Book Riot's managing editor and All the Books host Vanessa Diaz joins Sharifah for a Halloween special, with book, movie, and music recommendations to make your season extra spooky.

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Practical Magic Sequel Announcement

Books Discussed

The Changeling by Victor LaValle

An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Leech by Hiron Ennes

Immortal Pleasures by V. Castro

Music Discussed

• Picks from Vanessa's Something Wicked playlist


• "Fantasmas" by Ambar Lucid


• "Uninvited" by Alanis Morisette


• "Howling" by Cathedrals


• "Spellwork" by Austra


• "I Put a Spell on You" (cover) by Brooklynn


• Sharifah's Picks


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  The Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack


• "St James Infirmary" by Cab Calloway


• "Rawhead and Bloody Bones" by Siouxsie & the Banshees

Movies Discussed

Crimson Peak

The Craft

Twilight

Wednesday (show)

Discovery of Witches

Candyman (1992 and 2021)

The Addams Family movies

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Hellraiser

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