Recs if you like Wake Up and Open Your Eyes...

Theres been a definite trend of ironically using retro graphic art on the covers of books recently. This list covers the midcentury atomic age of 1940-1960. Recommendations always welcome!

possession n that Most of these are recs I found on r/horrorlit so apologies if they don’t actually include possession 🫡 recs are always welcomed 🙂‍↕️

what gab smolders read in 2025 as per her book talk video! horror + in tier order from most to least liked by her:

★ S TIER: from "night shoot" to "old country"

★ A TIER: from "what stalks the deep" to "listen to your sister"

★ B TIER: from "the long walk" to "the gathering"

★ C TIER: from "banquet for the damned" to "model home"

★ D TIER: from "3 streets" to "my darling dreadful thing"

★ F TIER: from "basilisk" to "survivor song"

Highly anticipated new releases to add to your TBR

Books to read when you are wanting those fabulous monster of the week vibes!

can’t spell “alien” without “ai”

Multiple or dissociated selves/minds, one body. Some were intentionally written as plural rep, some were not. I mainly picked what I found relatable to my system and what other systems have recommended as good rep or relatable.

There are no genre barriers here.

I tried to avoid books where the plurality is treated by the author as an inherent problem/evil where the only solution is to be free of it.

Excluded stories where the plurality is a reveal.

who doesn't love a little demonic possession here and there? probably the victims, but i digress. here's a collection of demons, demonic possession, and the general presence of bad eggs.

or my fave books ive read this year

these were either so awful and disturbing or just poorly exectuted/poor writing and i don't recommend at all

ghosts, vampires and other things that go bump in the night