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Books on My Bookshelf That You Should Be Dying to Read (Updated 6/16/26)
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A trip through my bookshelves. Romance, horror, thriller picks.
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Horror
 
Thriller
 
Literary Fiction
 
Contemporary Fiction
 
TBR

Horror

Bite, Brains, and no emotional safety railings.

 
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The fictional monsters give historical horror a visible face.
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
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Even the undead know better to underestimate women with casseroles and unresolved rage.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
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A creepy estate that needs an emotional exorcist.
Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews
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The workplace got weird and white people made it worse.
The Other Black Girl | Book by Zakiya Dalila Harris | Official Publisher Page
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Should come with a trigger warning. But it was a pleasurable read nonetheless.
Tender Is the Flesh - by Agustina Bazterrica
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I really loved both this and Hazelthorn.
Don't Let the Forest In - by CG Drews
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Gen X “I Know What You Did Last Summer”. Flannel, grunge rock, and unreliable narrators. Like high school in the 90s.
Head Like a Hole - by Andrew Van Wey
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Thriller

Edge of your seat surprises where no one would dare look for them.

 
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Family secrets dont stay buried, but they are emotionally exhausting.
Love, Mom by Iliana Xander
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Disappearing black girls and the only one willing to do anything is a woman returning to her hometown.
Review: Jackal - Erin A. Adams
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Literary Fiction

 
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Literary gut punch about domestic unhappiness curdling into murder.
The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg
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Contemporary Fiction

Everything (almost!) Else.
 
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Setting lives on fire with WiFi.
The List by Yomi Adegoke
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TBR

Books that I have that I’m dying to read.
 
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I’ve been trying to read this since it started as Harry Potter fan fic on AO3. I never got to, but now I get to read it as a whole new story.
Alchemised - by Senlinyu (Hardcover)
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