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Is The Spooky Season Giving You Goosebumps?
Thriller and horror readers sound off in our newest survey
By Ashly Moore Sheldon • October 06, 2024
As we move into autumn, many readers are drawn to books with a chilling quality. Our newest survey, conducted by Talker Research and commissioned by Thriftbooks, investigated all things related to the spooky genre and what we found turned into a riveting tale. Here are some of our most arresting findings.
Book-to-Screen Horror
17 spine-tingling reads that have been adapted for the screen
By Ashly Moore Sheldon • September 29, 2024
It's almost October! And that means it's time to double down on book-to-screen horror—meaning read the books and watch the adaptations. Here are seventeen frightfully good horror novels that have been adapted to the screen.
13 Spine-Tingling New Horror Books to Read (or Pre-Order) Now!
By Ashly Moore Sheldon • September 10, 2024
Who's already excited for the spooky season? We are! With lots of great new horror literature coming out, we're getting into the perfect headspace for witches, ghosts, monsters, ghouls, and more. Here are thirteen new horror books to read (or pre-order) now.
11 Bloodcurdling Book-to-Screen Horror Adaptations
& where to watch them
By Ashly Moore Sheldon • October 29, 2023
Adapting literary horror to the screen is tricky. Sometimes it means staying faithful to the original text. But sometimes the director must take some liberties with the source material. Here are eleven of our favorite book-to-screen horror adaptations.
M3GAN and the Rise of Marvelously Malevolent Dolls
Hosted by The Thrift Keeper!
By Terry Fleming • January 17, 2023
Hello Boils and Ghouls! THRIFT KEEPER here (named for my devilish ability to find the Best Bargains among Blood-Curdling titles!), and today I'd like to talk to you about dolls.
The Dawn of Horror: The First 1000 Years of Spooky
By ThriftBooks Team • October 25, 2022
Staff Picks: The Scariest Books & Movies
By Amanda Cleveland • October 23, 2022
Because it's the spookiest season, I tasked our staff to tell everyone 1) the scariest book they've ever read, and/or 2) the scariest movie they've ever seen, and 3) explain themselves with a quote so that you all might feast upon our tasty, tasty fear and maybe get scared yourself!
Horror Where You Least Expect It
Literature With a Dark Surprise
By William Shelton • October 18, 2022
Fear, where it is least expected, is all the more rich an experience. Such as when it is found among the pages of a story of romance, or a bucolic tale of life mundane. Here are my favorite tales with surprisingly dark moments.
A SCARE-lariously Baleful History of Horror
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By Terry Fleming • September 27, 2022
Hello BOILS and GHOULS, and WELCOME to the ThriftBooks Grand Historical Tour of the Horror Genre! I'll be your guide for the evening, the THRIFT KEEPER (named for my devilish ability to find the Best Bargains among Blood-Curdling titles!), here to lead you towards some scintillatingly sinister selections.
9 Authors Who Aren't Scared of the Dark
Black Authors Series
By Ashly Moore Sheldon • February 26, 2020
Here's the last in our Black History Month series, featuring great black writers from four genres. The publishing industry is sorely lacking in diversity, so it is important to shine a light on authors of color. This week, we feature Horror and Mystery. Here are nine writers who offer scary, thrilling, addictive reads.
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