10 Body Horror Books That Get Under Your Skin

Hello, my Bookish Friends! Today we’re talking about one of my favorite horror subgenres: body horror — aka horror that weaponizes the human body in the most upsetting, fascinating, and deeply invasive ways possible. From parasitic infections and grotesque transformations to cannibalism, consumption, grief, and identity dissolution, these books absolutely crawled into my nervous system and refused to leave. In this video, I’m recommending 10 body horror novels that range from literary and emotionally devastating to outright revolting (complimentary). We’ll talk about fungal horror, bodily mutation, feminist rage, ecological horror, monstrous hunger, toxic intimacy, and all the many ways horror writers turn flesh into a nightmare. Books discussed include: • Nothing Tastes as Good by Luke Dumas • Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield • Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca • Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison • Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark • Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica • The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim • Boy Parts by Eliza Clark • Maeve Fly by CJ Leede • Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer If you love horror that is strange, visceral, psychologically unsettling, feminist, existential, or just plain disgusting, I suspect at least one of these books will become your next obsession. Tell me in the comments: What’s the most disturbing body horror novel you’ve ever read? #BookTube #HorrorBooks #BodyHorror #HorrorFiction #BookRecommendations #WeirdFiction #FeministHorror