The Books

2024

  • Last Days by Adam Nevill
  • The Perfectly Fine House by Stephen Kozeniewski and Wile E. Young
  • Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
  • King Lear by William Shakespeare
  • Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
  • Hunted by Darcy Coates
  • The Employees by Olga Ravn
  • Folklorn by Angela Mi Young Hur
  • Macbeth by William Shakespeare
  • Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
  • Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
  • The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
  • The Only One Left by Riley Sager
  • Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
  • Beloved by Toni Morrison
  • This American Ex-Wife by Lyz Lenz
  • A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
  • Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin
  • I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
  • Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
  • Confessions by Kanae Minato
  • Mary by Nat Cassidy
  • The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
  • Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
  • The September House by Carissa Orlando
  • Bad Dreams in the Night by Adam Ellis
  • Becoming by Michelle Obama
  • The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
  • Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
  • The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
  • The Boy Who Didn’t Come Home by Melissa Albert

2023

  • Terrortome by Garth Marenghi
  • White Horse by Erika T. Wurth
  • The Demon Next Door by Bryan Burrough
  • Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
  • Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
  • How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
  • Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
  • Little Eve by Catriona Ward
  • Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
  • My Heart is Full of Blood by Dennis Mahoney
  • The Switch House: A Short Novel by Tim Meyer
  • The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
  • The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
  • The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
  • Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones
  • Paladin’s Grace by T. Kingfisher
  • Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
  • What Happened to You? by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
  • Matrix by Lauren Groff
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
  • A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
  • Pointe by Brandy Colbert
  • Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
  • The Auctioneer by Joan Swanson
  • The Spite House by Johnny Compton
  • Tell Her Story by Margot Hunt
  • The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel A. van der Kolk
  • The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
  • Fairy Tale by Stephen King
  • Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
  • Indian Summer by Aaron Mahnke
  • Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
  • Supper Club by Lara Williams
  • First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami
  • Goddess of Filth by V. Castro
  • Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford
  • Watership Down by Richard Adams
  • Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
  • Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
  • The Vegetarian by Han Kang
  • Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden
  • The Ruins by Scott Smith
  • The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro
  • The Between by Tananarive Due
  • Within These Walls by Ania Ahlborn
  • Piercing by Ryu Murakami
  • Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage
  • Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
  • Walking Practice by Dolki Min
  • Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
  • Goblin by Josh Malerman
  • Women Talking by Miriam Toews
  • Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie
  • Making a Scene by Constance Wu
  • Push by Sapphire
  • The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
  • The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
  • Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
  • Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
  • My Annihilation by Fuminori Nakamura
  • Any Man by Amber Tamblyn
  • The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure by Stacey Allan, Will Doyle, Ari Levitch, and Christopher Perkins (Dungeons and Dragons/WoTC)
  • Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly
  • In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
  • Jawbone by Monica Ojeda
  • Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie
  • Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fantasy Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
  • The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
  • An Immense World by Ed Yong
  • The Hike by Drew Magary
  • Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
  • Ankle Snatcher by Grady Hendrix
  • Astral Adventurer’s Guide by Christopher Perkins, Jeremy Crawford, and Ari Levitch (Dungeons and Dragons/WoTC)
  • You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann
  • American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
  • Her Little Flowers by Shannon Morgan
  • Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
  • Straight by Chuck Tingle
  • Mister Magic by Kiersten White
  • Hide by Kiersten White
  • Every Drop is a Man’s Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
  • Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
  • Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor
  • Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez
  • Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
  • Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
  • I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong
  • Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
  • Brother by Ania Ahlborn
  • Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
  • Head Like a Hole by Andrew Van Wey
  • The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
  • FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven
  • The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White
  • The Final Curtain by Keigo Higashino
  • Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh

2022

  • Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles edited by Ellen Datlow
  • Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino
  • Boom Town by Sam Anderson
  • The Broken Room by Peter Clines
  • The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
  • The Butterfly House by Katrine Engberg
  • The Troop by Nick Cutter
  • Devil House by John Darnielle
  • The Fervor by Alma Katsu
  • Acid for the Children by Flea
  • A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw
  • Arkham County by Guy Adams and AK Benedict
  • Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
  • A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers
  • The Guest List by Lucy Foley
  • The Night Shift by Alex Finlay
  • Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
  • We Are All The Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin
  • Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
  • Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
  • The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones
  • Green River Running Red by Ann Rule
  • The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
  • The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
  • Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
  • The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
  • Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco
  • What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
  • The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
  • I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
  • The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
  • The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex
  • The Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates
  • The Elementals by Michael McDowell
  • The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson
  • Sundial by Catriona Ward
  • Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Durham
  • The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
  • The Pallbearers’ Club by Paul Tremblay
  • Bones and All by Camille DeAngelis
  • Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
  • Dead Men Can’t Complain by Peter Clines
  • If It Bleeds and Other Stories by Stephen King
  • A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
  • Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
  • Malice by Keigo Higashino
  • The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
  • The Newcomer by Keigo Higashino
  • A Death in Tokyo by Keigo Higashino

