Collection Highlights: October 21

 

Collection Highlights: Foreign Language Materials

Contributed by Jordan Farinelli, Collection Development Librarian

Get into the spirit of Halloween with this list of scary stories. Ranging from classics to recent releases, there are thrillers and fantasies for every type of horror enthusiast.

• Historical Horror – Mexican Gothic, by Silivia Moreno-Garcia, DB 99404

• Classic Scary Stories – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz, DB 19713

• Dark Fantasy – Ninth House, by Leigh Bardugo, DB 97047

• Haunted House Thriller – Home Before Dark, by Riley Sager DB 99512

• Gothic Horror – We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson, DB 26614

• Book Turned Film – The Ring, by Koji Suzuki, DB 87453

• The King of Horror’s Latest – Billy Summers, by Stephen King, DB 104799

Please note that these books are available for download on BARD and can only be mailed on a Books on Demand (BOD) cartridge. To have these books sent to you, please contact the reference desk. BOD, our new circulation system, significantly decreases the wait time for new books. For more information about BOD, see here: https://mdlbpd.blogspot.com/2021/03/books-on-demand-update.html or, send an email to reference.desk@maryland.gov.