Summer Scares 2024

Booklist's Shelf Care

This episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast is all about Summer Scares! The reading program, a collaboration between Booklist, the Horror Writers Association, United for Libraries, Book Riot, and NoveList, announced their title picks in February. Host Susan Maguire sat down with the folks behind Summer Scares to talk about the books they want you to read this summer, different levels of scariness, and the importance of snacks for patron engagement. Here’s what we talked about: This Thing between Us, by Gus Moreno Such Sharp Teeth, by Rachel Harrison Jackal, by Erin E. Adams All these Bodies, by Kendare Blake Anna Dressed in Blood, by Kendare Blake #MurderTrending, by Gretchen McNeil Chain Gang All-Stars, by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Dead Flip, by Sara Farizan Meddling Kids, by Edgar Cantero LibraryReads What Kind of Mother, by Clay McLeod Chapman 2024 Summer Scares Programming Guide Horror Writers Association The Nest, by Kenneth Oppel Ophie’s Ghost, by Justina Ireland My Aunt is a Monster, by Reimena Yee The Labyrinth of Lost and Found, by Jordan Lees (The Whisperwicks #1) Don’t miss these webinars, featuring the Summer Scares Authors: Summer Scares Adult Summer Scares YA Summer Scares Middel Grade