All Points West October 2024 Spooky Reads

Recommendations shared by GVPL librarian, Delia Filipescu and Jason D'Souza on CBC Radio's All Points West.

Updated October 3, 2024
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Dracula
Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912 
Paper Book
Bram Stoker's peerless tale of desperate battle against a powerful, ancient vampire When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries in his client's castle. Soon afterwards, disturbing incidents unfold in England:...
Carmilla [hoopla audiobook]
LeFanu, J. Sheridan 
Ebook
Certain dark things
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia author. 
Audiobook
Interview with the vampire [CD]
Rice, Anne, 1941-2021 
Paper Book
40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION * From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, "a magnificent, compulsively readable thriller...Rice begins where Bram Stoker and the Hollywood versions leave off and penetrates directly to the true fascination of the myth--the education of the vampire" (...
The historian a novel.
Kostova, Elizabeth. 
Paper Book
To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history....Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of-a...
The southern book club's guide to slaying vampires
Hendrix, Grady 
Paper Book
"This funny and fresh take on a classic tale manages to comment on gender roles, racial disparities, and white privilege all while creeping me all the way out. So good."-Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black Girl Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this New...
'Salem's Lot
King, Stephen, 1947- author. 
Paper Book
NOW A NEW FILM STREAMING ON MAX * #1 BESTSELLER * Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem's Lot in hopes that exploring the history of the Marsten House, an old mansion long the subject of rumor and speculation, will help him cast out his personal devils and provide inspiration for his new book....
Bride
Hazelwood, Ali 
Paper Book
#1 Indie Next Pick! A Hall of Fame LibraryReads pick! One of People's Best Books to Read in February A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the...
Vampires in the lemon grove stories
Russell, Karen, 1981- 
Paper Book
From the author of the New York Times best seller Swamplandia!--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--a magical new collection of stories that showcases Karen Russell's gifts at their inimitable best. A dejected teenager discovers that the universe is communicating with...
Never whistle at night an Indigenous dark fiction anthology : are you ready to be un-settled?
Hawk, Shane, editor. 
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST EDITED ANTHOLOGY * BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY * LOCUS AWARD FINALIST A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: "Are you ready to be un...

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