5 Spooky Autumn Novels You Might Not Know Yet
No, not another “Frankenstein” recommendation
Are there no more than ten quintessential autumn novels out there, you may ask? I love Agatha Christie, Mary Shelley or Emily Brontë as much as the next person… but it seems that every other must-read-this-fall listicle suggests some combination of those three (occasionally mixing it up with more recent bestsellers like The Secret History or Practical Magic). So if you are tired of the same “ultimate” autumn recommendations over and over again — dear reader, I got you. Spooky, gothic, thrilling and most importantly unexpected reads await!
1. White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
Autumn is the season of the witch… and haunted mansions. Preferably in England. Opposite a churchyard with unmarked graves. Yes, such is the house where the mentally ill high-schooler Miranda Silver lives, the clad-all-in-black protagonist of Oyeyemi’s gothic horror.
If you are a sucker for strange stories that feel like a fever dream (or a Tim Burton production), this one is for you. Oyeyemi’s book actually resembles Shirley Jackson’s classic…
