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Spooky<br />
Season<br />
Book List
Serial Killers<br />
The Devil in the White City by<br />
Erik Larson<br />
nonfiction history true<br />
crime dark informative<br />
mysterious slow-paced<br />
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo<br />
fiction crime mystery<br />
thriller dark mysterious<br />
tense medium-paced<br />
Find Her by Lisa<br />
Gardner<br />
fiction mystery<br />
thriller dark<br />
mysterious tense fastpaced
Serial Killers<br />
The Whisperman by Alex<br />
North<br />
fiction crime mystery<br />
thriller dark mysterious<br />
tense fast-paced<br />
The Perfect Husband by Lisa<br />
Gardner<br />
fiction mystery thriller<br />
dark mysterious fast-paced<br />
The Bone Collector by<br />
Jeffery Deaver<br />
fiction crime<br />
mystery thriller dark<br />
mysterious tense<br />
fast-paced
Serial Killers<br />
My Sister, the Serial Killer by<br />
Oyinkan Braithwaite<br />
fiction contemporary<br />
thriller dark funny tense<br />
fast-paced<br />
The Last House on Needless<br />
Street by Catriona Ward<br />
fiction horror thriller dark<br />
mysterious tense mediumpaced
Haunted Houses<br />
Horrorstor by Grady<br />
Hendrix<br />
fiction horror mystery<br />
dark tense fast-paced<br />
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily<br />
M Danforth<br />
fiction historical horror<br />
lgbtqia+ adventurous dark<br />
mysterious medium-paced<br />
Haunted Pittsburgh by<br />
Michelle Smith,<br />
Timothy Murray,<br />
Haydn Thomas<br />
nonfiction dark fastpaced
Haunted Houses<br />
Mexican Gothic by Silvia<br />
Moreno-Garcia<br />
fiction fantasy historical<br />
horror dark mysterious<br />
tense medium-paced<br />
The Hacienda by Isabel<br />
Cañas<br />
fiction historical horror<br />
thriller dark mysterious<br />
tense medium-paced<br />
The Good House by<br />
Tananarive Due<br />
fiction fantasy horror<br />
dark mysterious tense<br />
slow-paced
Haunted Houses<br />
The Graveyard Apartment by<br />
Mariko Koike (Translated by<br />
Deborah Boliver Boehm)<br />
fiction horror mystery dark<br />
mysterious tense mediumpaced<br />
Nothing But Blackened Teeth<br />
by Cassandra Khaw<br />
fiction horror lgbtqia+<br />
dark tense fast-paced
Cannibalism<br />
Eat the Rich by Sarah<br />
Gailey<br />
fiction comics horror<br />
thriller dark mysterious<br />
tense medium-paced<br />
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina<br />
Bazterrica (Translated by<br />
Sarah Moses)<br />
fiction dystopian horror<br />
science fiction dark tense<br />
medium-paced<br />
The Cannibal’s Guide to<br />
Ethical Living by Mykle<br />
Hansen<br />
fiction horror challenging<br />
funny reflective mediumpaced
Cannibalism<br />
Brother by Ania Ahlborn<br />
fiction horror thriller<br />
dark mysterious tense<br />
medium-paced<br />
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea<br />
G. Summers<br />
fiction contemporary horror<br />
literary thriller dark funny<br />
medium-paced<br />
The Hunger by Alma Katsu<br />
fiction historical horror<br />
dark mysterious slowpaced
Witches & Ghosts<br />
The Year of the Witching by<br />
Alexis Henderson<br />
fiction fantasy horror<br />
challenging dark<br />
mysterious medium-paced<br />
Payback’s a Witch by Lana<br />
Harper<br />
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+<br />
romance adventurous funny<br />
lighthearted medium-paced<br />
Water Ghosts by Shawna<br />
Yang Ryan<br />
fiction literary challenging<br />
mysterious reflective slowpaced
Witches & Ghosts<br />
The Girl from the Well by<br />
Rin Chupeco<br />
fiction horror young adult<br />
dark mysterious tense<br />
