Pick up one or more of these new books— from the otherworldly story of the Salem Witch Trials (the original courtroom drama) to Harry Houdini’s rivalry with a so-called witch —all are guaranteed to get you in the mood for Halloween.
The Witches: Salem, 1692 (Little, Brown and Co.)
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff investigates and reports on what drove a New England town to madness during the most infamous trials in our nation’s history.
Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories (Scribner)
A collection of tales to scare you silly from classics such as Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat to a contemporary pieces including Amy Giacalone’s Tiny Ghosts.
The Secrets of Blood and Bone: A Novel (Broadway Books)
Rebecca Alexander’s chilling follow-up to The Secrets of Life and Death, which is set in New Orleans, is filled with plenty of black magic and lore.
Slade House: A Novel (Random House)
David Mitchell’s creepy, eerie tale features a place much like the Hotel California—you can check into Slade House any time you like but you’ll likely never leave.
The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World (Crown)
David Jaher’s account of the rivalry between Harry Houdini and a woman named Margery whose psychic abilities led to her fame as the “Witch of Lime Street”.
The New Hunger: A Warm Bodies Novella (Atria)
Isaac Marion’s prequel to the zombie love story Warm Bodies, which inspired the 2013 movie of the same name, begins with a warning: “The end of the world didn’t happen overnight.”
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