Library of Madness
A Cosy Literature Blog
Welcome to the Library of Madness! A blog that is dedicated to the cosy Autumn and Winter months and all the stories they inspire.
Here, we read everything from fantasy to Gothic and Horror to Whimsical. Everything in literature is connected, it is up to us readers to cultivate these connections.
I hope you find something that you love, I hope you find something new. But most of all, I hope you make some friends!
How To Sell A Haunted House | Grady Hendrix Horror Review
Child’s Play meets Annabelle in this sick and twisted family horror!
Woman Eating Claire Kohda | Vampire Literary Fiction
A beautiful mediation on food and how it penetrates all corners of our lives
She’s Always Hungry | Horror Novel Review
Absurd and deliciously dark. Enjoy at your own peril
Vita Nostra | Dark Academia Novel Review
How would you feel if you could be defined as a ‘Word’?
Don’t Let the Forest In - Dark Romance / Cottagecore Novel
A darkly addictive journey into a forest on monsters
Hell Bent | Ninth House #2 | Dark Fantasy Review
What happens when a group of murders descend to hell?
You’re about to find out…
If We Were Villains | M.L.Rio | Dark Academia Review
If We Were Villains is an excellent story that perfectly encapsulates the intensity of being a young adult
Rules for the Perfect Murder | Crime Novel Review | Peter Swanson
Ever wanted to know the way to undertake the perfect murder? You’ve come to the right place…
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo - Fantasy Novel Review
Ninth House is like Throne of Glass meets the Secret History. A fantasy novel set on one of the most beautiful campuses in the world, that also happens to harbour magic?! Sign me up…
The Secret History - Donna Tartt | Dark Academia Literature Review
The Secret History | Dark Academia Classic
A rich and thrilling story of a group of college students who find themselves stuck in the deep end when one of their friends is murdered
A perfect read for Autumn and Winter
Slewfoot - Brom | Folklore Horror Review
Slewfoot Folklore Horror Literature Review
A dark novel that excellently encapsulates feminine rage!
Uncle Silas -Le Fanu- Classic Gothic Literature Review
Carmilla - Gothic Literature Vampire Novel Review
This novel reminds me of eating sweets as a child. At first, it’s lovely and sweet and tasty, and then all of a sudden the sweetness tips into sickly and the pleasure is all but gone…
Carmilla is the same, dark and brooding yet oh, so sweet. Until she isn’t
Turn of the Screw - Henry James | Gothic Horror Literature Review
Turn of the Screw - a classic novel that will remain one of the strangest ghost stories to have ever been written
I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Ian Reid - Horror Literature Review
I’m Thinking of Ending Things is a novel that grabs you by the throat and absolutely refuses to let go. I read this breathless and finished gasping for air and leaving the lights permanently on.
Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
A Gothic book about books that will shuttle you from beginning to end before you’ve even realised you’ve started
Carmilla - Vampire Novel Review
Carmilla - Gothic Literature Vampire Novel Review
This novel reminds me of eating sweets as a child. At first, it’s lovely and sweet and tasty, and then all of a sudden the sweetness tips into sickly and the pleasure is all but gone…
Carmilla is the same, dark and brooding yet oh, so sweet. Until she isn’t
My Swordhand is Singing | Vampire Novel Review
My Swordhand is a masterful piece of Gothic Literature. Simple and effective is is legitimately scary and, in places, feels almost movie-like
Diavola | Gothic Horror Novel Review
Diavola is a creepy Gothic novel by Jennifer Thorne that will leave your skin crawling and breath quickening.
Do you trust La Dama Bianca?
Midnight Hour | Eve Chase
Midnight Hour - Eve Chase | Read 1st - 2nd January
Midnight Hour is a unique thriller, effortlessly weaving a bohemian 90’s chic with a bone-chilling mystery.
Think you know Notting Hill? You don’t have a clue what lies beneath its simple streets or behind its town houses grand doors.