medium-paced<br />
How I Became a Ghost by Tim<br />
Tingle<br />
fiction fantasy historical<br />
middle grade young adult<br />
emotional sad mediumpaced<br />
The Manningtree Witches by<br />
A.K. Blakemore<br />
fiction historical dark<br />
emotional slow-paced
Witches & Ghosts<br />
I, Tituba, Black Witch of<br />
Salem by Maryse Condé<br />
fiction feminism<br />
historical dark sad slowpaced<br />
Goddess of Filth by V.<br />
Castro<br />
fiction horror dark<br />
tense fast-paced
Domestic & Family<br />
Thriller<br />
The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun with<br />
Sora Kim-Russell (Translator),<br />
Sora Kim-Russell (Translator)<br />
fiction horror mystery thriller<br />
dark mysterious reflective slowpaced<br />
The Push by Ashley<br />
Audrain<br />
fiction contemporary<br />
mystery thriller dark<br />
emotional tense fast-paced<br />
The Vegetarian by Han<br />
Kang (Translated by<br />
Deborah Smith)<br />
fiction contemporary<br />
literary dark sad tense<br />
medium-paced
Domestic & Family<br />
Thriller<br />
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi<br />
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+<br />
young adult emotional<br />
hopeful reflective fast-paced<br />
The Family Upstairs by<br />
Lisa Jewell<br />
fiction mystery thriller<br />
dark mysterious fastpaced<br />
Little Secrets by<br />
Jennifer Hillier<br />
fiction crime thriller<br />
dark emotional tense<br />
fast-paced
Domestic & Family<br />
Thriller<br />
The Turn of the Key by Ruth<br />
Ware<br />
fiction mystery thriller dark<br />
mysterious tense mediumpaced
Cozy Mystery<br />
Death by Dumpling by<br />
Vivien Chien<br />
fiction mystery mysterious<br />
fast-paced<br />
Finlay Donovan Is Killing<br />
It by Elle Cosimano<br />
fiction mystery funny<br />
mysterious fast-paced<br />
The Vampire Knitting<br />
Club by Nancy Warren<br />
fiction fantasy<br />
mystery lighthearted<br />
mysterious fast-paced
Cozy Mystery<br />
A Deadly Inside Scoop by<br />
Abby Collette<br />
fiction mystery<br />
lighthearted mysterious<br />
medium-paced<br />
Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by<br />
Jennifer J. Chow<br />
fiction mystery<br />
lighthearted mysterious<br />
fast-paced<br />
Hollywood Homicide by<br />
Kellye Garrett<br />
fiction contemporary<br />
mystery lighthearted<br />
mysterious fast-paced
Cozy Mystery<br />
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q<br />
Sutanto<br />
fiction contemporary<br />
mystery romance funny<br />
lighthearted fast-paced
Zombies, Vampires &<br />
Werewolves, Oh My!<br />
The Southern Book Club’s Guide<br />
to Slaying Vampires by Grady<br />
Hendrix<br />
fiction horror thriller<br />
adventurous dark mysterious<br />
medium-paced<br />
A Dowry of Blood by S.T.<br />
Gibson<br />
fiction fantasy horror<br />
lgbtqia+ dark mediumpaced<br />
The Girl with All the Gifts<br />
by M.R. Carey<br />
fiction dystopian<br />
horror emotional<br />
reflective tense<br />
medium-paced
Zombies, Vampires &<br />
Werewolves, Oh My!<br />
Fledgling by Octavia E.<br />
Butler<br />
fiction horror lgbtqia+<br />
science fiction<br />
adventurous challenging<br />
slow-paced<br />
Hadriana in All My Dreams<br />
by René Depestre<br />
(Translated by Edwidge<br />
Danticat)<br />
fiction magical realism<br />
dark mysterious slow-paced<br />
Crota by Owl<br />
Goingback<br />
fiction fantasy horror<br />
mystery dark<br />
mysterious fast-paced
Zombies, Vampires &<br />
Werewolves, Oh My!<br />
Minion by L.A. Banks<br />
fiction fantasy<br />
adventurous mediumpaced<br />
Woman, Eating by Claire<br />
Kohda<br />
fiction horror literary<br />
dark reflective mediumpaced
