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Spooky Reads for October
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Ready to get spooky this October? 🎃📚 

This list features Black-authored books perfect for spooky season, from eerie supernatural stories and dark fantasy to horror, thrillers, paranormal romance, and unsettling tales that will have you reading with the lights on. Whether you’re looking f...
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The Paranormal

 
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Part comedy, part tragedy, part horror. Wholly enjoyable.
Clark, P. DjĂšlĂ­ - Ring Shout
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A retelling of The Horror at Red Hook by HP Lovecraft, from the perspective of “Black Tom”
The Ballad of Black Tom (Audible Audio Edition)
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Now, I haven’t read this one yet, but it’s a debut fantasy about puritanical witches.
The Year of the Witching: Henderson, Alexis
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This is on my TBR but it’s set in New Orleans and features witchcraft and tarot.
Death Card - Smith, Jasmine: Books
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Thrillers

 
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This one is perfect because you can pair it with the adaptation!
The Changeling by Victor LaValle
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This one involves murders in the woods 
 whew
Jackal: A Novel by Erin E. Adams
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A psychological thriller that will have you wanting to fight someone.
Monday's Not Coming: Psychological Thriller
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Especially perfect if you’re in a dark academia mood.
Where Sleeping Girls Lie - ÀbĂ­kĂ©-ÍyĂ­mĂ­dĂ©, Faridah
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Horror

 
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I haven’t read this one yet, but it was named best horror book of the year.
Model Home: A Novel - Solomon, Rivers
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Southern gothic horror with haints and queer love
On Sundays She Picked Flowers
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A ghost horror, but it’s also a thriller and there’s a creepy house.
Delicious Monsters eBook by Liselle Sambury
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This one is a bit gory. Don’t be fooled but the fact that it’s YA.
Tender Beasts - Liselle Sambury: Books
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My top read of 2026!!! Whew.
Our Sister's Keeper - Holmes, Jasmine: Books
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This book is an absolute banger.
The Reformatory: A Novel - Tananarive Due
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I very much enjoyed this book! It’s gory and steeped in revolution. The second book 
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Blood Slaves (The Blood Saga) - Redmond, Markus
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