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Gargoyles, Ghouls, and Other Ghostly Things

Welcome to my spooky-season reading list! Every year I love picking out a bunch of scary stories and seeing how far I get. And every year I am too ambitious and never finish my list. We'll see how far I get this year :D I hope you read along with me and find some new creepy and kooky favorites.

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  • One of my hands-down favorite picture books.
    Book, 2016New York : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., [2016] — E FIC Pilkey Dav 08/2016
  • I'm so intrigued by the mysterious D.B. Cooper, the subject of many documentaries, podcasts, books, and theories. This graphic novel is a chilling look at the only documented unsolved airplane hijacking.
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — J GRAPHIC 364.1552 Sullivan 04/2021
  • I loved, loved, loved The Immortal Life of Addie LaRue! Bury Our Bones hooked me just like Addie LaRue did.
    eBook, 2025Tor Publishing Group, 2025
  • My friend Julia recommended this to me.
    Book, 2024Toronto, Ontario : Park Row Books [2024] — FICTION Rasche Anna 10/2024
  • My book club will discuss this at our October meeting.
    eBook, 2022Tor Publishing Group, 2022
  • The Cat and Mouse Duet has been on my TBR for a long time. Maybe this year I'll finally read it!
    Book, 2021[Place of publication not identified] : [H. D. Carlton], [2021] — FICTION Carlton H.D.
  • This very Halloween-y series by one of my fav authors has been on my radar for a long time.
    Book, 2024Naperville, IL : Bloom Books, [2024] — FICTION Lark Sophie 10/2024
  • I LOVED the author's previous novel, Best Hex Ever, and I can't wait to read this one.
    Book, 2025New York : Dell, [2025] — FICTION ElFassi Nadia
  • Alexandria Bellefleur never fails. I've read every one of her books and I can't wait for this one.
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley Romance, 2025. — FICTION Bellefle Alexandr 10/2025
  • America's Most Gothic

    Haunted History Stranger Than Fiction /

    Hieber, Leanna Renee,
    You can't think of Halloween without thinking of haunted houses. This one looks so interesting! I bought it for my brother for his birthday, and checked out a copy for myself!
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Citadel Press/Kensington Publishing Corp., [2025] — 133.1082 Hieber
  • A Dracula/Beauty and the Beast dark academia romance.
    eBook, 2023Tor Publishing Group, 2023
  • An LGBT gothic fantasy
    eBook, 2025Feiwel & Friends, 2025
  • Based on fact. A true crime writer travels to an orphanage to investigate an unsolved death that happened there 50 years earlier.
    Book, 2025New York : Atria Books, 2025. — FICTION Seybolt Bailey 04/2025
  • I may explore some of V.E. Schwab's backlist. I love reading about ghosts!
    eBook, 2018Scholastic Inc., 2018
  • Wednesday

    a Novelization of Season One

    Mejia, Tehlor Kay,
    My favorite creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky family
    Book, 2024New York : Random House Children's Books, [2024] — TEEN FICTION Mejia Tehlor 10/2024
  • While not a Halloween read per se, this novel is based on the mystery of the Princes of the Tower, an unexplained chapter of history that I'm so fascinated by.
    eBook, 2021Graydon House Books, 2021
  • I adored the author's previous book, Love and Other Conspiracies. This one is about aliens!
    eBook, 2025Penguin Publishing Group, 2025
  • Phantoms/ghosts are a big part of Halloween lore. This story is classic and timeless and heartbreakingly beautiful. The ending makes me cry every time.
    DVD, 2012Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2012. — DVD Phantom