Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
Halloween is approaching, and it’s starting to feel like the pinnacle of fall. I have a TBR shelf that is overflowing with spooky season reads, and I want to share some of them with you. Since today’s prompt is a Halloween freebie, I’m talking about the spooky season reads on my TBR!
- Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin — a sweet, paranormal romance featuring a witch (of course).
- At Midnight edited by Dahlia Adler — a collection of reimagined fairy tales.
- Queen Among the Dead by Lesley Livingston — a fantasy involving Irish folklore and legends as well as ancient history.
- The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry — an awesome-sounding historical fantasy.
- The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores — a queer Rapunzel retelling involving a witch and a vampire? YES PLEASE.
- The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik — the long-awaited sequel to the Scholomance series!
- Bone Weaver by Aden Polydoros — queer Jewish fantasy featuring magic and benevolent undead.
- Only a Monster by Vanessa Len — dark fantasy romance starring monsters and monster hunters.
- House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson — bloodmaids and an enchanting, magnetic countess that sounds an awful lot like Elizabeth Bathory, and this one is irresistible.
- My Dear Henry: A Jekyll and Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron — a queer remix of Jekyll and Hyde featuring characters of color, written by one of my favorite authors makes this one I’m eagerly looking forward to.
What’s on your spooky season TBR?
Categories: Top Ten Tuesday
Leah's Books 
I’ve been reading scary stuff this month and loving it! You have some great picks here, and House of hunger looks amazing!
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I don’t really read scary stuff, but I do dip a toe into mildly creepy. I’m super excited about House of Hunger, and have a feeling that it’s going to push my limits about the scary stuff.
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I don’t like horror so much but a good scary read (within reason) haha is nice this time of the year
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Looks like some really interesting stories. I’m particularly interested in the collection of reimagined fairytales! That sounds cool. But, there are a couple others I’m going to explore as well. Thanks for the ideas (oh dear, this week is another growth week for my TBR!!)
Terrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
https://www.bookshelfjourneys.com/post/ttt-bookish-confessions
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Right? At Midnight sounds so intriguing to me, and I have a feeling my TBR is definitely going to be growing after blog hipping this week.
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Great list here, I’m look forward to your thoughts on House of Hunger!
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Thank you! I can’t wait to read it, so I’m trying to get through my ARCs ASAP.
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Good luck with your TBR! I love the covers and sound of a lot of these books.
My Halloween-themed TTT
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Thank you! I’m super psyched about these.
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I don’t know any of these! Yes! A whole list of new spooky reads to add to my TBR for next year.
Happy TTT and have a fun Halloween!
Elza Reads
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Yay! I love introducing people to new spooky season reads! Happy TTT and enjoy your Halloween!
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I hope you enjoy them all and find a truly frightening book!
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Eeeek – no truly frightening books for me, I draw the line at mildly creepy haha. I’m the biggest chicken ever! But I’m hoping to enjoy these books, so thanks.
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I absolutely love the cover of “The Witch and a Vampire” it’s so pretty and it sounds amazing! Definitely adding that to my TBR!
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I am definitely a sucker for a pretty cover, and the story sounds just as great as the cover, so I’m super excited about it! Hope we enjoy it!
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I’ve heard great things about House of Hunger!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-halloween-things-ive-never-done/
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Me too! I can’t wait to start it.
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The Witch and the Vampire sounds right up my alley. Great list!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
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Same! I’m super psyched for it.
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I hope you enjoy each of these when you get the opportunity to read them.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/12-books-with-black-covers-pick-a-color/
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Thank you!
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A great looking list. I want to read Witchful Thinking one day!
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2022/10/25/top-ten-tuesday-halloween-freebie-books-to-read-at-halloween/
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Thank you. I just finished it last night and I LOVED IT! I hope you get to read it someday soon!
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I have seen it around for a while so hopefully next Halloween…
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Boy- hard to recommend books for the spooky season
How can you when you dislike the genre of horror?
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I actually don’t read any horror either, so I tend to recommend things like paranormal romance, fantasy, thrillers, or things like that.
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Some of my favorite genres do have scary and/or gothic scenes, just not horror:
1. Fantasy
2. Mythology
3. Mystery
We do associate those three with scary scenes at times.
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Exactly! We can absolutely do spooky season reads without having to venture into reading actual horror. It’s perfect for people like me, who are too scared of really scary books!
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I mean, I have fallen in love with both the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings series- that is how far I will go in terms of scary
With mystery- you need scary and/or gothic, or else where is the crime coming from?
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The cover of The Magician’s Daughter is interesting! Here’s my TTT: https://bonniereadsandwrites.com/2022/10/25/top-ten-tuesday-halloween-freebie-paranormal-ghosts-toptentuesday/
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It’s definitely an attention-grabber!
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My interest is peaked with At Midnight.
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Me too! I couldn’t resist retellings of fairy tales!
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Great picks, Leah! I have Only a Monster on my TBR too. Hopefully we’ll both love it!
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Thank you! Fingers crossed for us!
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All of the books you have on your list are books I want to get to. Fantastic list! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you! It’s so cool to find someone who has the same taste in books as I do!
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