Spooky Summer Reads

The Lake

By: Natasha Preston
Narrated by: Lillie Ricciardi
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

The instant New York Times bestseller!
 
Hot on the heels of The Twin, the undisputed queen of YA thrillers is back with a scary and suspenseful read about a summer camp filled with dark secrets.

Esme and Kayla once were campers at Camp Pine Lake. Now they’re back as counselors-in-training. Esme loves the little girls in her cabin and thinks it’s... Read more

The Island

By: Natasha Preston
Narrated by: Caitlin Kinnunen
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Hot on the heels of the New York Times bestsellers The Twin and The Lake, another pulse-pounding read from the undisputed queen of YA thrillers!

They said goodbye to their friends and family for the weekend. They weren’t counting on forever.

Jagged Island: a private amusement park for the very rich—or the very... Read more

The Ghost That Ate Us

The Tragic True Story of the Burger City Poltergeist

By: Daniel Kraus
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 14 hours 5 minutes

The Ghost that Ate Us is a true crime style mockumentary that details the events leading up to a massacre at a fast food restaurant. Using the backdrop of Jonny, Iowa, a truck stop town in a flyer over state, Kraus explores the many ways forgotten Americans with little money and less prospects can hasten their own doom. At turns darkly absurd... Read more

Frightmares

By: Eva V. Gibson
Narrated by: Barrett Leddy
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

A 2023 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel!

In a Florida tourist trap, a summer acting job turns into a real-life horror show when a cast member turns up dead—then disappears. This nail-biting story is perfect for fans of Fear Street and the Scream franchise.

Dave is spending his final summer before college working at Frightmares House... Read more

Our Wives Under the Sea

By: Julia Armfield
Narrated by: Annabel Baldwin & Robyn Holdaway
Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

“Our Wives Under the Sea takes the horror and the awe of the ocean and looks at it through the evolution of a relationship. Miri and Leah's alternating narratives read like love letters, apologies, explanations as they long for one another. Miri's perspective finds her mentally evolving and sinking as much as Leah's does. I couldn't stop reading... Read more

Florida Woman

A Novel

By: Deb Rogers
Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

"Razor-sharp... Deb Rogers writes with such verve and honesty about all the ways we stumble through life, and, like all great storytellers, gives us something wondrous when we reach the end of the journey.” —Kevin Wilson, bestselling author of Nothing to See Here

A gleefully dark and entertaining debut for fans of Kevin Wilson and Karen Russell,... Read more

Dreadful Sorry

A Time Travel Mystery

By: Kathryn Reiss
Narrated by: Raquel Beattie
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

The author of Time Windows "has crafted a fine tale of psychological time travel . . . this well-executed story transports readers into the plot" (School Library Journal, starred review).



Seventeen-year-old Molly's recurrent nightmares become waking visions after she nearly drowns at a party. Soon she's witnessing events through the eyes of a... Read more

The Getaway

By: Lamar Giles
Narrated by: Karl T. Wright, Imani Parks & P. J. Ochlan
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

"Timely, thrilling, and gripping from start to finish. An absolute page-turner." --Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is LyingJay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of the world's most famous resorts. He's got his family, his crew, and an incredible after-school job at the property's main theme park.... Read more

They Drown Our Daughters

By: Katrina Monroe
Narrated by: Mara Wilson
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

If you can hear the call of the water, it's already far too late.They say Cape Disappointment is haunted. That’s why tourists used to flock there in droves. They’d visit the rocky shoreline under the old lighthouse’s watchful eye and fish shells from the water as they pretended to spot dark shapes in the surf. Now the tourists are long gone, and... Read more

What Moves the Dead

Sworn Soldier: Book #1

By: T. Kingfisher
Narrated by: Avi Roque
Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

“As we move into the slightly cooler months of autumn, I always crave a good scary story. What Moves the Dead is a retelling of Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher. This creepy, slightly sci-fi tale will have you hiding under the covers and become wary of mushrooms. Just under 200 pages, it’s the perfect horror story to read in one sitting. Read more

The Deep

By: Alma Katsu
Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

From the acclaimed and award-winning author of The Hunger comes an eerie, psychological twist on one of the world's most renowned tragedies, the sinking of the Titanic and the ill-fated sail of its sister ship, the Britannic.

Someone, or something, is haunting the ship. Between mysterious disappearances and sudden deaths, the guests of the... Read more

Sorrowland

A Novel

By: Rivers Solomon
Narrated by: Karen Chilton
Length: 12 hours 1 minute

“Vern is a captivating protagonist from page one: gritty, determined, flawed, clever, and resourceful. The story slowly fills in all the details of a life that wasn’t what it seemed, and offers an ending you can’t predict. Sorrowland is beautiful, ugly, engaging, and awe-inspiring. Read more

The Only One Left

A Novel

By: Riley Sager
Narrated by: Christine Lakin & Dawn Harvey
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

“The Only One Left is a gothic thriller dripping with atmosphere that is so addictive I couldn’t touch another book until I consumed every last word. Sager has, once again, crafted a masterpiece. Read more

The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw
Narrated by: Susan Dalian
Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

“This brief and gruesome fiction demands words seldom used in reviews: limpid, vitreous, filigreed, ghastly, profuse and riotous. Think Hans Christian Anderson turned inside out folk-horror-wise and served by Madeline Miller, with a garnish of Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Fascinating! Read more

The Last Time I Lied

A Novel

By: Riley Sager
Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

In the latest thriller from the bestselling author of Final Girls, a young woman returns to her childhood summer camp to uncover the truth about a tragedy that happened there fifteen years ago.

Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their cabin at Camp Nightingale. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and first-time camper Emma Davis, the... Read more

The Final Girl Support Group

By: Grady Hendrix
Narrated by: Adrienne King
Length: 13 hours 49 minutes

“Lynnette has been going to the same support group for years — only this isn't a normal support group. It’s a secret group for final girls. This is a fast-paced and shocking thriller that I couldn't put down! Read more

Sign Here

By: Claudia Lux
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews & Brittany Pressley
Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

A darkly humorous, surprisingly poignant, and utterly gripping debut novel about a guy who works in Hell (literally) and is on the cusp of a big promotion if only he can get one more member of the wealthy Harrison family to sell their soul.

Peyote Trip has a pretty good gig in the deals department on the fifth floor of Hell. Sure, none of the... Read more

The Witch In The Well

By: Camilla Bruce
Narrated by: Charlotte Davey, Christina Cole & Emily Barber
Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

The Witch in the Well is a dark Norwegian thriller from Camilla Bruce, author of You Let Me In.

When two former friends reunite after decades apart, their grudges, flawed ambitions, and shared obsession swirl into an all-too-real echo of a terrible town legend.

Centuries ago, beautiful young Ilsbeth Clark was accused of witchcraft after several... Read more

Summer Sons

By: Lee Mandelo
Narrated by: Will Damron
Length: 12 hours 37 minutes

“A southern gothic horror with dark academia vibes, a murder mystery, and a ride-or-die found family, all with a supernatural twist. What else could you need? My favourite horror book. Read more

Just Like Home

By: Sarah Gailey
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 10 hours 1 minute

"...it’s compulsively listenable. That’s thanks in part to Sands’ intense narration, whether she’s playing the inscrutable Vera or her wretched mother asking for yet another glass of lemonade." -Vulture

"The audiobook narrated by Xe Sands is a genuinely nail-biting listen." - Buzzfeed

"Gailey wisely unfurls this story at a delightfully... Read more