Curious Readers
Curious Readers
Curious Readers
Ep 21: Reading for Spooky Season
57 minutes Posted Oct 24, 2025 at 4:00 am.
Creeps, chills, and carefully crafted dread - join Joseph and Amanda for this week’s episode as they recommend a stack of mood-heavy reads for spooky season. Plus, Team CR talks László Krasznahorkai - this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature - and as always they discuss what they’ve been reading lately and what they’re looking forward to picking up next. 
Book News
Nobel Prize for Literature 
Louisiana Channel
Sátántangó by Lászlo Krasznahorkai
Rivals by Jilly Cooper
Current Reads
Objects of Desire by Neil Blackmore
Fair Play by Louise Hegarty 
 Spooky Season Reading
  Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfeld
The Echoes by Evie Wyld
Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
Our Share of the Night by Mariana Enriquez 
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
Beloved by Toni Morrison
  Ghost stories by MR James, Algernon Blackwood, Edgar Allen Poe and HP Lovecraft
Come Closer by Sara Gran (Joseph’s Pick #1)
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (Amanda’s Pick #1)
The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Dávila, tr. by Audrey Harris and Matthew Gleeson (Joseph Pick #2)
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll (Amanda’s Pick #2)
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Spooky Books Recommended to Amanda
Sinead Hanna @sineadhannacraic
  The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker 
Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
Spooky Books Recommended to Joseph
A Game In Yellow by Hailey Piper
Ashley @coffeeandcuentos
Never Whistle At Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, ed. Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Talking Scared Podcast with Neil McRobert
Rekt by Alex Gonzalez
What We’re Reading Next 
Greyhound by Joanna Pocock
Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett
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Creeps, chills, and carefully crafted dread - join Joseph and Amanda for this week’s episode as they recommend a stack of mood-heavy reads for spooky season. Plus, Team CR talks László Krasznahorkai - this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature - and as always they discuss what they’ve been reading lately and what they’re looking forward to picking up next. (0:44) Book News(0:51) Nobel Prize for Literature (1:46) Louisiana Channel(2:52) Sátántangó by Lászlo Krasznahorkai(5:41) Rivals by Jilly Cooper(7:00) Current Reads(7:04) Objects of Desire by Neil Blackmore(10:43) Fair Play by Louise Hegarty (13:48)  Spooky Season Reading(15:06)  Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica(17:55) Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfeld(19:01) The Echoes by Evie Wyld(19:28) Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda(19:51) Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab(20:27) Our Share of the Night by Mariana Enriquez (21:36) Pet Sematary by Stephen King(22:55) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving(24:04) Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn(25:04) The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston(27:22) Earthlings by Sayaka Murata(27:36) Beloved by Toni Morrison(28:25)  Ghost stories by MR James, Algernon Blackwood, Edgar Allen Poe and HP Lovecraft(29:44) Come Closer by Sara Gran (Joseph’s Pick #1)(34:23) Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (Amanda’s Pick #1)(39:04) The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Dávila, tr. by Audrey Harris and Matthew Gleeson (Joseph Pick #2)(44:21) Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll (Amanda’s Pick #2)(46:24) Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka(49:32) Spooky Books Recommended to Amanda(49:44) Sinead Hanna @sineadhannacraic(50:14)  The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell(50:29) Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker (51:06) Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison(51:42) Spooky Books Recommended to Joseph(51:52) A Game In Yellow by Hailey Piper(52:42) Ashley @coffeeandcuentos(52:59) Never Whistle At Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, ed. Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.(52:32) Talking Scared Podcast with Neil McRobert(53:47) Rekt by Alex Gonzalez(54:33) What We’re Reading Next (55:03) Greyhound by Joanna Pocock(55:41) Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett(55:57) What A Time To Be Alive by Jenny Mustard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.