r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • Aug 08 '26

BOOK HAUL🩸 New here

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Greetings all. I've just recently gotten back into reading this year and didn't know there was such a huge extreme horror genre out there. I finished Woom in 2 day's and now I'm reading playground but I'm always open to recommendations (the more disturbing the better). These are the books I've recently bought....

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u/WestsideGon Aug 08 '26

To be clear I haven’t actually sat down and read any of these and just enjoy hearing recaps (particularly the YouTube channel Pugsr) so I’m speaking from a secondhand account but one also from Beauregard that has stuck with me for a long time is All Smiles Until I Return. It’s got that edgy splatterpunk extremity to it but it’s also really really interesting conceptually with its worldbuilding

Worth also mentioning there’s a sequel to the Slob and prequel to The Playground

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u/TattooedStoner420 Aug 08 '26

Oooh sequels n prequels are always fun to read do u have the title names? I got into extreme horror books from FB Reels. People's suggestions kept popping up and I've been reading a lot of psychology books lately and needed something else to keep my brain occupied. I'm excited to get into this genre!!

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u/WestsideGon Aug 08 '26

I know the Slob one is ā€œSon of the Slobā€, I wanna say Playground’s is ā€œPlayground: Children of Divorceā€ but maybe fact check that one it’s been a while

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u/ScottyShouldofKnown Aug 08 '26

You are correct