Man, you've such a likeable personality.

When the filmstrip fell out, it was like the beginning of a Creepypasta.

When the film roll dropped from the book, that legit felt like the start of a horror story.

The statement that blood and gore in a book was the equivalent of a jump scare was brilliant. It's the same way for me. I'd rather have a creeping sense of dread, subtext and psychological horror. That's not to say I dislike blood and gore on occasion, but it doesn't belong in **every** story. :-)

"What I find horrific is a mounting sense of dread." Was just thinking that. Subscribed.

Refreshing. Saw that King wasn’t included and immediately clicked. As much as I like king, everybody knows him so it is easier to find and experience new authors and novels.

I am a simple man: Edward Lorn recommends, I buy.

The Ruins is an incredible book. It's gross, dark and super depressing. I admire the fact that it unnerved me so bad that I never want to read it again.

do top 10 disturbing scenes from books youve read

What up E! The Ruins is my ALL time favorite "non King" horror...LOVE IT!!!

I'm so excited. Half of these are already on my TBR. You are the first person I hear mention the PiloFamily Circus. I came across this when researching circus books and immediately put it on my TBR. Also, I tried reading Ghost Story over 10 years ago but couldn't get into the writing style and DNFed it. Wish I hadn't unhauled it because I've been wanting to pick it up again.

Thank you! This is an awesome list. My goal this year is to read more than last year & this list is perfect place to start. Great video.

Just found your channel, E. Great stuff! I totally agree with you on “Ruins”. I read it a couple years ago and some of those scenes are still with me. Also, I thing the author wrapped it up perfectly. Very satisfying ending, at least for me.

I am binge-watching your channel today! Keep up the quality content, E!

Love this! Just what I needed this year. It would have been helpful if you would have just held the book still in front of the camera for a few moments, but with pausing at the right time, I could catch a glimpse of the cover and author name spelling. Great list!

Thank you for the recommendations. Definitely going to check some of them out!

I love your lists--you make me want to devour these books again...and buy the ones that I haven't. (Just bought three of your recommendations while watching this!) The Terror--Amen brother! Thanks for mentioning the Drood; I loved that book! So glad you mention Peter Straub, but did you read Floating Dragon? It's one of my all time favorites. Also, what about Clive Barker? I think Imagica and Great and Secret Show are two of the coolest horror novels of all time. Read them if you haven't already!

I know I'm 2 years late but I love your personality!!! Can't wait to watch your other videos

Thanks for your suggestion for The Ruins...listened to it on Audible and enjoyed it thoroughly. Enjoyed your video.

I just found your channel and was pleased that you featured The Terror. I've been a Dan Simmons fan for years, and this book does not disappoint.

All your recommendations are awesome! Thanks for making these videos! Looking forward to many many more 👍

Glad you mentioned Drood by Dan Simmons, I adored it, he got the Victorian Opium den underworld simply brilliantly, and I loved The Terror too. I want to read the rest of his works on the strength of both of these. Ghost Story is one of my favourites too. More recently, I adored Hex. It scared the eeby jeebies out of me, that witch ( shudders), oh and last year Neville’s The Ritual was pretty damn terrifying too. There is one scene in the middle of the woods, one of those what’s out there moments, when I had to stop listening to the audiobook at night in the dark and was sat upright, all lights a blazing scared rigid! That rarely happens.......

Thanks for this video. Added a few more books to my TBR pile!

Great video! Absolutely agree on The Terror! I can't wait to start Drood next as I've been looking forward to that one for awhile now. I'm dying to read Kin, The Ruins & Night Film. Kin sounds amazing & right up my alley. I also agree on Straub, I enjoy his work but he is so vague. Often times I have no idea what I just read & wish he would be a little more forward. I couldn't agree more with The Terror though, I'm nearly finished & it does not feel like I've read nearly 1000 pages at all. IT by King was the same way. Have you ever heard of the Dyatlov Pass Incident? Man, that's an eerie true story & I would love to see Simmons tackle that. I also have to agree on what you find horrifying & what you like best in your fiction. I read King for years & only recently began to branch out, & I've tried to go according to reviews & recommendations but all the "body horror" stuff loaded with gore I keep getting turned toward doesn't do it for me. I've found my definition of "horror" to be different from others. Sure it has it's place but I'll watch a slasher movie if I want that. Everyone keeps saying Laymon Laymon or you must read Jack Ketchum & yes I respect their work & what they've done for the genre but jeez.. I'll take The Terror over that stuff any day or even Bone White by Malfi. By the way I've heard great things about Dark Matter by Michelle Paver, especially if you enjoyed The Terror. It's a ghostly tale taking place during an expedition in the 1930's I believe, and she also has a story called Thin Air taking place in the 30's during a climb to the Himalayas, if I'm not mistaken. Thanks for the video sir & the rec's!!

