Dark Side of the Library

About Dark Side of the Library

Dark and gothic reads for goths, lovers of the macabre, horror fans, and the morbidly inclined. We bring you news about creepy and unsettling reads every Wednesday.

Publisher

Darklinks.com

Category

arts · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Mar 2023

Latest episode

25 Sept 2024

Latest episodes

121 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Sept 2024

   Dark Adult Fiction September 2024 part 2 of 2

   Dark Adult Fiction September 2024 part 2 of 2 (Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you) The Haunting of Moscow House, by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore (Berkley; September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/4e58JLe The Hitchcock Hotel, by Stephanie Wrobel (Berkley; September 24, 2024) https://amzn.to/4esZcNY Horror Stories: Shocking Tales of Unspeakable Terror (Arcturus Gilded Classics) (Sirius; September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/3zs4VED In the Garden of Monsters, by Crystal King (Mira; September 24, 2024) https://amzn.to/47kV1Bn Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives, by Tim Major (Titan Books; September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/4gkRRld Memory and Bone, by J.S. Bailey (September 24, 2024) https://amzn.to/4ethQVH The Mesmerist, by Caroline Woods (Doubleday; September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/4eiqlDa The Midnight Club, by Margot Harrison (Graydon House; September 24, 2024) https://amzn.to/4gvBX7t Next Stop, by Benjamin Resnick (Avid Reader Press; September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/3Tog9AV The Night Guest, by Hildur Knútsdóttir (Tor Nightfire, September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/3XPDH4f Out of the Drowning Deep, by A.C. Wise (Titan Books; September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/3TmqE7K Pay the Piper, by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus (Union Square & Co; September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/3TvMENx Perfectly Wicked, by Lindsay Lovise (Alcove Press; September 17, 2024) https://amzn.to/3XMq4mk The Shadow Key, by by Susan Stokes-Chapman (Harper; September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/3z4dwNQ Sleep Tight, by J. H. Markert (Crooked Lane Books, September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/4eoc7AK So Thirsty, by Rachel Harrison (Berkley; September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/4ghLxuJ Valley: The Glacian Trilogy, Book III, by Stacey McEwan (Angry Robot; September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/3TsZYCq The Vampire of Kings Street, by Asha Greyling (Crooked Lane Books, September 17, 2024) https://amzn.to/4ejKSqS The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society, by C.M. Waggoner (Ace; September 24, 2024) https://amzn.to/3XncmVN William, by Mason Coile (GP Putnam’s Sons, September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/4egOKcb We Came to Welcome You, by Vincent Tirado (William Morrow; September 3) https://amzn.to/3TpsxAw The Witch of Colchis, by Rosie Hewitt (Sourcebooks Landmark; September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/4d1DEGL @darksideofthelibrary

2. 

   20 Sept 2024

   September 2024 Dark Adult Fiction part 1

   Adult Fiction September 2024 (Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you) An Academy for Liars, by Alexis Henderson (Ace; September 17, 2024) https://amzn.to/3Znp4q7 American Ghoul, by Michelle McGill-Vargas (Blackstone Publishing; September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/3B6lIhb Bitter is the Heart, by Mina Hardy (Crooked Lane Books, September 17, 2024) https://amzn.to/3XLSwot Bright I Burn, by Molly Aitken (Knopf; September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/4d3klNh Bringer of Dust (The Talents, book 2) by J.M. Miro (Flatiron Books, September 17, 2024) https://amzn.to/3XIyonm Dearest, by Jacquie Walters (Mulholland Books; September 17, 2024) https://amzn.to/4dZCs8n The Devil by Name, by Keith Rosson (Random House, September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/3XE3qMS Devils Kill Devils, by Johnny Compton (Tor Nightfire, September 24, 2024) https://amzn.to/3ZrJ7Uh Elusive, by Genevieve Cogman (Tor UK; September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/47zaz4p Evil in Me, by Brom (Tor Nightfire; September 17, 2024) https://amzn.to/47mSypW The Fallen Fruit, by Shawntelle Madison (September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/3XDMaax French Quarter Fright Night, by Ellen Byron (Severn House; September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/47wSx2L Gorse, by Sam. K. Horton (Solaris; September 12, 2024) https://amzn.to/3XmU8nk Graveyard Shift: A Novella, by M. L. Rio (Flatiron Books; September 24, 2024) https://amzn.to/3MN68JL Grimm Retold, by Tanith Lee and other authors (Speculation Publications, September 24, 2024) https://amzn.to/3B80Hml Guillotine, by Delilah S. Dawson (Titan Books; September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/3zaFnvN Haunt Sweet Home, by Sarah Pinsker (Tordotcom; September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/3AXMwAb @darksideofthelibrary

3. 

