Month: October 2022

Halloween themed reads at Fairview City Library… Just a skip from the paranormal, we have fantasy fiction.  This includes many popular series that are great cable or TV shows – Game of Thrones for instance!

Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (junior)
Arafel’s Saga, C. J. Cherryh
Bartimaeus Trilogy, Jonathon Stroud (young adult)
Book of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau (young adult)
Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis (junior)
Crescent City, Sarah Maas
Deltora Quest, Emily Rodda (junior)
Edge Chronicles, Stewart & Riddell (junior)
Flip Side, Kristin Stecklein
Guardians of Ga’hoole, Kathryn Lasky (junior)
Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling (young adult)
Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkein (high school)
Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (high school)
Inheritance Saga, Christopher Paolini (young adult)
Keeper of the Lost Cities, Shannon Messenger (young adult)
Kiesha’ra, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (young adult)
Leven Thumps, Obert Skye (junior)
Magnus Chase & Gods of Asgard, Rick Riordan (young adult)
Maximum Ride, James Patterson (young adult)
Merlin Saga, T. A. Barron (junior)
Mistborn, Brandon Sanderson
Percy Jackson & Olympians, Rick Riordan (young adult)
Pern, Anne McCaffrey
Ranger’s Apprentice, John Flanagan (junior)
Redwall, Brian Jacques (junior)
Sword of Truth, Terry Goodkind
Throne of Glass, Sarah Maas
Warriors; Seekers, Erin Hunter (young adult)
Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan
Wingfeather Saga, Andrew Peterson (junior)
Wings of Fire, Tui Sutherland (junior)
Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum (junior)

For Halloween this year, we’re posting Halloween themed reads from our library.  Today we’re going from ‘reality’ to ‘extraordinary’- the paranormal! Check out these authors and series for some stories that are beyond the normal…

Arcane Society & Sub-Series by Quick & Krentz
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit by Kay Hooper
Cousins O’Dwyer by Nora Roberts
House of Night by P.C. & Kristin Cast (high school fiction)
Hush Hush Saga by Becca Fitzpatrick (young adult fiction)
Krewe of Hunters by Heather Graham
Lizzy & Diesel by Janet Evanovich
Midnight Texas by Charlaine Harris
Miss Peregrine by Ransom Riggs (young adult fiction)
Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare (young adult fiction)
Poison Apple by various authors (junior fiction)
Sign of Seven Trilogy by Nora Roberts
Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer (high school fiction)
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (high school fiction)

In honor of Halloween, we’re featuring horror and paranormal related reads.
How about we start off with some real-life horror?
Sometimes the truth is stranger, and more horrifying, than fiction.

The 57 Bus
Dashka Slater

Bloodletters and Badmen….American Criminals from the Pilgrims to the Present
Jay Robert Nash

The Blood of Emmett Till
Timothy B. Tyson

Deliver Us…Infamous I-95 Texas Killing Fields
Kathryn Casey

Filthy Rich…Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein
James Patterson

Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire & Death
Ann Rule

Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth…Two Missing Girls
Jax Miller

Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann

Little Demon in the City of Light
Steven Levingston

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes…New York’s Greatest Female Detective
Brad Ricca

Murder Beyond the Grave- True Crime Thrillers
James Patterson

Public Enemies…Birth of the FBI
Bryan Burrough

Red River Prosecutor: True Cases of Oklahoma Crime
Kenneth D. Bacon

Seattle Vice
Rick Anderson

Smoke, Mirrors, & Murder
Ann Rule

Tommy Gun Winter: Jewish Gangsters…Trial That Shocked 1930s Boston
Nathan Gorenstein

Without Pity…Most Dangerous Killers
Ann Rule