Rex Burke recommends: Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica. Saying this about it: “That is one disturbing book – a future you don’t want to envisage.”

He also recommends a Horror SF mashup: Under the Skin by Michel Faber. Saying this about it: “Unsettlingly creepy. The film featured Scarlet Johanssen.”

Becky’s Book’s recommends: A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher. Saying this about it: “My first ‘cozy horror.’ Perfect for those who like their humour dark and their stories creepy.”

Tessa Hastjarjanto recommends: Shattered Spirits by Cal Black. Saying this about it: “A dark fantasy novella with cosmic horror elements. It won second place in SFINCS (an indie novella competition).”

Foxes Fairytales recommends: The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher! Saying this about it: “It’s like, tired millennial does The Wood Between the World’s from Narnia with added eldritch horror.”

Fantasy Book Nerd couldn’t choose and picked SEVEN books for you to read this Spooktober:

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty – classic!
Dark Harvest – Norman Partridge
Ghost Eaters – Clay McLeod Chapman
Bat Eater – Kylie Lee Baker
The Lamb – Lucy Rose
The Ungodly – S. H. Cooper
The Reformatory- Tananarive Due

The Backlist Book recommends: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman.

Mary Kontrary recommends: A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny. Saying this about it: “This book is a sometimes gory, often funny, always wonderful pastiche of all the great old horror novels & films with fabulous cover art. As one YouTube critic (Liam aka Hemvar) calls it, it’s a love letter to Gothic horror.”