Books I’ve Read in 2023

May

To Catch a Thief by Martha Brockenbrough
When Life Gives You Vampires by Gloria Duke
Kiss and Kill in Texas by Russ Hall
A Werewolf in Riverdale by Caleb Roehrig
The Lost Ones by Anita Frank

April

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
The Ghost Tracks by Celso Hurtado
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
Town in a Strawberry Swirl by B.B. Haywood
Grapes of Death by Joni Folger 

March

The Nesting by C.J. Cooke 
Irish Coffee Murder by Leslie Meier, Barbara Ross, Lee Hollis 
Atomic Habits by James Clear 
Gallant by V.E. Schwab 
Tell-Tale Bones by Carolyn Haines 
Dressed to Kilt by Hannah Reed 
Body Positive Power by Megan Jayne Crabbe 
Halloween by John Passarella 
Death Distilled by Melinda Mullet

February

From a Paris Balcony by Ella Carey 
Dead in Dublin by Catie Murphy
The House of Brides by Jane Cockram
The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Remember Me by Chelsea Bobulski 
Murder She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle by Jessica Fletcher & Terry Farley Moran 

January

Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard
The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger
Aurora by David Koepp
Pupcakes by Annie England Noblin 

 

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Books I’ve Read in 2022

December

Nick and Noel’s Christmas Playlist by Code Hall
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
The Christmas Cat Cafe by Code Gary (currently reading) 
Rose and Helena Save Christmas by Jana DeLeon and Denise Grover Swank (currently reading)
Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: Peril at Owl Park by Marthe Jocelyn (currently reading) 
Slay Bells Ring by Karen Rose Smith (currently reading)

November

The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Murder on the Flying Scotsman: A Daisy Dairymple Mystery by Carola Dunn
Camp Scare by Deliah Dawson
The Secret Grave by Lois Ruby 
Duma Key by Stephen King
Salems Lot by Stephen King 
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass 

October

Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge
The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
The Ghosts Grave by Peg Kehret
The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates
The Replacement by Lindsey Duga

September

Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade by Nancy Springer
The Clackity by Lora Senf
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
Goodnight Moo by Mollie Cox Bryan
Clown in a Cornfield 2 by Adam Cesare
Sometime in Summer by Katrina Leno
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
Murder at the Lakeside Library by Holly Danvers 
Much Ado about Nauticalling by Gabby Allen 

August

Love and Olives by Jenna Evans Welch 
Summer’s Edge by Dana Mile
Where They Wait by Scott Carson 
Stardust Summer by Emily March 
Meet Me In Paradise by Libby Hubsher

July

Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch 
The Secret of Laurel Oaks by Lois Roby
The Visitors by Greg Howard 
Think Again by Adam Grant 
Professional Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi Jones 
Whippoorwill by Joseph Monninger 

June 

Silverswift by Natalie Lloyd 
For Love or Music by Julie Lipson
Synchronized Sorcery by Juiliet Blackwell
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
Evil by the Sea by Kathleen Bridge
Chapter and Curse by Elizabeth Penny
Ghosts and Legends of Alcatraz by Bob Davis and Brian Clune
Alcatraz Believe it or Not by TC Baker
Murder in the Balcony by Margarat Dumas
Deadly Offer by Vicki Doudera

May

Spirited Away by Lena Gregory
Single Malt Murder by Melinda Mullett 
Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab
Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shady Glen by Carolyne Keene
Horror Hotel by Victoria Fulton and Faith McCLaren
The Matchmakers by Carolyn Brown
Seatmate: Love Lines by Cara Bastone
One of Those Flings by Lauren Blakely
A Chance Inheritance by Carolyn Brown
A Tail as Old as Time by Elle Hay

April

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab 
You’ll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus 
The Suite Spot by Trish Doller
What We Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
Deadly Summer Nights by Vicki Delaney

March

Dead in Dublin by Catie Murphey
Creepover: The House Next Door by PJ Night 
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw 
The Woods by Vanessa Savage 
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie 
Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House 
Lady Darby Mystery: A Stroke of Malice by Anna Lee Huber 

February

Harrow Lake by Kat Ellil 
Nancy Drew: The Blue Lady of Coffin Hall by Carolyn Keene 
Nancy Drew: The Bike Tour Mystery by Carolyn Keene 
The Lighthouse Witches by C.C. Cooke 

