Reading Challenge: Books in the Freezer Podcast 2025

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This is my fourth year participating in the Books in the Freezer Horror Reading Challenge, and once again, I really enjoyed it. See below for this year’s challenge prompts, my selections, and some stats and superlatives.

Books in the Freezer 2025 Reading Challenge💀

• 2025 Release Horror: Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez
• Small Town Horror: The Burning Girls by C. J. Tudor
• Blue or Yellow Cover: The Family Plot by Cherie Priest (review here)

• Horror Non-Fiction: Feeding the Monster by Anna Bogutskaya
• Book with a Queer Protagonist: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (review here)
• Themed Anthology: Ravens & Roses: A Women's Gothic Anthology edited by Cassandra L. Thompson

• Time-Related Word in Title: The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi (review here)
• Indie or Small Press: He Digs a Hole by Danger Slater (Fungasm Press)
• Translated Horror Novel: Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

• Gothic Horror: Fyneshade by Kate Griffin (review here)
• Takes Place Over 24 Hours: Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson
• Internet or Social Media Horror: Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman (review here)

Stats & Superlatives💀

• Shortest: He Digs a Hole by Danger Slater
• Longest: The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi
• Newest: Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez

• Oldest: The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi
• Darkest: Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
• Goriest: Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

• Best Cover: Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez
• Best Title Source Reveal: The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi
• Most Anxiety-Inducing: The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi

• Most Bizarre: He Digs a Hole by Danger Slater
• Most Disturbing: Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
• Most Freezer-Worthy: The Family Plot by Cherie Priest

• Most Intriguing: The Family Plot by Cherie Priest
• Most Moving: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
• Most Nauseating: Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

• Most Satisfying: Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson
• Most Shocking: Fyneshade by Kate Griffin
• 5-Star Experiences:
• Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
• Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson
• The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi
• The Family Plot by Cherie Priest

How about you? Do you see any favorites there, and are you participating in any reading challenges this year?

❤Amanda

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