Geln Cook
Books I've Read 2023
Mark Lawrence: King of Thorns
Adam L. G. Nevill: The Vessel 
Mark West: Still Waters Run
​C. C. Adams: Misery And Other Lines 
​Debbie Harry: Face It
James Everington: The Shelter 
​Tracy Fahey: The Unheimlich Manoeuvre
Gary McMahon: The Grieving Stones
​JL George: The Word 
Marie O' Regan: Celeste
Glen Cook: Port Of Shadows
​Christopher Fowler: Full Dark House 
Phil Sloman: Happily Ever After
Neil Gaiman: The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Reading Now)
15th Annual Society Awards

My fun awards for books I've read this year. Does not matter which year they were released It's just stuff I've liked.

Best Horror Novel =                Adam L. G. Nevill: Cunning Folk ​​

Best Horror Collection =          ​Penny Jones: Behind A Broken Smile​

Best Novella =                 ​             Richard Farren Barber: Twenty Years Dead 

​Best Non-Horror Novel =     Mark Lawrence: Prince of Thorns ​

Special Gold Award =         Peter Straub: Julia​

Books I've Read 2022

Andrezej Sapkowski:Time Of Contempt  
​Simon Clark: Darkness Demands 
​Glen Cook: Water Sleeps 
​Frazer Lee: Hearthstone Cottage 
Mark Lawrence: Prince of Thorns 
Mark West: Don't Go Back 
​Leigh Bardugo: Siege And Storm 
​Adam L. G. Nevill: Cunning Folk 
Terry Brooks: Genesis of Shannara: The Gypsy Morph 
Mark West: Visions Of Ruin 
​William F. Nolan & George Clayton Johnson: Logan's Run 
​Richard Farren Barber: Twenty Years Dead 
​Samantha Shannon: The Bone Season 
Samantha Shannon: The Pale Dreamer
Gemma Files: Spectral Evidence
​Mark West: Only Watching You 
Glen Cook: Soldiers Live
​Stephen King: Billy Summers 
​Leigh Bardugo: Ruin And Rising 
Peter Straub: Julia
Andrzej Sapkowski: Baptism Of Fire
​David Moody: Autumn Aftermath 
​Mark West: The Hunter's Quarry 
​Penny Jones: Behind A Broken Smile 


14th Annual Society Awards

My fun awards for books I've read this year. Does not matter which year they were released It's just stuff I've liked.

Best Horror Novel = Richard Chizmar: Gwendy's Magic Feather ​​

Best Horror Collection = ​Simon Bestwick: Singing Back the Dark

Best Novella = Benedict J Jones: Slaughter Beach 

​Best Non-Horror Novel = ​Peter V. Brett: Barren

Special Gold Award = ​Samantha Shannon: The Priory Of The Orange Tree
Books I've Read in 2021
​
Adam L. G. Nevill: Wyrd and Other Derelictions
​Peter V. Brett: Barren
​F. Paul Wilson: The Void Protocol 
​Mark Lawrence: Holy Sister 
​Stephen King: The Institute 
Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials: Northern Lights
​Brian Keene: White Fire 
Glen Cook: She Is The Darkness 
Mark West: The Exercise
Simon Clark: Stranger 
​Andrezej Sapkowski: Blood Of Elves
Dacre Stoker & J. D. Barker: Dracul 
​Stephen King: Later  
​Peter V. Brett: Messenger's Legacy 
​Catriona Ward: Rawblood 
Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife 
​Clive Barker: Books Of Blood Volume 6 
​Tonke Dragt: The Secrets Of The Wild Wood 
​David Moody: Autumn Disintegration 
​Samantha Shannon: The Priory Of The Orange Tree 
​Dan Coxon: Green Fingers 
​Richard Chizmar: Gwendy's Magic Feather 
​Richard Matheson: The Best of Richard Matheson
​Terry Brooks: The Elves of Cintra 
Benedict J Jones: Slaughter Beach 
​Leigh Bardugo: Shadow and Bone 
​Simon Bestwick: Singing Back the Dark 
Peter V. Brett: The Great Bazaar & Brayan's Gold
​Stephen King: If It Bleeds 
13th Annual Society Awards

My fun awards for books I've read this year. Does not matter which year they were released It's just stuff I've liked.

