It’s spooky season, and PFL staff love a creepy read! Browse the list for some of our newest favorites and current thrills.
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez
“House of Leaves, if it was set in a Florida Swamp.”
Florida by Lauren Groff
“Every night I brace myself for another unsettling story.”
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
“Nothing sets the mood for spooky season quite like a classic British murder mystery.”
X by Alistair McDowell
“A horror play, which is something I don’t come across all that often.”
The Elementals by Michael McDowell
“A southern gothic horror story about two related families with a compound of Victorian summer homes on an isolated island in Alabama.”
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
“A nice blend of historical fiction, psychological thriller/mystery, and supernatural ghost story.”
The House of Small Shadows by Adam Neville
“Creepy puppets, a creepy house, and a very creepy family.”
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
“Ghosts, the plague, and what some might deem “witchy” magic.”
Rooms by Lauren Oliver
“Full of literal ghosts (haunting a house) and figurative ghosts (family secrets from every direction).”
Mansect by Koga Shinichi
“Insect/body horror manga which was originally published in 1975, but was just recently translated into English.”
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
“Haunting, eerie, and unsettling in all the best ways.”
EC Cruel Universe Volume 1
The British Library’s “Tales of the Weird” series
“Every one of these books that I’ve laid hands on thus far has made me yearn to light up the woodstove and subside into a neverending autumn spent moodily gazing out the windows in contemplation of the unknowable, encroaching darkness beyond.”
