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Spooky Season Recommendations - Bookcast Newsletter

Published 16 days ago • 2 min read

It's Spooky Season Again, Bookcasters!

Hey there Reader,

It's October and that means it's time for one of my favorite Bookcast traditions! I asked all of our past guests to send their recommendations for your Spooky Season TBR list and they did not disappoint! Here are 50 books for you to check out - hard core horror, suspense, classics, children's books, and more. There's a link at the bottom of the list where you can find and purchase all of these titles. Remember - these are scary books, so always check the triggers.

Quick note: some of the books on this list are not available on Bookshop, so links to other ways to purchase have been added.

And if you want to listen to some spooky / horror authors, here's playlist of conversations you're going to love!

  • Luke Swanson, Chapter 67 and YNGR: Gold Glamour's Ghost by Neil Adam Ray, Vampire on the Orient Express by Shane Carrow, Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson, A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
  • Betsey Kulakowski, Chapter 27: Karens in the Woods by Betsey Kulakowski and JB Caine
  • Christopher Murphy, Chapter 22: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
  • J.L. Hyde, Chapter 7: Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
  • Kenny Kemper, YNGR: Black Sheep or Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
  • Natalie Griffin, YNGR: Savage Indulgence by Shayla Raquel
  • Jeff Provine, Chapter 3: The Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James
  • Amanda Bales, Chapter 22: The Other by Thomas Tryon
  • Kathryn Lynn, Chapter 49: The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno Garcia
  • Britni Brecheen, Chapter 49: The Haar by David Sodergren
  • Rilla Askew, Chapters 30 and 63: This New Dark by Chase Dearenger
  • Mark Archuleta, Chapter 75: The Descent by Jeff Long, The Ruins by Scott Smith
  • Amy Prokopis, Chapter 42: Curse of Blood and Sight by Amy Prokopis
  • Julia Bryan Thomas, Chapter 45: Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • Will Thomas, Chapter 45: The Hound of the Baskerville by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Magen Runyan, Chapter 47 and YNGR: Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver, The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James, Don't Swipe Right by LM Chilton, What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell
  • Sydney Aerin, BTR Poet: Secrets of the Forsaken: Into the Depths of Dread by Cary Cody
  • Chad Lehrman, YNGR: Salem's Lot by Stephen King
  • Nichole Yates, Chapter 68: Dead Silence by SA Barnes
  • Tyler Lenz, Chapter 42 and YNGR: 14 by Peter Clines
  • S.A. Barnes, YNGR: Play Nice by Rachel Harrison, Exiles by Mason Coile
  • Candace Kade, Chapter 74: The Curious Case of the Midnight Specter by Moriah Chavis
  • Nick Lyon, Chapter 37: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix, Let's Go Play at the Adams' by Mendel W. Johnson, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson
  • Jessica Berg, Chapter 61: Misery, The Long Walk, and Pet Semetary by Stephen King
  • Emma Jackson, YNGR: The Grace Year by Kim Liggett, That's Not My Name by Megan Lally
  • Jamie Sykes, Chapter 72: The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
  • Hannah Herron, cohost and favorite oldest daughter: The Exorcist House by Nick Roberts, When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy, The Queen by Nick Cutter, The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig
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For Younger Readers

  • Eric Dabney, Chapters 15 & 16: The Baddies by Julia Donaldson and Little Ghost Makes a Friend by Maggie Edkins Willis
  • Mariana Llanos, Chapter 31: Benita and the Night Creatures by Mariana Llanos and Cocoretto
  • Tammi Sauer, Chapter 43: The Ghosts Went Floating by Kim Norman and Jay Fleck
  • Julia Bryan Thomas, Chapter 45: Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds

On The Okie Bookcast this month:

  • Author Daniel H. Wilson (10/7)
  • Behind the Rain, An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma Poetry, Volume 14 (10/15)
  • Your Next Great Read w/ S.A.Barnes (10/21)

Be sure to subscribe or follow on your favorite podcast app to get these episodes when they drop.

Go find something good to read!

J

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