Recs if you like Home Is Where the Bodies Are...

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 💕

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. 🫶🏻

I can't be the only one who want to remember all the books without jumping around in a video, right?

Do you, like me, often find yourself looking at a book cover thinking, "Y'all are doing waaay too much." Why are book covers so dang extra nowadays? Here are some books that appeal to me simply because they have covers that don't look like a 19 year old with Photoshop barfed a bunch of design elements on a book and called it a day. Some I've read, some are on the TBR. And to all the authors and publishers out there, K.I.S.S.

If you’re here, like me you might be tired of basically seeing the same plots and storylines over and over. This is a list of ones I’ve enjoyed that are all (mostly) different from each other*. Main thing in common might be the author.

*Can’t guarantee there aren’t similar types of twists/reveals lol.

Suspense & Thrillers

Thrillers and horror books with a family setting. This list focuses on relationships between siblings, parent and child etc.

If dad-jokes were book titles, it would be pretty punny.

Silly titles for great reads

Mystery, Thrillers and Horror featuring some very dysfunctional families.

Horror and thriller recommendations for fellow spooky dudes. ♥

Because vintage is cool again

Books that are perfect for the spooky and fall season

spooky, scary, love, wicked, dead, wild, haunted, cozy and so much more

Murder, mainly murder.

Books mentioned in ToastyGoobus/Gab Smolders book talk videos in 2026