Spooky Season

In the mood for some spooky reads to prep yourself for Halloween? In this list you'll find some of the most popular spooky reads mixed in with novels that have that "Halloween Vibe" to make for perfect reading this spooky season!

Updated October 10, 2024
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Dracula
Stoker, Bram
Paper Book
The punctured throat, the coffin lid slowly opening, the unholy shriek as the stake pierces the heart¿these are just a few of the chilling images Bram Stoker unleashed upon the world with his 1897 masterpiece, Dracula. Inspired by the folk legend of nosferatu, the undead, Stoker created a timeless...
Frankenstein
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Paper Book
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of...
The haunting of Hill House
Jackson, Shirley
Paper Book
The greatest haunted house story ever written--the inspiration for the hit Netflix horror series! One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been...
The picture of Dorian Gray
Trewin, Anna
Paper Book
Since its first publication in 1890, Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, has remained the subject of critical controversy. Acclaimed by some as an instructive moral tale, it has been denounced by others for its implicit immorality. After having his portrait painted, Dorian Gray is...
The phantom of the opera
Leroux, Gaston
Paper Book
The Phantom of the Opera is the first in the Haunted Library Horror Classics series presented by the Horror Writers Association. An unabridged edition of the novel that inspired the famous Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Deep beneath the Paris Opera House, a masked man lives in silence......
Rebecca
Du Maurier, Daphne
Paper Book
Penguin Readers is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age...

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