The Terror is in my top 10 favorite books! Like you said, even though it is so long it just flies by. When I reread it I always find myself reading it in 100+ page chunks at a time haha. Such a gripping book

You seem so nice! I just stumbled across you because I saw you holding up The Ruins! Thats one of my faves & I knew you'd have good taste in books if that was on there! So happy I found a cool new channel to subscribe to!

The terror sounds so good, i mean every book on this list sounds interesting, i only heard of night film before and it's on my tbr so thank you for this video!

Thanks again for the recommendation of 'The Terror', E.! İt's an amazing novel with a very dense atmosphere and interesting characters. İ read the first 200 or more pages in a rush, but then my vacation ended and İ didn't find the time to continue. Now I'm at it again, halfway through, and boy does this get dark. My personal highlight so far was the morbid party they have. From the beginning of the description of the differently colored rooms and the masks of the participants İ knew this was a direct reference to one of Poe's both shortest and most beautiful stories: 'The Masque Of The Red Death'. Haunting!

Awesome video! I was pleasantly surprised to see Night Film! Night Film was an impulse buy for me as well, at B&N way back around it’s release. Stanislas Cordova was a character so awesome, I wished he was real.

I heard you speak for two seconds and immediatly subscribed 😂 I love your personality and your content! ♥

Great list! I loved the Ruins and Night Film though that does seem to be an unpopular opinion too! I need to get to the Terror

Awesome video dude!!! Love your work!!!!!

If you haven’t already done it, I’d love to see your top ten list with all genres included. Thanks and keep doing what you’re doing.

Great list man will be definitely reading some of those specially The Terror and Night Film. Also I'm quite curious what's your opinion on Paul Tremblay as a writer?

You just got yourself a new subscriber!! I love love love this recommendations. Great video!

I’m a long term fan from Goodreads and randomly came across your video while putting together my October TBR. What a coincidence!

I just found your channel and I love you already! I love your personality too. I really want to check out The Grip of It.

so happy i found your channel in my recommendations! just subbed! i don't care for SK so this was a perfect video for me. you have a great personality and this was so funny. 😂😂😂

Thank you so much for this list! I'm looking for good Horror in the same way you like it. Dread, and the like. Added all of these to my list. Thank you!

(2:53) It's called 'Schadenfreude' (meaning enjoying the damage done to others).

I'm starting to get back into reading books more. It takes me a little longer to read than most people I know, and that's probably the reason why I haven't read more in a recreational sense. In my reading history, I have digested mostly science-fiction, but I'm getting more involved. I've read some Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Michael Crichton. I love horror movies, so what the heck. I like your videos, so I'll be checking more of them out. Thanks.

Hey man thanks to your channel I just finished Night Film. Wow I loved it great suggestion. I'm at the book store now revisiting this video for another suggestion. Keep up the great work - Justin Levi

great suggestions. will follow your advises

The Ruins was awesome. Almost quit after about the first 50-pages. Mathias wasn't a bad dude, though. Probably the ONLY genuine character in it. -chirp chirp chirp-

Picked up a couple of these. Thanks!

You absolutely nailed it with Ghost Story! I absolutely love this book!

These are some great recommendations! I've had my eye on quite a few of them. Maybe I'll try The Grip of It. I love a good haunted house story!

Just watched your video for the first time. I've watched several book reviews, and I think I like yours the best. I like the way you specified this video as best horror novels not by Stephen King." Have to find out how those film negatives turned out. I copy down titles and the authors, in a search for more books to read. If you could hold the books up so they're easy to view for a few seconds longer, that would be great. Otherwise, its all good, nice smooth delivery, easily understood dialogue, good explanations!

