Horror Reviewers
An Easy Guide to Locating Horror Reviews Without Losing Your Mind |
Are you a reader looking for scary book recommendations? Are you an author needing some reviews? Well, look no further than this list right here. These are the people you need to know. They live and breathe horror and LOVE to talk about it all over the internet.
Please know that this list is a work in progress. I will be adding more names and social media links as they are submitted. If you find an active blog/booktube/bookstagrammer that reviews horror fiction regularly (at least 50% horror fiction) have them submit a link to the blog/website in the comments. Feel free to share this post but please credit me as the originator of the list. I will also be checking it every month or so to remove inactive blogs and those who have switched their focus from horror to other genres. If you do not review at least one true horror novel a month you will be removed from the list. If I have to dig for pages to find a horror review you will not be put on the list. If you decide in the future to cover horror fiction regularly and want to be put back on the list please leave a comment. It's nothing personal, I'd simply like to keep this horror focused.
Also, from here on out, I will only add people who send me full URL's and if you block me on social media because you think I'm a jerk or you hate my face and/or my cats that is fine but I will delete you because I will not be able to check your links and make sure you're not getting paid in exchange for your reviews. It is what it is. Please don't ask me why some people are here and others aren't. I just explained.
Readers: If you do not want to be included here please let me know in the comments. If you'd like to be on the list please leave your social media links in the comments. Also let me know which category you prefer to be listed under. I had to guess on a few of you with multiple platforms. If you spot an error please let me know in the comments. Please do not sign up if you only read horror during October.
Authors: These are all active reader/reviewers but some may be "booked up" with tbr piles at the moment. You will have to review their individual review policies to see if they're currently accepting books to review.
If you discover a reviewer on this list is charging for reviews or personally profiting from reading (I'm not talking about ads and covering website fees) please contact me ASAP and they will be removed. This list is comprised of people who love the genre, not for those trying to make a buck off of reading.
If you discover a reviewer on this list is charging for reviews or personally profiting from reading (I'm not talking about ads and covering website fees) please contact me ASAP and they will be removed. This list is comprised of people who love the genre, not for those trying to make a buck off of reading.
It's such a great time to be a horror fiction fan, right?! If you haven't ventured over to Twitter, Booktube or Instagram or even the vast land of blogging, what the heck are you waiting for? All of these communities add so much enthusiasm and fun to the horror world. Now kiss your free time goodbye and start clicking!
Horror Fiction / Websites
(these readers review all horror or a good portion of horror on their blogs)
- A World With A Bluer Sun *returning from hiatus on 2/1//21
- Always Reading
- An Average Life
- As Told By Bex
- Bark's Book Nonsense | Bookstagram | Booklikes | Goodreads | Twitter | LOHF *closed to review submissions please see my review policy for more information about ladies of horror fiction submissions/awards*
- Barnsey's Books | Twitter
- Beauty In Ruins
- Bibliosanctum
- Books Beyond Binaries | Goodreads
- Book Den | *closed to review submissions please see my review policy for more information about ladies of horror fiction submissions/awards*
- The Book Dad | Twitter | Bookstagram
- Books I Like | Twitter *closed to review submissions as of 1/9/21
- BookerT's Farm | Twitter | Bookstagram | contact info. upper right of blog
- Books, Bones, Buffy | Twitter
- Books, Movies, Reviews, Oh My
- Born To Read Books | Twitter | Reviews/Promotion
- Brandi the Bibliophile | Bookstagram
- Brennan Lafaro *closed to review submissions as of 1/9/21
- Brian's Book Blog *closed to review submissions as of 1/9/21
- Castle Macabre *closed to review submissions 1/9/21
- Cats Love Coffee
- Cedar Hollow Reviews *appears to be on hiatus, last review February 2020, no review policy
- Char's Horror Corner *closed to review submissions 1/9/21
- Chuckles Book Cave *does not have review policy/contact info but a great reviewer!