January

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones 
Emma Fielding Mystery: Past Malice by Dana Cameron
Aggie Morton Mystery: The Body Under the Piano by Marthe Jocelyn
Chet and Bernie Mystery: It’s a Wonderful Woof by Spencer Quinn 

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Books I’ve Read in 2021

December

A Cup of Holiday Fear by Ellie Alexander
The Christmas Pawdcast by Emily March 
The Christmas Dress by Courtney Cole 
God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen by Rhys Bowen 
Snowball’s Christmas by Kristen McKanagh 
Murder She Wrote: Murder in Season by Jessica Fletcher 

November

Snow Day by Julie Lipson 
The Twelve Dogs of Christmas by Lizzie Shane 
A Garland of Bones by Carolyn Haines 
Death, Snow and Mistletoe by Valerie S. Malmont 
A Whisker of a Doubt by Cate Conte 
Mine by Delilah Dawson 

October

What Lives in the Woods by Lindsay Currie
Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie
Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn
The Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates
Survive the Night by Riley Sager
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher 

September
The Haunting by Lindsey Duga
The Thirteenth Cat by Mary Downing Hahn
Apart in the Dark by Ania Ahlborn
Secrets in the Sand by Carolyln Brown
Haunted: Cemetery Girl Trilogy Book 3 by Charlaine Harris
The Girls are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh 
Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers 

August

Small Town Rumors by Carolyn Brown
Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe
Hemmingway’s Cats by Lindsey Hooper

July

The Body by Stephen King 
Hypnosis Is for Hacks by Tamara Berry 
The Lost Village by Camilla Sten 
Goblin by Josh Walerman 
Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly 
That Summer by Sarah Dessen
Beach House Reunion by Mary Alice Monroe
Pint of No Return by Dana Mentink 
Castle Shade by Laurie R. King 

June

The Maple Murders by Micol Ostow 
The Islanders by Mary Alice Monroe 
Cursed Objects by J.W. Ocker 
Death on Windmill Way by Carrie Doyle 
Rules of the Ruff by Heidi Lang 
Into the Pit by Scott Cawthon, Elley Cooper 
Saltwater Secrets by Cindy Callaghan
Panic by Lauren Oliver 

May

Play Dead (A Dog and His Girl Mystery) by Jane Mason 
The Lake by Natasha Preston 
Big Little Spies by Krista Davis 
The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait by Cleo Coyle
The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
Cat About Town by Cate Conte
To Brew or Not to Brew by Joyce Tremel

April

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 
Fatal Roots Sheila Connolly 
Ghost of New York by Jim Lewis 
Bark Vs. Snark by Spencer Quinn 
Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward 

March
The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes
Don’t Tell a Soul by Kirsten Miller
The Pint of No Return by Ellie Alexander
The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters
Inheritance: Cemetery Girl Book Two by Charlaine Harris
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
Ghostoria by Tam Francis

February
Seances are for Suckers by Tamara Berry
Nala’s World by Dean Nicholson
A Home for Goddesses and Dogs by Leslie Connor
Death on Tap by Ellie Alexander
The Pretenders: Cemetery Girl Book One by Charlaine Harris
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

January
The Sword and the Shield by Peniel Joseph
The Deep by Alma Kutsu 
Without a Brew by Ellie Alexander
Curses are for Cads by Tamara Berry
Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer

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Books I’ve Read in 2020

December
Home for the Holidays by Heather Vogel Frederick
A Shiloh Christmas by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A Christmas Carol Murder by Heather Redmond
Gingerdead Man by Maya Corrigan

November
Furbidden Fatality by Deborah Blake
The Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

October

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron
Digging Up the Remains by Julia Henry
The Spook in the Stacks by Eva Gates
The Shadows by Alex North
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

September

Nancy Drew: The Curse by Nikol Ostow
Clown in a Corn Field by Adam Cesare
The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen
The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews
Savannah Breeze by Mary Kay Andrews
Hoot by Carl Haiaason

August

Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
The Last to Know by Elizabeth Adler
The Whispers by Greg Howard
Summer of Fear by Lois Duncan

July

The Sword and the Shield by Peniel Joseph
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Moud Montgomery
Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson
Charlie’s Horse by Judith Shaw

June

Mistletoe Moussaka and Murder by Tina Kashian
Kiki MacAdoo and the Graveyard Ballerinas by Collette Sewall
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
You May Already be a Winner by Ellis Ann Dee
Unconditional Hearts by Roxanne Hensley

