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October Spooky Recommendations 🪦🎃
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items Are you wanting or needing spooky recs for October or fall season? Well look no further, I have a mix of thriller and horror books for you. They start from beginner, if you’re looking for something very mild to pro, where you can’t sleep with the lig...
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Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Pro
Beginner
If you’re dipping your toes in with thriller for the first time or you’re not a huge slasher fan then these starter books are perfect for you!
This follows two POVs, Mary who gets in a car accident and is found by a police officer and her dad comes and gets her from the station and he calls her Mary but she can’t remember her name or who the man is. But she goes with him anyway. The other P...
That's Not My Name by Megan Lally
In this mystery thriller you will be asking yourself if you’re actually the crazy one. It follows a queer couple, Charlie and Eve, they recently purchased a house with some history. One night a family shows up on their doorstep to see if they can loo...
We Used to Live Here: A Novel by Marcus Kliewer
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This follows a group of TikTok influencers who get invited on a remote island where things quickly take a turn for the worst. They have to outrun the killer while having nowhere to go.
The Island by Natasha Preston
Intermediate
These books are more on the soft side of spooky to me. Still along the lines of not overly gory/slasher and not super scary, but you’re still going to get the spooky feel of October and fall.
Maggie returns home to baneberry hall after her father passed away and she inherited the old house. She plans to renovate and sell the house. While there she discovering the old skeletons in the closet of her past with the house. After her father wro...
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
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In this psychological thriller you’ll question everything. Every other night Maggie and Nina have dinner together then after dinner Nina helps Maggie back up to her room in the attic. Nina just can’t forgive Maggie for what she has done. While readin...
What Lies Between Us by John Marrs
After Mackenzie’s mom passes away in an accident. The day of the funeral she receives a letter from her mom’s #1 fan and it leaves her shocked, when she continues to receive these mysterious letters Mackenzie starts her own investigation to figure ou...
Love, Mom by Iliana Xander
Advanced
Now we’re getting into darker and heavier books. I will not stop recommending these so if you don’t like anxiety inducing, goosebumps or gore. Then maybe these aren’t for you.. but if you do continue on
This book will have you laughing one minute and scared the next. Margaret and Hal move into a beautiful Victorian home and like old homes this one’s bones come to life every September. From helpful ghosts to pranksters to bleeding walls this house al...
The September House by Carissa Orlando
*check your trigger warnings*
This book follows Mia and Finn they both buy this house and shortly after moving in Mia finds out she’s pregnant. While they are renovating this house they go to the attic and up there they find these suitcases filled wi...
Keep It in the Family by John Marrs
Have you ever wondered what happens to the final girls after the dust settles? Well they have a support group for that. Lynnette is apart of the group after her family was slaughtered when she was a teenager. She still looks over her shoulder and won...
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
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Pro
These are for the ones that are slasher fans & love a good haunted house & want to be scared. These aren’t for the faint of heart, in my opinion.
After Mark and Louise’s parents pass away in a tragic car accident, Mark inherits their childhood home. They start to clean and get the house ready to put it on the market, but the house just isn’t ready to let them go yet. This will have you scared ...
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Adrienne inherited her grandmothers home after she passed away. Wanting a new life she moves into her estranged grandmother’s house and shortly after she moves in a lot of weird paranormal things start happening. The house and her family have a past ...
The Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates
This follows Ruth and her friends, they get invited to go on this 7 day isolated island trip where they have a chance to play these games and win money. After shortly arriving weird things start happening. From disappearances to murder. Ruth’s past c...
How Bad Things Can Get by Darcy Coates
*I added an extra one because it’s spooky season & I couldn’t help it*
Bela has another mommy who comes out of the closet and ask her if she can be inside her heart for carnation, reincarnation. Bela’s real parents meet her other mommy for the f...
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman