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mystery and thriller books that are ya but perfect for adults

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

as comprehensive a guide to ya horror as i can make it! work in progress, suggestions welcome ♡

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. 🫶🏻

Call me Ishmael for this is my white whale

if you love mystery inc

Summer-what? Summerween! The people of this town love Halloween so much, they celebrate it twice a year!

queer? yes. fall? halloween? spooky? fantasy? mystical? all and more? yes probably?!

Slasher Season, for me, runs from the beginning of Summer— when it’s just warm enough for a dip in the lake— through Fall, when the leaves turn brown again. If roasting marshmallows around a campfire is in season, so is reading about masked psychos terrorizing people. ❤️💀 (I’m sure this list will remain under construction for a while as I discover more to read and add)

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!

Here are a few of my spooky girl books which still have that cozyness to them. Not the sort of books that keeps you up at night