Lydia's Books of Terror

Lydia Peever
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Hi! I am Lydia; a Canadian horror author and reader who explores the most beautiful and diverse genre: horror. From classic to modern books, and often splatterpunk and extreme novels, I read horror almost exclusively and share it with you weekly. I curate the HWA new releases page and scour book lists for the best horror coming out each month. ✮ Music by aenorex https://aenorex.bandcamp.com ✮ Find my own books and more at ▹ http://typicalbooks.com Patreon is Bookworm Central for sneak peeks ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks Socials and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever

  1. 1D AGO

    13 New Horror Books • Spooky Reads for April 2026!

    In this video I present 13 of the top picks in horror reading coming out this month. Quite a few would be great reads for fall or late summer too, so take notes; I know I am!Often, there is a trend or style that is popular, and sometimes it is apparent. This month, there are so many varied covers that are so well done, we have a really good variety of design. And story! There are shorts, novels, gothic, folk and a little gore; all the good stuff. As mentioned, I reviewed Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward here:    • Nowhere Burning • A horror novel that read...  And the 2015 film Decay is amazing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decay_(...)✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮Monumental by Adam Nevillhttps://amzn.to/4sKW6vO Blood Trail by Matt Query and Harrison Queryhttps://amzn.to/4s5H1Vs Bodies of Work: A Novella by Clay McLeod Chapmanhttps://amzn.to/4uVQwsa Sarafina by Philip Fracassi, with an introduction by Nick Cutterhttps://amzn.to/414GdED The Boatman by Alex Grecianhttps://amzn.to/4bUqMno The Hive by Ronald Malfihttps://amzn.to/4seQZnS These Familiar Walls by C. J. Dotsonhttps://amzn.to/4m3GCku Wife Shaped Bodies: A Novel by Laura Cranehillhttps://amzn.to/4tkvRg6 Come Sing for the Harrowing by Dan Coxon, forward by Brian Evensonhttps://amzn.to/3PuX1Cj Odessa: A Novel by Gabrielle Sherhttps://amzn.to/4dKXE4A The Caretaker: A Novel by Marcus Kliewerhttps://amzn.to/4b6Odeb Natural Thorn Killers: A Creeping Guide to Plant Horror by Lauren Jane Barnett and Tony Mardonhttps://telos.co.uk/shop/film/natural... Molka by Monika Kim https://amzn.to/40ZVpmf #booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber Typical Books 385 - New Horror April 2026.mp4✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

    35 min

  2. 3D AGO

    6 Vintage Horror Staples • I’ll Never Stop Recommending These Books

    Here are six classic vintage horror books I'll always recommend, and will never ever part with.There are certain horror novels that never leave your mind. These ones are worn, familiar; stories you circle back to weekly in thought and conversation. They’re all vintage, all widely loved, and most of them have long since slipped into other forms and other mediums or inspired legions of writers to work these themes into their own work. What I think about is how startlingly modern they must have felt when they first appeared. These weren’t dusty relics when they were written like they are now! They were sharp, unsettling, and a little bit dangerous, and even now, they still have a way of lingering.We all strive to read books like this on the regular, don't we? This is what the goal of book hunting is. And then, some of of us wish we could write like this. These six books don't only thrill me as a reader, they are why I write... well, these and Stephen King books 🩶✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮Hell House by Richard MathesonThe Amityville Horror by Jay AnsonPsycho by Robert BlockRosemary's Baby by Ira LevinThe Stepford Wives by Ira LevinBlack Christmas by Thomas Altman#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

    34 min

  3. MAR 24

    This Horror Feels Like a Memory • Nowhere Burning

    This is a horror review of Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward, focusing on how trauma shapes its characters and how the story feels more like a memory than a traditional narrative. This is a mainly psychological horror story that feels fragmented, links to something half-remembered that I could not find in the news...A good example of horror done well without explicit shock value; true terror and horror rooted in its core, channelled underground, and floating in the air.Catriona Ward is not only instant buy for me, but instant immersion. It helps that I love outdoors horror, and this takes place at an abandoned woodland sanctuary. Nowhere was a compound of sorts, where a very rich man did strange and dangerous things.This was another through-line for me; runaway kids. Specifically, kids running away to an abandoned place in the wilderness.Pick up a copy here: https://amzn.to/3PHdrHD✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber Typical Books 383 - Nowhere Burning✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

