In this episode we interview Central’s Young Adult Librarian, Neda, about YA horror as well as JMRL’s Circulation Manager, Brittany, about the Food for Fines food drive.



Check out our staff made Young Adult horror find it list for more recommendations. 

Know of a haunted place you want to visit? Don’t forget to check out JMRL’s new Ghost Hunting Kit!

Love reading books set in Charlottesville? Check out Nancy Drew’s Hidden Window Mystery.



Here’s a comprehensive list of Neda’s recommendations:

Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

Darcy Coates

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

The Family Plot by Cherie Priest

Dead Mall by Adam Cesare

Your Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

There’s No Way I’d Die First by Lisa Springer

The list of the books mentioned in our Young Adult Horror Book Cover Art segment: 

The Morganville Vampires by Rachel Cain

Saga of Darren Shaw by Darren Shan

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie

Clown in  a Cornfield Adam Cesare

Gallant V.E. Schwab

Wilder Girls Rory Power

The Getaway by Lamar Giles

Here are the books mentioned in this episode’s Readers Advisory Corner:

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan

Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

Tangerine by Christine Mangan

Hairpin Curves by Elia Winters

Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefluer

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