Recs if you like Starve Acre...
Hauntology: Folk Horror and the Echoes of the Past
Hauntology is the philosophical concept, as quoted by Mark Fisher from his article taking a deeper look into Derrida's philosophical work, that "the present is always haunted by the ghosts of the past and the unfulfilled promises of the future." From generational trauma to dark histories to dying Old World pagan traditions, these elements persist throughout the wide genre of folk horror. These books explore deeply into the hauntings of the past and the instability of the future.
100 Gothic Classics
A list of 100 gothic classics which covers over 250 years of literature, from the high-drama castles of the 1700s to the psychological "New Gothic" of today.
Folk Horror
British and Irish Folk Horror
the green man, pagan rites, stone circles, sacrifice, jack of the woods
Over the Garden Wall 🐸🍁
Over the a Garden Wall… and into a book! Spooky, cozy, and creepy fall vibes
Folk Horror
100 Screams of Summer
We think of summer as the season of light, but shadows are longest when the sun is highest. It is the time of the year when the woods grow too thick to see through, the water grows too dark to see into, and the heat makes the mind play tricks. From the rotting porches of the South to the blood-stained cabins of the North... We call them the Summer Nightmares.
a garden of horros
books with botanical horror themes, inspired by the botanical horror quest and don't let the forest in!
botanical & folk horror🍄
F O L K H O R R O R
For when you want a horror novel that gets down and dirty with the land
atmospheric books in remote or isolated locations
basically my favorite genre that encompasses a lot of other genres. all very different in tone! i have not yet read all of these.
Listen to another podcast or read another book?
Book recommendations from podcasts I listen to: NPR books, Book Reccos, What Should I Read Next?, Book Off, What Page Are You On?, Book Cheat
Elemental fiction
Fiction books with explicit or implied themes of earth, water, air and fire
Swindon Book Club's Top 100
Inspired (or Incensed, you decide which) by the Guardian's Top 100 Novels of all Time, my bookclub decided to do our OWN top 100 list! Collected via a Google Form, each member submitted their top 10 books of all-time. We didn't limit to just fiction, and did accept entire series as "one book" — because honestly, picking is hard! As I can't order these by vote count, this is just all of them with no particular order whatsoever. Who knows, maybe we'll do this again sometime — enjoy!