Murder!!!!<br />
Frankenstein in Baghdad by<br />
Ahmed Saadawi (Translated<br />
by Jonathan Wright)<br />
fiction fantasy horror<br />
challenging mysterious<br />
medium-paced<br />
Now You’re One of Us by<br />
Asa Nonami (Translated<br />
by Michael Volek &<br />
Mitsuko Volek)<br />
fiction horror dark tense<br />
slow-paced<br />
The Tempest Tales by<br />
Walter Mosley<br />
fiction contemporary<br />
fantasy challenging<br />
reflective fast-paced
Murder!!!!<br />
Wonderland: A Thriller by<br />
Jennifer Hillier<br />
fiction horror mystery<br />
thriller dark mysterious<br />
tense fast-paced<br />
In the Shadow of Evil by<br />
Beatrice Culleton<br />
Mosionier<br />
horror challenging dark<br />
reflective fast-paced<br />
Into The Forest And All The<br />
Way Through by Cynthia<br />
Pelayo<br />
nonfiction horror poetry<br />
true crime dark mysterious<br />
reflective medium-paced
Murder!!!!<br />
The Decagon House Murders<br />
by Yukito Ayatsuji<br />
fiction mystery dark<br />
mysterious medium-paced<br />
Anna Dressed in Blood by<br />
Kendare Blake<br />
fiction horror young<br />
adult dark fast-paced<br />
The Sleepless by Nuzo<br />
Onoh<br />
fiction horror dark<br />
mysterious tense<br />
medium-paced
Classic Horror<br />
The Haunting Of Hill House by<br />
Shirley Jackson<br />
fiction classics horror<br />
literary dark mysterious<br />
tense slow-paced<br />
The Turn Of The Screw by<br />
Henry James<br />
fiction classics horror<br />
mystery dark<br />
mysterious slow-paced<br />
Beloved by Toni Morrison<br />
fiction classics historical<br />
literary magical realism<br />
dark emotional sad slowpaced
Classic Horror<br />
Frankenstein by Mary<br />
Shelley<br />
fiction classics horror dark<br />
mysterious reflective slowpaced<br />
Dracula by Bram Stoker<br />
fiction classics horror<br />
dark mysterious tense<br />
slow-paced<br />
The Picture of Dorian Gray<br />
by Oscar Wilde<br />
fiction classics horror<br />
lgbtqia+ literary dark<br />
mysterious reflective<br />
medium-paced
Classic Horror<br />
Carmilla by Joseph<br />
Sheridan Le Fanu<br />
fiction classics horror<br />
Interview with the<br />
Vampire by Anne Rice<br />
fiction fantasy horror<br />
dark slow-paced
Magical Mystery<br />
The Ballad of Black Tom by<br />
Victor LaValle<br />
fiction fantasy horror<br />
dark mysterious tense<br />
fast-paced<br />
The Ballad of Perilous<br />
Graves by Alex Jennings<br />
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+<br />
dark mysterious<br />
reflective medium-paced<br />
The Changeling by<br />
Victor Lavalle<br />
fiction fantasy horror<br />
mystery adventurous<br />
dark mysterious slowpaced
Magical Mystery<br />
Magic For Liars by Sarah<br />
Gailey<br />
fiction fantasy mystery<br />
lighthearted mysterious<br />
reflective fast-paced<br />
Three Parts Dead by Max<br />
Gladstone<br />
fiction fantasy science<br />
fiction adventurous<br />
mysterious slow-paced<br />
The Bone Orchard by<br />
Sara A. Mueller<br />
fiction fantasy<br />
emotional mysterious<br />
medium-paced
Magical Mystery<br />
The Conductors by Nicole<br />
Glover<br />
fiction historical magical<br />
realism mystery<br />
adventurous mysterious<br />
medium-paced
Historical Mysteries &<br />
Horror<br />
Dread Nation by Justina<br />
Ireland<br />
fiction fantasy historical<br />
young adult adventurous<br />
challenging dark mediumpaced<br />
Velvet Was the Night by<br />
Silvia Moreno-Garcia<br />
fiction crime historical<br />
mystery dark mysterious<br />
tense medium-paced<br />
The Taker by Alma<br />
Katsu<br />
fiction historical<br />
literary
Historical Mysteries &<br />
Horror<br />
Anoka: A Collection of<br />
