Below is our recommended reading list for Fright Girl Autumn. It is a work-in-progress. We're adding new books every day!

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If you'd like to suggest a book to include on the list, please see our front page.

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Our challenge to you: read at least 3 books from the list below. Check back on social media to share your thoughts as you read. And don't forget to tag your posts with #FrightGirlAutumn.

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Happy reading!

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Books for Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15):

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  • Mayan Blue by Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason (aka Sisters of Slaughter)

  • The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

  • Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

  • Creep by Jennifer Hillier

  • Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

  • Maria the Wanted and the Legacy of the Keepers by V. Castro

  • Bruja by Wendy C. Ortiz

  • Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories by Mariana Enriquez

  • Cenote City by Monica Quintana

  • Into the Forest and All the Way Through by Cynthia Pelayo

  • In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

  • Poems of My Night by Cynthia Pelayo

  • Monstrosity by Laura Diaz de Arce

  • Itzá by Rios de la Luz

  • Coney Island Siren by Theresa Valera

  • The Cult Called Freedom House by Stephanie Evelyn

  • Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

  • Hooker by M. Lopes da Silva

  • No Bad Deed by Heather Chavez (Thriller)

  • Five Midnights and Category Five by Ann Davila Cardinal (YA)

  • Mask of The Nobleman by Laura Diaz de Arce

 

 

Books by Women of Color:

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  • Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

  • Sed de Sangre by V. Castro

  • The Between by Tananarive Due

  • Mayan Blue by Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason (aka Sisters of Slaughter)

  • The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

  • Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

  • Creep by Jennifer Hillier

  • Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

  • The Awakening of the Spirit Trilogy (Blood of my Blood, The Providence of Human Affairs, and Soulless) by Montiese McKenzie

  • Kindred by Octavia Butler

  • Cirque Berserk by Jessica Guess

  • Bruja by Wendy C. Ortiz

  • The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco

  • The Vampire Quartet (Voice of the Blood, Wounds, Fiend, and A Drop of Scarlet) by Jemiah Jefferson

  • Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson

  • The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin 

  • Orange Laughter by Leone Ross

  • Containment by Eden Royce

  • Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories by Mariana Enriquez

  • Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin 

  • Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

  • Revenge by Yoko Ogawa

  • The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike

  • Afterlife: Ghost Stories from Goa by Jessica Faleiro

  • The Face at the Window by Kiran Manral

  • Ghost Stories of Shimla Hills by Minakshi Chaudhry

  • The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

  • Cenote City by Monica Quintana

  • Hooker by M. Lopes de Silva (out October 29, 2020)

  • Slay: Stories of the The Vampire Noire edited by Nicole Givens Kurtz

  • Gyspy Kisses and Voodoo Wishes by Denise N Tapscott

  • The Realm by L. Marie Woods

  • Midnight & Indigo edited by Ianna A. Small

 

Books by Independent Authors:

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  • Halloween Fiend by C.V. Hunt

  • All You Need is Love and a Strong Electric Current by Mackenzie Kiera

  • White Pines by Gemma Amor

  • Crossroads by Laurel Hightower

  • Boneset and Feathers by Gwendolyn Kiste (out November 2020)

  • All That’s Fair by S.H. Cooper

  • Hell’s Bells by Lisa Quigley

  • Lucid Screams by Red Lagoe

  • Halloween Season by Lucy Snyder

  • Little Paranoias: Stories by Sonora Taylor

  • Benny Rose, the Cannibal King by Hailey Piper

  • Abode by Morgan Sylvia

  • The Vine That Ate the Starlet by Madeleine Swann

  • For Emmy by Mary SanGiovanni

  • The Ruin of Delicate Things by Beverley Lee

  • Metas by Rae Louise

  • Dying For An Invitation by Theresa Braun

  • Into Bones like Oil by Kaaron Warren

  • Helena by Claire L. Smith

 

Books by LGBTQIA+/Nonbinary Authors:

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  • Hood Witch by Faylita Hicks

  • The Awakening of the Spirit Trilogy (Blood of my Blood, The Providence of Human Affairs, and Soulless) by Montiese McKenzie

  • The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper (out Nov. 15)

  • Out of Water by Sarah Read

  • The Tricker-Treater and Other Stories by Briana Morgan

  • The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

  • The Devil’s Call by j. danielle dorne

  • Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

  • Cirque Berserk by Jessica Guess

  • The Wingspan of Severed Hands by Joanna Koch

 

Poetry:

 

  • How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend by Linda D. Addison

  • Cradleland of Parasites by Sara Tantlinger

  • Witches by Donna Lynch

  • Hysteria by Stephanie Wytovich

  • Into the Forest and All the Way Through by Cynthia Pelayo

 

Nonfiction:

 

  • Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present by Robin R. Means Coleman

  • America’s First Female Serial Killer by Mary Kay McBrayer

  • Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica by Zora Neale Hurston

  • The Science of Women in Horror: The Special Effects, Stunts, and True Stories Behind Your Favorite Fright Films by Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence

  • The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O’Meara

  • Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween and The Samhanach and Other Halloween Treats by Lisa Morton

  • Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin

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Anthology/Short Story Collection:

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  • We Are Wolves (eds. Gemma Amor and Laurel Hightower) (coming soon)

  • Latinx Screams (ed. V. Castro) (coming soon)

  • Women of Horror Vol. 1: Under Her Black Wings (ed. Jill Girardi)

  • Women of Horror Vol. 2: Graveyard Smash (ed. Jill Girardi)

  • Not All Monsters (ed. Sara Tantlinger) (coming soon)

  • Hex Life:Wicked New Tales of Witchery 

  • Slay: Stories of the The Vampire Noire edited by Nicole Givens Kurtz

  • Midnight & Indigo edited by Ianna A. Small

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