10 Niche Genres for Whatever You’re in the Mood For

Join the Reading Room book club: https://substack.com/@benjaminlaird Book links: https://bookshop.org/shop/benjaminlai... This is an affiliate link. If you purchase books here, I earn a commission at no extra cost to you and you support independent booksellers. This video explores ten reading moods, with books that satisfy the craving for each—from Gothic horror and lost-world adventures to detective mysteries and family sagas. *Books mentioned* 1. *Gothic horror:* Dracula*, *The Turn of the Screw*, *The Haunting of Hill House 2. *Lost-world adventures:* King Solomon’s Mines*, *The Lost World*, *Journey to the Centre of the Earth 3. *Unreliable memory:* Never Let Me Go*, *The Remains of the Day*, *The Sense of an Ending*, *Cloud Atlas 4. *Estranged from adulthood:* The Catcher in the Rye*, *The Bell Jar*, *No Longer Human 5. *Civilization-scale science fiction:* Foundation*, *Dune*, *Childhood’s End*, *2001: A Space Odyssey 6. *Quests for home:* The Lord of the Rings*, *The Hobbit*, *The Wizard of Oz*, *Watership Down 7. *After the end:* Earth Abides*, *Alas, Babylon*, *The Stand*, *The Road 8. *Detective mysteries:* And Then There Were None*, *The Hound of the Baskervilles*, *The ABC Murders*, *The Big Sleep 9. *Western noir:* Blood Meridian*, *The Shootist*, *True Grit*, *No Country for Old Men 10. *Family sagas:* East of Eden*, *David Copperfield*, *Les Misérables