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VPL – Books Just for You – Horror, Thrillers, Mysteries, and True Crime
Created on:
Feb 21, 2024
22 items
This list was prepared by VPL's reading experts for a reader interested in horror, thrillers, mysteries, and true crime in audi...
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Bloodcurdling Books Just for You!
Created on:
Oct 12, 2020
26 items
Give yourself a good scare with these 2020 titles! Whether in the daylight or in the shadows, get your frights in before Hallow...
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VPL - Fairy Tales for Adults
Created on:
Jan 05, 2023
24 items
The latest twisted tales, and some older works: gruesome, scary, erotic… not your typical fairy tales, and definitely not for c...
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Thinning of the Veil
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PennHillsAdult
Created on:
Sep 06, 2025
37 items
As Summer wanes, the veil between this life and the next gets thinner. Almost as thin as these spooky novellas!
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I Put a Spell on You: Cursed Objects, Locations, and Other Jinxes.
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Oct 12, 2025
15 items
Be wary when you buy that antique item or new home. You never know what evil lurks within. Of course it could be just fine. ...
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Books That Readers Gobbled Up This Summer
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LCPL_Krystyna
Created on:
Sep 06, 2024
58 items
The stories that captured readers' hearts and imaginations this summer! From thrilling mysteries and epic adventures to swoon-w...
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Spooky Season: Adult Selections
Created on:
Sep 13, 2023
41 items
Spooky Season is just around the corner. If you've been waiting all year for stories to scare, haunt, or maybe even repulse yo...
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Staff Favorites - 2022 (Adult Fiction - List Two of Two)
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SLPL_Trends
Created on:
Nov 22, 2022
15 items
Whether you are drawn to well-known authors like Marlon James and Stephen King or want to take your chances with a debut writer...
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Scare Up a Good Read
Created on:
Jul 12, 2022
18 items
It is officially spooky season: the leaves are falling, the days are getting shorter, and there's a chill in the air that feels...
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Standalone Fantasy Books for When You Just Can't Commit to a Series
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LCPL_Krystyna
LCPL_Krystyna
Created on:
Mar 23, 2023
40 items
The fantasy genre has a notorious pitfall – it can be a colossal time investment. With multi-book series being the norm, embark...
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Haunted Halloween
Created on:
Oct 28, 2025
23 items
Looking for a scary story to read for Halloween? Check out one of these spine-tingling haunted books that will have you keeping...
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Spooky Season
Created on:
Sep 15, 2025
100 items
Creepy, mysterious, and engrossing contemporary and classic fiction and non-fiction works for adults including contemporary and...
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MCPL Best of 2024: Adult Fiction
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MCPL_Fiction
Created on:
Dec 02, 2024
84 items
These are the adult fiction titles that MCPL staff members listed as their favorites in 2024.
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A Spine-Tingling Collection: Top Horror Novels of the Past Three Years
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LCPL_Krystyna
LCPL_Krystyna
Created on:
Sep 29, 2023
64 items
For devotees of the horror genre, Halloween is the best holiday on the calendar. Once a year, like creepy clockwork, the cultur...
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Get Spooked at the Library!
By:
ideaLAB_Staff
ideaLAB_Staff
Created on:
Oct 15, 2022
25 items
Not a horror fan? It's the perfect time of year to give it a try! Check out some tried and true horror writers and get spooked!!
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Most Popular Horror Books of the Past Five Years
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LCPL_Krystyna
LCPL_Krystyna
Created on:
Oct 03, 2022
57 items
Horror fiction, as a genre, can be fascinating to track over time. The scary stories that we tell ourselves often reflect the a...
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Omaha Picks: September 2022 What We're Reading
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OMAHA LIBRARIANS
OMAHA LIBRARIANS
Created on:
Sep 13, 2022
100 items
Take a look at what OPL employees across the city are reading (or listening to or watching) this month and find out what some o...
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Omaha Picks: August 2022 What We're Reading
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OMAHA LIBRARIANS
OMAHA LIBRARIANS
Created on:
Aug 12, 2022
94 items
Take a look at what OPL employees across the city are reading (or listening to or watching) this month and find out what some o...
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Jump Into a Portal Fantasy!
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PimaLib_Ursula
PimaLib_Ursula
Created on:
Nov 12, 2025
23 items
Who doesn't love a good portal fantasy? If you're unfamiliar with the term, a portal fantasy is a story in which someone from o...
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Day 13 - Unsettling Houses
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DentonHalloween
DentonHalloween
Created on:
Oct 13, 2025
18 items
These houses have secrets: mysterious rooms, corridors to strange places, measurements that don't quite add up, buildings that ...
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Monsters and More
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PalomaF_KCMO
PalomaF_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 22, 2025
12 items
Dare to descend into a world where monsters aren’t just real, but they’re hunting. This collection of horror books drips with d...
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2026 Undead & UnRead Book Club Nominations
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FPL_Amy
FPL_Amy
Created on:
Aug 15, 2025
71 items
This is the list of books that the Undead & UnRead book club members will be voting on for 2026. Select as many books as yo...
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Genre Megahits & Gems
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JCLBetM
JCLBetM
Created on:
Jul 22, 2025
83 items
Want to go on a genre adventure? Goodreads shared a list of genre "Megahits" and "Gems" that may guide you....
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Spooky Reads for BOOKS AND BOO! 2025
Created on:
Jul 21, 2025
44 items
Spooky Reads for Kids, Teens, and Adults!
Get ready to dive into the eerie and thrilling world of ghosts and haunted houses wit...
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Died and Came Back Wrong
Created on:
Feb 12, 2025
14 items
Don't you just hate it when you die in some way, often literally, and you or your loved ones or your hometown has been irrevoca...
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