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Monday, October 27, 2025

TTT: Books with Halloweenish Creatures


Top Ten Tuesday Halloween Freebie
Books I've actually read involving Halloweenish creatures

(You'll find that most of these books are very tame. Scary books are not for me.)

Vampires
  • Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
  • Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
  • Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
  • The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
Werewolves
  • Shiver (series) by Maggie Stiefvater
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Zombies
  • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Graphic Novel by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, Tony Lee, and Cliff Richards
Mummies
  • Mummies Exposed: Creepy and True by Kerrie Logan Hollihan
Monsters
  • Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Ghosts
  • Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
  • The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
  • The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Witches
  • Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
  • Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
  • Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Goblins
  • "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti (poem)



-Anne
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