I Loved Every Minute, Perfect for Me Books

These are the books that were so perfect for me. They contained all of my favorite elements, tropes, and themes. They made me want to scream I loved them so much.

1. Winterset Hollow by Jonathon Edward Durham (fairytale horror)

5+++ stars

A guy receives ferry tickets to visit the island of his favorite departed fairy tale writer taking his two friends along. On the island, the enormous abandoned mansion sits behind a towering wrought iron fence. They find a way in. Imagine meeting the characters and experiencing your favorite fairy tale. It would be a dream come true right? Fairytale. Terror. Heart pumping. Creative. Imaginative. Unique. Deeper issues of humanity and what else could have existed alongside us.

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2. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (fantasy)

5+++++ stars

All the gods of the world. For a god to exist all they need is to be created by thought, but some become forgotten. There’s the Gods of old, your traditional ones in paintings. There’s the new gods such as television and cell phones. A traveling, desperate, journey of cosmic intensity.

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3. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (sci-fi)

5++ stars

An abandoned building where top scientists once worked. Multi dimensional. Traveling between realms. An imposter. Science. The imagination of the different worlds combined with the heart racing plot had me floored.

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4. The Dark Tower series by Stephen King (sci-fi fantasy)

5+++++ stars

Only the greatest series ever written in my humble opinion. In a post-apocalyptic wasteland in another realm. There are billy bumblers and lobstrosities and thinnies. It was a wild ride, mash up of sci-fi, fantasy, and thriller. The way everything weaves together. Commentary on humanity throughout history and in different worlds. Friendship. Desperation. Adventure.

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5. Recursion by Blake Crouch (sci-fi)

5++ stars

Time traveling using the mind and creating several realities and dimensions overlayed on top of one another. A secret lab on a platform far out in the middle of the ocean. False Memory Syndrome is spreading rapidly. Makes you evaluate memory and where we stand in the world.

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6. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (fairytale)

5+++ stars

My favorite fairy tale. I own more copies of this book than any other and I have read this one more times than I have any other. Doesn’t need a description. Feels like trying to recall a strange dream.

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7. Intercepts by T. J. Payne (extreme sci-fi horror)

5+ stars

A gruesome extreme horror, human experimentation, government science hiding in the forests below ground. Page turning. Gut wrenching. Horrifying. Could something like this really be happening?

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8. The Anomaly by Michael Rutger (adventure horror)

5++ stars

If you like secrets and what’s hiding underground as much as I do then this book will be one of your top favorites. The suspense and the horror and the claustrophobia and the not knowing. A group of YouTubers who expose conspiracy theories take a trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to find this ancient cave. Well, they find it and what ensues is ancient terrifying madness.

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9. The Last House on Needless Street (psychological horror)

5++ stars

Excellent foreshadowing and building of characters. I received my bachelors of science in neuroscience and thought how the author put together this story was brilliantly done. A man with a boarded up a house, a daughter who can never go outside, and a cat who reads the Bible. I couldn’t put it down. Full of twists. I can’t say much without giving it away.

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10. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (fantasy horror)

5 stars

This is the book I recommend to people who want to get into reading or have been struggling to finish a book. A rich man adopts all these kids and teaches each one an important skill from war to speaking with animals to language to healing. Creative. Discipline. Madness.

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11. Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor (sci-fi)

5+ stars

Set in Lagos, Nigeria intelligence is spreading to the previously perceived non sentient beings. It’s up to the the least likely alliance of three people to navigate the world’s first extraterrestrial encounter. Goes places I would never have expected. I even learned some pidgin English. Poetic. Thrilling. Turn paging. Epic proportions. Human rights.

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12. The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher (sci-fi horror)

5 stars

In a dusty, curiosity shop she’s living in with her uncle she finds a mysterious hole in the wall. Cryptic words. Other realms. The more you fear them the more they can hear you.

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With all my book recommendations, please check any trigger warnings if you need to. Some of these books are extreme! Even the books that aren’t marked extreme can still contain material some readers wouldn’t want to experience. Thank you so much for reading my blog! If you enjoy my work please consider using one of the links on my website next time you make any purchase on Amazon as I make a tiny commission each time.

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