May

Rest in Peach by Susan Furlong
Murder at the Palace by Margaret Dumas
Finding Gobi by Dion Leonard and Craig Borlase
St. Francis Society for Wayward Pets by Annie England Noblin
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

April

And Then There Were Crumbs by Eva Calder
Notorious by Gordon Korman
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
Poppy by Jennifer Li Shotz

March 

Now Entering Adamsville by Francesca Zappia
A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
The Loch Ness Papers by Paige Shelton

February

Perilous Poetry by Kym Roberts
The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
Don’t Feed the Monkey Mind by Jennifer Shannon
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn

January

Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Toll by Cherie Priest
The Dog I Loved by Susan Wilson

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Books I’ve Read in 2019

December
Repair to her Grave by Sarah Graves
Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Ann Lindsey
The Awakening by Jana DeLeon
A Merry Murder by Kate Kingsbury
Six Cats A Slayin’ by Miranda James 

November

The Shape of Night by Tess Gerritsen
Unfinished Business by Roxanne Hensley
Daughters of the Lake by Wendy Webb
Creepover: There’s Something Out There by PJ Night

October

The Howling Ghost by Christopher Pike
Camp Red Moon by RL Stine
Nathaniel by John Saul
Woof at the Door by Laura Morrigan

September

Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
Kitty Confidential by Molly Fitz

August

Peacock Summer by Hannah Richell
Making it Rain in Texas by Russ Hall
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn
New People by Danzy Senna

July

Lone Star Cafe by Lisa Wingate
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues by Molly Harper
Live and Let Chai by Bree Baker

June

A Killing by the Sea by Kathleen Bridge Live and Let Chai
Spells and Scones by Bailey Cates
Breaking for Bodies by Duffy Brown
Summer Days and Summer Nights by multiple YA authors

May

Murder with a Cherry on Top by Cynthia Baxter
The Awakening by James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth
The Ghost of Grey Fox Inn by Carolyn Keene
Ruff vs. Fluff: A Queenie and Arthur Novel by Spencer Quinn
Pet Sematary by Stephen King

April

The Beautiful Strangers by Camille Di Maio
Two Good Dogs by Susan Wilson
House of Salt and Sorrow by Erin Craig
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Stories of the Night by JT Ellison
Killing Trail by Margaret Mizushima

March

Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon
It Starts with a Kiss by Russ Hall
Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly
Painted Ladies by Sylvia Dickey Smith
Hooked on Ewe by Hannah Reed
Dead Ends by JT Ellison
A Little Night Magic by Lucy March

February

The World Breaks Everyone by Lauren Clark
My Life Among the Underdogs by Tia Torres
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
Wish by Barbara O’Connor

January

The House with the Clock in the Walls by John Bellairs
Fatal Frost by Karen Maclnerney
Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower
The Haunting on Heliotrope Lane by Carolyn Keene
The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing Hahn

Books I’ve Read in 2018

December

A Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi Mathews
A Gift of Bones by Carolyn Haines
Mistletoe Murder by Robin Stevens
In Peppermint Peril by Joy Avon
Manhattans and Murder by JB Fletcher and Donald Bain
Yuletide Homicide by Jennifer David Hesse
Amid the Winter’s Snow by Tasha Alexander
A Nancy Drew Christmas by Carolyn Keene

November 

The Retreat by Mark Edwards
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
The Fate of Mercy Alban by Wendy Webb
A Mid Winter’s Tale by Bethany Blake

October

Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco
Candy Corn Murder by Leslie Meier
The Mystery of Hollow Inn by Tara Ellis
Wake the Hollow by Gaby Triana
Gallows Hill by Lois Duncan
Scream and Scream Again edited by RL Stine

September

Life Without Ed by Jenni Schaefer Thom Rutledge
The Strawberry Hearts Diner by Carolyn Brown
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Black Cat Crossing by Kay Finch
Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan

August

The Outsider by Stephen King
The Sometimes Sisters by Carolyn Brown
The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters
The Sign in the Smoke: Nancy Drew Diaries by Carolyn Keene
Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian
10 % Happier by Dan Harris
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

July

We Have All Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Trembley
Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
Rockets Dead Glare by Lynn Cahoon
Killer Green Tomatoes by Lynn Cahoon
Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron

June

Margaritas and Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain
Murder Walks the Plank by Carolyn Hart
Summerlost by Allie Condie
Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray

