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Every book Steven Graham Jones recommended on podcasts
Steven Graham Jones appears on The Book Review podcast as a seasoned horror author and genre expert, offering thoughtful recommendations and nostalgic reflections on scary books. During his discussion, Jones recommended Tananarive Due's The Reformatory, praising it as one of the standout horror novels of the decade. Embracing his love for nostalgic horror, Jones highlighted Stephen King's massive epic It as a personal favorite that he will always cherish, alongside Stephen King's The Shining, a novel he has read approximately ten times. He also recommended Gemma Files's Experimental Film as a model contemporary horror novel and praised Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts for its brilliant narrative structure and ambiguity. Reflecting on his early reading history, Jones recalled that the first horror novel he ever read was Whitley Strieber's The Wolfen at age eleven or twelve, and he noted that Stephen King's The Tommyknockers served as his vital gateway into exploring King's extensive bibliography. Throughout his appearances, Jones draws connections between classic tropes and modern horror writing.
Books recommended by Steven Graham Jones
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A Head Full of Ghosts: A Novel
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay is a critically acclaimed contemporary horror novel that follows a family participating in a reality television show centered around their teenage daughter's apparent demonic possession.
Recommended“and this is a headful of ghosts the author is Paul Trimble oh man headful of ghosts Paul Paul was at the top of his game with that book”
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Experimental film
Experimental Film by Gemma Files is a complex psychological horror novel that follows a former film critic who becomes obsessed with a mysterious, cursed piece of archival footage linked to a tragic historical figure.
Recommended“the next book that you characterized Loosely sorry if I'm overusing your phraseology here as an altimer is experimental film by Gemma files”
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It
It by Stephen King is a sprawling horror epic that follows a group of children confronting a shapeshifting entity in their fictional hometown of Derry, Maine, while exploring themes of childhood trauma and nostalgic memory.
Recommended“but I think my favorite just for the Nostalgia is it I'll never not be I'll never not be living in it I feel like and what is it I've it's a quite a large book it's over a, PES”
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The Reformatory
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due is a gripping historical horror novel set in Jim Crow-era Florida, following a young boy sent to a terrifying reform school where he can see and communicate with ghosts.
Recommended“this is the Reformatory it's by Tanana RDU she's a horror expert I feel like whenever I watch a documentary about horror movies which I watch way too many of”
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American Psycho
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis is a satirical psychological horror novel that explores the depraved and hyper-materialist life of a wealthy New York City investment banker named Patrick Bateman.
Discussed“she's like P Patrick baitman from BR Eon El's American Psycho”
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The Shining
The Shining by Stephen King is a classic horror novel about a struggling writer and recovering alcoholic who takes a winter caretaker job at an isolated, haunted mountain hotel with his family.
Discussed“I've read The Shining I don't know probably 10 times I love that novel”
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The Tommyknockers
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King is a science fiction horror novel about a Maine community whose residents are progressively altered and controlled by the otherworldly technology of an ancient alien spaceship unearthed in the woods.
Discussed“but yeah so I started with a wolf and I didn't discover King until this must have been about 88 till Tommy knockers that was my first king I ever read and that was my gateway to him”
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The Wolfen
Discussed“the first four novel I ever read and I think I must have been 11 or 12 was Whitley striber wolfen the werewolves novel and there's chapters in there that are from the grandfather wolf”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Two Horror Authors on the Scary Books You Should Be Reading | The Book Review | 2024-10-26 | 8 |