By Heather A.
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene! Every year I vow to get into a spooky mood by reading spooky books and I thought I would share some of my reads with you! Some favorites are always Frankenstein and Dracula, but I wanted to expand my reading repertoire to include non-fiction, young adult, and maybe some unexpected choices (check out the Monsters and Mayhem section at the end). What do you think of the list? is there anything that gets you in the mood for Halloween? Leave a comment and let us know!
Magic
The Witches of New York by Ami McKay
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova
Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft edited by Tess Sharpe and Jessica Spotswood
Ghosts
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older
Vampires
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Soulless by Gail Carriger
Werewolves
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Zombies
Feed by Mira Grant
The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Monsters & Mayhem
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco
American Monsters: A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings in America by Linda S. Godfrey (non-fiction)
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