Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!

An Ever Expanding List of Books to Read

Books emoji 22 items
I'm one of those people who believes that having piles of books lying around the house in random places constitutes as interior decorating! Here is an ever-expanding list of books that I have read and would suggest to anyone looking for a good book t...
Sections
6
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fantasy

 
Iris Watson profile picture
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striv...
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean Book 1)
placeholder
 
Iris Watson profile picture
The series that started my love of reading!
Harry Potter 25th Anniversary Paperback Set

😱Horror/Thriller

 
Iris Watson profile picture
A beautiful New York editor retreats to a lonely cabin on a hill in the quiet Maine beach town of Dead River, during off season; awaiting her sister and friends. Nearby, a savage human family with a taste for flesh lurks in the darkening woods, watch...
Off Season (Dead River, #1) by Jack Ketchum
placeholder
 
Iris Watson profile picture
The local sheriff of Dead River, Maine, thought he had killed them off ten years ago―a primitive, cave-dwelling tribe of cannibalistic savages. But somehow the clan survived. To breed. To hunt. To kill and eat. And now the peaceful residents of this ...
Offspring (Dead River, #2) by Jack Ketchum
placeholder
 
Iris Watson profile picture
In an attempt to make sense of his own mysterious and unsettling childhood memories, a man begins to reconstruct his past. As the games and adventures of his youth become engulfed by a larger story, he finds that it forms a tapestry of unbelievable h...
Penpal by Dathan Auerbach
placeholder
 
Iris Watson profile picture
Pretty disturbing, but a good read nonetheless. - Country comfort is no match for spine-tingling Southern gothic suspense in Ania Ahlborn’s tale of an ordinary man with a demon on his back. Seed plants its page-turning terror deep in your soul, and l...
Seed by Ania Ahlborn
placeholder
 
Iris Watson profile picture
Another story introduced to me from CreepCast. Super scary! - A romantic cabin getaway doesn’t go exactly as planned. High up on the windswept cliffs of Pale Peak, Faye and Felix celebrate their new engagement. But soon, a chorus of ghastly noises er...
Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell
 
Iris Watson profile picture
MUCH BETTER THAN THE MOVIE (WHICH IS STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITES!) Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation—sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists. When the brother of one of those friends disappears, they decide...
The Ruins by Scott Smith

Kids

A list of kid-friendly books.

 
Iris Watson profile picture
A very fun, interactive way to teach your children about the human body!
The Human Body (Shine-A-Light): Brown, Carron, Saunders, Rachael
 
Iris Watson profile picture
This is one of my kids' favorite books! We had to get a new copy because they read it so much that the binding came undone. It comes with these cute reusable stickers that your child can use to interact with the story while you read.
Kisses, Cuddles, and Good Night! by Henning Lohlein and Bernd Penners
 
Iris Watson profile picture
This is another book that my kids absolutely adore! It's a really good book for those children who are scared of monsters in the closet.
There's a Monster in Your Book by Tom Fletcher

🌶️Spicy

A bit of spice and everything nice.

 
Iris Watson profile picture
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but o...
A Court of Thorns and Roses
 
Iris Watson profile picture
Trauma nurse Aly Cappellucci doesn’t need any more kinks. She likes the one she’s landed on just fine. To her, nothing could top the masked men she follows online. Unless one of those men was shirtless, heavily tattooed, and waiting for her in her be...
Lights Out: An Into Darkness Novel
placeholder

Crime/Mystery

 
Iris Watson profile picture
Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March ...
The Briar Club: A Story of Friendships
placeholder
 
Iris Watson profile picture
Based on the true story of the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens in October of 1965. It's a fictionalized account, but it's a very good (and traumatizing) read. This one will stick with you for a very long time and it's important that we continue t...
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
 
Iris Watson profile picture
Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the regio...
The God of the Woods: A Novel
placeholder
 
Iris Watson profile picture
In the summer of 1969, in Los Angeles, a series of brutal, seemingly random murders captured headlines across America. A famous actress (and her unborn child), an heiress to a coffee fortune, a supermarket owner and his wife were among the seven vict...
Helter Skelter: The True Story Of The Manson Murders

Where to Get Books

A list of my favorite places to score books.

 
Iris Watson profile picture
Books are great, but sometimes I don't have time to sit and read. That's why I like audiobooks, because I can get my chores done while still catching up with my current favorite book.
30-Day Free Trial of Audible Plus /// Annual Membership
 
Iris Watson profile picture
Who doesn't love free things?!
Jaclyn wants you to know about ThriftBooks!
placeholder
 
Iris Watson profile picture
This is a fun way to not only score new books, but to sell the ones you don't want anymore!
Pangobooks: Buy and Sell Used Books with Other Readers
 
Iris Watson profile picture
A very fun resource to foster your child's love of reading.
PaperPie
 
Iris Watson profile picture
Quick, easy, and has a wide selection!
Amazon Original Books: Kindle Store