Category: Book Club Nominees

by @spoonie.reads, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for June 2023's "We're Here, We're Queer, and There's Plenty to Fear" category Why? because i’m really fuckin’ gay, babes! okay, that’s not the only reason… queer horror holds a special place in my heart, because it captures (in my opinion) the very best of the horror… Continue reading 6 Queer Horror Books for Your TBR

by Christopher O'Halloran, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for November 2023's "Tainted Love" category Love is hard. It's complicated and messy. It makes monsters and heroes out of us. But what would life be without love?Most of my favourite novels have strong romantic sub-plots, so I've gathered a collection of books that promise to… Continue reading 6 Horror Books That Will Break Your Heart

by @Probable_Hag, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for November 2023's "Myth(os) Busters" category We don’t stan Lovecraft (as he himself would acknowledge, being completely down with modern slang himself) but his mythos has provided fertile, suspiciously luminescent ground for modern authors to use, reinterpret, and subvert. We’ve read some fantastic works by Victor LaValle… Continue reading 6 Horror Books with Modern Takes on Lovecraft

by @Ri3Ri3., curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for November 2023's "A Very Unhappy Birthday" category Help me celebrate my birthday this month by reading a birthday themed book from my childhood! Give Yourself Goosebumps #39: Scary Birthday to You! by R.L. Stine Your birthday surprise is a weird entertainer who throws a "horror birthday."… Continue reading 5 Throwback Horror Books to Celebrate Your Birthday

by @WndrWhit, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for October 2023's "Truth is Scarier Than Fiction" category Because it’s time we had some nonfiction in this place! These books will make you second guess whether you locked up for the night as you’re falling asleep. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search… Continue reading 5 True Crime Books Scarier Than Horror (plus a bonus recommendation!)

by @.adma, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for October 2023's "Ghastly Programmed Tales" category AI, huh? Hoo boy. The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger Williams In a time not far from our own, Lawrence sets out simply to build an artifical intelligence that can pass as human, and finds himself instead with one… Continue reading 5 Techno-Horror Books

by @illychilly, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for October's "High Blood Sugar" category We’ll be reading the books in this category in October, so I wanted to think of something Halloween-y or Halloween adjacent. Besides Horror, when I think of Halloween, my brain goes to candy—Trick or Treat. I selected books where candy, sweets,… Continue reading 5 Horror Books to Get You Excited for Trick-or-Treating!

by @DunMiff, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for May 2023's "It's Over 9,000!!!" category Every year, in the final days of April through the first week of May, Japan celebrates Golden Week; a week that encompasses 4 of Japan’s national holidays. During this time, many businesses close, people travel and visit family, and every… Continue reading 6 (More) Japanese Horror Books

by @MrsReads, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for October's "Filled (Me) With Fantastic Terrors" category Seanan Maguire has said “Gothic horror is a very decorative genre,” and I’m inclined to agree. There’s something about an isolated setting, dripping with dark corners and oozing ancient curses, that draws me in like no other kind of… Continue reading 6 Gothic Horror Books for Your TBR