    11 min

  4. MAR 12

    Exploring Richard Laymon • My Top 6

    Richard Laymon wrote a lot of books, and I am sure I have read more than half of them. I have my favourites for sure, and choosing a top five is impossible so here is a Top Six... plus another one. Everyone has their darlings, and you'll not be surprised by a few usual suspects; Island, The Woods are Dark, and Cuts.These may be some people's less cherished picks too. There is no accounting for taste and for certain, tastes can change. Since I am embarking on this slow reread of my 'darlings' I thought we could take stock here and now of the top six and once I have read every Laymon on my shelf, come back and see if the lists still match. So far so good!Do you have a number one or top three Richard Laymon books? (and why is it Island?) I am sure Savage ranks quite high and I have hopes of it entering the race soon!Here is the ranking so far: https://tiermaker.com/create/lydias-b...✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮Night in the Lonesome October review:   • Night in the Lonesome October review • A r...  Island review:   • Castaway Diary of Horrors! • Island by Ric...  Cuts review:https://typicalbooks.com/cuts-by-rich...#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber Typical Books 382 - My Top 5 Laymon Books ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

    40 min

  5. MAR 4

    Midnight in March • 12 New Horror Releases

    Since I read these descriptions a month or two in advance sometimes, it is always a treat for me, as much as you, to discover these stories! The covers are my first magnet, then a good summary second 🩶There are quite a few books to choose from for March, so 'dig' in! Pun very much intended...✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮Special mention: On March 3, 2026 there will be a traditionally published new edition of Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman which was picked up by Tor’s Nightfire. Hardcover, black sprayed edges. March 2, 2026Sweetside Motel by E.L. Chenhttps://amzn.to/4b21qDE March 3, 2026An Impossibility of Crows: A Novel by Kirsten Kaschockhttps://amzn.to/40qvggt Strange Buildings: A Novel by Uketsuhttps://amzn.to/4b3Y7wT March 10, 2026Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World by Daniel Kraushttps://amzn.to/4u3WGWVThe Midnight Muse by Jo Kaplanhttps://amzn.to/4r4vSD6 March 15, 2026Cruising by Dean Cadehttps://amzn.to/47iwRZe March 24, 2026Dig by J. H. Markerthttps://amzn.to/46DH6Hv Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisherhttps://amzn.to/4ck1i4P Wretch: or, The Unbecoming of Porcelain Khawby Eric LaRoccahttps://amzn.to/4biQX86 March 25, 2026Warpath by Scott Siglerhttps://amzn.to/4b2vPTs March 26, 2026Maneater by Ellie Graveshttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Maneater-Ell... #booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

    29 min

  6. FEB 22

    Weird Winter and a Splatter Spring • Horror Haul

    Over the winter I didn't get much reading done, but I sure did acquire a lot of books! Here is a quick roundup up what I read recently, and a longer chat about the horror books I now have in my library. We play a rousing game of whats-in-the-box and check out a coveted collection of papery periodicals. One highlight here is our trip to the Canadian War Museum. They have a massive artillery and vehicle collection, a piece of the Berlin Wall, a great exhibit on women in war and lo and behold, a book sale. ✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮Misery by Stephen KingThinner by Stephen KingA Town Called October by Steven VincentAll the Fiends of Hell by Adam NevillIncubi by Edward LeeSuccubi by Edward LeeY'all Aint Right edited by K. Trap JonesAlgernon Blackwood books from https://www.leonaur.com/Blusenose Ghosts by Helen CreightonMichelle Remembers by Michelle Smith and her creepy doctorSignalWeird Tales 100 Years of WeirdWeird Tales - July 1947Splatterpunk Zine#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

    35 min

  7. FEB 16

    13 Midwinter Horror Releases: From Gothic to Modern • February 2026

    Returning after a little break, much like the warmer temperatures here: we have thirteen amazing new books to talk about. From nouveau slashers to twists on old gothics, demonic taunts and terrors, and everything in between; this month also has one of the most unexpected colour combinations. There is a book here with a lilac and forest green cast combo. You have heard of teal and orange colour grading? I'd say this is much more interesting.Patreon bookworms have access to the print version of these Febraury selections, as ever you can find them on https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror too!Wilson by Jack FinnFebruary 1, 2026https://amzn.to/4t9I7AuCruelty Free: A Novel by Caroline GlennFebruary 3, 2026https://amzn.to/4kkJTLm The Bone Queen: A Novel by Will ShindlerFebruary 3, 2026https://amzn.to/3Mf6iNo The Glowing Hours by Leila SiddiquiFebruary 3, 2026https://amzn.to/4q9KYGYDead First by Johnny ComptonFebruary 10, 2026https://amzn.to/4bwj7x4Grace by A.M. ShineFebruary 10, 2026https://amzn.to/3ZKsq5mMaria the Wanted by V. CastroFebruary 10, 2026https://amzn.to/4qdU5XhThe Body by Bethany C. MorrowFebruary 10, 2026https://amzn.to/3ZcrwykThe Thirteenth Floor AnthologyFebruary 10, 2026https://amzn.to/49TTiWETrad Wife: A Novel February 10, 2026by Saratoga Schaeferhttps://amzn.to/4qawYwyTemple Fall by R.L. BoyleFebruary 17, 2026https://amzn.to/3ZLEBPiOf Beasts by M. Jane WormaFebruary 20, 2026https://amzn.to/4kf8r8oDollface: A Novel by Lindy RyanFebruary 24, 2026https://amzn.to/4tdBrkT✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮To come! From vintage horror, classic weird tales and amazing collectible splatterpunk; see the next video.#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

    27 min

  8. JAN 3

    New Horror Books • 13 Creepy Reads This January

    In today's video you will find 13 horror books coming out this month, and a bonus book! I could not resist mentioning the novelization of Terrifier 3. Not only do we get to hang out with Art the Clown, it is seasonal too!✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮Terrifier 3: The Official Novelization by Tim Waggonerhttps://amzn.to/4bbbJHe The Bloody Brick Road: A Wizard of Oz Retelling by Maude Royerhttps://amzn.to/49kYqBF The Horror Theory Reader edited by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstockhttps://amzn.to/492EF2L Hollow by Celina Myers (Hardcover - paperback was out June 2025)https://amzn.to/3MZrc3e ITCH! by Gemma Amorhttps://amzn.to/3MZWZ41 The Truth of Carcosa by Jacob Rollinsonhttps://amzn.to/4qycw9B Kittie: Fire (Graphic Novel) Written by Jonathan Hedrick, Artist Francesca Fantini, and Letterist Leo McGovernhttps://sumerianrecords.com/products/... Weird Sisters: Tales from the Queens of the Pulp Era: 57 (British Library Tales of the Weird)https://amzn.to/494L39O Apartment 16 by Adam Nevillhttps://amzn.to/3Lipidh Funeral Song by Carly Racklinhttps://amzn.to/3Lnpmsp Humboldt Cut by Allison Mickhttps://amzn.to/4prpVPT On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfieldhttps://amzn.to/3YVbQPK Persona by Aoife Josie Clementshttps://amzn.to/4jr58KX Eminence Front by Rebecca Rowlandhttps://amzn.to/49lbtTA See them all at https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror/#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

    30 min
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Hi! I am Lydia; a Canadian horror author and reader who explores the most beautiful and diverse genre: horror. From classic to modern books, and often splatterpunk and extreme novels, I read horror almost exclusively and share it with you weekly. I curate the HWA new releases page and scour book lists for the best horror coming out each month. ✮ Music by aenorex https://aenorex.bandcamp.com ✮ Find my own books and more at ▹ http://typicalbooks.com Patreon is Bookworm Central for sneak peeks ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks Socials and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever

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  • Creator
    Lydia Peever
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    60
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Lydia Peever
  • Show Website
    Lydia's Books of Terror