Best Horror Novel = ​​Matt Ruff: Lovecraft Country 

Best Horror Collection = R. Chetwynd-Hayes: Gaslight, Ghosts & Ghouls 

Best Novella = ​​​Phil Sloman: Les Vacances 

Best Non-Horror Novel = Richard Matheson: The Shrinking Man

Special Gold Award = Priya Sharma: Ormeshadow ​

Books I've Read in 2020
​
F. Paul Wilson: The God Gene 
​Andrezej Sapkowski: The Last Wish
​Stephen King: The Outsider 
​R. Chetwynd-Hayes: Gaslight, Ghosts & Ghouls 
John W. Campbell: Who Goes There?
​Glen Cook: Bleak Seasons 
​Adam L. G. Nevill: The Reddening 
​Priya Sharma: Ormeshadow 
Stephen King: Elevation
Peter .V. Brett: The Core
​Phil Sloman: Les Vacances 
​F. Paul Wilson: The Last Christmas 
​Mark Lawrence: Grey Sister 
​Philip K.Dick: The Man in the High Castle 
​Richard Farren Barber: The Coffin Walk
Tonke Dragt: The Letter for the King  
David Moody: Autumn Purification
Andrezej Sapkowski: Sword of Destiny
Gary McMahon: Beyond Here Lies Nothing
J. R. R. Tolkien: Smith of Wootton Major 
​Charlotte Bond: The Watcher in the Woods 
Terry Brooks: Genesis of Shannara: Armageddon's Children
​M R Carey: Fellside 
​F. Paul Wilson: Signalz 
Clive Barker: Books Of Blood Volume 5
​Matt Ruff: Lovecraft Country 
​Richard Matheson: The Shrinking Man 
12th Annual Society Awards

My fun awards for books I've read this year. Does not matter which year they were released It's just stuff I've liked.

Best Horror Novel = ​David Moody: Autumn: The City

Best Horror Collection = Stephen Bacon: Murmured In Dreams 

Best Novella = ​​F. Paul Wilson: Wardenclyffe 

Best Non-Horror Novel =  Mark Lawrence: Red Sister

Special Gold Award = F. Paul Wilson: Panacea



 Books I've Read in 2019
​
F. Paul Wilson: Panacea
​J. K. Rowling: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 
​Brian Scutt: Korean Road
Glen Cook: Dreams Of Steel  
Simon Clark: This Rage Of Echoes
Peter V. Brett: The Skull Throne
​John Connolly: Horror Express (Panico en el Transiberiano): 
​Stephen Volk: Leytonstone 
​J. R. R. Tolkien: The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrun 
Owl Goingback: Breed
Stephen King & Owen King: Sleeping Beauties
​Thana Niveau: Unquiet Waters 
​Paul Doherty: The Year of the Cobra
Gary McMahon: Silent Voices 
Terry Brooks: The Sword of Shannara
​Ray Cluley: 6/6 
​David Moody: Autumn: The City
Penny Jones: Suffer Little Children 
​Glen Cook: The Silver Spike 
​F. Paul Wilson: Wardenclyffe 
​Gary McMahon:  At Home in the Shadows
​Stephen Volk: Netherwood 
​Mur Lafferty: Solo 
​Tim Lebbon: The Silence 
​George R. R. Martin: Fire And Blood 
​Joe Hill: Strange Weather 
Stephen Bacon: Murmured In Dreams 
​Algernon Blackwood: The Willows
​Mark Lawrence: Red Sister  
J. R. R. Tolkien: Roverandom
​Michael Moorcock: Firing the Cathedral
Clive Barker: The Books Of Blood Volume 4  
11th Annual Society Awards

My fun awards for books I've read this year. Does not matter which year they were released It's just stuff I've liked.

