Boo! Mostly Morbid Books to Check Out for Halloween

Guest Post by Kate Niemczyk, Librarian II, Business, Science & Technology

Looking to get in the spooky spirit? Here’s a look at a few books available at the Pratt featuring mysteries, mortuaries, medical examiners and more that are sure to have your spine tingling this Halloween. 

All that Remains
By Sue Black

Book | eBook
Autopsy
By Richard Prayson, M.D.

Book

Cannibalism
By Bill Schutt

Book | eBook

Medicolegal Death Investigation
By Joseph Stopak

eBook

Necropolis
By Catharine Arnold

Book
Nine Years Under
By Sheri Booker

Book
Playing Dead
By Elizabeth Greenwood

Book | eBook

Severed
By Frances Larson

Book
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
By Caitlin Doughty

Book | eBook
Stiff
By Mary Roach

Book | eBook
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?
By Caitlin Doughty

Book | eBook

Working Stiff
By Judy Melinek, M.D. and T.J. Mitchell

Book | eBook

Spooky Titles for Teens to Check Out this Halloween

Boo! You are in for a treat if you love to be on the edge of your seat by a spooky book. Here’s a collection of suspense, horror, and fantasy books written for teens. Hope you find them thrilling!

This Poison Heart
By Kalynn Bayron
Book | eBook
The Getaway
By Lamar Giles
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
Lightlark
By Alex Aster
eBook
The Inheritance Games
By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
eBook
Bad Witch Burning
By Jessica Lewis
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
White Smoke
By Tiffany D. Jackson
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
Ace of Spades
By Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
The Taking of Jake Livingston
By Ryan Douglass
eBook | eAudiobook
The Weight of Blood
By Tiffany D. Jackson
Book | eBook
Cemetery Boys
By Aiden Thomas 
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
Truly Devious
By Maureen Johnson
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
Legendborn
By Tracy Deoon
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
Last Things
By Jacqueline West
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
What Big Teeth
By Rose Szabo
Book | eBook
The Undead Truth of Us
By Britney S. Lewis
Book | eBook

Top Picks to Check Out Chosen by YOU!

Here’s a look at some of the most-checked out materials from the Enoch Pratt Free Library last month. Hope you’ll enjoy them this October!

I’m Glad My Mom Died
By Jennette McCurdy
Book | eBook | eAudio
The New Yorker
eMagazine
What’s Mine and Yours
By Naima Coster
Book | eBook | eAudio
The Lost City
DVD
The Ninth Month
By James Patterson and Richard DiLallo
Book | eBook | eAudio
Girl, Forgotten
By Karin Slaughter
Book | eBook | eAudio
The Green Mile
By Stephen King
Book | eBook | eAudio
Lessons in Chemistry
By Bonnie Garmus
Book | eBook | eAudio
Harlem Shuffle 
By Colson Whitehead
Book | eBook | eAudio
The Economist
eMagazine
The Last Thing He Told Me
By Laura Dave
Book | eBook | eAudio
Steam to Go Kits
Available here

The Latest Free Books for Teens

Teens, take a look at what’s new at the Enoch Pratt Free Library this October! From first-love romances and comedies to science fiction and fantasies, we hope that you find something that you will enjoy.

Boys I Know
By Anna Gracia
Book 
Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution
By Kacen Callender
Book | eBook
The Girl in The Castle
By James Patterson and Emily Raymond
Book | eBook | eAudio
As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow
By Zoulfa Katouh
Book
The First to Die at the End
By Adam Silvera
Book | eBook | eAudio
Love From Mecca to Medina
By S.K. Ali
Book
Before Takeoff
By Adi Alsaid
Book
The Feeling of Falling In Love
By Mason Deaver
Book
Beasts of Ruin
By Ayana Gray
Book | eBook | eAudio
The Song that Moves the Sun
By Anna Bright
Book
Jumper
By Melanie Crowder
Book | eBook
Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade
By Nancy Springer
eBook

What’s New to Hit the Pratt’s Shelves this October!

Here’s a look at the latest books available this month from the Enoch Pratt Free Library. We’re sure that one, two, or three would love a place on your To-Be-Read List! Don’t forget, the Pratt’s catalog has a brand new look. It’s now easier than ever to browse for materials. 

Our Missing Hearts
by Celeste Ng
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
The Family Game
by Catherine Steadman
eBook | eAudiobook
Mad Honey
by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

Devil in Ohio
by Daria Polatin
eBook
The Passenger
by Cormac McCarthy
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
The Partner Track
by Helen Wan
eBook
It Starts With Us
by Colleen Hoover
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
Killers of a Certain Age
By Deanna Rayborn
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

Uphill
by Jemele Hill
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
The Golden Enclaves
by Naomi Novik
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
Making a Scene
by Constance Wu
Book | eAudiobook
Go To Dinners
by Ina Garten
Book
Anywhere You Run
by Wanda M. Morris
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
What’s Mine and Yours
by Naima Coster
Book | eBook | eAudiobook