- Coffee, Dogs & Books | Bookstagram | Twitter | Goodreads
- Confessions of a Bookslayer | Twitter | Goodreads
- Cover to Cover *closed to review requests 1/9/21
- The Coy Caterpillar Reads
- Curiosity Bought the Book | Bookstagram | Goodreads | Twitter
- Damp Pebbles | Twitter *closed to review requests 1/9/21
- Dark Reads | Twitter
- Divination Hollow | Twitter
- Diversity In Horror | Twitter
- Doomsdayer | Twitter
- Entertainingly Nerdy | Bookstagram | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads *closed to review submissions 1/9/21
- Erica Robyn Reads | Twitter
- Fanbase Press | Twitter
- FanfiAddict | Bookstagram | Facebook | Twitter
- Fishmuffins of Doom *no review policy but contact email located on the bottom of blog
- Frank Michael Errington's Horrible Book Reviews (Frank tragically passed away far too soon)
- Fundinmental
- FUONLYKNEW
- Get On My Damn Level | Twitter
- Gingernuts of Horror | Twitter
- Gloria McNeely Writer
- Graciekat | Sci-fi & Scary Reviewer
- Haunted by Deadlines *closed to review submissions 1/9/21
- Hellnotes
- Home Grown Horror | Goodreads | Twitter *closed to review submissions 1/9/21
- Horrorbound.net | Joe Scipione's Twitter | Dave's Twitter
- The Horror Club
- Horrorcultfilms | Twitter
- Horror Drive-In
- The Horror Fiction Review *appears to be on hiatus, last post March 2020, contact info at very bottom of page
- Horror Fix *contact info at bottom of page
- Horror Fuel
- Horror DNA
- Howling Libraries | Bookstagram
- Inkheist *closed to review requests 1/9/21
- Into The Macabre | Twitter *appears to be on hiatus, last review December 2019
- Johann's Library | Bookstagram | #jobisreviews *email link on main page
- Justin's Journey Into Horror | Twitter | Bookstagram
- Kendall Reviews | Twitter
- Kimberly Napolitano | Twitter *contact Kimberly via Goodreads or Twitter
- Ladies of Horror Fiction | Twitter | #ladiesofhorrorfiction | aka LOHF
- Land of Way *cannot locate review policy or contact info
- Lark Writes *cannot locate review policy or contact info
- Let's Get Galactic | Twitter
- The Library Cryptid | Bookstagram
- Literary Retreat *cannot locate review policy or contact info
- LuAnn | Instagram | Twitter
- Lyndie | Twitter
- Mama Loves To Read | Bookstagram | Twitter
- Marc's Books
- Mediadrome | Bookstagram | Twitter *Temporarily closed to review requests 1/9/21
- The Misadventures of a Reader | LOHF
- The Miskatonic Review
- Nightmarish Conjurings | Twitter
- One-Legged Reviews
- PopHorror.com
- Puzzlebox Horror | Twitter
- Quackzombie (Sarah) | Twitter
- Rachel Read It | Twitter | Bookstagram
- Reads and Reels *Closed to review submissions as of 1/9/21
- Read by Dusk | Twitter
- Rebbie Reviews | Review Policy
- Reclusive Reads *Tragically Jon has passed away. Please visit his blog to read his thoughtful reviews
- Red Lace Reviews
- Scaretissue | Contact Info
- The Sci-fi and Fantasy Reviewer *I cannot find a review policy or contact info
- Sci-fi and Scary *Currently closed to review submissions 1/9/21
- Sinfully Wicked Book Reviews
- Steel Rain Book Reviews | Twitter | Bookstagram *blog last updated July 2020
- Steph Horror Mama | Bookstagram | Twitter
- Steven Gomzi | Twitter | Bookstagram
- Tattered Covers & Broken Spines | Goodreads | Twitter | Bookstagram | Contact Info
- The Tattooed Book Geek | Review Policy
- TBR and Beyond
- Team Redmon Reads | Bookstagram | Twitter
- This Is Horror | Twitter
- Tracy Robinson | Bookstagram | Scifi&Scary Reviewer | Twitter | LOHF
- We Who Walk Here | Twitter | Review Policy
- Well Worth A Read | Review Policy
- Where The Reader Grows | Twitter | Bookstagram
- Zakk Madness The Eyes of Madness
- Zooloo's Book Diary | Twitter
Author Bloggers
(these amazing people write books & also review them too)
- Erin Al-Mehairi's Oh, for the HOOK of a BOOK!
