21 Best Horror Book Review Podcasts
Horror Book Review Podcasts
Here are 21 Best Horror Book Review Podcasts worth listening to in 2026.
Export Contact List1. Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast
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A horror book recommendation show where I, Stephanie, and a guest pick a niche topic in horror and recommend three books with temperature based scariness ratings. The scariest books are going in the freezer! New episodes every other Tuesday. We're talking horror books, movies and final girl songsmore Host Stephanie Gagnon
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Grace Reynolds, Jocelyn Codner +12 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 423Facebook 1.5KTwitter 3KInstagram 17.8K Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google
2. Stephen King Cast
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A weekly retrospective review of the works of Stephen King.
Producer/Network Constant Reader
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 813 Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
3. Derry Public Radio - A Stephen King Podcast
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Welcome to the basement of the Derry Civic Center. Pay no mind to the strange sounds coming from behind the Unfound Door. It's just your ka-tet, who are here to provide you with a variety of perspectives on Stephen King's work ranging from the comfortably familiar to the frighteningly fanatic. Derry Public Radio is here to keep you up-to-date with all that's happening in Derry, Maine and 'beyond.'Check us out on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/derrypublicradio. Your support helps us keep the studio lights on!more Hosts C.M. Alexander, Eve Godot, Josh Kahn
Producer/Network Derry Public Radio - A Stephen King Podcast
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Max Blaska, Paul Inman
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 248Twitter 637 Avg Length 86 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
4. Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came: A Podcast about Stephen King and His Books
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A podcast about Stephen King and his books
Producer/Network Jay Russo and Sean McGurr
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 169Facebook 550Twitter 472 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
5. Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast
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College-level conversations about the masters of horror literature from H.P. Lovecraft to Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King.
Hosts Brandon Budda, Glenn Mcdorman
Producer/Network Claytemple Media
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 177Facebook 187Twitter 1.4KInstagram 76 Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
6. The Endless Library
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Follow me into the endless library... Commentary, reviews, and retellings of books, short stories, flash fiction, and whatever else I find in here. Human-crafted, no AI
Host Spooky Aurelien
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 17Twitter 244Instagram 861 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
7. Baker.reads
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A place where we discuss all things horror and dark literature! Basically the same as my regular content, but longer! I'll also eventually have author+content creator discussions in addition to my usual book recommendations.more Email ****@icloud.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Kerry, Gracie
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 26 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
8. Dusk to Dawn: Reading Horror and Weird Fiction
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Welcome to Dusk to Dawn, Reading Horror and Weird Fiction! We post every two weeks discussing novels and short stories from old to new, the literary and the pulp. We look at tropes, themes, and plot points of our current read, and mention what we've been reading in between episodes. If it scares us or makes us squirm, we're on it. There are plentiful spoilers, so read the episode's book first if you want to avoid them...more Producer/Network Dan and Amber
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 69 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
9. From Page to Scream
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A horror podcast where we discuss our favourite scary books and compare them to their onscreen adaptations. https://linktr.ee/frompagetoscreampodMusic by Tony Ware: http://tinyurl.com/tonywarebcmore Producer/Network Tara Brigid and Chris Newton
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Laura J Harris, Nick Lane
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10. The Monster She Wrote Podcast
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Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson, authors of MONSTER, SHE WROTE (Quirk Books), discuss women in the horror genre.
Hosts Lisa Kroger, Melanie R. Anderson
Producer/Network Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 39Twitter 203 Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
11. You Can't Scare Me!
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Listen closely... Do you hear that? OH MY GOD! It's Mario, Bob, Brandon and (sometimes) Rachel venturing through all 62 of the original Goosebumps books by 'Jovial Bob' R.L. Stine! Join them for magic hares, 'Who's there?'s and jump scares in this super chill episodic podcast that they'll be sued for if they're not careful! Did I mention they also compare the books with their TV show counterparts? No? Well I just did!Support us on Patreon!more Hosts Mario, Bob, Brandon, Rachel
Producer/Network You Can't Scare Me!
Email ****@youcantscare.me
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Josh Moniz, Geop
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 23 Avg Length 164 min Format Extended Get Email Contact
12. Zombie Book Club
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Welcome to Zombie Book Club! We're a Podcast that's also a book club! We talk about Zombie / Apocalyptic horror novels, TV and movies.