May

Murder at the 42nd Street Library by Con Lehane
Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
Tales from Beyond the Pale by multiple authors
Haunted in Hollywood by Loey Land and JA Kazimer
Widow’s Point by Billy Chizmar
The Secret Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams
Over the Moon at Big Lizard Diner by Lisa Wingate

April

The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich
Sympathy and Sweet Tea by Molly Harper
Heart of Evil by Heather Graham
Written Off by EJ Copperman
By Book or by Crook by Eva Gates
The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon
The Ritual by Adam Nevill

March

Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosely
Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O’Conner
Haunted Nights: A Horror Writers Association Anthology
Off Kilter By Hannah Reed

February

A High-End Finish by Kate Carlisle
Single Malt Murder by Melinda Mullet
Full Wolf Moon by Lincoln Child
The Right Side by Spencer Quinn

January

Final Girls by Riley Sager
In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters
My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
A Gala Event by Sheila Conolly

Books I’ve Read in 2017

December

All the Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry
Jacob T. Marley by R. William Bennett
The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
The Mistletoe Inn by Richard Paul Evans
Twelve Slays of Christmas by Jacqueline Frost
The Silent Night by Tasha Alexander
Upon a Ghostly Yule by Amanda DeWees
Death, Taxes and Mistletoe Mayhem by Diane Kelly
Gather Round the Sound by misc. authors|
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
With This Curse by Amanda DeWees

November

There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
House of Furies by Madeleine Roux
Midnight on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Fatal Feast by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain

October

Lost Among the Living by Simone St. James
Site Unseen by Dana Cameron
How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather

September

Fangoria’s Dreadtime (multiple authors)
The 5-Second Rule by Mel Robbins
It by Stephen King

August

Murder She Wrote: Rum and Razors by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain
Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower
A Dark and Stormy Murder by Julia Buckley
Midnight Jewel: The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead
Black Beauty: An Audible Original Drama by Anna Sewell, R.D. Carstairs-adaptation
Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

July

Perennials: A Novel by Mandy Berman
Murder Most Howl by Krista Davis
Somebody I used to Know by David Bell
Peaches and Scream by Susan Furlong
Summer in the South by Cathy Holton
Ghost of a Chance by E.J. Copperman

June

A Familiar Tail: Witch’s Cat Mystery Series by Delia James
A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira
The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland by Rebekah Crane

May

Pouncing on Murder by Laurie Cass
Yes, Please by Amy Pohler
Arrowood by Laura McHugh
Missing on Superstition Mountain by Elise Broach

April

The Diviners by Libba Bray
Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Title Wave by Lorna Barrett
All by Myself, Alone by Mary Higgins Clark
Before He Finds Her by Michael Kardos

March

Woman in Cabin Ten by Ruth Ware
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

February

A Gilded Grave by Shelley Freydont
Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandell
The Dime by Kathleen Kent
Arf by Spencer Quinn
Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything by Nancy Martin

January

Death by Chocolate Lab by Bethany Blake
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland by Rebekah Crane
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Mainscalco & James Patterson
The Restorer by Amanda Stevens
The Long Lankin by Lindsay Barraclough

Books I’ve Read in 2016

December

Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen by Emily Brightwell
The Twelve Dogs of Christmas by David Rosenfelt
Rest Ye Murdered Gentleman by Vicki Delany
Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke
Certain Dark Things by M.J. Pack
Mistletoe and Murder by Carola Dunn
Santa 365 by Spencer Quinn

November

And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich
Ghost Gifts by Laura Spinella

October

Beewitched by Hannah Reed
Severed by Dax Varley
The Secret of Sleepy Hollow by Andi Marquette
Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
Sleepy Hollow: General of the Dead by Richard Gleaves

September

The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher by Donald Bain and J.B. Fletcher
Cicada Summer by Andrea Beaty
The Diet Trap Solution by Judith Beck and Debra Beck Busis
Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
Beewitched by Hannah Reed
Murder at the Mansion by Janet Finsilver

August

Catch Rider by Jennifer Lyne
The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb
Silent Harmony by Michele Scott
The Walls around Us by Nova Ren Suma
Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

July

The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
Tumbling by Caela Carter

June

Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay
Heaven to Betsy by Pamela Fagan Hutchins
The Grand Hotel by Scott Kenemore
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

May
The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie
The All-Girl’s Filling Station Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg

