NoveList 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by sarahm

October

Embrace the scary by reading a creepy horror novel or ghost story. 


NoveList Suggestions
You definitely don't have to stick to these options. NoveList encourages readers to choose any book they'd like for the prompts, these lists just give a starting point. 
  • Jackal by Erin E. Adams
  • Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Maria Bazterrica 
  • The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro
  • Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
  • The Whispering Dead by Darcy Coates 
  • The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
  • Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi 
  • A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand
  • Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
  • Lone Women by Victor LaValle
  • Maeve Fly by CJ Leede
  • Spin a Black Yarn: Novellas by Josh Malerman
  • Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 
  • The September House by Carissa Orlando 
  • Small Angels by Lauren Owen 
  • A Light Most Hateful by Hailey Piper 
  • Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
  • Monstrilio by Gerardo Samano Cordova
  • Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle 
  • Little Eve by Catriona Ward 
  • Mister Magic by Kiersten White
  • White Horse by Erika T. Wurth
  • Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, edited by Ellen Datlow
  • Ghosts From The Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural, edited by Tony Medawar
  • Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror, by Jordan Peele
All books added
The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict

The Christmas Murder Game

Alexandra Benedict

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller mysterious tense fast-paced
The Monk by Matthew Lewis

The Monk

Matthew Lewis

416 pages • first pub 1796 (editions)

fiction classics horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A Place for Vanishing by Ann Fraistat

A Place for Vanishing

Ann Fraistat

464 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror young adult dark emotional medium-paced
The Annotated Poe by Edgar Allan Poe

The Annotated Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

440 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories dark medium-paced
Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo

Feed Them Silence

Lee Mandelo

105 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Wonderland by Zoje Stage

Wonderland

Zoje Stage

356 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious tense fast-paced
How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

How to Survive Your Murder

Danielle Valentine

296 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

6 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror by Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror

Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural by Tony Medawar

Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

Tony Medawar

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery dark mysterious medium-paced