Archive of Becky's Lists, Articles, and Presentations [updated October 2024]

Over the years I have created many annotated lists of horror books worth your time. This page will serve as an archive of those pre-blog lists and as a repository for any new lists.

• Horror Recap 2012
• Horror Recap of 2015
• Becky’s Horror Top Ten of 2016
• Becky’s Favorite Horror Reads of 2017
• Becky Favorite Horror Published in  2018
• Becky's Top 10 Horror of the Year [Published in 2019]
• Becky Top 20 Horror For Libraries of the Decade [2010s]
• Becky's Top 10 Horror of 2020
• Becky's To 10 Horror of 2021
• Becky's Top Horror of 2022
• Becky's Top Horror of 2023

Occasionally, I take over Library Journal Readers Shelf Column:

• October 2012
• October 2013
• October 2014
• April 2015
• October 2015
• April 2016
• October 2016
• April 2017
• October 2017
• April 2018
• October 2018
• October 2019
• October 2020

I often include an Interview with my Library Journal Horror Review Columns which appear 4x a year [beginning in 2020].

• Interview with Daniel Kraus 
• Interview with Silvia Moreno Garcia
• Interview with Mary SanGiovanni about Cosmic Horror 
• Interview with Usman Malik
• Interview with Amanda Desiree
• Interview with V. Castro
• Interview with Alma Katsu
• Interview with Gabino Iglesias
• Interview with Stephen Graham Jones
• Interview with Sadie Hartmann and Ashley Sawyers
• Interview with Cynthia Pelayo
• Interview with Kaaron Warren
• Interview with Paul Tremblay
• Interview with Cassandra Khaw
• Interview with Jenny Kiefer
• Interview with S.A. Barnes
• Interview with Monika Kim
• Interview with Donyae Coles
• Interview with Rachel Harrison
• Interview with M.M. Olivas

Here are some of the articles I have written:

• Five Things to Know in Horror [A Booklist Live Presentation with video access, 5/16]
• Making Horror Less Scary [Library Journal, 5/1/17]
• Fear Not: Genre Spotlight: Horror [Library Journal 7/1/18]
• Wicked Good Reads: Horror Genre Spotlight [Library Journal 7/1/19]
• Rise of the Monsters: Top Horror Titles  and Trends Coming This Season [Library Journal 7/1/20]
• Frights and Delights: 60 Horror Titles To Thrill Readers [Library Journal 7/1/21]
• Fear is Always in Season: Horror Preview 2022 [Library Journal 7/1/22]
• The Scares Keep Growing: Horror Preview 2023 [Library Journal 7/1/23]
• Fiction Shows Its Fangs: Horror Preview 2024[Library Journal 7/1/24]

I have a column in The Lineup at least 4x a year. You can click here to see all of my content on that site.