   31 Jul 2024

   Dark Kids Books July 2024

   (Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you) A is for Alien Little Golden Book (July 9, 2024) The not-gory adventures of Ripley and her cat Jonesy. Even little Chestburster makes an appearance. It’s an ABC book. https://amzn.to/3zXQ58L Benji Zeb Is a Ravenous Werewolf, by Deke Moulton (Tundra Books, July 2, 2024) Benji is being bullied at school, but he’s actually a werewolf. His family runs a wolf sanctuary as cover. https://amzn.to/4cfBRhe Boo the Library Ghost, by Becky Paige (Dolphin Books, July 16, 2024) The library is Poppy’s favorite place to go, but it’s currently haunted by a ghost named Boo. Poppy thinks she knows why Boo is acting out – he can’t read! She determines to help him. https://amzn.to/3SuQ0zU The Creepening of Dogwood House, by Eden Royce (Walden Pond Press, July 30, 2024) A Southern gothic book for the middle grade readers. Hoodoo and a creepy house. https://amzn.to/4ftZSDK The Cryptid Club #4: You Don’t Know Jackalope, by Michael Brumm (HarperAlley, July 9, 2024) Graphic novel; grades 1-5. https://amzn.to/3AgdVg3 Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Welcome to Halloween Town! By Autumn B. Heath (Studio Fun International, July 9, 2024) An interactive lift-the-flap pop-up book tour of Halloweentown. https://amzn.to/4d17iNb The Ghostkeeper, by Johanna Taylor (GP Putnam, July 23, 2024) A gothic graphic novel for grades 7-9. Dorian, who can see ghosts, helps the spirits try to recover the Key to Deaths Door that has been stolen, so that they can move on. https://amzn.to/3LOkWaC Ghostly, Ghastly Tales: Frights to Tell at Night, by Anastasia Garcia (Gibbs Smith, July 30, 2024) Spooky short stories for grades 3-7. https://amzn.to/3WNYrJm The Ghosts of Nameless Island, by Carly Anne West (Andrews McMeel, July 23, 2024) Gus can see ghosts and helps them “move on.” His dad goes missing and his mom moves them to Nameless Island to help renovate a house called Rotham Manor. https://amzn.to/3LOkF7K Griselda Snook’s Spectacular Books, by Barry Timms (July 2, 2024) Griselda runs a Halloween themed bookstore that caters to Halloween characters. Can Henry find the right book for him? https://amzn.to/3SxExQ5 Guess Who? Boo to You! By Katie Woolley (Nosy Crow, July 2, 2024) A lift-the-flap picture book where characters take turns “booing” at each other’s houses. https://amzn.to/4dn5w95 A Halloween Mystery: Scooby Doo and Friends Little Golden Book (July 2, 2024) Daphne and Velma try to figure out who sabotaged the haunted house. https://amzn.to/3yoEOxV How to Be a Ghost – A LEGO Little Golden Book (July 2, 2024) Another Halloween spooky book for little ones. https://amzn.to/4c6FR3i How do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat? By Jane Yolen (Scholastic Press, July 2, 2024) A rhyming book about the mischief a dinosaur might get into on Halloween. https://amzn.to/3A23AEx I Am Sally and I Am Jack (Nightmare Before Christmas) Little Golden Books (July 2, 2024) Of course Sally’s book is mostly about a love story and Jack’s book is full of adventure and Christmastown and Santa. I Am Santa doesn’t come out until September, sheesh. https://amzn.to/4drCNjx https://amzn.to/3Wo5gQl I Am Wednesday (Addams) Little Golden Book (July 2, 2024) The entire plot of the first season of the Netflix show, in just a few cute pages. And yes, she does the Wednesday Dance! https://amzn.to/3SrGL3q I Got the Spooky Spirit, by Connie Schofield-Morrison (Bloomsbury, July 23, 2024) A picture book with carving pumpkins, leaves crunching underfoot, and a ghostly dance party. https://amzn.to/46vnMut Into the Goblin Market, by Vikki VanSickle (Tundra Books, July 30, 2024) Preschool to grade 3. A picture book based on Christina Rossetti’s famous poem. https://amzn.to/3STAUV1 It Came from the Trees, by Ally Russell (Delacorte Press, July 30, 2024) A Bigfoot retelling in which a girl and her scout troop leave the safety of their camp to search for their missing friend Reese. https://amzn.to/4dobUgh Kill the Beast, by Serena Valentino (Disney Villains Book 11) (Disney Hyperion, July 30) Gaston wants very badly to be the hero who kills the Beast in this Beauty and the Beast reimagining. https://amzn.to/3SpEtBJ The LEGO Halloween Games Book: Ideas for 50 Games, Challenges, Puzzles, and Activities (DK Books, July 2, 2024) https://amzn.to/4d66rLa Little Ghost Makes a Friend, by Maggie Edkins Willis (Simon & Schuster, July 16, 2024) Adorable picture book about a shy ghost who wants to make friends with the new neighbor girl next door, so he invites her over to a Halloween party. What should he