April
Mary: The Summoning by Hillary Monahan
Sister Dear by Laura McNeil
Murder She Wrote: Death of  Blueblood by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez

March

The Hand that Feeds You by A.J. Rich
Thirteen Days of Midnight by Leo Hunt
Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen
Black Eye Susans by Julia Heaberlin
The Bargaining by Carly Ann West

February

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Bad Country by CB McKenzie
Diet Cults by Matt Fitzgerald
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

January

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Buzz Kill by Beth Fantaskey
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Seth Grahamey-Smith
If Walls Could Talk by Juiliet Blackwell
Claws for Alarm by TC LoTempio
Scents and Sensibility by Spencer Quinn

Books I’ve Read in 2015

December

A Christmas Bride by Jo Ann Ferguson
Flawed Dogs by Berkeley Breathed
Woof by Spencer Quinn
Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue by Victoria Thompson
Away in a Manger by Rhys Bowen
Heartland Super Special: A Holiday Memory by Lauren Brooke
Star of the East by Tasha Alexander
A Christmas Hope by Anne Perry

November

Covenant of the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis
The Legend of Sleepy Harlow by Kylie Logan
Star of the East by Tasha Alexander
These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly
Grave Apparel by Ellen Byerrum

October

Stirring the Plot by Daryl Wood Gerber
Sleepy Hollow: Bridge of Bones by Richard Gleaves
The Haunting of Maddie Claire by Simone St. James
I am Haunted by Zach Bagans

September

Better Homes and Hauntings by Molly Harper
Nightmares Can be Murder by Mary Kennedy
Woman in Black by Susan Hill
The Silence of the Ghosts by Jonathan Aycliffe
Naomi’s Room by Jonathan Aycliffe
Rise Headless and Rise by Richard Gleaves

August

Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron
Bone to be Wild by Carolyn Haines
Nantucket Sisters by Nancy Thayer
Faith Bass Darling’s Last Garage Sale by Lynda Rutledge

July

Center of Gravity by Laura McNeill
If You’ve Got it, Haunt it by Rose Pressey
Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson
Ghostly Paws by Leighann Dobbs

June

Caught Dead Handed by Carol J Perry
Walk Me Home by Catharine Ryan Hyde
Neighing with Fire by Kathryn O’Sullivan
Dead White and Blue by Carolyn Hart

May

Real Murders: Aurora Teagarden Mystery No. 1 by Charlaine Harris
I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me by Jerold J. Kreisman
Trucker Ghost Stories by Annie Wilder
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Sound and the Furry: Chet and Bernie Mystery No. 6 by Spencer Quinn

April

Outlander by Diana Galbadon
Dog Crazy by Meg Donahue
This Voice in My Heart by Gilbert Tuhabonye and Gary Brozek
Masked Ball at Broxley Manor by Rhys Bowen

March

The Source by J.D. Horn
A Nip of Murder by Carol Miller
Frostbite by Richelle Meade
Cancel the Wedding by Carolyn Dingman

February

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahan
The Line by J.D. Horn

January

Murder, She Wrote: A Question of Murder by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain
My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland
Geared for the Grave by Duffy Brown
Night Chill by Jeff Gunhus
Cat Deck the Halls by Shirley R. Murphy
Adventures in Dating by Sarah Rishforth

Books I’ve Read in 2014

December

Murder of a Stacked Librarian by Diane Swanson
Christmas Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley
Christmas is Murder by CS Challinor
All is Calm by Colleen Coble
The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn
Herald of Death by Kate Kingsbury

November

Pie Girls by Lauren Clark
To Hell and Gone in Texas by Russ Hall
The Vanishing by Wendy Webb
Mist in the Mirror by Susan Hill
Eat and Run by Scott Jurek
Night of the Living Deed by E.J. Cooperman

October

Dr. Sleep by Stephen King
Ten by Gretchen McNeil
Freeing Yourself from Anxiety by Tamar Chansky
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
The Black Heart Crypt: A Haunted Mystery by Chris Garbenstein
Meow if it’s Murder by TC LoTempio
All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn

September

Driving with the Top Down by Beth Harbison
The Selkie Spell by Sophie Moss
It’s Hard Not to Hate You by Valerie Frankel
Honey, Do You Need a Ride? By Jennifer Graham
The Unquiet by Jeanine Garsee

August

Perennial by Ryan Potter
Asylum by Madeline Reoux
The Cat Sitter’s Nine Lives by Blaize and John Clement
Dressed to Steal by Carolyn Keene
Hostile Makeover by Ellen Byerrum

July

Eat that Frog by Brian Tracy
Past Midnight by Mara Purnhagan
A Bad Day for Scandal by Sophie Littlefield
Dead until Dark  by Charlaine Harris

June

Killer Honeymoon by G.A. McKevett
Five Summers by Una Lamarche
Booty Bones by Carolyn Haines
It Takes an Egg Timer by Joanne Tombrakos
Lay Death at Her Door by Elizabeth Buhmann

May

Mischief in Mudbug by Jana Deleon
Murder on the Hoof by Kathryn O’sullivan
That Old Black Magic by Mary Jane Clark
I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I’ve Ever Had by Tony Danza

April

Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass
The Nerd’s Guide to Being Confident by Mark Manson
Paper Towns by John Green

March

Her Royal Spyness (Book 1) by Rhys Bowen
The Collection by Bentley Little
Murder and Moonshine by Carol Miller
Self-Compassion by Kristen Neff

February

Vampire Academy (Book 1) by Richelle Mead
Dog on It by Spencer Quinn
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

January

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
Following Atticus by Tom Ryan
A Fist Full of Collars by Spencer Quinn
Ghoul Interrupted by Victoria Lourie
Orphan Train by Kristina Baker Kline
Neon Rain by James Lee Burke

Books I’ve Read in 2013

December

The Clue is in the Pudding by Kate Kingsbury
Ghost Huntress: The Tidings by Marley Gibson
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
A Dog Named Christmas by Greg Kincaid
I’m Dreaming of an Undead Christmas by Molly Harper
The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen
Call Me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber

November

A Christmas Hope by Anne Perry
The Secret of Cypriere Bayou by Jana Deleon
The Devil’s Footprints by Amanda Stevens
Whodunit: Murder in Mystery Manor by Anthony Zuiker

October

Mayhem at the Orient Express by Kylie Logan
Broken by A.E. Rought
Dark Kiss by Michelle Rowen
Mid Summer Night’s Scream by R.L. Stine
Dead of Night by Charlaine Harris and Amanda Stevens
Dance on His Grave by Sylvia Dickey Smith

September

Haunting Violet by Alxyandra Harvey
The Cat Sitter’s Cradle by Blaize & John Clement
Phantom Evil by Heather Graham
On Writing by Stephen King

August

Looking for Me by Beth Hoffman
Veiled Revenge by Ellen Byerrum
Forever Charmed by Rose Pressey

July

Red Rain by R.L. Stine
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle
Black Hills by Nora Roberts
Texas Cooking by Lisa Wingate

June

Nearly Departed in Deadwood by Ann Charles
A Cast Off Coven by Juliet Blackwell
Haunted on Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase
Killer Maize by Paige Shelton

May

The Crypt Thief by Mark Pryor
Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs
Edge of Dark Water by Joe Lansdale
Murder on the Half Shelf by Lorna Barrett
Foal Play by Kathryn O’Sullivan
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Supernaturals by David Lynn Goleman

April

The Thirteenth Sacrifice by Debbie Viguie
Cocktail Hour by Tara McTiernan
Opal Fire by Barbara Amino

March

A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson
Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
Daniel X by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
An Inquiry into Love and Death by Simone St. James

February

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Naturally Charlie by S.L. Scott
Pretty when She Dies by Rhiannon Frater
Angels Fall by Nora Roberts
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

January

The Ghost and the Dead Man’s Library by Alice Kimberly
Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr
Awake at Dawn by C.C. Hunter
The Secret Circle by L.J. Smith
Amber House by Kelly Moore

Books I’ve Read in 2012

December
I Kill Me by Tracey H. Tucker
Silent Night by Deanna Raybourn
Holiday Grind by Cleo Coyle
A Countess by Christmas by Annie Burrows
So Pretty it Hurts by Kate White
From What I Remember by Valerie Thomas and Stacy Kramer
Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson

November 
Wicked Witch Murder (Lucy Stone Mystery #16)  by Leslie Meier
Ghouls, Ghouls, Ghouls by Victoria Laurie
Born at Midnight (Shadow Falls #1) by C.C. Hunter
Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendra Blake
Ghost Story by Peter Straub

