Feral and Hysterical: Mother Horrors Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women | 
When working at a bookstore with a horror section, I mostly avoided the section. “What! I don‘t like horror.” Shirley Jackson, Daphne du Maurier, Angela Carter, Bloody Frankenstein are some of my favorites, so I do like horror. To be fair the ones I listed were shelved in fiction if I remember correctly.
I‘ve skimmed the above book. The glaring problem I see is NO ANGELA CARTER. 🫤
Basically, a big book o‘ horror recs wherein every single text‘s been written by a woman (preferred pronouns listed whenever possible).
I‘m not officially reviewing the book for a few reasons:
1) I didn‘t read the intermittent essays.
2) I read *nearly* every thematic list…but I skipped one. I already know — beyond a shadow of a doubt — that “splattercore” is not for me. NO THANK YOU! 👇🏻
I can't stop adding spooky books to my TBR. Send help!
Also, how excellent is this hat?!
I just finished a book I loved & was afraid to pick up another novel for fear it would suffer in comparison. So, I grabbed this reader's advisory collection by litfluencer Mother Horror instead, full of book rec lists sorted by “vibes“ (e.g. “Don't Go in the Woods“, “Women vs The Cult“, “Gothic Secret Societies“). Exactly what I needed as October approaches.
pickI haven‘t finished this yet but I have come to hold Mother Horror‘s opinion in high esteem, and her previous book of recommendations saw me add a number of titles to my TBR list. This is an excellent gateway to new authors and titles and I‘ve already added several new books to my list before I‘m even halfway through. Also the title is everything.
pickMother Horror does it again. A reading list of female horror authors. If you're looking to diversify your horror reads, pick up this book. It is categorized by vibes, which I loved, as I'm a moody reader. My TBR has gone way up. I also recommend following Mother Horror on Instagram as she is always posting great horror recs.
