The SPOOKY SEASON IS NIGH, Y’ALL! So, of course, we’re going to talk about our scariest, spookiest, most terrifying books. Plus, Ryan interviews Chris McDougall on his newest book, “Running with Sherman”, and joins in on the spooky recommendations. Also, (as always) current reads and upcoming events!  (BOO! Did I scare you?)


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Current Reads:
Kelso-

Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (out March 2020)




Hillary-

Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America by Christopher Wylie

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow




Ryan- 

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton



Chris McDougall’s Work and Books Mentioned During the Interview:

Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

The Ellery Queen Mystery Series (Link is to “The Chinese Orange Mystery”)




Spooky Reads!

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Teeny Tiny Ghost by Rachel Matson
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe and James Howe
Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Carrie by Stephen King
The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham, Edited by Leslie S. Kilinger, Introduction by Victor LaValle
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach



Even More Spooky Reads!

Ghost Hunters by Deborah Blum
House of Leaves - Mark Z Danielewski
The Need - Helen Phillips (Which is on the National Book Awards Longlist!)
Pumpkinheads - Rainbow Rowell
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - Holly Black
You - Caroline Kepnes
Baby Teeth - Zoje Stage
Asylum - Madeleine Roux
Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
Scythe - Neal Shusterman
Final Girls - Riley Sager
Behind Her Eyes - Sarah Pinborough
I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Iain Reid
Conversion - Katherine Howe
A Head Full of Ghosts - Paul Tremblay
Bird Box - Josh Malerman
Girl With All the Gifts - M. R. Carey
Robopocalypse - Daniel H. Wilson
Fiend - Peter Stenson
World War Z - Max Brooks
Room - Emma Donoghue
Bloodsucking Fiends, You Suck, Bite Me - Christopher Moore






Upcoming Events

A Garden Miscellany, with Suzanne Staubach

Home Now: How 6000 Refugees Transformed an American Town with Cynthia Anderson

For to See the Elephant, with poet novelist Tammi Truax

Gibson’s Book Club Reads Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horowitz

NaNoWriMo Write-in with Erin Bowman

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