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Every book Joe Hill recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Joe Hill has recommended or discussed 9 books on podcasts, as of October 24, 2025.
- Joe Hill has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of October 24, 2025.
- Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of October 24, 2025.
- The 3 books Joe Hill has mentioned in the most episodes, as of October 24, 2025: Fever House, The Devil By Name and The House with a Clock in Its Walls.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Joe Hill aired on October 24, 2025.
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Joe Hill’s most recommended books
- Fever House by Keith Rosson
- The Devil By Name by Keith Rosson
- The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs
- Lost Man's Lane by Scott Carson
- The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
- Why Horror Seduces by Mathias Clasen
- Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta
Appearing on The Book Review, Joe Hill shared numerous recommendations and insights within the horror and dark fantasy genres. Hill discussed several notable novels, beginning with Scott Carson's Lost Man's Lane. He also highlighted Keith Rosson's work, specifically recommending the fast-paced novel Fever House, which features a classic conceit involving an evil severed head, alongside its hardcover sequel, The Devil by Name, noting how the followup presents a world that has been profoundly changed. In addition, Hill recommended Tananarive Due's novel The Reformatory, noting that it had recently come out in paperback and won the World Fantasy Award for best novel. Delving into foundational reads, Hill pointed to John Bellairs's dark fantasy work The House with a Clock in Its Walls as a childhood gateway horror book. Furthermore, Hill ventured into non-fiction by recommending Mathias Clasen's How Horror Seduces, praising it as one of the better non-fiction works on the horror genre within the last quarter century. Through these appearances on The Book Review, Hill demonstrated a broad enthusiasm for contemporary horror fiction, award-winning speculative storytelling, influential childhood reads, and insightful genre criticism, offering listeners a diverse array of chilling literary suggestions.
Books recommended by Joe Hill
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Fever House
Fever House by Keith Rosson is a fast-paced, gritty horror novel that follows the supernatural chaos unleashed by an evil severed head moving through the world.
Recommended“The next two books on your list, Fever House and The Devil by Name are by Keith Rosson. And the first one in particular has a classic conceit, which is that there's an evil severed head. We've all been there. Yeah. And the Fever House, and it's just out in hardcover sequel, The Devil by Name, is absolutely bonkers.”
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The Devil By Name
The Devil By Name by Keith Rosson is the dark, apocalyptic sequel to Fever House, presenting readers with a world profoundly transformed by supernatural forces.
Recommended“The next two books on your list, Fever House and The Devil by Name are by Keith Rosson. And the first one in particular has a classic conceit, which is that there's an evil severed head. We've all been there. Yeah. And the Fever House, and it's just out in hardcover sequel, The Devil by Name, is absolutely bonkers.”
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls
The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs is a classic dark fantasy novel that follows a young orphan who goes to live with his uncle, only to discover a world of magic, mystery, and malevolent forces.
Recommended“That said, there is a work of dark fantasy by a writer named John Bolair's called The House with a Clock in Its Walls.”
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Lost Man's Lane
Lost Man's Lane by Scott Carson is a mystery suspense novel blending atmospheric dread and supernatural elements.
Recommended“The first one is Lost Man's Lane by Scott Carson. Who is Scott Carson? Not who he appears to be.”
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The Reformatory
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due is a harrowing historical fiction novel that blends a deeply atmospheric sense of place with supernatural elements set within a terrifying Jim Crow-era reform school.
Recommended“This is a book called The Reformatory. Yeah, The Reformatory by Tanana Reef Du is just out in paperback. It also just won the World Fantasy Award for best novel.”
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Why Horror Seduces
Why Horror Seduces by Mathias Clasen is a non-fiction exploration of the psychological and evolutionary reasons behind humanity's enduring fascination with frightening stories and cinematic terror.
Recommended“there is a writer from a Dutch writer named Matias Clawson who's written a book called How horror seduces that's one of the better non-fiction works on the genre in the last quarter century”
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20th Century Ghosts
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill is a celebrated collection of dark, imaginative short stories that showcase the author's versatility and mastery of modern horror fiction.
Discussed“I think I did a short story called The Black Phone that was in 20th Century Ghost and at the time I wrote it, it was the furthest thing from my mind, but when I look at it now, I see the influence of that book all over that story.”
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Those Who Wish Me Dead
Discussed“Scott Carson is a pen name for the thriller writer Michael Karita. Michael's probably best known for a novel under his own name called Those Who Wish Me Dead, which was made into an intense backwoods thriller starring Angelina Jolie”
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Books Joe Hill wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Hill's Scary Book Recs and Victor LaValle on "The Haunting of Hill House" (Rerun) | The Book Review | 2025-10-24 | 11 |
| Two Horror Authors on the Scary Books You Should Be Reading | The Book Review | 2024-10-26 | 4 |
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I remember that we spoke in a restaurant in Boston around 2010 for horns and shortly afterwards I had a nervous breakdown and a divorce.”
“I've got a new one that'll be out next year called King Sorrow where I was trying to write it.”
“I remember that we spoke in a restaurant on in Boston around 2010 for horns and shortly afterwards I had a nervous breakdown and a divorce”
“my third book NS feratu was sort of a stab my attempt to write it”
“this was my first book Heart-Shaped Box”