Horror Book Club

Dive into a different chilling title each month and discuss the spine-tingling themes, unforgettable characters, and dark worlds we love to explore.

Want to join the club? Just show up! All adults are welcome to attend as often or as little as they like. Didn't finish the book? That's okay! Hated the month's pick? That's okay, too! We'll talk about it.

February:

Jackal by Erin E. Adams (audiobook)(ebook) 

A Black woman returns to her hometown in Pennsylvania and is haunted by the disappearance of a young girl. She is drawn into a pattern of missing Black girls stretching back decades in the area. What begins as a tense homecoming turns into a nightmarish hunt for the monstrous truth lurking in the woods.

Subgenres: Folk Horror * Psychological Horror* Supernatural Horror * Mystery Thriller

March:

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (audiobook)(ebook) 

When Dr. Montague assembles a small group to investigate the mysterious Hill House, he hopes to find scientific proof of the supernatural, but the house has plans of its own. As the walls close in and the strange atmosphere grows more oppressive, one guest finds herself drawn dangerously close to the heart of the haunting.

Subgenres: Gothic Horror * Psychological Horror * Haunted House * Classic Horror

April:

The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister (ebook)

Atmospheric Appalachian Gothic story. Since the beginning of recorded history, the Haddesley family has tended the cranberry bog. In return, the bog takes care of them. A strict covenant demands each generation sacrifice their patriarch and in exchange, the bog gives a "bog wife." A woman created from vegetation and meant to carry on the family line. And so it continues. Until the bog stops holding up its end of the deal and leaves a group of siblings grieving.

Subgenres: Folk Horror * Feminist Horror * Eco Horror

Physical copies available at the Main and Northside Library.

Want to see what we've read in the past? Check out our Reading Recommendations.

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