wear so she’ll want to be friends with him? https://amzn.to/4fsVV26 The Little Green Witch, by Linda Blackmoor (Caledonia Forest, July 22, 2024) A little witch named Wren has a talent for herbal medicine, lives in the forest and conjures spells in her kitchen. https://amzn.to/4fjpxPw Markless, by C.G. Malburi (Levine Querido, July 23, 2024) A dark fantasy for grades 7-12, featuring a society where a mark on your palm determines your magic and your worth in the society. https://amzn.to/3Ag7OZ9 Meesh the Bad Demon #2: The Secret of the Fang, by Michelle Lam (July 23, 2024) Meesh banded together with a fairy princess to save the underworld. Now an evil force wants to destroy all fox-kind. Can it be stopped? It’s a graphic novel. https://amzn.to/3YJV1bZ Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden, by Christy Mandin (Orchard Books, July 2, 2024) For ages preschool to grade 3. Millie comes to town and finds their gardens boring, so plants things like Fanged Fairymoss and Sneezing Stickyweed. The townsfolk call her garden poison. But some come around. The message is to be yourself, even if you’re weird. https://amzn.to/4dfWdb6 Mind Over Monsters, by Betsy Uhrig (Margaret McElderry, July 16, 2024) Monsters are invading Cranberry Bog Middle School! https://amzn.to/4doEazd The Night Librarian, by Christopher Lincoln (Dial Books, July 30, 2024) Twins Page and Turner investigate a world they never knew existed, and it has something to do with their dad’s copy of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and characters missing from the pages of books. Middle grade series. https://amzn.to/3LKQnTa The Old Willis Place, by Mary Downing Hahn (Clarion Books, July 16, 2024) A ghost story graphic novel with a creepy house. https://amzn.to/3LLkr0Y Prunella, by Beth Ferry (Simon & Schuster, July 16, 2024) Prunella is born with a purple thumb instead of a green one like her parents. She prefers corpse flowers to carnations and poison ivy to petunias. Her creepy garden scares all the other kids away, until one day a peculiar weed takes hold in her garden.. https://amzn.to/3SuRAC2 The Quacken, by Justin Colon (Simon and Schuster, July 16, 2024) A monstrous duck terrorizes Cucumonga Campground. https://amzn.to/3Swi99E Stranger Things Inside, Outside, Upside Down Funko Pop Little Golden Book (July 9, 2024) Funko pop versions of Eleven, Dustin, Max, Erica, Lucas, etc. have adventures. https://amzn.to/3yiC8C2 Supernatural: An Official Spooky Picture Book, by Micol Ostow (Running Press Kids, July 16, 2024) Sam and Dean Winchester go check out the haunted Waverly Hills Boarding House after reading about it in their dad’s journal. Preschool to grade 3. https://amzn.to/4dfwbVg The Tale of the Twisted Toymaker (Are You Afraid of the Dark Volume 2) by Danielle Valentine (July 23, 2024) About a twisted doll who wants something from you. Ms. Mabel’s Doll Emporium can make a doll that looks just like you. But when Layla stashes the doll in her closet, she hears creepy whispering coming from it at night. https://amzn.to/3Ae5Ok5 Trick or Treat on Scary Street, by Lance Bass from Nsync (Union Square Kids, July 23, 2024) Thirteen trick-or-treaters wander down Scary Street on Halloween. https://amzn.to/3WI3wTo Trunk or Treat, by Chris Ayala-Cronos (Clarion, July 16, 2024) A picture book for kids preschool to grade 3 about the community trunk-or-treat tradition. https://amzn.to/4ftEpL8 The Twisted Tower of Endless Torment #2 (The Horrible Bag Series), by Rob Renzetti (Penguin Workshop, July 23, 2024) Middle-grade horror series about a horrible bag and the spine chilling world hidden within. Action packed. https://amzn.to/4c5tC79 ¡Vamos! Let's Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos: A Halloween and Day of the Dead Celebration, by Raul the Third (Versify, July 16, 2024) Little Lobos celebrates both holidays in a festive manner. Preschool to grade 3. https://amzn.to/3A1H5zI Welcome to Scare School (1) (Scare School Diaries), by Jarrett Lerner (Aladdin Publishing, July 16, 2024) A chapter book about Bash, a ghost who isn’t good at “ghost stuff” so he has to go to ghost school. Wolfgang in the Meadow, by Lenny Wen (Clarion Books, July 16, 2024) A ghost loves being in the meadow, hugging trees, stargazing etc, but also wants to become the Great Spirit of the Dark Castle and haunt it. Yet that would mean leaving his beloved meadow. https://amzn.to/4c9n4EH @darksideofthelibrary

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4.9 / 5

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4.6 / 5

5 ratings

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