Horror Aficionados discussion

Aficionados! Can you believe it's almost August? The theme for our August reads is: HOT HOT HOT!

Nominate books that are available on Kindle/Nook that have the colors of fire on the covers. Fire means a prevalence of RED, ORANGE, AND/OR YELLOWS on the cover!

Books that don't fit the theme won't make it to the final poll.

I'm hoping for lots of fresh ideas this month, Aficionados!

This nom thread will close on 7.21.21.

Here is a link to our rules of nomination:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Firestarter by Stephen King

Kaley wrote: "Firestarter by Stephen King"

Thank you Kaley, but I refer you to the rules which are linked in the opening post. Please feel free to nominate something else.

Not sure if you caught this but Stephen King actually recommended a James Patterson book on Apple Books a few days ago. I thought he hated him. Here's the book The Noise (red on the cover). It must be good for King to come out like that.

Here's the link where he recommended it:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRXRf5OpT...

Char wrote: "Kaley wrote: "Firestarter by Stephen King"

Thank you Kaley, but I refer you to the rules which are linked in the opening post. Please feel free to nominate something else."

My apologies, I misunderstood the rules! I will try to think of something else :)

I like Kyle's suggestion, though!

One Final Gasp

I've been reading on Kindle so I don't know the color of my latest reads! Will go back and check.

The Living and the Dead

The Fireman. Joe Hill

I would very much like to nominate 'Immortelle' by Catherine McCarthy, please.
I just finished it and it fits the rules, plus, it's the best book I have read in a long time ;)

Well, I had my nomination all written and it has disappeared like a ghost. Thanks for this fun nomination, love the idea. I'd nominate Extinction Red Line (The Extinction Cycle #0.5) by Nicholas Sansbury Smith. Not only does the book cover match exactly, but in the first chapter, the main character's vision turns orange, red, and yellow. The story is a new take on the Zombie Apocalypse with the cause being manmade. Nicholas Smith has tried for accuracy in both science and military procedures.

Hell in a Head Gasket Hell in a Head Gasket (The Devil's Daughter Book 1)

Violet by Scott Thomas

Until Only the Bone Remains

Wicked Izzy
I tried finding good books by good authors even if they aren't super famous.

Hell's Bells

+1 Violet by Scott Thomas
+1 The Fireman by Joe Hill

I’d like to nominate last house on needless street by Catriona Ward 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

I nominate Pandora by Vince Churchill: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

I also nominate The Butcher Bride : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...

The Fireman was a previous group read so is not eligible. Feel free to nominate something else.

And whenever possible, please post the book covers so we can see all the fiery goodness on them.

Immortelle by Catherine McCarthy or Fairest Flesh by K.P. Kulski

The Gulp by Alan Baxter


Abra-Cadaver by Matt Drabble

Kyle wrote: "Not sure if you caught this but Stephen King actually recommended a James Patterson book on Apple Books a few days ago. I thought he hated him. Here's the book The Noise (red on the..."


Problem with this one is that it doesn't even release until August 16th.

I agree with the Fireman by Hill

I second Extinction Red Line, by Tom Abrahams and Nicholas Sansbury Smith !

+1 Extinction Red Line

I nominate: The Burning Girls by Tudor

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... and https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

+1 The Gulp by Alan Baxter

+1 for Hell's Bells

I nominate They All Died Screaming

+1 for the gulp! It’s on my TBR!

Kyle wrote: "Not sure if you caught this but Stephen King actually recommended a James Patterson book on Apple Books a few days ago. I thought he hated him. Here's the book The Noise (red on the..."

*According to the publication date, this isn't due to be released until the 16th of August. I think it would be difficult for some wanting to read a physical copy to get it in time for a group read.*

Please feel free to nominate a different book.

Bob wrote: "I agree with the Fireman by Hill"

The Fireman, as previously stated, was a group read recently and is therefore NOT eligible.

I nominate Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman -

Richard Matheson:

Ramsey Campbell:

R.S. wrote: ""

Authors and publishers may NOT nominate their own books.

I recently read...

KIN by Kealan Patrick Burke

The Elementals by Michael McDowell

Also, +1 for The Gulp.

I nominate:

The Haunted

The House on Abigail Lane

+1 for The Gulp
+1 The Burning Girls

The Red Tree by Caitlín R Kiernan

The Boatmans Daughter

Precious (My Little Darkling) wrote: "The Boatmans Daughter

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This was a group read last year so it is not eligible. Feel free to nominate something else.

Just released by Candace Nola. It's a horror western.

Hank Flynn is a tormented man.

He’s an outcast among humans, and condemned to confront evil, for as long as he lives.
Serving a higher power, Hank wanders the earth alone, until he stumbles into Protection, Kansas.
Mortally wounded and delirious after a demonic encounter, Hank Flynn is desperate for help.

Wallace Bixby, a local merchant and man of faith, graciously opens his home to the broken stranger.
Hank Flynn discovers the meaning of family and community, and the avenging drifter finds peace with Josie Bixby, the young woman who heals his body and his heart.

The town of Protection is exactly what Hank needs, and the town needs the man with special talents, who slays demons.
He deals out a unique brand of punishment to anything breaking the law, or threatening the people he loves.

But when the Devil himself comes calling, Hank Flynn must risk everything for the town he now calls home.

Certain Dark Things , Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke , or Arsenic and Adobo

+1 Between Two Fires - Christopher Buehlman

+1 Hank Flynn