Christmas by Thomas Altman Snow by Ronald Malfi Nos4A2 by Joe Hill The Christmas City Vampire Larry Diebert A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Human Santapede by Adam Millard The Thief of Always by Clive Barker Snowblind by R. Saint Claire Served Cold by various edited by R. Saint Claire Where the Dead Go to Die by Aaron Dries and Mark Allan Gunnells Krampus by Brom Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates Voices in the Snow by Darcy Coates Ghost Story by Peter Straub Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Hell house by Graham Masterson Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin Let Me In John A. Lindqvist A Winter Haunting by Dan Simmons Honourable mentions! The Terror by Dan Simmons and The Hunger by Alma Katsu ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money. I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮

Horror takes a holiday in the winter - but then, don't we all? Publishing agents, editors, bookbinders and print shops are no exception. Everything slows down in December, but we all still buy books. Sometimes many times more due to gifts! See all of the books I talk about today at https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror. Books are my gift of choice, and it is not even a celebration of Jolabokaflod; just wanting to spread bookworm joy. Usually there are more winter horror and holiday themed books to choose from but 2024 is a little slim. It is a little slim all around, as not many horror books are coming out this December at all; but I found some real gems for us! We start with three x-massy books, and dig into some new standalones, new collections and some splatter westerns to see us off into the sunset. Are you reading anything special this year? Maybe with so few new books coming out, we can read something a little different or choose some cozy favourites off the shelf. These will still make great gifts for the horror love in town, for sure! As mentioned, I am now on Blue Sky https://bsky.app/profile/typicallydia.bsky.social ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money. I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮

Happy December! There has been a lot of reading going on here as I've overlapped so many books the past month, and have just gotten around to finishing and reviewing some. Books I recently read The Keeper of the Key by Nicole Willson - https://wp.me/p85rtJ-1ih Gone to see the River Man by Kristopher Triana - https://nightface.ca/triana-river-man/ The Ghost Eaters by Clay Chapman - link to come Books I want You Can't Take It With You by Marcus Hawke Bellevue by Robin Cook Wake up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman Strange Stones - Edward Lee and M Sangiovanni Books I will avoid Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix (just for now - curous to hear about it though!) The Book - I can't bring myself to link to it but will link to a four-year-old reddit thread that is still active because this is how long this questionable publication has been sliding into your algo https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/kbqtyt/kickstarter_the_book_the_ultimate_guide_to/ Interested in supporting the show? There is a 'Bookworm for a bit' test drive of patreon https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks/redeem/554C3 feel free to share! ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money. I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮

Some amazing books were gifted to me or picked up while thrifting for my 49th birthday. My wonderful husband knows my tastes better than I do! Here we find some Bradbury, Brom, Ballingrud, Ballen, and more! We talk about the Stephen King series The Dark Tower, where I was slowly collecting the old Plume editions—and have now completed that. I suppose I’ll have to find the Scribner ones to finish it off next. The biggest change is a new camera! I'll be experimenting with this for a while, but so far, it looks great! Thank you, Chris, for this! Birthdays are odd for me, being so close to Christmas. Many late-December Sagittarians may commiserate—how do you separate the holidays and your day? I often wish I could celebrate in January, but then, why not May? How about October! I’m very lucky to spend birthdays—now that I’m older—reading and relaxing, with a fine meal as a highlight. Then, more books! As mentioned, I have updated the list of gear at the bottom of my bio page http://lydiapeever.ca ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money. I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮

There are a lot of spooky creepy books out now in 'Augtober' and even more once the leaves threaten to turn. September holds many reading possibilities so here are 16 to start choosing from… CriminOlly presents Garbology: The GarbAugust Anthology of Awesome Trash - https://amzn.to/3YOSkWg Letters to the Purple Satin Killer by Joshua Chaplinsky - https://amzn.to/3zNKtOq Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo by Adam Cesare - https://amzn.to/4cF8Ex3 The Dead Children's Playground by James Kaine - https://amzn.to/3xUNkER Pay the Piper: A Novel by George A. Romero, Daniel Kraus - https://amzn.to/4bQIVka Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror by Ellen Datlow - https://amzn.to/3LtMXUR Incarnate: A Novel by Richard Thomas - https://amzn.to/4dp4Yjp Sleep Tight: A Novel by J. H. Markert - https://amzn.to/3YMu8Uv William by Mason Coile - https://amzn.to/3Wrgpkt Flowers from the Void by Gianni Washington - https://amzn.to/3YLJY1F Hampton Heights: One Harrowing Night in the Most Haunted Neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Dan Kois - https://amzn.to/3zNCi4P Midwestern Gothic by Scott Thomas - https://amzn.to/3SfpYAA Devils Kill Devils by Johnny Compton - https://amzn.to/3y1T0Nf The Ravening by Daniel Church - https://amzn.to/3yGwZE0 Tiny Threads: A Novel by Lilliam Rivera - https://amzn.to/3WQl1j5 Where I End by Sophie White - https://amzn.to/3M8kxQi Next month we will talk about… Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram - experimental The Black Hunger by Nicholas Pullen - local author ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm decor is here! https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news: https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote: https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month: https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/typicalbooks to shop local! ▹ Music by ænorex: https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. If you prefer an alternative, try my Bookshop! Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮

This is the story of a girl who was not that good at youtube, and when she was bad, she was horrid... (We will be back to normal booktube by Sunday with a look at new horror books coming out in September.) Rachel from the Shades of Orange had a brilliant idea with this tag. I may not do many tags, but she does even less! I not only had a laugh with some parts of her video, but she had me nodding in agreement, or yelling at clouds as the topic can be subtly dramatic for me. Just when I thought I was over it, Olly did this over at CriminOlly and it was also a very good video. Again, subtly dramatic for me! They are both very good YouTubers with very good channels. Want to see an actual bad booktuber? Well step right up! Maybe this was somewhat based on Daniel Greene’s The Worst BookTuber on Youtube, but I didn’t finish watching his video for whatever reason. Probably because I too, am a bad booktuber... The original video by Rachel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW7v-JMoYZE Olly's version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIomQ5rRsUg and related, Regina and James talk about the 'No One Cares' concept on Right Brain Cafe podcast! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kv2xcc2DPI ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm decor is here! https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news: https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote: https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month: https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/typicalbooks to shop local! ▹ Music by ænorex: https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. If you prefer an alternative, try my Bookshop! Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮

Not long ago I picked up The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology which is a 1960s book put out by souvenir press. The book as advertised contains horror stories of the time chosen by Boris Karloff of horror movie fame. Aside from two outliers most of the stories range from the early 1930s to the late 1950s and of course includes an earlier tale by HP Lovecraft entitled The Haunter of the dark and an Edgar Allan Poe story entitled The Cask of Amontillado. Some of the authors here have names that filled me with joy like August Derleth and Robert Bloch. I was very curious to read an entry by Roald Dahl. The surprises, to me, were stories by Theodore Sturgeon entitled The Graveyard Reader and John Jakes’ The Opener of the Crypt which Boris Karloff highlights in his introduction. I very much enjoyed the first story in the book The 13th Floor by Frank Gruber. In this video I will talk about some of the stories very briefly without any real description so you can enjoy these stories and discover them for yourself; but I do show the artwork that accompanied each chapter - artwork that may be by the same Illustrator as the cover which is the enigmatic S.R. Boldero. For more on the artist, I read a lovely blog here: https://bearalley.blogspot.com/2009/11/s-r-boldero.html Typical Books EP321 - Boris Karloff Horror Anthology Review ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm decor is here! https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news: https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote: https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month: https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/typicalbooks to shop local! ▹ Music by ænorex: https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. If you prefer an alternative, try my Bookshop! Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮

A quick reading update wherein I go from taking a pew, so to speak, in The Night Church and jump into a missing person case to those who make people go missing on the Scottish Moors with Guy N. Smith! Typical Books EP320 - August Horror Reading Update ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm decor is here! https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news: https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote: https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month: https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/typicalbooks to shop local! ▹ Music by ænorex: https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. If you prefer an alternative, try my Bookshop! Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮

Not a normal video for me but a good time to take stock of my favourites so far, and what is to come. I like using tag videos for a guided discussion on books. Like a very focused speed bookclub for one! The Mid-Year Book Freakout discussion questions: 1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2024. 2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2024. 3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to. 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year. 5. Biggest disappointment. 6. Biggest surprise. 7. Favourite new author. ( 8. Newest fictional crush. 9. Newest favourite character. 10. Book that made you cry. 11. Book that made you happy. 12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received) 13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year? ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm decor is here! https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news: https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote: https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month: https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/typicalbooks to shop local! ▹ Music by ænorex: https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. If you prefer an alternative, try my Bookshop! Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮

True crime is the most graphic of horror - yet graphic novels are one of the most balanced ways to tell these stories. Perhaps it is the constraints to the page, or the smaller amount of text for lurid details, and in the few book I talk about today the limited palette of colours; often black and white. While these are stories we know well - Dahmer, Gein, Ridgway - I found these books told it in a new and arresting way. I am on the look out for more. With the most recent addition to my small collection, Torso, I get to go back in time to the most wicked cold case of all, The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run. I got my copy here: https://amzn.to/46jRmTD or find it on BookShop https://bookshop.org/a/12297/9781506730257. I'll have a review or discussion soon enough but this comes highly recommended! Have you read this or do you know of a true crime graphic novel I should pick up? ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm decor is here! https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news: https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote: https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month: https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/typicalbooks to shop local! ▹ Music by ænorex: https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. If you prefer an alternative, try my Bookshop! Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