2024 Song Title Challenge

[WendyB]

Welcome to a new challenge. Hope you have a scary good time.

Sign up for the challenge here: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

Choose your song titles from the following list and the number of books you want to read for that title:

You're So Vain (vein) - read vampire stories

Werewolves of London - read werewolf stories

Monster Mash - read creature features or monster stories

Walk Like an Egyptian - read mummy stories

GhostBusters theme - haunted houses, ghost stories

Riders on the Storm - meteorological horror

Welcome to My Nightmare - whatever scares you the most


Keep track of them here and see what other members are reading.
Remember to create a shelf for the challenge so all the books get counted.
Hope you all discover some great new books!

[Kelly]

Challenge: 2024 Song Title Challenge
Duration: January 1 - December 31
Current Progress: 3/7

1. You're So Vain (vein): My Soul to Keepby Tananarive Due ✅
2. Werewolves Of London: Bishop by Candace Nola
3. Monster Mash: Wendigo by Vaughn C. Hardacker
4. Walk Like An Egyptian: Lot No. 249 by Arthur Conan Doyle ✅
5. GhostBusters Theme: How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix ✅
6. Riders On The Storm: Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky
7. Welcome To My Nightmare: Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

This is my first cut at my TBR for this challenge - so fun! I reserve the right to change it up however as I read through all the great books the rest of you are including. 😁

I didn't complete this challenge but had a lot of fun picking different books for the prompts. And I will read these books but not this year.

[Netanella]

Spot!

2024 Horror Aficionados Song Title Challenge
Duration: January 1 - December 31
Current Progress: 16/14

1. You're So Vain [vampires]
☑ The Famine Witch by Stephen Black - 01.22.2024
☑ Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas - 03.21.2024
2. Werewolves Of London [werewolves]
☑ Wolf Hunt by Jeff Strand - 02.27.2024
3. Monster Mash
☑ The Creeper by A.M. Shine - 02.04.2024
☑ On a Clear Day, You Can See Block Island by Gage Greenwood - 01.12.2024
4. Walk Like An Egyptian [mummies]
☑ The Beetle by Richard Marsh - 01.03.2024
5. GhostBusters Theme [ghosts]
☑ Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase - 03.21.2024
☑ Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill - 07.02.2024
6. Riders On The Storm [meterological horror]
☐
7. Welcome To My Nightmare [best of]
☑ Woom by Duncan Ralston - 01.31.2024
☑ The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker - 02.07.2024
8. It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) [post-apocalyptic]
☑ Spice, Zombie, Apocalypse by Simon Carr - 02.17.2024
9. The Tide is High [aquatic horror]
☑ Heavy Oceans by Tyler Jones - 01.07.2024
☑ A Dark and Endless Sea by Blaine Daigle - 07.04.2026
10. Life on Mars? [space horror]
☐
11. (I Just) Died in Your Arms [zombie horror]
☐
12. Mr. Roboto [techno horror]
☑ Leech by Hiron Ennes - 09.30.2024
13. I Will Survive [survival horror/thriller]
☑ The Ruins by Scott Smith - 02.11.2024
14. (Don't Fear) The Reaper [featuring Death itself]
☑ Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom - 06.28.2026

[Elke]

I‘ll go for 3 books…

You're So Vain (vein) - Pedo Island Bloodbath
Werewolves of London - werewolf
Monster Mash - It Came From The Lake
Walk Like an Egyptian - mummy
GhostBusters theme - Die Seele eines Spukhauses
Riders on the Storm - meteorological horror
Welcome to My Nightmare - whatever scares you the most

[Ginger]

What a great idea!! My spot.

6/7

You're So Vain (vein) - Vampires of El Norte
Werewolves of London - The Wolf's Hour
Monster Mash - Children of the Dark
Walk Like an Egyptian -
GhostBusters theme - Six Rooms
Riders on the Storm - Beneath a Pale Sky
Welcome to My Nightmare (clowns! 🤡) - Midnight Under the Big Top: Tales of Madness, Murder, and Magic

[inciminci]

My spot!

You're So Vain (vein) - Reluctant Immortals

Werewolves of London - WereCage by Ian Fortey

Monster Mash - The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

Walk Like an Egyptian - Edenville by Sam Rebelein

GhostBusters theme - The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

Riders on the Storm - Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.

Welcome to My Nightmare - My Work is Not Yet Done: Three Tales of Corporate Horror by Thomas Ligotti

[MollyK]

I'm in!