2021

  • Hell House by Richard Matheson
  • Dune by Frank Herbert
  • Short Horror Stories Volumes 1 & 2: Scary Ghosts, Monsters, Demons, and Hauntings by Scare Street, Ron Ripley, David Longhorn, Sara Clancy, and Rowan Rook
  • No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
  • The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
  • Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino
  • A Midsummer’s Equation by Keigo Higashino
  • The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
  • After All the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones
  • Haunted Nights, a Horror Writers Association Anthology by Blumhouse Books
  • Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi
  • A Suspension of Mercy by Patricia Highsmith
  • The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones
  • The Lost Village by Camilla Stein
  • The Upside of Your Dark Side by Todd Kashdan and Robert Biswas-Diener
  • The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
  • My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
  • Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
  • Slade House by David Mitchell
  • The Very Nice Box by Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett
  • The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi
  • Video Palace: In Search of the Eyeless Man by Dr. Maynard Wills

2020

  • Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
  • Paradox Bound by Peter Clines
  • Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
  • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
  • Terminus by Peter Clines
  • The Power by Naomi Alderman
  • Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
  • Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
  • In the Shadow of Spindrift House by Mira Grant
  • The World is Full of Monsters by Jeff VanderMeer
  • Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
  • The Grip of It by Jac Jemc
  • The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
  • Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
  • The Good House by Tananarive Due
  • This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
  • The Hunger by Alma Katsu
  • The Deep by Alma Katsu
  • The Nest by Kenneth Oppel
  • The Conception of Terror: Tales Inspired by M.R. James by multiple authors
  • The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

2019

  • Foe by Iain Reid
  • I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
  • You Know You Want This by Kristen Roupenian
  • Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
  • In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
  • Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
  • Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay
  • We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
  • Ginger Bread by Helen Oyeyemi
  • The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
  • Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Mara
  • Chase Darkness with Me by Billy Jensen
  • Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
  • Unfuck Yourself by Gary John Bishop
  • My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
  • Wilder Girls by Rory Power
  • Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay
  • 14 by Peter Clines
  • The Terror by Dan Simmons
  • The Institute by Stephen King
  • Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
  • Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon
  • The Fold by Peter Clines
  • Dead Moon by Peter Clines
  • The Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen

2018

  • Mindhunter by John Douglas
  • All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
  • Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
  • Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
  • Daughters Until Devils by Amy Lukavics
  • Room by Emma Donoghue
  • The Screwtape Letters by Lewis Caroll
  • The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
  • What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons
  • My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
  • Damned by Chuck Palahniuk
  • Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle
  • Carthage by Joyce Carol Oates
  • Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  • Artemis by Andy Weir
  • Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King
  • Lore: Wicked Mortals by Aaron Mahnke
  • I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
  • Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
  • Authority by Jeff Vandermeer
  • Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer
  • The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
  • Ghostland by Colin Dickey
  • Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
  • The Merciless by Danielle Vega
  • Survive the Night Danielle Vega
  • Lore: Dreadful Places by Aaron Mahnke
  • The Witch Elm by Tana French

2017

  • Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
  • The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey
  • The Fireman by Joe Hill
  • Fellside by M.R. Carey
  • The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber
  • The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
  • Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
  • We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
  • The Gunslinger by Stephen King
  • The Dinner by Herman Koch
  • The Non-Designer’s Design Book by Robin Williams
  • The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey
  • Borne by Jeff Vandermeer
  • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
  • Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
  • Welcome to Nightvale by Joseph Fink
  • Button Button: Uncanny Stories by Richard Matheson
  • The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin
  • The X-Files: Cold Cases by Joe Harris
  • Harry Potter Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
  • The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • Lore: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke
  • Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
  • The Apartment by S.L. Grey
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
  • In the Woods by Tana French
  • Strange Weather by Joe Hill

2016

  • In A Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
  • Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
  • The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates
  • Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
  • Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
  • Diary by Chuck Palahniuk

2015

  • Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
  • Yes Please by Amy Poehler
  • The Martian by Andy Weir
  • Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
  • Feed by Mira Grant
  • Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
  • Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
  • Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
  • The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  • Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
  • Tampa by Alissa Nutting
  • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

2014

  • NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
  • The Clocks by Agatha Christie
  • Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual by Michael Pollan; illustrated by Maira Kalman
  • My Brother’s Book by Maurice Sendak
  • Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
  • Coraline by Neil Gaiman
  • Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
  • Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
  • Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
  • Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry
  • Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
  • Ur by Stephen King
  • Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright

2013

  • Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  • 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
  • Kitty Cornered by Bob Tarte
  • And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
  • Horns by Joe Hill
  • Boys and Girls Like You and Me by Aryn Kyle
  • Paw Prints in the Moonlight by Denis O’Connor
  • Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
  • Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James
  • The Shining by Stephen King
  • Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1 – 6 by Bryan Lee O’Malley
  • The Lumiere Affair: A Novel of Cannes by Sara Voorhees
  • The Knife-Thrower and Other Stories by Steven Millhauser
  • The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
  • The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
  • The Gates by John Connolly
  • The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
  • American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  • The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
  • Bossypants by Tina Fey

2012

  • Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
  • Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
  • A Practical Wedding by Meg Keene
  • I Am My Mother’s Daughter by Iris Krasnow
  • Every Girl is the End of the World for Me by Jeffrey Brown
  • Blockade Billy by Stephen King
  • Gyo Vol. I & II by Junji Ito
  • The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins