I Read Over 70 HORROR Books In 2025…These Are My Top 10 👻📚✨

I read over 70 horror books last year and these are the ones I just can’t stop thinking about! Some made me gasp, some made me feel a bit sick and ALL of them earned a spot on my 2025 favourites list 🤩

Whether you love gothic fiction dripping with desire (and rot), creepy wintery folklore horror or just love an unhinged gorefest, there’s definitely something in this video for you and your TBR.

In this video I’m sharing my top 10 horror books of the year, why I loved each one, and which ones really surprised me (in a good way)

💬 I want to know….which horror books were YOUR favourites in 2025? Drop them in the comments so I can add them to my never ending, completely ridiculous TBR 😂

Books mentioned:

Shy Girl by Mia Ballard
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Blood On Her Tongue by Johanna Van Veen
Before and After by Andrew Shanahan
We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough
Hungerstone by Kat Dunn
Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson
The Cold House by AG Slatter
Bloom by Delilah S Dawson

Honourable mentions:

The Toll House by Carly Reagon
Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
Guillotine by Delilah S Dawson
We All Rot Eventually by Mia Ballard


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