Hi, I am just starting out in the horror fiction genre and I am quite impressed by your list compared to other book tubers out there. I was wondering if you had any suggestions for horror books that are centered around creepy children? Thank you for your videos.

The Terror is one of my favorite books ever. Love seeing it on your list!

this video inspired me to read "The Grip of It" and i could not be happier. thank you sincerely for the recommendation, and i very much look forward to watching more of your videos

Ohhh my gosh!!!! A good horror review channel!!! I loved the ruins it was great that thumbnail sold this video to me and now I have a new fave booktuber!! Thank you so much for the video- agree was really satisfying to see those cussbuckets get got in that book! Will check out the others thank you :))+ hope you are keeping safe and well :)

I love the ruins!!! I'm very happy to see it here. I'll look for the rest of the books from your list. :)

I'm glad I found this video, seems like our taste overlaps a lot, so I think I'm going to have a real good time with these :)

New subscriber! Really like your personality/energy bro!

Just found this video nealry four years after it went up! I was glad to see "The Grip of It". I read it and could hardly stop reading it. I like how another booktuber broughtup the question about whether "The Grip of It" is a story about the supernatural or about the death of a marriage. This may not be easy to find but Stephen King said that Anne Rivers Siddons "The House Next Door" from 1974 is one the most frightening books he ever read. I've never read Ms. Siddons's other work but my understanding is that her novels are about what might be called society people in Atlanta. Ms. Siddons has another early, scary novel called "Bad Dirt". I have a copy but haven't read it yet. I'm a great fan of "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson. I"m intrigued with "Night Film", sounds especially interesting.

Thanks for the recommendation. I really loved The Ruins.

Man I love these reviews! They bring me so much joy. I really like the book The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova it's one of the few books other than IT and TheShining to creep me out.

Great list. I really need to finally read The Ruins. I'm going to buy Kin soon. I finished Blanky and enjoyed it. I thought it was pretty good. Ooh, I'll have to check out Ghost Story too. A homie gave me a ton of Dan Simmons books, and I'm really hyped to get into his work. I just added Night Film to my wishlist.

Just subbed! The discovery channel...hahaha!

I am always intimidated by long, slow burn novels. But I love 'The Thing' and am willing to try any horror book set in the arctic. I am going to pick 'The Terror' from your list and will start reading tonight. I hope I won't be disappointed. Thanks for the recommendation. I think you are my fav booktuber!

Such a fun and honest review. I ordered two books after watching your video. Thank you.. (Night Film and Kin)

Hi E, I am new to your channel, so doing lots of catching up! Just wanted to let you know I am currently reading "Night Film" thanks to your recommendation and really enjoying it.

Great review on the book recommendations. The Terror finally made it into my hands after putting it aside for way too many times. Plus you have positive energy for the books you recommend.🤘

So I just now found your channel. You are awesome, your personality is spectacular! Also... I wanna know what's on that film that fell outta the book😂

Good recommendations, I really need to branch out past SK so some of these will work swimmingly! So one good turn,I recommend ColdHeart Canyon-Clive Barker (Barker is hard to get into, but this was familiar) And best Non-Horror I've found in a long time Ready Player One-Ernest Clive (Skip Player Two)

props for the Lavalle recommendation... that's a fantastic read!

That was a wonderful video, thank you. I loved Ghost Story but I also could not get into any of Peter Straub's other work.

I adore you so much! Thanks for the suggestions x

So as I was picking some horror novels to read for Halloween month this year, The Ruins came across my mind for some reason. I ended up buying it, not remembering where I had heard of this book from, but remembered someone liking it. I ended up reading it and really liking it. Finally figured out where I had heard of this book from. It was you from this video. Thank you. That book was very enjoyable!

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

The Terror has got to be one of the best books I've read. There is so much information density, and I think this must be in part due to the reality that the story is based on.

Good reads! I'm gonna try a couple of those.

I read ghost story last year..it was a chore to get through. I saw night film in the bookstore the other day. I really wish I bought it now lol

Thanx for including Ghost Story

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this video. Every horror recommendation video I see is full of Stephen King books and I’m over it. He’s not the only horror writer!

