Top Ten Tuesday is an original blog meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. and is currently being hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is “Halloween/Creepy Freebie.” Yay for the Halloween themed freebie topic this week! If it wasn’t obvious from the Halloween makeover my blog has undergone this month, I’m a big fan of the holiday. Although I love picking up creepy books every October, I don’t get a chance to read as many as I’d like. So for this freebie topic I am listing ten Halloween-esque books still on my TBR. These have been on said TBR for at least two years. One day I will read all of these (please don’t laugh). Covers are linked to Goodreads.
1. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman – I’ve owned this one for several years and am a little ashamed I haven’t read it. With the adaptation coming out, I feel like it’s more imperative than ever that I read this one.
2. Daughter Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics – I’ve only read one book by this author and what a shame as she consistently produces the creepiest sounding books.
3. In the Shadow of the Blackbirds by Cat Winters – I have to catch up on two of Winters’ novels, but this is the one I own and the one I need to reach for first.
4. The Casquette Girls by Alys Arden – I really don’t know much about this book other than a few bloggers I trust loved it when I added it to my TBR a couple of years ago.
5. Dreamfall by Amy Plum – I should have already read this one. It combines two of my favorite things: dreams and horror. Now I’m kicking myself for not putting this on this year’s October TBR.
6. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke – I really need to read more books by this author. I even have this one and have heard several people say it’s really good. Don’t know what’s keeping me from it
7. A Taste for Monsters by Matthew J. Kirby – Another book I’m regretting not putting on my October TBR. I heard this one is charming and sometimes a charming horror read is just what the doctor ordered.
8. Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales by Various – I remember how excited I was for this one, but I never got around to reading it. I think it was my fear of anthologies that kept me away.
9. The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff – This is the only Brenna Yovanoff novel I haven’t read. I really like how weird and creepy her stories are, so no excuse for not getting to this one.
10. Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie – I don’t remember much about this one, but it sounded really creepy at the time and I heard pretty good reviews. I couldn’t find a copy of it for a while, so ended up kind of losing interest.
Have you read any of these? Which Halloween-esque novel have you had on your TBR for years? Let me know in the comments and be sure to leave me a link to your own TTT post, so I can visit.
A Kernel of Nonsense 
Most of these are unfamiliar to me (probably because I’m not a horror or creepy story fan!!), but I think April Genevieve Tucholke is a familiar name – and the book looks as if I’ve seen it on lists, too! Hope you enjoy all of these if/when you read them, Alicia. 🙂
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Thank you so much, Rissi! I really like April Genevieve Tucholke’s writing, so crossing my fingers I get to the one on my list soon.
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Oooh, great list! Daughters Unto Devils, Dream Fall, and Suffer the Children were already on my TBR, but I’m going to check out the rest, too, especially the Tucholke book because I love the cover!
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Thanks, Destiny! I really like Tucholke’s writing in Wink Poppy Midnight and her short story in Slasher Girls and Monster Boys, so eager to check this one out.
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Dreamfall sounds pretty amazing to me, actually, and now I want to read it too!
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Right? I might just squeeze that one end this year.
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I wasn’t aware of any of these books! I do like the sound of the Amy Plum one though.
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I really like the sound of it and don’t know why I never picked it up.
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These all seem so creepy ahh!
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Yes, I love it!
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I still really need to read Good Omens too, especially with the adaption coming.
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Yep, I feel like it’s one of those books that I should have already read. Let’s hope we both get to it soon.
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Good Omens is one of my all time favorites and I’m dying to see the adaptation!
Plus, In the Shadow of Blackbirds is also pretty fantastic. Happy reading!
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That’s fantastic to hear, Lauren! I hope the adaptation ends up being awesome. Yay! Thank you.
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Oh mY God, I saw “Suffer The Children” again… The cover really creeped me out. 🙂 But still great topic you chose. 🙂
Here’s my TTT: https://lilisblissfulpages.wordpress.com/2018/10/30/ten-characters-id-like-to-cosplay/
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Suffer the Children is haunting you! Thanks so much!
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Worse, I’ve seen the cover in few other TTT posts. hehe
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The only one here I’ve read is Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. It was my first book by the author and I enjoyed it, but never picked up the sequel. I’ve heard some good things about Daughters Unto Devils.
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I thought about buying the sequel, but want to hold off until I read this first book. I love the cover for Daughter Unto Devils and am really curious.
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That is the creepiest cover on Daughter Unto Devils!!
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I love it so much!
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea has an intriguing cover. I haven’t read any of these books yet, but I did read a couple of these authors’ short stories in Slasher Girls and Monster Boys, the only creepy book I read this month.
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Yes, Slasher Girls and Monster Boys is one of the reasons many of these are on my TBR.
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I really want to read A Taste for Monsters and Good Omens too. In the Shadow of the Blackbirds is one I’ve wanted to read for YEARS and I finally have it to read for my next book club meeting, so that will happen soon.
-Lauren
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A Taste for Monsters looks like a delight as does Good Omens. Oh yay, I hope you all enjoy In the Shadow of the Blackbirds!
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I’ve not read any of these although I have been meaning to read Good Omens forever. I hope you enjoy!
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I hope we both get to Good Omens soon. It sounds like a good one.
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Everything Amy Lukavics writes is gold.
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http://www.thehauntedgravebooks.com/2018/10/haunted-october-top-ten-tuesday.html
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I’ve only read one book by her, but definitely want to read more.
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Wow, I’ve never heard of these ones! But I also don’t tend to read a lot of creepy, halloween type books! Very intriguing list though! Happy reading.
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Thank you so much for stopping by!
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SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS has totally been on my TBR for years. I actually just found a copy of it at book sale and picked it up, so hopefully I’ll get to it soon-ish. Too bad I missed the creepy time of year to read it though 😦
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It’s been on my shelf for a long while. Yeah, but winter is always a good time to pick up the darker reads.
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I haven’t read any of these! But The Casquette Girls and Rags & Bones both sound really interesting. I’m a little skeptical of anthologies too, but I love fairytale retellings!
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I do not read a lot of anthologies, but every once in a while when I do pick one up, I end up enjoying the experience a lot.
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These look creepy!
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Yes, just the way I like them!
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I need to read a lot of these, too. I’m especially looking forward to In The Shadow Of Blackbirds. I love the title and the cover.
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I’ve enjoyed all of Cat Winters’s books, so I have every confidence this will be a good one too.
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I really don’t read many creepy books, but am surprised I am not familiar with more of these. I think I know two of them, but I have to say, that Suffer the Children cover is pretty creepy.
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Yes, that cover is very creepy, but dolls in general give me the heebie jeebies.
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I haven’t read any of these either, but Daughters Unto Devils sounds especially creepy! I’ve started and restarted Good Omens many times but haven’t really been able to get into it sadly.
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I really want to read Daughters Unto Devils. I hope you can get through Good Omens one day.
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I haven’t heard of any of these books. I do like how some of their titles are references to creepy phrases that we have in our culture, such as suffer the little children.
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Yep. I just reread the synopsis and it gave me chills.
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I’ve had Good Omens are my list for awhile too. I found out about A Taste for Monsters this year and I really want to read it. Great list! I need to look some of these others .
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I’m so glad I’m not the last blogger to get to Good Omens. Seems a lot of us need to get to it.
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