Producer/Network Zombie Book Club
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Joseph Pesavento, Ray Jamison +10 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 21 Avg Length 65 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
13. Read No Evil
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Welcome to Read No Evil, your monthly horror book club for the dark and disturbing.Every month, Shaela Payne and Ian Franco pick one horror book and tear it apart from cover to cover. We dig into the characters, scares, gore, themes, bad decisions, biggest WTF moments, and that all-important ending.We'll analyze. We'll argue. We'll overthink. And we'll decide whether the book deserves a place on your shelf or should be left in the dark.Whether you've read the book or you're just along for the ride, pull up a chair and join the conversation.One book. One episode. One final verdict.more Producer/Network What If Films
Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
14. Night Reads
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Night Reads is a horror podcast hosted by authors AC Hessenauer and Jason Garman. Each episode dives into a different work of horror fiction, exploring the story, characters, themes, scares, and everything that makes the book worth talking about. From folk horror and cosmic horror to psychological terror and the strange and unsettling, nothing is off the table. Expect spoilers, deep dives, strong opinions, and two horror fans talking books long after the lights should've gone out.more Email ****@yahoo.com
Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
15. House Of 1000 Books
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Join us on a spine-tingling journey through the depths of horror literature with the House of 1000 Books Podcast! Hosted by a group of horror aficionados, we read and discuss a new horror book each month.more Recent Guests Sara Tantlinger, David Demchuk
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 68 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
16. The Grim Reader
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Two guys who love horror stories go beyond the Kings and Koontzes of the publishing world to find, read, and discuss the works of modern horror one book at a time.
Producer/Network GrimReaderPod
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
17. Lydia's Books of Terror: Horror Booktube Weekly
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Hi! I am Lydia; a Canadian horror author and reader who explores the most beautiful and diverse genre: horror. From classic to modern books, and often splatterpunk and extreme novels, I read horror almost exclusively and share it with you weekly. I curate the HWA new releases page and scour book lists for the best horror coming out each month. ✮ Music by aenorex https://aenorex.bandcamp.com ✮Find my own books and more at ▹ http://typicalbooks.comPatreon is Bookworm Central for sneak peeks ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooksSocials and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeevermore Email ****@gmail.com
Recent Guests Tim Waggoner, Gemma Amor +27 more
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
18. Chapterspooks
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A podcast where we discuss the stories that keep your kids up at night. We all know about Goosebumps... but have you heard about Fright Time; Shivers; Hair-Raisers; Bone Chillers; Creepers; or, Graveyard School? In this podcast, we analyze chapterbooks, going through each series consecutively ( book-by-book) to learn more about these oft-forgotten creepy kid's tales and to analyze the stories from a horror writer's perspective, as well as look at the culture of kid's horror literature and how it's changed over time.more Email ****@gmail.com
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19. Gattsy on Goosebumps
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Crawl under the doona and turn off all the lights; we're going through every single book in RL Stine's preteen-horror series. Join me as I explore the good ('Night of the Living Dummy II'), the bad ('Beware the Snowman') and the downright baffling (I'm still unsure what exactly was going on in 'Legend of the Lost Legend') in the most iconic name in nostalgic spookiness.Do they hold up? Were they as chilling as I remember? Will reviewing books from my childhood starve-off the existential dread I face on a daily basis? Let's find out!This is Gattsy on Goosebumps.more Producer/Network latterature
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 2Twitter 36 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
20. Spooky Frog Horrifying Books Podcast
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Welcome to The Spooky Frog Horrifying Bookcast! Your cozy crypt of chilling literature, unsettling stories, and strange fiction that hops straight into your nightmares. Join your hosts each week as we crack open terrifying tomes, unearth forgotten horror gems, and chat about the books that haunt our shelves and our dreams. Whether it's gothic classics, spine-tingling indie horrors, or cursed children's books (yes, really), Spooky Frog's got something for every little freak who reads in the dark.more Producer/Network spookyfrogpodcast
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Get Email Contact
21. David Behaviour
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Welcome to David Behaviour, a horror book review podcast! We're Beth and Marie. Once a month, we will read a new horror book, review the plot, and discuss what the David Behaviour is!
Producer/Network Beth and Marie
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Recent Guests Caius, Lex
Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 98 min Format Extended Get Email Contact
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| Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Podcast Episodes | Gender | Twitter Handle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Gagnon | Host | booksinthefreezer.com/category/podcast-episodes | 155 | Female | ||
| C.M. Alexander | Co Host | patreon.com/derrypublicradio | 188 | Male | ||
| Eve Godot | Co Host | patreon.com/derrypublicradio | 188 | Female | ||
| Josh Kahn | Co Host | patreon.com/derrypublicradio | 188 | Male | ||
| Brandon Budda | Co Host | claytemplemedia.com/eldersign | 104 | Male | @bebudda | |
| Glenn Mcdorman | Co Host | claytemplemedia.com/eldersign | 104 | Male | @glmcdorman | |
| Spooky Aurelien | Host | spookysistersbookclub.libsyn.com/site | 68 | @spookyaurelien | ||
| Lisa Kroger | Co Host | monstershewrotepodcast.libsyn.com/website | 132 | Female | ||
| Melanie R. Anderson | Co Host | monstershewrotepodcast.libsyn.com/website | 132 | Female | ||
| Mario | Co Host | 28 | @tomatograndpa | |||
| Bob | Co Host | 28 | @bobvids | |||
| Brandon | Co Host | 28 | @achangeofpants | |||
| Rachel | Co Host | 28 |
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