Book Riot's managing editor and All the Books host Vanessa Diaz joins Sharifah for a Halloween special, with book, movie, and music recommendations to make your season extra spooky.

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Books Discussed
The Changeling by Victor LaValle
An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
Leech by Hiron Ennes
Immortal Pleasures by V. Castro

Music Discussed

Picks from Vanessa's Something Wicked playlist

"Fantasmas" by Ambar Lucid

"Uninvited" by Alanis Morisette

"Howling" by Cathedrals

"Spellwork" by Austra

"I Put a Spell on You" (cover) by Brooklynn

Sharifah's Picks


The Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack

"St James Infirmary" by Cab Calloway

"Rawhead and Bloody Bones" by Siouxsie & the Banshees


Movies Discussed
Crimson Peak
The Craft
Twilight
Wednesday (show)
Discovery of Witches
Candyman (1992 and 2021)
The Addams Family movies
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Hellraiser
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