Talking Scared Podcast Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Conversations with the biggest names in horror writing. Find out where your favourite scary stories came from. Host @nakmac. 📧 = talkingscaredpod@gmail.com

The Overstory
Richard Powers
I’m reading Richard Powers’ THE OVERSTORY and thinking… …how does American Fiction conjure the epic so powerfully from a few centuries of history, when British fiction has millennia to play with, but doesn’t deal in the same grandeur?
Paperback, 2019
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Don't Fear the Reaper
Stephen Graham Jones
I interviewed @SGJ72 for @esquire - all about slashers and badass women and DON'T FEAR THE REAPER! https://t.co/sejDnmnkWb
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Share of Night
Mariana Enriquez
NEW EPISODE! I'm thrilled to be joined by Mariana Enriquez for a conversation about OUR SHARE OF NIGHT. Politics and Argentinian horror, houses that eat people, Freddie Krueger, Heathcliffe and the nastiest folklore you'v ever heard. Available wherever you get your podcasts https://t.co/rS9GVNAhbW
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Jackal
Erin E. Adams
Another soon-to-be guest having their book birthday today. JACKAL is a rage-fuelled horror story of murder and prejudice amongst the Rust Belt. It’s twisty and twisted and I liked it a lot.
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
I started reading LINGHUN at 8am and I didn't stop till i finished it three hours later. @AiJiang_ has written a totally unique ghost story. Threads of @claymcleod's GHOST EATERS, a hint of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" – all woven into a tight little tapestry of heartache. https://t.co/OkLAUlaOKS
Hardcover, 2008
$34.25$17.13 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Moon Lake
Joe R. Lansdale
Hey all - i'm speaking the man himself @joelansdale about his new novel MOON LAKE soon. I have the luxury of a week's free reading beforehand. Which of his other books would you most recommend? I've read a fair bit, but there is so much to choose from.
Hardcover, 2021
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Starve Acre
Andrew Michael Hurley
A lot of you have asked and yes… Andrew Michael Hurley WILL be on Talking Scared very soon. Getting folksy with STARVE ACRE. https://t.co/m7HPIqn79y
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Accidents
Chuck Wendig
It’s here!! The book I’m most excited for this summer. @ChuckWendig’s THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS. Thanks @DelReyBooks (and yeah, that’s a VW Camper plant pot. What can I say? We’re whimsical people) https://t.co/N8GFht2JeY
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Deluge
Stephen Markley
I need to read a 900 page book on five days!! Thankfully, the book in question is Stephen Markley’s THE DELUGE and from the first 50 pages I almost expect it to be one of the greatest books I’ve ever read.
Paperback, 2023
$23.99$11.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous
Ellen Datlow
.@NBallingrud does his wonderful American Gothic thing in “Three Mothers Mountain.” It’s a bleak campfire tale, a backwoods Brothers Grimm, an Appalachian Monkeys Paw, a timeless fable of witches, dark magic, and brotherly love. Captivating and possibly my favourite.
Paperback, 2023
$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book