Looking for spine-tingling reads to get you in the Halloween spirit? Champlain Library has curated a selection of books full of secrets, hauntings, and witches that will keep you delightfully spooked. Read them if you dare!
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, Victoria Schwab – Fantasy Horror
Across centuries and cities, three women haunted by hunger, love, and rage are drawn into dangerous bargains that blur the line between desire and destruction.
Hex Life, multiple authors – Short Stories
Brand-new stories of witches and witchcraft written by popular female fantasy authors! These are tales of witches, wickedness, evil, and cunning.
If Two Are Dead, Rick Mofina – Thriller
A rainy Texas night, a mysterious accident, and a past unsolved murder collide as a couple uncovers a dark truth no one in Clear River could have imagined.
The Garden, Nick Newman – Gothic Horror
Two sisters living behind garden walls to keep the world out must confront the terrifying truth of what—and who—has been hidden all along.
Nowhere, Allison Gunn – Horror Thriller
In a small southern town steeped in secrets and fear, a haunted police chief and her broken family must face the darkness in the woods—and within themselves.
Whistle, Linwood Barclay – Horror Thriller
A grieving mother seeking a fresh start finds that the quaint town she’s fled to—and her son’s eerie new toy—may be hiding a nightmare she can’t escape.
Victorian Psycho, Virginia Feito – Historical Horror
At a decaying English estate, a seemingly proper governess hides a wicked past—and a chilling plan for the holiday season.
Clever Little Thing, Helena Echlin – Psychological Horror
When her daughter begins to take on the traits of their dead babysitter, a mother’s grief spirals into obsession—and maybe something far more terrifying.
