Recs if you like The Last Time I Lied...

Horror (and thriller) books about summer camp, camping, summer holidays and just general summer vibes

no matter what happens, there will be books with neon-text-on-a-dark-background covers and they will be thrillers.

the people of this town love halloween so much they celebrate it twice a year

Spooky summer fun for all ages, from cute picture books with spooky elements, to creepy middle grade graphic novels, to teen + YA thrills, to adult-level gore and a sprinkling of erotic horror/dark romance. Books on this list have a heavy summer theme, either highlighting the season or taking place in settings like summer camps, fairgrounds, beaches, or water parks, and have some sort of creepy or scary element to them.

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Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!

all things summer and horror from slashers to summer camp and your favorite local faire.

This includes book that have either mystery or thrillers as a primary or secondary genre. If you have recommendations to add please comment and I'll happily add them 💕

Featuring morally gray men, unreliable narrators, emotional damage, dragons, serial killers, fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, and at least 47 books someone claimed “changed their life.” Proceed with caution.

If being an unreliable narrator was a crime, these characters would be in trouble

It's super hot outside and you're in the mood for summer slasher books and/or a lowkey mysterious fall vibe just like in the Gravity Falls summerween episode? Then this list is for YOU. 🙂‍↕️ Feel free to comment your own recs, I'll add those. 🫶🏻

you definitely don’t want to babysit the kids in these books!! these are some bad kids, some might even say evil kids, like they’re possessed by demons or something, think Damien from The Omen or the twins in Goodnight Mommy

as always, taking any and all suggestions!

All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.

We think of summer as the season of light, but shadows are longest when the sun is highest. It is the time of the year when the woods grow too thick to see through, the water grows too dark to see into, and the heat makes the mind play tricks. From the rotting porches of the South to the blood-stained cabins of the North... We call them the Summer Nightmares.

So I LOVE the show Cold Case (ilysm Lilly Rush/Scotty Valens). Cold case mystery/thrillers live in that unsettling space where justice failed the first time, and the world moved on as if the truth didn’t matter. These stories, like the show, return to those forgotten crimes years, even decades later, when a detective, journalist, podcaster, or relentless outsider decides to dig deeper. #tacklingunfinishedbusiness #coldcases

This is a list of books where a mysterious character finally gives their life story.

Books by Riley Sager. Duh.

These are a list of books set at summer camps (my fav setting). Please comments any you know of!

Why a thriller is a list of YA thrillers. I feel that this is often an overlooked genre of YA as Dystopia has taken over (No shade to dystopian books- I love them too)

Mysteries and thrillers waiting to keep me guessing.