Chilling Books for Spooky Season 2025

Getting the job at HEBE should be everything Sophia Bannion has been working for. Outwardly, she should fit right in at the luxury wellness company. Internally, that’s an entirely different story.

When she’s asked to test a new product, youthjuice, Sophia is shocked how effectively it works. It’s nothing short of a miracle. But when Sophia learns the secret ingredient behind this product, she’s forced to ask herself exactly how far she’ll go for beauty

 And exactly how much something like that should cost.

Rebecca Carter is on the run. Or, more specifically, her daughter Moonflower is.

She’ll do anything to protect Moonflower. That’s why when she gets stuck in a snowbank after almost hitting an elk, she refuses the help of a stranger.

But when the man finds a corpse drained of blood with its spinal cord severed, he can’t help but think of the woman in the van. As an FBI investigation closes in on this mysterious killer, the life Rebecca is desperately holding onto starts to unravel.

It’s a deadly chase through the Colorado foothills but nothing is as it appears, not even who is the predator and who is the prey.

Amanda is a successful architect in a happy marriage. And yet, her life is slowly shifting.

At first, it’s just a constant unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that is somehow filled with insults.

She starts smoking again and without thinking, accidentally burns her husband. But most disturbingly, there’s a voice in her head. One that’s telling her to go to bars to talk to strange men and infiltrates her dreams.

If Amanda wants to gain control of her life again, she first has to figure out if the voice is a demon or if she’s just losing her mind.

When Miss Emily Gibson goes missing in London in 1887, police find letters between the journalist and a woman they suspect might be the infamous Mrs. Lovett.

Last Mrs. Lovett was seen, she was Sweeny Todd’s accomplice, baking men into pies on Fleet Street. In the letters, she tells the story of her life. But when the letters hint at a darker truth, the Chief Inspector believes this is what could have put Miss Gibson’s life in danger.

And now he has to follow that same thread if he hopes to find her.

Luke is the newest member of an underground revolutionary group known as The Nail. Their latest mission involves kidnapping heiress Adeline Woolsaw, whose family runs everything from prisons to hospitals.

They want to use the kidnapping to draw attention to the terrible things the Woolsaw Group does.

But Adeline isn’t a normal twenty-three-year-old. For one, she’s about to give birth. And second, the baby is definitely not human. There have been rumors about sacrifices and rituals that no one ever believed.

And now, the Woolsaw Group will do anything to get the heir to their dark new kingdom back.

Lucy’s twin sister isn’t just sick, she’s been declared temporarily insane. It’s due to a fever in the brain, but that won’t stop them from sticking her in an insane asylum.

Lucy will do anything to make sure that doesn’t happen, so she sets out to solve her sister’s condition. It’s not easy, Sarah is clearly hiding something. Then again, so is Lucy.

But when Sarah’s behavior suddenly turns angry, Lucy believes something is trying to possess her sister. As Sarah changes, Lucy has to face the dark truth she’s been hiding from or lose Sarah forever.

Not many people survive being possessed. Neurosurgeon Noah Archer is one of them. It’s only thanks to an exorcism priest that the young boy was able to grow into a happy, successful man.

His past shaped his life, leading him to study the effects of spirituality on the brain. And he’s on the verge of a breakthrough.

But when the priest comes back into his life with a dire warning, Noah faces a difficult choice.

Because his project might not be helping patients after all. It just might be letting the darkness inside.

In 1988, thirteen-year-old Andy Miller and four of his friends witnessed a horrific murder. Their classmate Melanie was killed, and her sister was severely beaten.

The boys lead the police to a suspect, but he commits suicide before anyone is ever able to prove he did it. Now, another body is found in the pond. Each of the boys are being terrorized by a hag-like woman.

Could it be the sister seeking revenge? Or is there something more terrifying going on? As the men try to understand exactly what is going on, they are forced to face a chilling truth that will change their lives forever.

Patrick Chance’s memoir about his travels through Tibet was a sensation when it first came out in Victorian England.

Now, Sir Lewis Chance, Patrick’s ancestor, is retracing his footsteps has stumbled on the truth behind the scandalous tales. There’s a strange tribe that guard the Stone Tablets, a sinister artifact that has led to distorted beliefs, blood rituals, and horrifying customs.

And discovering this truth will have hellish consequences.

It was bad enough when Megan’s mom dragged her from Portland to Beijing for an abusive man. It’s even worse when they end up running away from him in the middle of the night.

Without their passports, they have limited options and end up at the Huihuang Opera Theater, where they pay for board by cleaning. When Megan meets Kristy, the star of the opera, she thinks things might be finally turning around.

As the myth of the opera bleeds into Megan’s reality, she discovers a decades-old mystery. But if she wants to uncover the truth, she needs to hurry. Before whatever is lurking in the strange passageways turns its hungry eyes on her.