Best Horror Novel = ​Gary McMahon : The Concrete Grove

Best Horror Collection = Priya Sharma: All The Fabulous Beasts

Best Novella = ​Stephen Volk: Whitstable

Best Non-Horror Novel =  ​Glen Cook: Shadow Games

Special Gold Award = Richard Farren Barber: Closer Still 
Books I've Read in 2018
​
F. Paul Wilson: Quick Fixes
​Pablo Hidalgo: Star Wars: The Last Jedi Visual Dictionary 
​Stephen King & Richard Chizmar: Gwendy's Button Box
Glen Cook: The White Rose 
​Paul Doherty: The Haunting 
​J. R. R. Tolkien: The Story of Kullervo
Jack Ketchum: Off Season 
​Simon Clark: The Fall 
​Liam Ronan: Creeping Stick 
​Jason Fry: Star Wars:  The Last Jedi 
​Terry Brooks: The First King of Shannara 
​Mark West: Polly 
Stephen King: End of Watch
Adam L. G. Nevill: Hasty for the Dark 
​Riley Sager: Final Girls 
​David Whitaker: Doctor Who and the Crusaders 
Brian Lumley: The Clock Of Dreams 
Pablo Hidalgo: Star Wars: Solo The Official Guide
Peter V Brett: The Daylight War
Phil Sloman: Broken On The Inside
​Andy Frankham-Allen: Beast OF Fang Rock
Gary McMahon : The Concrete Grove 
​Kass Morgan: The 100: Rebellion 
​Neil Gaiman: Norse Mythology 
​Lavie Tidhar: Black Gods Kiss
​Brian Keene: School's Out 
​Benedict J. Jones: Hell Ship 
Ursula K. Le Guin: Earthsea: Tehanu
Priya Sharma: All The Fabulous Beasts
Joe McKinney: Inheritance
​Jan Edwards: Fables & Fabrications 
David Moody: Autumn 
Richard Farren Barber: Closer Still 
Stephen King: On Writing
Paul Tremblay: The Cabin At The End Of The Word 
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Fall Of Arthur
James Islington: The Shadow Of What Was Lost  
Simon Kurt Unsworth: The Martledge Variations
​John Langan: The Fisherman
Glen Cook: Shadow Games 
​Stephen Volk: Whitstable
Rich Hawkins: King Carrion 
​Edited by Kenneth W. Cain: Tales From The  Lake Vol. 5
​C.C. Adams: But Worse Will Come  
10th Annual Society Awards

My fun awards for books I've read this year. Does not matter which year they were released It's just stuff I've liked.

Best Horror Novel = ​F .Paul Wilson: Fear City

Best Horror Collection = David Williamson: The Chameleon Man & Other Terrors

Best Anthology = Ian Whates :Ten Tall Tales and Twisted Limericks

Best Non-Horror Novel =  ​Glen Cook: The Black Company

Special Gold Award = Mark West: Things We Leave Behind



Books I've Read in 2017

Pablo Hidalgo: Star Wars Rogue One: THe Ultimate Visual Guide
​Terry Brooks: The Elfstones of Shannara
Edited by Ian Whates: Ten Tall Tales And Twisted Limericks
F. Paul Wilson: Fear City 
​Alexander Freed: Rogue One 
​Terrance Dicks: Doctor who and the Abominable Snowmen 
​Joe McKinney: The Dead Won't Die
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 
J. R. R. Tolkien: The Peoples of Middle-Earth
​Simon Clark: Her Vampyrrhic Heart 
George R. R. Martin: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
​Adam L. G. Nevill: Some Will Not Sleep 
J. K. Rowling: Fantastic Beast and Were to Find Them
​David Moody: Strangers
Terry Brooks: The Wishsong of Shannara 
​Brian Keene: Kill Whitey 
​Stephen King: Finders Keepers 
Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island
Christopher Golden: Alien: River Of Pain
​Glen Cook: The Black Company
James Everington: The Quarantined City 
Brian Lumley: The Transition Of Titus Crow
​David Williamson: The Chameleon Man & Other Terrors
Kass Morgan: The 100 
Simon Kurt Unsworth: The Devil's Evidence 
​Paul Doherty: Murder Imperial 
​Kass Morgan: The 100 Day 21
​J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lay of Aotrous & Itroun 
Joe Hill: The Fireman
​Mark West: Things We Leave Behind 
​Peter V. Brett: The Painted Man
​Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse 5  
​M. R. Carey: The Girl With All The Gifts 
Laura Mauro: Naming The Bones
Glen Cook: Shadows Linger
​Adam Nevill: Under A Watchful Eye 
​Peter V. Brett: The Desert Spear 
​Ray Bradbury: Something Wicked This Way Comes 
Kass Morgan: The 100 Homecoming 
Stephen Volk: The Parts We Play
Donald Cotton: Doctor Who. The Myth Makers 
9th Annual Society Awards

