Devour Your TBR 2023 - hosted by howlinglibraries

Ominous October
It’s spooky season, and it’s time to bust out the spooky reads! This month is all about horror, mystery/thrillers, and dark fantasy.
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Tomie: Complete Deluxe Edition by Junji Ito

Tomie: Complete Deluxe Edition

Tomie #1-3

Junji Ito

742 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction horror manga dark fast-paced
Stay Out of the Basement by R.L. Stine

Stay Out of the Basement

Goosebumps #2

R.L. Stine

122 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction horror middle grade dark mysterious tense medium-paced
What the Dead Know by Nghi Vo

What the Dead Know

Into Shadow #4

Nghi Vo

31 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Dead Ate Cheese by Eric Williford

The Dead Ate Cheese

Eric Williford

90 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+
Find Them by Julia Ash, Julia Ash

Find Them

Julia Ash, Julia Ash

369 pages • missing pub info (editions)

dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Godfather by Mario Puzo

The Godfather

The Godfather #1

Mario Puzo

595 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction classics crime thriller dark tense medium-paced
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

The Man Who Died Twice

A Thursday Murder Club Mystery #2

Richard Osman

422 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction crime mystery adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Starling House

Alix E. Harrow

303 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

The Echo Wife

Sarah Gailey

8 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders

Don't Let Her Stay

Nicola Sanders

283 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced