10 Most Popular Horror Books downloaded from Libby during September

Libby is a free app from OverDrive that lets you borrow eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines from your local public library using a library card. You can use the app to browse, borrow, and read or listen to titles on your phone, tablet, or computer.

Libby is much like the BARD app with one crucial difference: in many cases, when using Libby, you will have to place a hold on more popular books. But you don’t need to wait for books on BARD! You can download and listen to them immediately.

Below are the top 10 horror books downloaded from Libby during September. It’s an interesting mix including a couple of Stephen King’s more recent books as well as a horror classic published over a century ago.

10. ONE BY ONE by Frieda McFadden (DB 121242, LB 0001113)
9. HIDDEN PICTURES by Jason Rekulak (DB 108427)
8. HOLLY by Stephen King (DB 116600, BR 25169, en español DB 118128)
7. YOU LIKE IT DARKER: STORIES by Stephen King (DB 121659, BR 25495, LB 0000702)
6. SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB’S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES by Grady Hendrix (DB 99550, BR 23373)
5. DRACULA by Bram Stoker (DB 31869, BR 08277, en español DB 40864)
4. WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix (DB 126950, BR 25753 IN PROCESS, LB 0002960)
3. WITH A VENGEANCE by Riley Sager (DB 130305)
2. NEVER FLINCH by Stephen King (DB 130236, BR 26240 IN PROCESS)
1. WE USED TO LIVE HERE by Marcus Kliewer (DB 122928, LB 000312)

Bram Stoker Awards Finalists 2023

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the finalists for the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® for Superior Achievement. The HWA is the premier writers’ organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, and they have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories since 1987. The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® will be announced on June 1.

For more information, see the Awards website.

Here are the finalists for 2023 that are in the TBP collection.

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT: AN INDIGENOUS DARK FICTION ANTHOLOGY Ed. by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Last, Jr. (DB 117262)
OUT THERE SCREAMING: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW BLACK HORROR Ed. by Jordan Peele (DB 116396)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

SPIN A BLACK YARN: NOVELLAS by Josh Malerman (DB 117976)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

SPITE HOUSE by Johnny Compton (DB 115899)
EVERYTHING THE DARKNESS EATS by Eric LaRocca (DB 116576)
MAEVE FLY by C. J. Leede (DB 116087)
EDENVILLE by Sam Rebelein (IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

 “Rumpus Room” (WISHING POOL AND OTHER STORIES) by Tananarive Due (DB 117607)

Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction

BLACK GUY DIES FIRST: BLACK HORROR CINEMA FROM FODDER TO ASCAR by Robin R. Means Coleman (DB 117346)
101 HORROR BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU’RE MURDERED by Sadie Hartmann (DB 116186)

Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel

FELICE AND THE WAILING WOMAN by Diana Lopez (IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Novel

REFORMATORY by Tananarive Due (DB 117786)
HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE by Grady Hendrix (DB 112120, LB 14730)
LONE WOMEN by Victor LaValle (DB 114718)
BLACK RIVER ORCHARD by Chuck Wendig (DB 117649 IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

FUNERAL SONGS FOR DYING GIRLS by Cherie Dimaline (DB 114346)
FIND HIM WHERE YOU LEFT HIM DEAD by Kristen Simmons (DB 117813)
HARVEST HOUSE by Cynthia Leitich Smith (DB 114339)
CAMP DAMASCUS by Chuck Tingle (DB 117023)
SHE IS A HAUNTING by Trang Tranh Tran (DB 114283)