HORROR NOVELS

It's spooky season!  Whether you love the feeling of being scared or you prefer to read scary stories with all the lights on, this blog post has got you covered with all things horror.  

Horror is a genre of fiction that sets out to frighten the reader.  These works tend to create an eerie or frightening mood for the reader.  You can further divide the genre of horror into subgenres such as psychological horror and supernatural.  Common themes found in works of horror include ghosts, vampires, witches, monsters, apocalyptic worlds, serial killers, and dark magic.  

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Adult Fiction:

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• It by Stephen King
• Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
• NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
• Bird Box by Josh Malerman
• The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
• The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Young Adult Fiction:

• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
• Doll Bones by Holly Black
• I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
• The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White
  
• Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Children's Fiction:

• Coraline by Neil Gaiman
  
  
• Night of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine
• The Witches by Roald Dahl
• The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs
• Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christina McKay Heidicker
• The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
• Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
• Bunnicula by Deborah Howe and James Howe

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HISTORICAL MYSTERY SERIES

Are you a fan of historical fiction and mysteries?  Then, why not combine the two and read some historical mysteries?  

This week's blog post features the first book in a variety of historical mystery series that take place in multiple time periods.  The best thing about reading a series is that if you like one book, then you have more to read.  It helps cut down on the decision of what you should read next.  Try one of these series today!

Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal

• Main Character: Maggie Hope
• Time Period: World War II

Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen

• Main Character: Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie (Georgie)
• Time Period: 1930s London

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

• Main Character: Maisie Dobbs
• Time Period: World War I

A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch

• Main Character: Charles Lenox
• Time Period: 1860s London

And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander

• Main Character: Lady Emily
• Time Period: 1890s Europe

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

• Main Character: Easy Rawlins
• Time Period: 1940s-1960s United States

Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell

• Main Character: Emma Cross
• Time Period: 1890s United States

A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

• Main Character: Veronica Speedwell
• Time Period: 1880s London

The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis

• Main Character: Flavia Albia
• Time Period: Ancient Rome   

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: HOLLY BLACK

This week's blog post is all about Holly Black.  She is a New York Times bestselling author of novels for children and teens.  She has also co-authored books with Cassandra Clare and Tony DiTerlizzi.  Black has created over 30 works, so this post will feature just a few of her titles.

The Spiderwick Chronicles 
The Field Guide is the first book in the series co-written with Tony DiTerlizzi.  Jared, Simon, and Mallory Grace discover a handmade field guide in the attic of the home they have just moved into.  Through the guide, they discover that there is a magical world, parallel to their own.  This other world is the world of faerie. A movie based off the series was released in 2008 starring Freddie Highmore.

Doll Bones
In this story, three friends have one last adventure ahead of them.  Poppy, Zach, and Alice have been friends forever, and their games have included a queen that would curse those who displease her.  This queen is a doll.  Now that they are in middle school, they stopped playing these games.  However, Poppy begins to have dreams about the queen and the ghost of a girl who cannot rest until the doll is buried in her empty grave.  This book is a Newbery Honor winner.

The Modern Faerie Tales
Tithe is the first book in the series.  In Tithe, the reader meets Kaye.  Kaye has been visited by faeries ever since she was a child.  One day, she discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny.

The Folk of the Air Series 
The Cruel Prince is the first book in the series.  In The Cruel Prince, the reader encounters Jude.  Jude was a young child when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were taken to live in the High Court of Faerie.  Years later, Jude wants to belong in Faerie even though she is mortal and many of the fey dislike humans.  Prince Cardan seems to dislike her in particular.  In order to win a place at court, Jude must defy the prince and face the consequences.

Magisterium 
The Iron Trial is the first book in the series co-written with Cassandra Clare.  In the first book, the reader meets Callum.  Unlike most kids, Callum wants to fail the Iron Trial.  He has always been warned away from magic, so he hopes to avoid admittance into the Magisterium.  However, Callum fails at failing and must enter the Magisterium.  The Iron Trial was just the beginning, what does he have still to come?

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THE MADWOMAN UPSTAIRS

This month our book club is reading The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell.  This book tells the story of the last remaining descendant of the Brontes, Samantha Whipple.  Growing up as a Bronte relative, Samantha is used to hearing speculation regarding the Bronte family and the possibility of hidden Bronte artifacts that scholars would love to study.  However, Samantha has never seen anything to prove this exists.  Everything begins to change for Samantha after her father dies, and she enrolls at Oxford.  While in England, long lost objects from her past begin to appear in her life such as an old novel containing her father's handwriting.  With the help of her professor, Samantha engages in a literary mystery tied to her family's legacy.

If you enjoyed The Madwoman Upstairs, then you may be interested in some of the titles below.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

The Vanished Bride by Bella Ellis

Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand

Worlds of Ink and Shadow by Lena Coakley

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Nelly Dean: A Return to Wuthering Heights by Alison Case

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