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
Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan

Smaller and Smaller Circles

F.H. Batacan

10 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious fast-paced
Alice by Christina Henry

Alice

The Chronicles of Alice #1

Christina Henry

325 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious fast-paced
The Year of Needy Girls by Patricia A. Smith

The Year of Needy Girls

Patricia A. Smith

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ mystery dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock Holmes #5

Arthur Conan Doyle

188 pages • first pub 1902 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Troop by Nick Cutter

The Troop

Nick Cutter

368 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction horror science fiction thriller adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Guest List by Lucy Foley

The Guest List

Lucy Foley

313 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Vivia by Tanith Lee

Vivia

Tanith Lee

344 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror adventurous dark medium-paced
The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas

The Cheerleaders

The Cheerleaders #1

Kara Thomas

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson

Midnight Robber

Nalo Hopkinson

329 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction adventurous slow-paced
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

A Deadly Education

The Scholomance #1

Naomi Novik

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced