Books That Kept Us Up At Night

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Staff Picks

Consider yourself warned! These are the spine-tingling staff favourites guaranteed to keep you reading long past your bedtime.

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Diavola by Jennifer Thorne

Diavola by Jennifer Thorne - Jennifer D's Pick
A dysfunctional family is haunted by a vengeful Italian ghost, in a darkly funny vacation horror novel.

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How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix - Natashia's Pick
Forced to return to the small Southern town where she grew up to sell her late parents' house, Louise discovers that her and her brother's old grudges pale in comparison to the terror that still lurks within its walls.

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Last Seen by Lucy Clarke

Last Seen by Lucy Clarke - Emma's Pick
Seven years ago, two boys went missing at sea--and only one was brought to shore. Sarah's son survived, but on the anniversary of the accident, he disappears without trace. As new secrets begin to surface, The Sandbank hums with tension and unanswered questions. Sarah's search grows more desperate and she starts to mistrust everyone she knows--and she's right to. Someone saw everything on that fateful day seven years ago. And they'll do anything to keep the truth buried.

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The Strain by Chuck Hogan and Guillerno del Toro

The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan - Elisa's Pick
A vampiric virus infects New York and spreads outward, threatening the city and then the world, as a CDC doctor and a Holocaust survivor fight to save humanity.

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Verity by Colleen Hoover

Verity by Colleen Hoover - Samantha's Pick
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer when she is hired by Jeremy Crawford to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife, author Verity Crawford, is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at their home, ready to sort through Verity's notes and outlines, but unexpectedly finds an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended anyone to read. In it are bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night their family was forever altered. At first Lowen keeps the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, but eventually realizes that a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love his wife...

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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart - Lily's Pick
Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.

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The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon - Jennifer D's Pick
Coming of age in an old farmhouse, nineteen-year-old Ruthie begins a search for her agoraphobic mother and discovers the century-old diary of the farmhouse's long-ago resident, a grieving mother who died under mysterious circumstances.
 

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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

Witchcraft for wayward girls by Grady Hendrix - Ashley's Pick
Four teenage girls trapped in a secretive maternity home for unwed mothers in 1970 St. Augustine, Florida, find an unexpected source of power through witchcraft.