Ten of the best horror books you've never heard of!

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[PlanetSharkFoot]

I am a horror movie/book lover and there's one I read when I was around 18 (many moons ago) and I've tried to do a google search but can't find it. I feel like I remember it being called The Nursery but not 100% on that. I would call it a horror/thriller. It's about a young couple who decide to run away together and on their journey they come across a house where they are invited to stay by the couple living there but the couple turn out to be crazy and kill the boyfriend in a pretty horrible way and then lock the girl up in an attic room with a bunch of other girls who have been captured and they dress up and treat them all like little girls. Really creepy and know it's a long shot but have you maybe heard of it? Was probably written in the 70's or 80's. I'd like to read it again :)

[kbaccari]

0:53 Disturb Not the Dream, Paula Trachtman
1:28 The Ancient, Muriel Grey
2:08 Throat Sprockets
2:49 Sincere Warning About the Entity in Your Home, Jason Arnopp
3:59 Chasm, Stephen Laws
4:32 Finite, Kit Power
5:21 Dearest, Peter Loughran
6:13 Vivia, Tanith Lee
6:51 Tokyo Zodiac Murders, Soji Shimada
7:40 Stiff Lips, Anne Billson

[waverlyking]

I am impressed. Usually, when someone compiles an internet list of stuff “you never heard of”, it’s completely full of stuff you have heard of. But not this time. I don’t know of any of these but I will be checking out as many of them as I can.

[KitPowerwriter]

Absolute honour to make this list, Olly - thanks so much! :)

[danielmarlett]

Pumpkin spice is just a blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and sometimes allspice. With some tweaking it just tastes of Christmas.

[nunyabidness]

Good list. I'd actually heard of three of them (Disturb Not the Dream, Dearest, Throat Sprockets), and know the authors on several of the others. A few I know of that might be considered a bit obscure: Night Film by Marisha Pessl, The Search For Joseph Tully by William H. Hallihan, anything by Adam Nevill, Maynard's House by Herman Raucher, Penpal by Dathan Auerbach, Silent Companions by Laura Purcell, The Hippy Cult Murders by Ray Stanley (good luck finding this one, it's nearly impossible nowdays), Grimhaven by Charles Willeford (search around for files -- it's a long story but it's also tough to find, but worth it), Southern Gods by John Hornor Jacobs, The Necrophiles by David Gurney. Childmare by A. G. Scott. Eat Them Alive by Pierce Nace (again, good luck finding this one... it's actually pretty bad and stupid, but it's notoriously gory so that makes people seek it out). An Odour of Decay by Martin Jenson. Afraid by Jack Kilborn. Exorcism of Angela Gray by Norman Thaddeus Vane (not great, but entertaining pulp). To Walk The Night by William Sloane. The Landlady by Constance Rauch. Every Shallow Cut by Tom Piccirilli.

Not all great, but several are, and they're all worth a read.

[JediJuniper]

Hadn’t heard of ANY of these and just added them to my list!! Thanks for the recs, I’m super excited.

[pateris]

"The Ancient" was basically Preston/Child's The Relic" on a boat…

[StElna]

I've only heard of Tokyo Zodiac Murders and Vivia.
I'll add a few to these:
• The Bog - Delicate Dependency- Night Things, all by Michael Talbot.
• Thor by Wayne Smith.
• The Golden by Lucius Shepard.
• Unto Leviathon (aka Ship of Fools) by Richard Paul Russo.
I never hear anyone talk about these great books.

[TheHammy]

Mission accomplished: I didn't know any of those books yet. Another one I feel istn't much talked about is The Fisherman by John Langan. It loved it, it was a book that did not remind me of anything I've read before. It's very atmospheric and dark and has a few scenes in it that chilled me to the bone. If you haven't read it yet, I think you might enjoy it. :) Thanks for the recommendations! Cheers

[maiamehle]

I am so glad I have stumbled upon your channel, there is something about you that is absolutely mesmerizing. Keep up the great job! Love to hear your reviews! I now have a new to-read list for Halloween! 🥰

[BigDog]

I am so pleased to have found this channel. I thought I'd read every book there was, but I hadn't even heard of any of those! Such great recommendations. Thank you so much.

[timcoombs]

‘Chasm’ is great and Laws is under appreciated and largely unknown nowadays. There is a really nice, new-ish, hardcover edition of ‘Chasm’ from PS, but the original paperback cover is just lovely!

[jerrymaushard]

Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons is phenomenal. Long but worth it. It’s the book that got me reading again after a long hiatus. Love much of his work, but Carrion Comfort is my fave. Love your videos!

[Acouplepuzzle]

A sincere warning sounds very interesting! And the fact that you can personalize it just makes it even better!

[jasonlarsen]

Nice list…if your looking for a few other great reads -

Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman - Followers the night and the life of Vampire New York City, a mystery begins to within occur within the the Vampire population.

Nightwise & The Night Dahlia by R.S. Belcher. His second series ties into the same occult/supernatural world it’s call Brotherhood of the Wheel.

The Joe Pitt Series by Charlie Huston. Older but very similar to Lesser dead but a series Noir’ish detective like/ vampire/supernatural

[michaelpassaro]

Thank You for sharing these. Now I have a good amount of new adventures to undertake. Your really quite good at these reviews and are very personable. Thank You again for taking the time to organize, and convey your thoughts with us all. You do make a difference and we do appreciate it.

[lesliepowell-mccarty]

Where on earth do you find these? I have been reading horror since I was 9 years old. I'm 56 now and have never heard of any of the titles discussed. 🎃👻

[aliasreco]

My favourite book for Halloween is All Hallows Eve by Charles Williams.
War in heaven is great too. And the rest Charles Williams wrote too...

[TheBearAspirin]

"Out" by Natsuo Kirino (1997) is an absolute banger of a thriller with horrific overtones.