You're So Vain (vein):

Werewolves of London:

Monster Mash:

Walk Like an Egyptian:

GhostBusters:

Riders on the Storm:

Welcome to My Nightmare - whatever scares you the most

[Ruth]

Sounds like fun! I’ll start by signing up for at least one book for each.

January 1 - December 31

1. You're So Vain (vein):
Club Dead (finished 4/24/24)
Dead Until Dark (finished 4/13/24)
Living Dead in Dallas (finished 4/20/24)
Vampires of El Norte (finished 4/30/24)

2. Werewolves of London:
Blameless (finished 4/27/24)
Changeless (finished 4/21/24)
Lobizona (finished 4/25/24)
Prudence (finished 4/17/24)
Soulless (finished 4/19/24)

3. Monster Mash - read creature features or monster stories
A Curse So Dark and Lonely (finished 2/16/24)
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror (finished 3/27/24)
The Ballad of Black Tom (finished 3/4/24)

4. Walk Like an Egyptian:
The Eater of Gods

5. GhostBusters theme:
Night of the Living Deed (finished 4/22/24)
The Grip of It
The Ravenous Dead (finished 1/30/24)
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth (finished 3/11/24)

6. Riders on the Storm - meteorological horror
The Mist finished 4/22/24)

7. Welcome to My Nightmare - whatever scares you the most
Don't Fear the Reaper (finished 4/8/24)

[Hayley]

Oooh, this sounds fun! I'll do one of each! And probably a few for the monsters. I love creature features and my TBR of them is... numerous.

[luckykarmatx]

sounds fun! I'm in!

[Denis (deez_bookish_adventures)]

I'm in for this challenge.

You're So Vain (vein):
The Metaframe Adept
Memnoch the Devil
The Vampire Armand
So Thirsty

Werewolves of London:
Those Across the River

Monster Mash:
Children of the Dark
Stolen Tongues
The Troop

Walk Like an Egyptian:

GhostBusters theme:
Usher's Passing
The Spite House
Crawley Manor Haunting
The Whistling

Riders on the Storm:

Welcome to My Nightmare: Demons and demonology in general has always scared me. For whatever reason I always felt that if something were real then this would be it.
My Darling Girl
The Handyman Method
Incidents Around the House

[Sonja]

I'm in this sounds like fun.

My picks so far:

You're So Vain (vein) - Empire if the Damned

Monster Mash - The deep by Mira Grant. At the very least but I love monster stories.

GhostBusters theme: Horrorstore

Riders on the Storm: I'll see what I can find

Welcome to My Nightmare: The Alas Six 3.... I mean I am searching for good underwater terrors.

[Bri]

I'm in! I'll go for all categories.

You're So Vain (vein) - House of Hunger

Werewolves of London - Such Sharp Teeth

Monster Mash - The Shuddering

Walk Like an Egyptian - not really into this so I'm choosing Head Like a Hole

GhostBusters theme - Hellsworld Hotel

Riders on the Storm - Awakened: When Darkness Falls

Welcome to My Nightmare - Do Not Disturb

[Dollie]

Love this idea! I'm in. I'll try to get them all, so I pledge at least seven books.

[Justin]

I think I'd like to do one of each.

You're So Vain (vein) - The Delicate Dependency: A Novel of the Vampire Life (Michael Talbot)
Werewolves of London - The Wolf's Hour (Robert McCammon)
Monster Mash - The Hunger (Alma Katsu)
Walk Like an Egyptian - The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned (Anne Rice)
GhostBusters theme - The Grip of It (Jac Jemc)
Riders on the Storm - Abandon (Blake Crouch)
Welcome to My Nightmare - This Thing Between Us (Gus Moreno)

[Josen]

Oooo this sounds fun! Plus I'm looking for recs. 😄

You're So Vain (vein) - (vampires)
Werewolves of London - (werewolves)
Monster Mash - (creature features or monsters)
Walk Like an Egyptian - (mummies)
Ghostbusters theme - (haunted houses, ghost stories)
Riders on the Storm - (meteorological horror)
Welcome to My Nightmare - (whatever scares you the most)

[EdIsInHell]

I’m in

[Denise]

Sounds fun! My goal is 12 books.

