Friday, October 16, 2026

Friday Fives - Five Books with Spooky Settings


I'm in a list making kind of mood so I thought I'd start making random five lists.  Sometimes they'll be bookish other weeks not so much.  I'm reading spooky books in October and I'm picking 5 books that look like they have spooky settings.


1.  The Unknown by Riley Sager - A remote island in Vermont sounds fairly terrifying - especially in Sager's hands.


2.  The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh - Another remote setting - this time in a mountain village in North Wales.


3.  The Broken Girls by Simone St. James - Back to Vermont but this time to a haunted abandoned boarding school


4.  The Curse of Penryth Hall by Jess Armstrong - A Cornish setting and the promise of a spooky house.  How can I resist?


5.  Return to Wyldcliffe Heights by Carol Goodman - The cover alone gives spooky setting vibes.

What spooky setting books do you have on your TBR?

6 comments:

  1. I've read a couple of these - Broken Girls and also Return To Wyldcliffe Heights. Definitely spooky. Enjoy!

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  2. Yay for St. James. I loved it. The rest look good too.

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  3. Yes they sure all do have spooky settings, I am most spooked out by the abandoned boarding schook and then the island next.

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  4. I'm a lily-livered scared-y cat, so I have nothing scary in my stacks.

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  5. I read The Broken Girls and liked it. These all sound good.

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