- Nico Bell | Reviews at Scifi and Scary | Twitter | Bookstagram
- John Bender's The Horror Toobox
- Imber Blu | Twitter | Goodreads
- S.J. Budd | Twitter
- S.H. Cooper | Twitter
- Don Gillette | Twitter
- Lionel Ray Green
- Steve Grogan
- Michael Patrick Hicks High Fever Reviews | Goodreads
- D.K. Hundt | Twitter
- Gabino Iglesias
- Brian James Lewis's Damaged Skull
- Edward Lorn's BookTube
- Richard Martin
- Aiden Merchant | Twitter
- Tim Meyer
- P.L. McMillan
- Brandy Michelle | Bookstagram | Goodreads
- Christine Morgan
- Bob Pastorella
- Janine Pipe | Podcast | Booktube
- Glenn Rolfe
- Shari Sakurai | Twitter *open but a 6 month wait*
- Yolanda Sfetsos | Twitter
- David Sodergren | (Paperbacks & Pugs) Bookstagram
- Austrian Spencer | Twitter | Bookstagram | Goodreads
- Steve Stred
- Lucy Taylor | Twitter
- S.D. Vassallo
- Tabatha Wood
- Stephanie Wytovich | Twitter
Booktubers
(these people review horror fiction on the YouTubes AKA Booktube)
- B.L.U.R.B. | Twitter
- BookNookNoggin *only accepting physical copies
- Brad Proctor | Bookstagram | Twitter | Goodreads
- Cameron Chaney
- Hey Little Thrifter | Bookstagram
- Well Read Beard | Goodreads | Twitter
- Leighannes Lit
- Marcy Reads | Bookstagram | Goodreads
- SFF180
- The Shades of Orange
- That's What She Read | Bookstagram
Bookstagram
(these folks are killing it on Instagram aka Bookstagram, please note: if they have a blog that I have found they will usually be listed there instead with a link to their Bookstagram account)
Updated January 2021
- Alysewho | Goodreads
- Audra & Oujia | Goodreads
- Bananareads
- BookHappy | #BookHappyReviews | Goodreads | LOHF
- Bookhangoverz | Goodreads
- Bookish Shawna | Goodreads
- Findingmontauk1 (Alex of LOHF)
- Gowsy33 | #Nightworms |Goodreads
- grumplstiltskin
- inna stiina | Goodreads
- Jessicamap Reviews | Bookstagram | #jessicamreviews | Twitter *on hiatus/all booked up*
- Lanterns Journey | Twitter
- Lars Skaar | Page Turners and Constant Reads
- MelissaNowark | Twitter | Goodreads
- October Country
- Page and Parlor | Twitter
- Spooky Octopus Reads | Twitter | Goodreads
- Readswithdogs | Goodreads
- Rod's Reads | Website
- Saraek1980 | Goodreads
- Shawna Reads | Goodreads
- She'sbeenreadingsincethe80's | Goodreads
- SheReadsHorror | n0velid3a.carrd
- Turnthedamnpage | Goodreads
- Victoria Anastasia Belle | Goodreads | Twitter | Taplink
- Witchingreads | #witchingreads
- WraithsandRoses | Website
Podcasts
If you want the latest scoop on what's hot in the horror industry, give these people a listen!
Updated January 2021
Everybody, I am going to delete comments regarding changes to the list as I finish tasks to make life easier on myself. Thank you all so very much for your additions/corrections and please keep them coming!
ReplyDeleteHello! I write a horror newsletter (free on Substack) called Nightmare Fuel - jumpscares.substack.com - and I edit and occasionally write for tornightfire.com, the consumer-facing blog for Tor’s new horror imprint, Nightfire. Would love for both of these to be added if possible!
ReplyDeleteCan you leave a link to your review policy/submission policy? Thank you so much!
Deletehttps://marcsbooks.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteI review a lot of horror fiction
Gotcha! If you have a review policy or create one please send me the link. Thank you!
DeleteHi! I review horror and sci-fi on brandithebibliophile.blogspot.com and also on instagram on @brandi_the_bibliophile. I would love to be added to your list if possible.
ReplyDeleteAll set!
DeleteHello, I review horror and would love to be added to your Bookstagram list if possible!
ReplyDeleteInstagram:
http://instagram.com/journeyintohorror/
Goodreads (and my review policy in the About Me section):
http://goodreads.com/journeyintohorror
Twitter:
https://mobile.twitter.com/thisjustinl
Thanks!
Thank you for providing your links! You're on the list
DeleteThanks so much for the link! Would you mind updating Beauty in Ruins? We've moved back from Wordpress to Blogger, so we're not at http://beauty-in-ruins.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteAll set! Thank you for letting me know!
DeleteHi. I am new to formally reviewing books on online platforms, but would love to be included on your list if there is room!? Thank you. -LuAnn
ReplyDeleteInstagram- @swimswithjaws
Twitter- @luanndg
Goodreads- http://www.goodreads.com/luanndg
All set, thank you!
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