Progress: 6/12

You're So Vain (vein) - (vampires)

Werewolves of London - (werewolves)

Monster Mash - (creature features or monsters)
Bunny by Mona Awad

Walk Like an Egyptian - (mummies)

Ghostbusters theme - (haunted houses, ghost stories)
Murder Road by Simone St. James
The September House by Carissa Orlando
The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry
My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon

Riders on the Storm - (meteorological horror)
Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates

Welcome to My Nightmare - (whatever scares you the most)

[Jensue]

I am in! I put in that I will read 12 but I am really going to try for 2 in each category.

You're So Vain (vein) - read vampire stories
Werewolves of London - read werewolf stories
Monster Mash - read creature features or monster stories
- Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer by Jillian Lauren ✔️
- Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison ✔️
Walk Like an Egyptian - read mummy stories
GhostBusters theme - haunted houses, ghost stories
- The September House by Carissa Orlando ✔️
- Gwendy's Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar ✔️
- Murder Road by Simone St. James ✔️
Riders on the Storm - meteorological horror
- Joyland by Stephen King ✔️
- The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig ✔️
Welcome to My Nightmare - whatever scares you the most
- Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar ✔️
- Becoming the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar ✔️

[megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up))]

Progress: 16/21

I'm in, hoping for three books per prompt. I will add the bookcovers in their appropriate categories once I finish the book:

You're So Vain (vein) -
1.) 2.) 3.)

Werewolves of London -
1.)

Monster Mash -
1.) 2.) 3.)

Walk Like an Egyptian -
1.) ((this is a stretch, but I'm going with it))

GhostBusters theme -
1.) 2.) 3.)

Riders on the Storm -
1.) 2.)

Welcome to My Nightmare -
1.) 2.) 3.)

[Michael]

I love this idea. I'll claim this spot. No specific number in mind. My goal is just to see how many of the songs/genres I can fill in . . .

You're So Vain (vein) - read vampire stories
1. VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE by Isabel Canas (February 06)
2. NIGHT CLUB graphic novel by Mark Millar and Juan Ramirez (April 05)
3. THE GATHERING by C.J. Tudor (May 31)

Werewolves of London - read werewolf stories
1. SUCH SHARP TEETH by Rachel Harrison (January 08)

Monster Mash - read creature features or monster stories
1. IT WAITS IN THE WOODS by Josh Malerman (March 18)
2. WILD SPACES by S. L. Coney (March 29)

Walk Like an Egyptian - read mummy stories

GhostBusters theme - haunted houses, ghost stories
1 . . . THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE by Carissa Orlando (December 18)

Riders on the Storm - meteorological horror

Welcome to My Nightmare - whatever scares you the most
1 . . . CRUELER THAN DEAD, VOLUME 2 manga by Tsukasa Samurai and Kozo Takahashi (January 05) Zombies!
2. . . . PREQUEL by Rachel Maddow (February 24) Facism! - Horrifying!
3 . . . BLACK RIVER ORCHARD by Chuck Wendig (March 15) Cults! Always disturbs me.

[Bookworm]

You're So Vain (vein) -

Werewolves of London -

Monster Mash -

Walk Like an Egyptian -

GhostBusters theme -

Riders on the Storm -

Welcome to My Nightmare -

[Icy-Cobwebs-In-Space]

This is fun! I expect I'll go full-on in the latter 3 categories. 😁

You're So Vain (vein) - read vampire stories

Werewolves of London - read werewolf stories

Monster Mash - read creature features or monster stories

Walk Like an Egyptian - read mummy stories

GhostBusters theme - haunted houses, ghost stories

Riders on the Storm - meteorological horror

Welcome to My Nightmare - whatever scares you the most

[Denise]

Are there limitations on what books count? For example, Amazon recently had several short stories by horror authors that were available for free, but some of them are under 100 pages. Do these need to be longer than that?
Thanks

[WendyB]

Denise wrote: "Are there limitations on what books count? For example, Amazon recently had several short stories by horror authors that were available for free, but some of them are under 100 pages. Do these need..."

No limitations. Just choose stories of whatever type you want (short story, novella, or a 750 page doorstopper!) to read and enjoy. The challenge is always to find new books or authors to enjoy and widen your reading horizons.

[Marie]

Cool! A new challenge! I am definitely in! :) I am only doing 10.

Read so far: 10/10

You're So Vain (vein)(vampires):

1) ’Salem’s Lot - read 1/5/2024
2) Bad Moon Rising - read 1/27/2024

Werewolves of London(werewolves):

1) Wolf Hunt - read 3/3/2024

Monster Mash(creature feature or monster stories):

1) By the Dimming Light - read 3/16/2024
2) They Stalk the Night - read 4/8/2024

Walk Like an Egyptian(mummies):

1) A Shadow on the Wall - read 6/21/2024

GhostBusters(haunted houses/ghost stories):

1) The Evil Within the House - read 4/12/2024
2) All Souls Night - read 5/2/2024

Welcome to My Nightmare(whatever scares you the most):

1) Hellweg's Keep - read 1/14/2024 (note: being stuck in a space station situation with "something" stalking you would freak me the heck out! lol That old adage would play in my head "Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide". :)

2) The Vatican Children - read 3/13/2024 (demonic books freak me out - I find them interesting but spooky and scary at the same time)

[Denise]

WendyB wrote: "Denise wrote: "Are there limitations on what books count? For example, Amazon recently had several short stories by horror authors that were available for free, but some of them are under 100 pages..."

Thanks for the quick reply!

[Alison]

I love this!!!!

[Badseedgirl]

I'm going to try 2 books for each title. I failed miserably in my challenges in 2023, so hopefully 2024 will be better!

12/14

You're So Vain (vein) - (vampire)
1.) ✅Seven Vampires: A Judge Dee Mystery - Lavie Tidhar
2.) ✅ The Locked Coffin: A Judge Dee Mystery - Lavie Tidhar

Werewolves of London - (werewolf)
1.) ✅ Wolf Hunt - Jeff Strand
2,) ✅ The Howling - Gary Brandner

Monster Mash - (creature features or monster stories)
1.) ✅The Night of the Triffids - Simon Clark
2.)

Walk Like an Egyptian - (mummy)
1.) ✅ Bubba Ho-Tep - Joe R. Lansdale
2.) ✅ Grave Importance - Vivian Shaw

GhostBusters theme - (haunted houses, ghost stories)
1.)
2.)

Riders on the Storm - (meteorological horror)
1.)
2.)

Welcome to My Nightmare - Dolls, its dolls. Dolls are creepy!
1.) The Twisted Ones - T. Kingfisher
2.) Magic - William Goldman

Bonus Song/Book
It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (apocalyptic)-
1.)✅The Wanderers by Carlos Sisi - Carlos Sisí
2.)

Season of the Witch (witch)
✅1.) All Hallows - Christopher Golden
✅2.) Cackle - Rachel Harrison

Losing My Religion (religious/theological horror)
✅1.) Midwinterblood - Marcus Sedgwick
✅2.) The Blood of the Lamb - Thomas F. Monteleone

Tide is High (Water/Sea Horror)
1.) Dead Sea - Brian Keene

Zombie (Zombie Horror)

Sympathy for the Devil (demons)

[Dana]

I’m in!! I have a bunch of vampire books!
I’ll go with “You’re so Vein”. 🧛‍♀️

[Heather]

I am in as well. I will try 1 from each of the subjects.

[Lara]

I'll try all! I am already reading my Vampire book with "Interview with a Vampire". When it comes to the others I am open to suggestions. The only ones I have enough material for are ghost stories and creature feaytures!

[Ami]

Looks fun!

[Brittany]

Sounds fun, I'm in for 1 for each.

Progress 5/7

You're So Vain (vein)
The Gathering
Vampire Miami
Ignite

Werewolves of London

Monster Mash
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror
Into the Drowning Deep
Dread Nation
Rolling in the Deep

Walk Like an Egyptian

Ghostbusters theme
Ninth House
No One Gets Out Alive

Riders on the Storm
The Rain

Welcome to My Nightmare
Dead of Winter

[annie]

Very excited to get started next year :)

Current Progress: 1/3

You're So Vain (vein) —The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

Werewolves of London —

Monster Mash — Let Him In

Walk Like an Egyptian —

GhostBusters theme — How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

Riders on the Storm —

Welcome to My Nightmare —

[Shane]

You're So Vain (vein) - The Vampyre

Werewolves of London - The Wolf Gift

Monster Mash - Wendigo

Walk Like an Egyptian - The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned

GhostBusters theme - Ghost Story

Riders on the Storm - Abandon

Welcome to My Nightmare - It

[Shari-amor]

I'm in for 10 books

You're So Vain (vein) - vampire stories
1.
2.

Werewolves of London - werewolf stories
1. Bishop by Candace Nola
2.

Monster Mash - creature features or monster stories
1. The Black Girl Survives in This One by Desiree S. Evans

Walk Like an Egyptian - mummy stories
1.

GhostBusters theme - haunted houses, ghost stories
1. Perron Manor by Lee Mountford
2.

Riders on the Storm - meteorological horror
1.

Welcome to My Nightmare - whatever scares you the most
1.

[Rebel]

I'm going for 14 books :)


You're So Vain (vein) - read vampire stories
1. Interview with the Vampire
2. From Blood and Ash

Werewolves of London - read werewolf stories

Monster Mash - read creature features or monster stories
1. Voices in the Snow
2. The Boy Who Cried Bear
3. The Scourge Between Stars

Walk Like an Egyptian - read mummy stories
1. Piñata

GhostBusters theme - haunted houses, ghost stories
1. The Reformatory
2. Wasps in the Ice Cream

Riders on the Storm - meteorological horror
1. The Fury by Alex Michaelides

Welcome to My Nightmare - whatever scares you the most
1. From Below by Darcy Coates
2. House 23
3. Dark Matter

[ThinkPiece]

Starting off with a dive into my worst nightmare...

You're So Vain (vein) - read vampire stories

Werewolves of London - read werewolf stories

Monster Mash - read creature features or monster stories

Walk Like an Egyptian - read mummy stories

GhostBusters theme - haunted houses, ghost stories

Riders on the Storm - meteorological horror

Welcome to My Nightmare - Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916

[Maria]

I'll attempt to do one of each.

Current progress: 0/7

You're So Vain (vein) - read vampire stories

Werewolves of London - read werewolf stories

Monster Mash - read creature features or monster stories

Walk Like an Egyptian - read mummy stories

GhostBusters theme - haunted houses, ghost stories

Riders on the Storm - meteorological horror

Welcome to My Nightmare - whatever scares you the most

[MikeR]

I'll attempt 2 of each

You're So Vain (vein) -
1.Suffer the Children✅(4*)
2.Last Aerie (Vampire World) by Brian Lumley✅(5*)

Werewolves of London -
1.The Wolf's Hour
2.The Wolfman✅(5*)

Monster Mash - read creature features or monster stories
1.Slither
2.The Loch

Walk Like an Egyptian -
1.The Mummy✅(1*)
2.Ragman✅(4*)

GhostBusters theme -
1.Ghosts Of Sleath✅(4*)
2.Haunted✅(5*)
3.Welcome to Nightmare Island✅(2*)

Riders on the Storm - meteorological horror
1.They Came with the Storm✅(4*)
2.The Last Storm✅(4*)

Welcome to My Nightmare - Snakes of course!
1.The Snake✅(4*)
2.Snakes✅(4*)

Completed

[Zain]

My Spot! I guess I’m ready.

You’re so Vain-vein (vampire)

Werewolves of London

Monster Mash-Creature Features

Walk like an Egyptian-mummy

Ghostbusters theme-haunted house

Riders on the Storm-meteorological horror

Welcome to my Nightmare-whatever scares me.

[Shaq]

me me!

You're So Vain (vein)
- NOS4A2
- Let Me In

Werewolves of London
- ...twilight?

Monster Mash

Walk Like an Egyptian

GhostBusters theme
- The September House

Riders on the Storm
- Hurricane Season — afaik only the title's meteorological lol

Welcome to My Nightmare
- Amygdalatropolis
- The Sluts

[Ina]

Is the challenge running now or next year? Can't see any dates.

[Denise]

Ina wrote: "Is the challenge running now or next year? Can't see any dates."

Hi-- I'm not a moderator, but it looks like the sign up thread says 12/13/23 - 12/31/24. Hope that helps!

[Ina]

Thanks. I couldn't see it. Guess I skimmed through it too fast.=)

[Alan]

Ina wrote: "Is the challenge running now or next year? Can't see any dates."

It's been set up now, but it's a 2024 challenge so Jan 1 - Dec 31.

[Ina]

Thank you Alan for clearing it up. I appreciate it. I'm joining in. Merry Christmas.=)

[Denise]

Alan wrote: "Ina wrote: "Is the challenge running now or next year? Can't see any dates."

It's been set up now, but it's a 2024 challenge so Jan 1 - Dec 31."

Just clarifying...it does say Start date: 12/13/23. It looks like some are counting books from this month already. I was planning to start one tomorrow...should I wait if I want it to be counted?
Thanks!

[Jensue]

Julie wrote: "Starting off with a dive into my worst nightmare...

You're So Vain (vein) - read vampire stories

Werewolves of London - read werewolf stories

Monster Mash - read creature features or monster sto..."

Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 - This sounds interesting.