50 Best Halloween Books for Adults


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This is a list of best Halloween books to read (for adults!) for some spine-tingling fun, creepy reads and otherwise spook-tacular goodness. I usually like to go out for Halloween, but I like reading Halloween-ish books

Find the perfect read to get into the mood for a Halloween in or just something to get you in the mood for all Hallows Eve.


Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier

What It's About:

Publication Date: November 1, 1997
  


Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield

What It's About:

Publication Date: September 12, 2006
  


We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson

What It's About:

Publication Date: October 31, 2006
  


Practical Magic
Alice Hoffman

What It's About:

Publication Date: August 5, 2003
  



Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot #39)
Agatha Christie

What It's About:

Publication Date: February 18, 2024
  

Little
Edward Carey

What It's About:

Publication Date: October 23, 2018
  


Amphigorey (Amphigorey #1)
Edward Gorey

What It's About:

Publication Date: January 28, 1980
  


House of Leaves
Mark Z Danielewski

What It's About:

Publication Date: February 18, 2024
  



Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ray Bradbury

What It's About:

Publication Date: October 24, 2017
  


The October Country
Ray Bradbury

What It's About:

Publication Date: September 24, 1996
  

The Shadows
Alex North

What It's About:

Publication Date: July 7, 2020
  


Ghost Story
Peter Straub

What It's About:

Publication Date: September 1, 1989
  


The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman

What It's About:

Publication Date: September 30, 2008
  

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Katherine Howe

What It's About:

Publication Date: June 9, 2009
  


American Gothic Tales
Joyce Carol Oates

What It's About:

Publication Date: December 1, 1996
  


The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux

What It's About:

Publication Date: December 30, 1987
  


The Picture of Dorian Grey
Oscar Wilde

What It's About:

Publication Date: February 4, 2003
  


The Witch Elm
Tana French

What It's About:

Publication Date: July 30, 2019
  

A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1)
Deborah E. Harkness

What It's About:

Publication Date: February 8, 2011
  


The Shining (The Shining #1)
stephen king

What It's About:

Publication Date: February 17, 1978
  


Doctor Sleep (The Shining #2)
Stephen King

What It's About:

Publication Date: September 24, 2013
  


Equal Rites (Discworld #3)
Terry Pratchett

What It's About:

Publication Date: September 13, 2005
  


The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson

What It's About:

Publication Date: September 2, 2003
  

Get in Trouble
Kelly Link

What It's About:

Publication Date: February 18, 2024
  


The Good House
Tananarive Due

What It's About:

Publication Date: February 18, 2024
  


Slade House
David Mitchell

What It's About:

Publication Date: June 28, 2016
  


The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones

What It's About:

Publication Date: July 14, 2020
  


NOS4A2
Joe Hill

What It's About:

Publication Date: April 30, 2013
  

Dracula
Bram Stoker

What It's About:

Publication Date: April 29, 2003
  


Twilight Eyes
Dean Koontz

What It's About:

Publication Date: December 4, 2007
  


Odd Thomas
Dean Koontz

What It's About:

Publication Date: August 29, 2006
  


Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse #1)
Charlaine Harris

What It's About:

Publication Date: May 1, 2001
  


The Necromancer (Johannes Cabal #1)
Jonathan L. Howard

What It's About:

Publication Date: July 7, 2009
  


Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

What It's About:

Publication Date: June 30, 2020
  

The Complete Tales and Poems
Edgar Allan Poe

What It's About:

Publication Date: Not Available
  


Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories
Algernon Blackwood

What It's About:

Publication Date: August 27, 2002
  


Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
Thomas Ligotti

What It's About:

Publication Date: October 6, 2015
  


Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories
M. R. James

What It's About:

Publication Date: October 4, 2005
  


The White People and Other Weird Stories
Arthur Machen

What It's About:

Publication Date: September 27, 2011
  

Home Before Dark
Riley Sager

What It's About:

Publication Date: June 30, 2020
  


Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #1)
Tamsyn Muir

What It's About:

Publication Date: September 10, 2019
  


Let the Right One In
John Ajvide Lindqvist

What It's About:

Publication Date: February 18, 2024
  


American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis

What It's About:

Publication Date: March 1, 1991
  


The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix

What It's About:

Publication Date: April 7, 2020
  


Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Jane Austen

What It's About:

Publication Date: April 4, 2009
  

Through the Woods
Emily Carroll

What It's About:

Publication Date: July 15, 2014
  



halloween books for adults spooky creepy reads fiction novels

halloween books for adults spooky creepy reads fiction novels

halloween books for adults spooky creepy reads fiction novels

halloween books for adults spooky creepy reads fiction novels

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