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Fall 2023 Book Recommendations
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Fall is almost upon us! This is my favorite season of the year in general, but also my favorite time for reading. There’s always a plethora of titles being released for the season, many of which are perfect for Halloween and even the Christmas Horror subgenre. I always have so much fun putting together my Fall reading recommendations not only because of all the new titles I’m anticipating, but also so I can look back on what was released earlier in the year and read anything I might have missed.
Below are some titles — with accompanying links to the print, ebooks, and audiobooks editions — that I personally am looking forward to this Fall, presented here in order of release date, starting with those releasing in September 2023. After this main list, I’ve included some titles that came out earlier this year that you might have missed that would be appropriate to read this Fall. At the end, I included recommendations for themed Cookbooks, Crafts, Guides, Coloring Books Sourcebooks, and Tarot Decks that would be great to dive into during the spooky season.
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Tags: Ace Books, Alison Goodman, Berkley Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing, Bret Easton Ellis, Brian Herbert, Burt Solomon, Carissa Orlando, Carlo Rovelli, Cassandra Khaw, Catriona Ward, Chronicle Books, Chuck Wendig, Clay McLeod Chapman, Dune, Elizabeth Hand, Grady Hendrix, HarperVoyager, Hocus Pocus, Insight Editions, Jane Austen, Janice Hallett, Jessie Burton, John Hay Mysteries, John Scalzi, Kevin J Anderson, Kim Harrison, Knopf, Kotaro Isaka, Lev AC Rosen, Medusa, Mur Lafferty, Naomi Novik, Necronomicon, Oppenheimer, Quirk Books, Rachel Harrison, Richard Kadrey, Shirley Jackson, Soho Books, Stephanie Barron, Stephen King, Stranger Things, Tarot Cards, Tarot Deck, The Haunting of Hill House, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Overlook Press, Tor Books, Wheel Of Time
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Book Review: The September House by Carissa Orlando
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The September House
Hardcover | Kindle | Audiobook
By Carissa Orlando
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: September 5, 2023
Bleeding walls, nightly screams, and mutilated apparitions are what Margaret and Hal are up against in their new home every September in The September House, the debut novel from Carissa Orlando. When the empty-nesters first moved in, this large, beautiful, and surprisingly affordable Victorian domicile was their dream home. But with their fourth September as homeowners fast approaching, Hal has had enough of this place and its eerie inhabitants. He wants his wife to move out with him, but Margaret refuses because as strange as it may seem, this is the only place she’s ever been able to call her own. Sure, the ghosts can be menacing and there’s some kind of evil lurking in the basement, but there’s also a live-in housekeeper… albeit a dead one, but she’s actually really good at her job. Margaret has figured out the “rules” of the house to follow in order to maintain the status quo and make it through to October; therefore, she’s staying put. But after Hal suddenly leaves, their daughter, Katherine, becomes suspicious. Where did her father go and why isn’t he answering her calls? When Katherine insists on visiting her parents’ new home for the first time during September of all months, Margaret struggles to keep up appearances as the hauntings become more frequently intense.
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Book Review: How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

How to Sell a Haunted House
Hardcover | Kindle Edition | Audiobook
By Grady Hendrix
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: January 17, 2023
If this book had a title like Coming Home Again, I’d probably be starting this review by saying something like, after her parents die in a car accident, Louise reluctantly returns to her South Carolina hometown to sell her parents’ house and must face the childhood memories that have haunted her for years and some she’s forgotten about… till now. But since the title is How To Sell A Haunted House, what haunts Louise aren’t just her memories, but real entities that aren’t too pleased with how she’s handling her parents’ estate. And they’re gonna let her know it.
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Halloween Reading List: Spooky Book Recommendations For Fall 2022
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The spooky season is upon us, with Halloween coming up soon! Below are some appropriate books for the season, ranging from kid-friendly to super creepy to absolutely terrifying, including new releases from Stephen King and Clay McLeod Chapman and a new audiobook installment for Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman. There’s also a look back at some classic horror, such as Stephen King’s Salem Lot, The Hellbound Heart, the source material for Clive Barker’s Hellraiser, and more that are getting film adaptations.
This Halloween Reads roundup is broken up into three sections: The first list has new books that were released this Fall; the next list has titles that came out earlier this year; and the final list contains older books that were recently adapted for the screen or soon will be. Each entry includes hyperlinks to the print, ebook, and audiobook editions (were applicable).
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Tags: Abrams Books, Ace Books, All Hallow's Read, Audible Originals, Berkley Publishing, Bones and All, Brian McAuley, Camille DeAngelis, Clay McLeod Chapman, Clive Barker, Disney Press, Elizabeth Dearnley, Eric Geron, Fall Reads, Grady Hendrix, Halloween, Halloween Reads, Hellraiser, Hocus Pocus, J. W. Ocker, James Aquilone, James J. Butcher, Jarrett Dapier, Jessica Clare, Joe Hill, M. Rickert, My Best Friend's Exorcism, Neil Gaiman, Quirk Books, Reading List, Sangu Mandanna, Stephen King, The Hellbound Heart, The Sandman
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Book Review: The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
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The Final Girl Support Group
Hardcover | Kindle Edition | Audiobook
By Grady Hendrix
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: July 13, 2021
“The line between being too careful and not being careful enough is a line you only get to cross once” is a belief Lynnette Tarkington still holds true even 20 years after she survived a Christmas Eve massacre that left her a “Final Girl.” That’s “final girl” as in the last female standing at the end of a serial-killing spree in horror films, but for Lynnette this is no slasher flick… this is her reality.
In The Final Girls Support Group, Grady Hendrix explores the mindset of the now middle-aged Lynnette, whose been unable to live a normal life since her traumatic Yule Tide experience as a teenager. She sees danger around every corner and will go to extreme lengths to protect herself, including barricading herself in her booby-trapped apartment, where she can control her surroundings. Or taking different routes and modes of transportation hours out of her way each time she ventures outside, going so far as to ride the airport shuttle so that potential stalkers won’t be able to ascertain her routine.
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