My fun awards for books I've read this year. Does not matter which year they were released It's just stuff I've liked.

Best Horror Novel = ​Simon Kurt Unsworth: The Devil's Detective

Best Horror Collection = Stephen King: Bazaar Of Bad Dreams

Best Short Story/Novella = Ray Cluley: Within The Wind Beneath The Snow

Best Non-Horror Novel =  ​Lavie Tidhar: Gorel And The Pot-Bellied God 

Special Gold Award = Steve Harris: The Devil On May Street

Books I've Read in 2016
F. Paul Wilson: Dark City
Joe McKinney: Plague Of The Dead 
Simon Clark: Lucifer's Ark
Ray Cluley: Within The Wind Beneath The Snow
​Adam Nevill: Lost Girl 
​Stephen King: Revival 
Brian Keene: The Complex
​Alan Dean Foster: Star Wars: The Force Awakens 
David Moody: Last Of The Living 
Stephen Bacon / Mark West: The Lost Film
​J.R.R. Tolkien: The War Of The Jewels  
​Simon Kurt Unsworth: The Devil's Detective 
​Shirley Jackson: The Lottery and other Stories 
​Frazer Lee: the Skintaker 
​Stephen King: Bazaar Of Bad Dreams 
​Paul Doherty: The Season Of The Hyaena
​Brian Lumley: The Burrowers Beneath 
​Lavie Tidhar: Gorel And The Pot-Bellied God  
Steve Harris: The Devil on May Street 


8th Annual Society Awards

My fun awards for books I've read this year. Does not matter which year they were released It's just stuff I've liked.

Best Horror Novel = Adam Nevill: No One Gets Out Alive 

Best Horror Collection = Nathan Ballingrud: North American Lake Monsters

Best Short Story/Novella = Mark West: Conjure 

Best Non-Horror Novel = Paul Doherty: The Poisoner of Ptah 

Special Gold Award = David Moody: Them Or Us  
Books I've Read in 2015
J.R.R. Tolkien: Beowulf 
Sean Munger: Zombies of Byzantium 
F. Paul Wilson: Cold City 
Stephen King: Doctor Sleep 
Simon Clark: Secrets of the Dead 
Adam Nevill: No One Gets Out Alive 
Maynard Sims: Nightmare City 
Nathan Ballingrud: North American Lake Monsters
David Moody: Them Or Us  
George R.R. Martin: A Dance With Dragons 2: After The Feast 
Stuart Young: Reflections in The Mind's Eye 
Joe McKinney: Dead World Resurrection 
Wayne Simmons: Fever 
J.R.R. Tolkien: Morgoth's Ring
Brian Keene: The Rising  Deliverance
Stephen King: Mr Mercedes
​Shirley Jackson: We Have Always Lived in the Castle 
​Paul Doherty: The Poisoner of Ptah 
​Richard Farren Barber: The Power of Nothing 
​Mark West: Conjure 
​John Paul Catton: Kitsune
7th Annual Society Awards

My fun awards for books I've read this year. Does not matter which year they were released It's just stuff I've liked.

Best Horror Novel = David Moody: Hater 

Best Horror Collection = Brother Anthony of Taize: Eerie Tales from Old Korea

Best Short Story/Novella = Brian Keene: Last of the Albatwitches

Best Non-Horror Novel = Tim Lebbon: Alien: Out of the Shadows 

Special Gold Award = Stephen King - Joyland
Books I've Read in 2014
David Moody: Hater 
F.Paul Wilson: Jack Secret Vengeance 
George R.R. Martin: A Feast For Crows 
Rachelle Bronson: Frozen
Simon Clark: His Vampyrrhic Bride 
Stephen King: Joyland
Frazer Lee: The Jack In The Green 
Brian Keene: Blood On The Page 
F.Paul Wilson: Nightworld 
Joe McKinney: The Savage Dead 
Adam Nevill: House Of Small Shadows 
Various: ill At Ease II 
Brother Anthony of Taize: Eerie Tales from Old Korea 
George R.R. Martin: A Dance With Dragons 1: Dreams And Dust 
Dan Simmons: The Abominable 
Tim Lebbon: Alien: Out of the Shadows 
Neil Williams: The Derelict 
Mark West: Drive 
David Moody: Dog Blood
Joe McKinney: Crooked House 
Johnny Mains: Frightfully Cosy and Mild Stories for Nervous Types
Dave Jeffery: Necromancer: Necropolis Rising II  
Joe Hill: NOS4R2 
Brian Keene: Last of the Albatwitches 

6th Annual Society Awards

My fun awards for books I've read this year. Does not matter which year they were released It's just stuff I've liked.

Best Horror Novel = The Midnight Man ~ Simon Clark

Best Horror Collection = The Faculty of Terror ~ John Llewellyn Probert

Best Short Story/Novella = Still Life ~ Tim Lebbon

Best Non-Horror Novel = A Storm of Sword 2: Blood & Gold George R.R. Martin

Special Gold Awards = Ash ~ James Herbert

Books I've Read in 2013

F. Paul Wilson: The Dark At The End
Brian Keene: Entombed  
James Herbert: Ash 
Stephen King: The Wind Through The Keyhole 
Richard Dreyfuss and Harry Turtledove: The Two Georges
Simon Clark: The Midnight Man 
David Bernstein: Amongst The Dead 
F. Paul Wilson: Jack: Secret Circles 
Alan Spencer: B-Movie Reels 
George R.R. Martin: A Storm Of Swords 1: Steel And Snow 
John Llewellyn Probert: The Faculty of Terror
Joe McKinney: Mutated  
Adam Nevill: Last Days 
Jack Ketchum: The Girl Next Door
Paul Doherty: Corpse Candle  
F.Paul Wilson: Aftershock & Others 
China Mieville: The City & The City 
Brian Keene: The Conqueror Worms 
Stephen King: 11.22.63 
Tim Lebbon: Still Life 
George R.R. Martin: A Storm Of Swords 2: Blood And Gold 
Alex Irvine: Mystery Hill
Peter Straub: Mrs God 

5th Annual Society Awards

My fun awards for books I've read this year. Does not matter which year they were released It's just stuff I've liked.


Best Horror Novel = The Ritual by Adam Nevill


Best Horror Collection = Peel Back The Sky by Stephen Bacon


Best Short Story/Novella = The Mill by Mark West


Best Non-Horror Novel = Games of Thrones by George R. R. Martin


Special Gold Awards = The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman




Books I've read in 2012


H. P. Lovecraft: Necronomicon
Peter Straub: A Special Place (The Heart Of A Dark Matter)
F.Paul Wilson: Fatal Error
Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars
Frazer Lee: The Lamplighters
Simon Clark: Midnight Bazaar
George R.R. Martin: A Game Of Thrones
Johnny Mains: With Deepest Sympathy
Adam Nevill: The Ritual
Brian Keene: A Gathering of Crows
Mark West: The Mill
Joe McKinney: Flesh Eaters 
Alison Littlewood: A Cold Season 
F.Paul Wilson: Jack Secret Histories 
George R.R. Martin: A Clash Of Kings 
Wayne Simmons: Flu 
Mark West: What Gets Left Behind
Stuart Young: The Mask Behind The Face
Ramsey Campbell: Thieving Fear 
Neil Gaiman: The Graveyard Book 
Stephen Bacon: Peel Back The Sky 
Stuart Hughes: Ocean Eyes 

