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the people of this town love halloween so much they celebrate it twice a year
๐ Summerween ๐ฑ
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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Sapphic horror
Horror books featuring sapphic characters and relationships!
this is summerween
all things summer and horror from slashers to summer camp and your favorite local faire.
YA Horror Masterlist
as comprehensive a guide to ya horror as i can make it! work in progress, suggestions welcome โก
Gab Smolders Horror Book Talk
I can't be the only one who want to remember all the books without jumping around in a video, right?
Queer Horror & Thriller
Is it bury your gays if they're all queer?
slasher summer vibes
books with the aesthetic of a 70s/80s summer camp, where a mysterious killer is picking off teenagers one by oneโฆ
Summerween vibes
Sunburnt Screams
Bright sun, bad decisions, and something already in the woods.
Skin burning. Air too heavy. Summer lasting too long. โ๏ธ
Beach houses with doors that jam. Rentals that were always a red flag. Footsteps that don't match anyone inside. Slasher chaos, slow dread, or almost playful, until it's not.
Your summerween you're looking for is here, welcome ๐๐ช๐ฅ
gab smolders 2025 (horror) book talk
what gab smolders read in 2025 as per her book talk video! horror + in tier order from most to least liked by her:
โ S TIER: from "night shoot" to "old country"
โ A TIER: from "what stalks the deep" to "listen to your sister"
โ B TIER: from "the long walk" to "the gathering"
โ C TIER: from "banquet for the damned" to "model home"
โ D TIER: from "3 streets" to "my darling dreadful thing"
โ F TIER: from "basilisk" to "survivor song"
Please donโt kill me Mr. Ghostface!
Collection of slasher books!
Some will involve the supernatural, some are from the POV of survivors and others from the killer
Sapphic "Horror/Fantasy"
Books saved from TikTok feed that were labelled as Horror/Fantasy (although I think some were only given that label bc they have vampires in them). I have not read all of these myself personally, so as like my other lists, if one doesn't belong please comment so!
sapphic horror
The final gay
A collection of horror books, that are slashers or at least slasher adjacent, with prominent queer characters
Survivor / I will survive
women who survive the greatest monster of all : men (and make them pay if we're lucky)
Influencers in Fiction
Novels where being an influencer is a big deal. I made a separate list for Novels About Podcasters - Novel Another Podcast, ugh.
illustrator highlight: Vi-An Nguyen
This list features book covers illustrated or designed by New York-based artist Vi-An Nguyen. Her work boasts bold typography, minimalist illustrations, and bright, contracting colours on beautifully textured backgrounds. Her cartoons are often featured in The New Yorker.
Books Set at Summer Camps
These are a list of books set at summer camps (my fav setting). Please comments any you know of!
Just chillin', killin'
Slasher - a subgenre of horror involving a killer or a group of killers stalking and murdering a group of people, often by use of bladed or sharp tools.
This is a big list of (almost) all slasher books (only first books in a series). As long as there is a killer(s), victims and blood, it counts!
