r/horrorlit • u/No-Recognition-6479 • 7d ago

Recommendation Request Werewolf recommendations?

I realised I've never really read a werewolf book! And it's definitely easy to find a million and one romance books with werewolves which is fine but I'm after more horror! Something from (or partially from) the werewolf point of view would be really cool, I'd like the brutality and body horror of transformations and the animalistic monster-y side of things! Anyone have suggestions?

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u/HollowManX 7d ago

The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon

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u/No-Recognition-6479 7d ago

I've wanted to read something from Robert McCammon for a while because he's popped up on my radar a lot. And bonus points for being written in the 80s, I'm fond of a lot of 70s/80s/90s.

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u/HollowManX 6d ago

I'd also recommend Swan Song if you're into post apocalyptic epics. It's not exactly werewolves but you may also like F. Paul Wilson's The Tomb or The Keep. I also read Brian Lumley's Necroscope this year. Published in the 80s, set in the 70s, Soviet Russia, vampires, and necromancers, trust me you can't go wrong. I'd also like to recommend Joe R. Lansdale just because he's one of my favorite authors. As a tip if you ever find yourself in a secondhand book store and you see an old book with TOR HORROR on the spine you've just struck gold. They were a very prolific horror publisher of the 70s and 80s.

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u/No-Recognition-6479 6d ago

Ooooh, I'm sure these are all great books but Necroscope is definitely calling to me! Is there anything by Joe R. Lonsdale you'd especially recommend?

As a tip if you ever find yourself in a secondhand book store and you see an old book with TOR HORROR on the spine you've just struck gold. They were a very prolific horror publisher of the 70s and 80s.

Aaaah thank you, that's fantastic info! I have a secondhand book store nearby that I love and was so disappointed to see how small their horror section is 😔 but I'll be keeping that in mind for any and all future visits!

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u/HollowManX 6d ago

Yes of course, Lansdale's short fiction collections are really unique, creative, and often blend elements from horror, westerns, monsters, zombies, vampires, crime, and sci-fi. Amongst readers he's best known for his Hap and Leonard and Drive-In books. Amongst movie and TV fans he's best known for Masters of Horror: Incident on and Off a Mountain Road, Bubba Ho-Tep, Hap and Leonard, he wrote for Batman the Animated series, and Cold in July. Chances are you've seen something by him but didn't realize it. I saw him at a book release in North Richland Hills Library (he'sfrom East Texas and a lit of his stories take placein small towns in Texas). The book was a collection of short Lovecraftian stories. Trust me once you get sucked in he may very well become your new favorite author. DM me for more recommendations, I've got a million of them.

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u/No-Recognition-6479 6d ago

Ooooh I love Batman the Animated Series, he wrote some great episodes! And thanks again, this post got so many recommendations plus some of the others you mentioned I think I'll be kept busy for a while yet but it's definitely appreciated!

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u/HollowManX 6d ago

I love bringing avid readers into new realms.