Books I read in 2011

 
F.Paul Wilson: Ground Zero
Peter Straub: 5 Stories 
J.L. Bourne: Day by Day Armageddon  Beyond Exile
Stephen King: The Colorado Kid  
Simon Clark: Whitby Vampyrrhic 
Joe McKinney: Quarantined 
Tasha Alexander: And Only To Deceive 
Brian Keene: Ghoul 
Sax Rohmer: The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu 
Paul Doherty: The Spies of Sobeck 
Herbert Van Thal: The Pan Book of Horror Stories 1
Peter Straub: A Dark Matter  
Stephen King: Under the Dome 
Joe Hill: Horns 
Joe McKinney: Apocalypse of the Dead 
J. F. Gonzalez: Survivor 
Johnny Mains: Lest You Should Suffer Nightmares 
Dave Jeffery: Necropolis Rising 
Charlotte Bond: Hunter's Moon 
Brian Keene: Ghost Walk
Tim Lebbon: Echo City  
Various: Derby Scribes 2011  

Books I read in 2010

Arthur Machen: The Great God Pan
Scott Christian Carr: Hiram Grange and the 12 Little Hitlers
Various: The British Fantasy Society Yearbook 2009
Derek Gunn: The Estuary
Brian Hayles: Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors
Brian Keene: Dark Hollow
William Hussey: Witchfinder: Dawn of the Demontide
Jonathan Maberry: Patient Zero
Simon Clark: Humpty's Bones
Brian Keene: Dead Sea
Charlaine Harris: Dead Until Dark
Stephen King: Duma Key
Abraham Kawa: Screaming Silver, A Tale from Pandora's Box
Brian Keene: Darkness on the Edge of Town
Adam Greenwood: Robin of the Wood
Joe Mckinney: Dead City
Paul Doherty: The Horus Killings
Adam Nevill: Apartment 16
Brian Keene: Urban Gothic
Jennifer Rardin: Another One Bites The Dust
Conrad Williams: The Unblemished
Allyson Bird: Wine and Rank Poison
Simon Clark: The Tower
Gary McMahon: How to Make Monsters
J.L. Bourne Day by Day Armageddon 

Books I read in 2009

Brian Keene: City of the Dead
Simon Clark: King Blood
Thomas Ligotti: My Work Is Not Yet Done
L..H.Maynard & M.P.N.Sims: Demon Eyes
Peter Straub: Magic Terror
Bill Hussey: The Absence
Conrad Williams: One
Joseth D'Lacey: Garbage Man & Kill Crew
James Herbert: Fluke
Paul Doherty: The Anubis Slayings
Brian Lumley: Necroscope: The Lost Years: Harry and the Pirates
Max Brooks: World War Z
James Miller: Lost Boys
Brian Keene: Castaways
Sam Stone: Futile Flame
Stephen King: Just After Sunset
Tom Cain: Assassin
John Joseph Adams Anthology: The Living Dead
Frazer Lee: Urbane and other Horror Tales
Adam L G Nevill: Banquet for the Damned
Gary McMahon: Different Skins
Dan Simmons: The Terror
Jake Burrows: Hiram Grange & the village of the Damned
F.Paul Wilson: By The Sword
Simon Clark: Ghost Monster 

Books I read in 2008

Peter Straub: In the Night Room
Elizabeth Kostova: The Historian
Julie Burchill: Sweet
Simon Clark: Death's Dominion
J.D.Rhoades: A Good Day in Hell
Joseph D'Lacey: Meat
Harry Shannon: Daemon
Richard Bachman/Stephen King: Blaze
Jennifer Rardin: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Bill Hussey:Through A Glass Darkly
David Wellington: Monster Island
Paigan (Sam) Stone: Gabriele Caccini
Brian Keene: The Rising
Joe Hill: Heart Shaped Box
Tom Piccirilli: Headstone City
William Hope Hodgson: Adrift on the Haunted Seas
F.Paul Wilson: Bloodline
Various: The First Humdrumming Book of Horror Stories
Wilbur Smith: The Quest
Garry Charles: Hammerhead A Summer Of Massacre
Tim Lebbon: The Reach of Children
Shaun Jeffrey: Evilution