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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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Member Since

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: 3.89 · 314 ratings · 61 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Silent Fright: A collection of chilling Christmas short stories by Lex Young (Goodreads Author), Mason Crundell 3.61 avg rating — 155 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 3.90 avg rating — 60 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) 4.18 avg rating — 38 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 4.35 avg rating — 17 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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Dead in the Water

by John Marrs (Goodreads Author)

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Run Away

by Harlan Coben (Goodreads Author)

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King Sorrow

by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author)

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Aghh I feel terrible for rating this so low. But I finished it, then had to google the story to try and understand it, and I still don’t. I guess it’s probably just a little too complex for me. After the first few chapters, I was utterly transfixed. ...more
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Lex Young liked Stuart Oxlade's review of City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2): "3.5 rounded up. City of Dreams felt like a book of 2 halves for me, quite literally as the first half almost deals with the fallout and subsequent shift from the last book, and the 2nd half finds it's feet in it's new destination and tells the story " Read more of this review »
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Lex Young liked Stuart Oxlade's review of City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1): "Damn this book really moves, felt like a 3 hour gangster movie rolled into less than 400 pages. If you like Goodfellas or anything of that elk then this is for you. I'm gonna have to dive straight into Book 2."
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Lex Young liked Stuart Oxlade's review of Brawl of the Wild (Dog Man, #6): "Cat Kid is really becoming such a lovable character at this point in the series. Gotta love Petey's attempts at being good"
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