Spooky Season 2025

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8 participants (40 books)

01 Sep 2025—31 Oct 2025

Overview

Tis the season for spooky reads, vampires and ghouls and nightmares, oh my! Time to pull some spine tingling books out and leave a light on to keep what lurks in the dark at bay. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Scary Stories #1

Alvin Schwartz

128 pages • paperback • 1981

fiction childrens horror short stories dark mysterious fast-paced
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #1

Ransom Riggs

352 pages • digital • 2011

fiction fantasy historical horror young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

The Eyes Are the Best Part

Monika Kim

277 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction horror thriller dark tense fast-paced
The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw

The Library at Hellebore

Cassandra Khaw

276 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

V.E. Schwab

535 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

310 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

Kylie Lee Baker

298 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction horror thriller dark emotional tense medium-paced
Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin

Cuckoo

Gretchen Felker-Martin

342 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark emotional tense medium-paced
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

400 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

Hungerstone

Kat Dunn

324 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced