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November/December Reads: Books to Make Halloween Last Until Christmas
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items Thanksgiving?? Overplayed. For me, the berrrr months are all about being spooked all the way until Christmas. Halloween reading should start in October and last all chilly season long! (Until Christmas, when you suddenly start reading cozy and though...<3
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True Spooks A Lot
Chilling Adventures (not Sabrina)
Cozy Under Covers Vibes
My Spooky TBR
True Spooks A Lot
These might keep you up at night
Kill the KKK!!! This is a demon-killing adventure fest set in the South where a spitfire Black girl and her friends hunt down the racist monsters… and I do mean MONSTERS that are terrorizing the South
Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark
Your friends invite you to a spooky house for some pre-wedding festivities but… wait… are you the only ones here?? Japanese folklore meets haunted house meets DID YOU SEE THAT NO I SWEAR THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE HERE
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
Chilling Adventures (not Sabrina)
Some fun romps to fill the cold nights
Turn of the century Cairo is sharing its streets with the Djinn, mostly peacefully. Mostly. The detectives at the supernatural detective agency are there to deal with the… other times. This is a really short book you can read in a sitting, HIGHLY REC...
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark
A fun manga for fans of And Then There Were None
The Decagon House Murders Manga Vol. 1
a classic isolated island mystery-- the perfect book to make you stop trusting everyone!
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
A rollicking good 1920s time with a supernatural twist! A mocking murderer playing maudlin games with our detectives! Who will solve the cold case and who will become the subject of the next one? It's all the master plan of someone truly… devious.
Truly Devious (Truly Devious Series #1) by Maureen Johnson
Harry Potter and The Magicians meets… one of those video games where you fight an endless array of more and more grotesque monsters. This one really surprised me with how much worldbuilding it has, all set in a really cool magic school overrun with f...
A Deadly Education (Scholomance Series #1) by Naomi Novik
Cozy Under Covers Vibes
Not-scary perfect pageturners to get you into the cozy creepy mood
A mysterious will, the chance to win a fortune, and only a group of misfits standing in your way… This should be simple.
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Have you ever felt like you were being controlled by a demon inside of you that you're being forced to bend to their will as they speak to you mean? Haha… what… me neither?
Ava's Demon Book 1: Reborn by Michelle Fus
This is the equivalent of Draco Malfoy being a semi-indestructible elven king on a revenge quest.
Witch King by Martha Wells
Cauldron cauldron bubble bubble Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg are in trouble… Discworld's favorite meddling witches are at it again with this, a Halloween spooktacular worthy of Hamlet.
Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Series #6) by Terry Pratchett
My Spooky TBR
I haven't read them yet and I'm already freaked out
For Pazuzu's sake! At the risk of being possessed forever, let's see if this head-spinning terror is as terrifying as its movie counterpart.
The Exorcist: A Novel by William Peter Blatty
An influencer Buys a Haunted House: You'll Never Believe What Happens Next (not clickbait)
Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
Just the idea that mermaids can take you to the bottom of the ocean if they want… Ariel never prepared me for that.
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
An ancient gargantuan spider lived underground and people harvested its silk for magical purposes and oop-- I'm already so freaked out I want to throw up
Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud
I want to read this in spooky season not just because of the name but because the idea of being surrounded by darkness and ice on a marooned ship is scarier than any monster who could ever be living under the very cozy conditions under my bed.
The Terror by Dan Simmons