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 on my YouTube show Typical Books, or here in written reviews. Take my quick course on the horror genre, “Degrees of Horror Fiction” as a guide for writers new to the genre. You can find the slideshow for that course here: Peever-Writing-Horror
I curate the HWA new releases page and scour book lists for the best horror coming out each month. Check out the New Horror page here for something new to read!
✮ Music by aenorex ✮
Degrees of Horror Fiction on Youtube: My quick horror primer for people new to the genre
‘As Is, Where Is’ from Pray Lied Eve 2 read by Lydia Peever
The music of both Lydia’s Books and Dead Air podcast is made by ænorex. Find them on bandcamp or at aenorex.com
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14 New Horror Books • A Macabre Mix of Reads for May 2026!
For May there is a really good mix of horror for all kinds of tastes. From western slasher to witchy haunts, we even have some fairytales and sci-fi poking up above the blackened earth.
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Popular Horror • Another Small Haul
There are three books in here that you may have heard of! Also, one that may be new to you. Revisiting the backward bookshelf, I added one book to my reading list from there, and added another.
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Sorrow’s Leap • An Unexpectedly Modern Haunting
Today I’d like to review a fun, if not light, horror by Chris Sorensen. The Haunting of Sorrow’s Leap is the story of a very reluctant psychic with fading powers who is wrapped up in a sort of locked-room mystery.