October
Taking Chances (Heartland #4) by Lauren Brooke
Walk of the Spirits by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Trick or Treat by Richie Tankersley Cusick
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
The Watcher in the Woods by Florence Engel Randall
Chasing Ghosts – Texas Style by Barry and Chad Klinge

September
Barefoot Girls by Tara McTiernan
The Swamp Whisperer by Sylvia Dickey Smith
The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan
It Begins (The Unseen #1) by Richie Tankersley Cusick

August
The Five by Robert McCammon
The Espressologist by Kristina Springer
Misfortune Cookie by Michele Gorman
Delerium by Lauren Oliver

July
Hostile Makeover by Ellen Byerrum
Falling Home by Karen White
Death Perception (Psychic Eye Mysteries #6) by Victoria Laurie
Love at First Bark by Julie Klam
Breaking Free (Heartland #3) by Lauren Brooke

June
The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong
Making Piece, by Beth M. Howard
True Love Way by Nancy Scrofano
Monarch Beach by Anita Hughes
Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Sisterhood Everlasting by Anne Brashares
After the Storm (Heartland #2) by Lauren Brooke

May
Overseas by Beatriz Williams
Rough Country by John Sanford
Zombies Don’t Cry by Rusty Fischer
A Glimpse of Evil (Psychic Eye Mystery No. 8) by Victoria Laurie
Under Suspicion (Underworld Detection Agency Mystery No. 3) by Hannah Jayne
Dancing Naked in Dixie by Lauren Clark

April
Doom with a View by Victoria Laurie
Dare to Die (Death on Demand Mystery) by Carolyn Hart
Horns by Joe Hill
Heartland: Coming Home  (book 1) by Lauren Brooke
Trouble in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon
The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott
Dark Lover (Blackdagger Brotherhood Series book 1) by J.R. Ward
Downward Dog, Upward Fog by Meryl Davids Landau

March
Destined to Fail by Samantha March
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Soulless by Gail Carriger
Recession Proof by Kimberly S. Lin
Death on Heels by Ellen Byerumm

February
Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement
Raining Cat Sitters and Dogs by Blaize Clement
Trashy Chic by Cathy Lubenski
Hereafter by Tara Hudson

January
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
Stay Tuned by Lauren Clark
The Guys’ Guy’s Guide to Love by Robert Manni
How to Party with a Killer Vampire by Penny Warner
Love on the Lifts by Rachel Hawthorne
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Darkside by Beth Fantaskey

Books I’ve Read in 2011

January
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
The Girl who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
Made in the USA by Billie Letts
Bones of the Rain by Russ Hall

February
Wake by Lisa McMann
A House to Die for by Victoria Doudra
Sex, Murder and a Double Latte by Kyra Davis
A Werewolf in Manhattan by Vickie Lewis Thompson

March
A War of Her Own by Sylvia Dickey Smith
Cryer’s Cross by Lisa McMann
Ham Bones by Carolyn Haines
The Pulpwood Queens Tiara-Wearing Book-Sharing  Guide to Life by Kathy L. Patrick

April
Succubus Blues, by Richelle Mead
The Christmas Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman
Just Take My Heart, by Mary Higgins Clark
The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver

May
Wishbones by Carolyn Haines
A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield
First Grave on the Right, by Darynda Jones
Play Dead by Harlan Coben

June
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires, Book 1) by Rachel Caine
The Dead Girls’ Dance (Morganville Vampires, Book 2) by Rachel Caine
Backyard Saints by Joshylin Jackson

July
Deeper than the dead by Tami Hoag
Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay
Hexes and Hemlines by Juliet Blackwell
Die for Me by Amy Plum
Passion, Betrayal and Killer Highlights by Kyra Davis

August
Vows, Vendettas and a Little Black Dress by Kyra Davis
Killer Hair: A crime of Fashion by Ellen Byerrum
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Under Attack by Hannah Jayne

September 
Another Bad Dog Book by Joni B. Cole
Deadly Harvest by Heather Graham
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye #1
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Pretty Woman by Fern Michaels
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper

October
The Hollow by Jessica Verday
I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Fever Moon by Carolyn Haines
The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

November
Graveminder by Melissa Marr
Chihuahua of the Baskervilles by Esri Allbritten
The Pig and Me by Liindsay Frucci
Paranormal State by Ryan Buell

 December
My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
Decked with Folly by Kate Kingsbury
Mistletoe and Mayhem by Kate Kingsbury
Christmas at Timberwoods by Fern Michaels
The Mischeif of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig