Horrific Reads: Horror Fiction and Graphic Novels, 2012-2015

Zombies, demons, psychotic killers, ravenous predators, vengeful teenagers—all the scariest characters from horror fiction show up in this collection of essays and reviews, an opinionated meditation on how the horror genre has been getting in our faces lately. Evan Gillespie is never shy about telling you what he thinks, and you might not agree with all his thoughts ("Enough with the zombies already!"), but by the time you reach the end of this collection, you're likely to have some new horror fiction on your to-read list.

Culture critic Evan Gillespie has been slinging his opinions about books at readers for over a decade. The "What Were We Thinking?!" series collects the best of his book-oriented essays and presents them to a new generation of readers. Because, you know, he's all about educating the youngsters.