Recs if you like The Whistling...

We all love gothic classics, but what is new when it comes to the gothic genre (from the last 20 years or so)?! For fans of Dracula, Jane Eyre, Frankenstein, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, etc. Please comment with suggestions to add!

Inspired by the sea fog, whistling winds, and the dark sea crashing against the rocks in summer

I can't be the only one who want to remember all the books without jumping around in a video, right?

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"

A reading list celebrating the women who know exactly how to get under your skin! Thankful for the gurlies!!!

if you’re craving something that feels like the next martha’s vineyard (iykyk)! books that evoke the same feeling as the magnificent tv show ‘widows bay’

my niche

Fiction set entirely or primarily on the islands of Scotland (Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland, and others)

Open to recs

Created from the list on Goodreads by Cybil and Sadie Hartmann (September 29, 2025)

Horror, thrillers, and mysteries where "island escape" doesn't mean a nice vacation

This is a list of horror books written by women, as recommended by Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) in her book Feral and Hysterical. I highly recommend that you pick up a copy of Feral and Hysterical because it is so much more than a list of books. There are more lists of books, but also thoughtful essays by women writers. It's worth spending some time with Feral and Hysterical.

"Women are overqualified to write fictional horror. Period." -- Sadie Hartmann

It’s true. Might as well find an eerie ghost story for you both…