My Best Friend's Exorcism
Grady Hendrix
'80s teen friendship plus an actual demonic possession. Hendrix nails the horror and the heart.
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★ 5The Final Girl Support Group
Grady Hendrix
Horror-movie 'final girls' meet in group therapy decades later, then get hunted again. So clever and so fun.
★ 5The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix
A '90s Southern book club realizes their charming new neighbor is a vampire. Bloody, funny, and secretly about women being dismissed.
How to Sell a Haunted House
Grady Hendrix
Grady Hendrix does grief through a haunted-house horror full of demonic puppets. Genuinely scary and secretly about family.
★ 5The Correspondent
Virginia Evans
The protagonist of this beautiful novel is a 73-year-old woman processing her life — and regrets — through letters. It’s poignant but not saccharine, specific but universally appealing. I dare you not to cry.
Tom Lake
Ann Patchett
An older woman tells her daughters about the summer she spent performing alongside — and falling in love with — a now-famous actor. My friend Anna said her husband adored this book just as much as she did — impressive, considering he typically reads business non-fiction.