Omg! I had no idea you loved NIGHT FILM. That is my absolute favorite of all time too. Miss you, E. 🙂

Love Dan Simmons. Just finished Summer of Night and A Winter Haunting...superb! Gonna check out The Terror for my next read (currently reading Ghost Story by Straub)

I finished “The Ruins” today. I’m with you in thinking it’s a great horror, pretty original and pretty damn creepy. I did not expect the thing that is the horror to be as disturbing as they are. Loved the ending too.

So nice to find someone who likes reads that I do! Looking forward to The Grip…

Thanks and congrats for such a professional video. These days It is hard to find a low key, convincing and informative video on readings. Hope to see more videos. Regards from Spain!

"welcome to the discovery channel" thats hilarious!

Great list. God, I love The Ruins.

Just discovered you! I really like The Ruins and Ghost Story.

I really enjoyed the monk by Mathew Gregory lewis, it really and i mean really disturbed me. Could you do top 10 detective novels?

First time viewer. I'm really impressed with how you talk about books. Liked and subscribed. Also, I have to know, what was on those film negatives? WHATS IN THE BOX?! 😉

Thank you for recommendations

Thank you for including The Ruins! I loved that book. You are such a cool guy, I feel like we would be friends IRL

Thank you for the tips. The Terror by Dan Simmons is on my backlog pile. I ADORE Simmons's Carrion Comfort, would take a lot to kick that off my #1 horror novel spot.

Night Film was really fun and addictive. Loved the world the author created.

Thanks for the list.Busy reading night film ...great read

Thanks, man. I really liked the Ruins too and Scott Smith's other novel, A simple plan (which is not really horror but is super suspenseful nonetheless) I keep wanting him to write another book! I tried Ghost Story due to other rave reviews but could not get through it and same thing with The Terror, the 900 pages felt to me like 9000 rather than your 300! But you make me want to give it another try. I know I am not going out much on a limb but anyone consider Let the RIght One in by John Vindqvist great? (I know you are not much into Vampires, Edward Lorn but to me it's a classic. Well a neuvo classic anyway). Thanks for the list and video- a lot of great leads for me to follow!

thx, was looking for something like this :):):) god bless you

I read THREE of he books on your list and they’re my top favorite as well so for sure I will be buying your reconditions because I too love dread. Try HOUSE OF LEAVES and the newer book is THE APARTMENT by sl grey. The apartment you can read it a day, it’s a peace of cake and interesting. House of leaves you won’t read in a day but it will stick with you!

You can find all kinds of really cool bookmarks in old books at thrift stores. Letters between lovers, family pictures are what I found. My personal favorite was a hippy letter from the 60's along with a guitar string and a couple of greyhound bus tickets around the same era. On topic: I haven't been real impressed with contemporary horror writing, I've read some of those authors. Maybe I just changed over the years and it doesn't interest me anymore. But I think also, a lot of these "horror" books are trending towards torture and cruelty themes, which seems to be the trend in horror movies over last several years as well. and that turns me off.

Welcome to the discovery channel Haha. What was on the film? Oh the suspense !

Good list! I think a favorite sort of non king horror for me was NOS4A2 (but does it really count as non King). Dracula is another favorite of mine especially the audio version with Tim Curry.

I liked The Ruins. I like how the author had the characters think 'I shouldn't say this' or 'do this' but did it anyway, or as they did it. I want to like Straub, but it's hard for me to. You ever read Bryan Smith? The author of Freakshow, or Strange Ways. He is also on Kindle and affordable. I dig him.

My favorite horror is also a growing sense of dread. However most of the time I find that it’s best when the dread is caused by an actual person or not a haunted spirit. For instance I read Hell House and yes it’s kind of disturbing but I was never actually scared or spooked too much reading it. But I love Dracula’s suspense and setup style of horror. Any suggestions for me?

I am actually not a reader currently (haven't had the time since school has had me focusing on math non-stop). All the books I read are in the single digits. Now that I have a job, I want to get into reading, and since I am a horror fan, I thought I would start with horror. Are there any books that are similar to the paranoia filled-type story similar to John Carpenter's The Thing, or stories where the great turns out to be humans becoming monsters due to fear (like King's The Mist)? Psychological and cosmic horror are definitely my favorite. Also planning on looking for some horror manga. Japanese sure know how to make quality horror. I am definitely subbing cause I think your channel can help me throughout