ranking the 13 books I read in August | new release horror and thrillers

Book reviews and recommendations in my August reading wrap-up from what turned out to be my best reading month of the year! 🥹 ♡ Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 0:41 Happy Hour - Gemma Amor (ARC from Netgalley, Shortwave; Release 10/20/26) (horror novella) 4:36 Thirst - Marina Yuszczuk (translated sapphic vampire horror) 5:40 Rottenheart - Kat Dunn (sapphic Hamlet retelling) 7:26 A Plagued Sea - Kim Bo-Young (translated eldritch horror) 9:07 The Burn Line - Jonathan Sims (ARC from Netgalley, Poisoned Pen Press) (supernatural social horror) 11:06 Furious Violet - Sarai Walker (literary thriller) 12:55 The Death Row Club - V.A. Vazquez (thriller) 17:05 About a Place in the Kinki Region - Sesuji (translated found footage horror) 18:13 Decomposition Book - Sara Van Os (dark comedy/horror) 20:42 Bone of my Bone - Johanna Van Veen (medieval sapphic horror) 22:26 The Minimalist - Kailee Pedersen (ARC from Netgalley, St. Martin's Press) (literary thriller) 25:35 In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts - Gwendolyn Kiste (ARC from Netgalley, Creature Publishing; Release 9/15/26) (haunted house, ghost Gatsby reimagining) 28:10 She's a Doll - Barbara Truelove (ALC from Netgalley, Dreamscape Media; Release 9/8/26) (doll horror, female rage) 32:40 channel news #Booktube #HorrorBooks #BookReviews reading wrap up ♡ About Me Name: Olivia Goodreads -   / aveyclub   Instagram -   / aveyclub   Letterboxd - https://letterboxd.com/aveywatches Email - aveyclubreads@gmail.com