Spooky Season: Books for Adults

Updated September 18, 2025
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Spooky Season: Books for Adults

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The Djinn waits a hundred years
Khan, Shubnum
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE "Rich and swoony...an ambitious delight, with rich characters and some exceptionally lovely writing...This is the start of a major career." -- The New York Times Book Review AN INDIE NEXT PICK A LIBRARY...
Haunted nights : a Horror Writers Association anthology
Morton, Lisa
Paper Book
Sixteen never-before-published chilling tales that explore every aspect of our darkest holiday, Halloween, co-edited by Ellen Datlow, one of the most successful and respected genre editors, and Lisa Morton, a leading authority on Halloween. In addition to stories about scheming jack-o'...
Shook! : a Black horror anthology
Alleyne, Shawn
Paper Book
Stemming from a love of Southern gothic horror, this anthology boasts a cadre of award winning or nominated writers representing awards such as the Will Eisner Awards, the Ringo Awards, the Hugo Awards, and is the largest collection of Glyph Comics Awards winners and nominees in a single publication...
The guests on South Battery
White, Karen
Paper Book
With her extended maternity leave at its end, Melanie Trenholm is less than thrilled to leave her new husband and beautiful twins to return to work, especially when she's awoken by a phone call with no voice on the other end-and the uneasy feeling that the ghostly apparitions that have stayed silent...
Universal Studios monsters : a legacy of horror
Mallory, Michael.
Paper Book
From the 1920s through the 1950s, Universal Studios was Hollywood’s number one studio for horror pictures, haunting movie theaters worldwide with Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, among others. Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror explores all of these...
The me you love in the dark. Vol. 1
Young, Skottie
Paper Book
A gorgeously rendered blend of horror and romantasy that spirals into obsession, isolation, and unholy inspiration and provides the perfect read for spooky season Writer Skottie Young (I Hate Fairyland, Fortunately, the Milk, Deadpool, Strange Academy) and artist...
Yours cruelly, Elvira : memoirs of the mistress of the dark
Elvira
Paper Book
**Instant New York Times Bestseller, Los Angeles Times Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, Publishers Weekly Bestseller** On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson reached...
Halloween party murder
Meier, Leslie
Paper Book
Visit small-town Maine in a trio of Halloween cozy mystery tales by New York Times bestselling authors Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Barbara Ross. Small town traditions are celebrated throughout Maine during the holiday season. But when it comes to Halloween, some...
We live here now
Pinborough, Sarah
Paper Book
Limited edition printing with stenciled edgesUSA TODAY BESTSELLER! "Atmospheric, immersive, surprising and as dark as wet tires." --New York Times Book Review "Brilliant. . . The twist completely blew my mind. I adored every page." --Lisa Jewell...
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