Yet Another Oct. Ghost and Horror Story List

As October approaches some readers find themselves in the mood for autumnal fiction, novels and story collections perfect for shorter days and longer nights as the winds pick up and the leaves drop down. Some of these would be suitable for young readers (Coraline; The Graveyard Book; The Halloween Tree), some lean toward folk tale or fairy tale (The Invisible Eye; In the Forest of Forgetting), some are playful (A Night in the Lonesome October; Harrison Squared), some are obscure (To Walk the Night; The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck; Extremities), some are as much mystery as horror story (The Hound of the Baskervilles; The Shadow Year) and some as much science fiction as horror (The Edge of Running Water), and some are deeply unsettling (Grimscribe; The Grin of the Dark).