Runalong the Shelves TBR Reduction Book Challenge - hosted by shanaqui

October: Read a horror or dark-themed book
"Read a horror or dark themed tale (crime counts too!) you want to be unsettled!"
All books added
Sabella, or The Blood Stone by Tanith Lee

Sabella, or The Blood Stone

Tanith Lee

157 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark medium-paced
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

Ring Shout

P. Djèlí Clark

185 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

The Taking of Jake Livingston

Ryan Douglass

244 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

146 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced
African Monsters by Jayne Bauling, Tendai Huchu, Tade Thompson, Dave-Brendon de Burgh, Vianne Venter, Joe Vaz, Dilman Dila, Toby Bennett, James Bennett, Joan De La Haye, Nerine Dorman, Sarah Lotz, Chikodili Emelumadu, Nick Wood, Margrét Helgadóttir, Jo M. Thomas, Nnedi Okorafor, Su Opperman

African Monsters

Fox Spirit Books of Monsters #2

Jayne Bauling, Tendai Huchu, Tade Thompson, Dave-Brendon de Burgh, Vianne Venter, Joe Vaz, Dilman Dila, Toby Bennett, James Bennett, Joan De La Haye, Nerine Dorman, Sarah Lotz, Chikodili Emelumadu, Nick Wood, Margrét Helgadóttir, Jo M. Thomas, Nnedi Okorafor, Su Opperman

198 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror adventurous slow-paced
Single White Female by John Lutz

Single White Female

John Lutz

320 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wall-Paper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

64 pages • first pub 1892 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious fast-paced
Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

Hell Followed with Us

Andrew Joseph White

398 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian horror lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

Rock Paper Scissors

Alice Feeney

312 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Fünf by Ursula Poznanski

Fünf

Beatrice Kaspary #1

Ursula Poznanski

384 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller mysterious fast-paced