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Lex Young

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Born

in The United Kingdom

Website

https://www.lexyoung-author.co.uk/

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction

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December 2022

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Lex Young is a horror writer hailing from Wiltshire, UK, who also likes to merge into the genre of crime and sci-fi.

Lex's first publication, A Christmas Number One, hit #1 in two separate Kindle store charts during its first month of release, and was also featured on BBC Radio in 2022.

His follow up story, V: Garcia , is currently averaging a review score of 4.9/5* on the Kindle store.

Most recently, his short story collection, Silent Fright, became a bestseller on the Kindle store.
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Average rating: 3.91 · 324 ratings · 61 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Silent Fright: A collection of chilling Christmas short stories by Lex Young (Goodreads Author), Mason Crundell 3.63 avg rating — 157 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Festive Fears: Thrilling & chilling Christmas short stories by Lex Young (Goodreads Author), Mason Crundell 3.92 avg rating — 61 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Christmas Number One 4.43 avg rating — 44 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tech The Halls: Twisty Christmas tales of tech horror by Lex Young (Goodreads Author), Murphy Gray (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 42 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	V: Garcia 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Nothing Man

by Catherine Ryan Howard (Goodreads Author)

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The Midnight Train (The Midnight World, #2)

by Matt Haig (Goodreads Author)

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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)

by Rebecca Yarros (Goodreads Author)

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This was a great mix of short stories. Beth does a great job at character building in each tale, so that you genuinely care about them. My favourite was What About Tomorrow which now has me pining after more zombie-related fiction. Murder in the Vide ...more
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I am already a big fan of MK. We Used To Live Here was my favourite read of 2025 and probably up there in my fave books of all time. The Caretaker, at least plot-wise, is a little less enthralling, I would say. The characters are great and the dialog ...more
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