SPOOKY Book Recs

I'll Read What She's Reading

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4.4 • 541 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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It’s spooky season, and we’re diving into the thrillers that will keep you up all night! In this episode of I’ll Read What She’s Reading, we’re sharing our top book recommendations for October — from eerie mysteries to full-on psychological chills. We’re also spilling on the scariest book we’ve ever read (and why it still haunts us).Grab your blanket, light a candle, and get ready for a month of goosebumps, twists, and unforgettable reads.Instagram: @whatshesreadingpodTikTok: @whatshesreaingp...

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0:00.0	Hi guys. Welcome back to all read what she's reading. I'm Michaela. I'm Kennedy and I'm Reggie. And today we're going to be talking about spooky books.
0:25.6	Today is October.
0:26.9	Yeah, it is the second week in October.
0:30.1	Spooky season is upon us.
0:32.0	So we thought, why not talk about spooky books, thriller books?
0:37.8	Unsettling books.
0:38.7	Unsettling books.
0:40.8	Books.
0:42.5	Surprise.
0:43.2	Surprise.
0:44.0	You didn't know this is a book podcast, actually.
0:46.3	We just thought it was very fitting for the season that we're in to talk about spooky books.
0:51.2	So we're first going to start off with a bang.
0:56.2	What is the spookiest, scariest, most unsettling book you guys have ever read? Okay, this one, I don't think
1:06.3	it's necessarily the spookiest book I've read, but it's the most scared I've been reading a book because of the setting I was in. Okay. Okay. Have you guys, either of you read The Girl on the Train? No. They made a movie of it. It's with Emily Blunt. Are am I making that up? Oh, I don't know. Let me look it up. A girl on the train? Girl on the train. I think it's actually the first scary book I've ever read.
1:33.8	Like as an adult.
1:36.3	But I was very invested in the story.
1:40.1	And I was out of town shooting a wedding.
1:43.4	I was staying in a hotel by myself.
1:47.3	It was a thunderstorm outside of my window.
1:51.2	A perfect storm.
1:51.9	And I was laying in my bed, reading it on my phone.
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