Indigenous Horror by Shane<br />
Hawk, Seweryn Jasiński<br />
fiction horror short stories<br />
dark emotional reflective<br />
medium-paced<br />
Fairest Flesh by K.P.<br />
Kulski<br />
dark tense mediumpaced<br />
The Christie Affair by<br />
Nina de Gramont<br />
fiction historical<br />
mystery mysterious<br />
reflective mediumpaced
Historical Mysteries &<br />
Horror<br />
The Witch’s Market by<br />
Mingmei Yip<br />
fiction fantasy mystery<br />
adventurous mysterious<br />
fast-paced<br />
A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P.<br />
Djèlí Clark<br />
fiction fantasy mystery<br />
short stories adventurous<br />
mysterious fast-paced
Psychological Thriller<br />
The Only Good Indians by<br />
Stephen Graham Jones<br />
fiction contemporary<br />
horror thriller dark<br />
mysterious tense mediumpaced<br />
The Tenth Girl by Sara<br />
Faring<br />
fiction horror mystery<br />
young adult dark<br />
mysterious tense slowpaced<br />
Wrist by Nathan<br />
Niigan Noodin Adler<br />
fiction fantasy<br />
horror dark slowpaced
Psychological Thriller<br />
The Sleeping and the<br />
Dead by Ann Cleeves<br />
fiction crime mystery<br />
mysterious mediumpaced<br />
Sharp Objects by Gillian<br />
Flynn<br />
fiction mystery thriller<br />
dark mysterious mediumpaced<br />
Fever Dream by<br />
Samanta Schweblin<br />
fiction horror<br />
literary dark<br />
mysterious tense<br />
fast-paced
Psychological Thriller<br />
The Ones that Got Away<br />
by Stephen Graham<br />
Jones<br />
fiction horror short<br />
stories dark fast-paced
Pandemic & Post Apocalyptic<br />
Taaqtumi: An Anthology of<br />
Arctic Horror Stories by<br />
Richard Van Camp, Thomas<br />
Anguti Johnston, et al.<br />
fiction horror short stories<br />
dark mysterious tense<br />
medium-paced<br />
Who Fears Death by Nnedi<br />
Okorafor<br />
fiction fantasy science<br />
fiction adventurous dark<br />
slow-paced<br />
Smoketown by Tenea D.<br />
Johnson<br />
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+<br />
science fiction<br />
adventurous<br />
challenging reflective<br />
medium-paced
Pandemic & Post Apocalyptic<br />
The Plague by Kevin<br />
Chong<br />
fiction contemporary<br />
challenging dark<br />
reflective slow-paced<br />
Station Eleven by Emily St.<br />
John Mandel<br />
fiction dystopian literary<br />
science fiction adventurous<br />
dark reflective mediumpaced<br />
Hamnet by Maggie<br />
O'Farrell<br />
fiction historical<br />
literary emotional<br />
reflective sad mediumpaced
Pandemic & Post Apocalyptic<br />
Severance by Ling Ma<br />
fiction contemporary<br />
literary science fiction<br />
dark reflective mediumpaced
Social Horror & Cults<br />
We Cast a Shadow by<br />
Maurice Carlos Ruffin<br />
fiction contemporary<br />
race science fiction<br />
challenging dark<br />
reflective slow-paced<br />
Sorrowland by Rivers<br />
Solomon<br />
fiction horror lgbtqia+<br />
science fiction emotional<br />
slow-paced<br />
When No One Is<br />
Watching by Alyssa<br />
Cole<br />
fiction mystery<br />
thriller mysterious<br />
slow-paced
Social Horror & Cults<br />
White Tears by Hari<br />
Kunzru<br />
fiction horror music<br />
mystery dark<br />
mysterious reflective<br />
medium-paced<br />
The Other Black Girl by<br />
Zakiya Dalila Harris<br />
fiction literary thriller<br />
dark mysterious tense<br />
medium-paced<br />
When the Reckoning<br />
Comes by LaTanya<br />
McQueen<br />
fiction horror dark<br />
mysterious tense<br />
medium-paced
Social Horror & Cults<br />
The Incendiaries by R.O.<br />
Kwon<br />
fiction contemporary<br />
literary reflective<br />
medium-paced
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