Summer Scares 2024 Booklist's Shelf Care

This episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast is all about Summer Scares! The reading program, a collaboration between Booklist, the Horror Writers Association, United for Libraries, Book Riot, and NoveList, announced their title picks in February. Host Susan Maguire sat down with the folks behind Summer Scares to talk about the books they want you to read this summer, different levels of scariness, and the importance of snacks for patron engagement.

Here’s what we talked about:

This Thing between Us, by Gus Moreno
Such Sharp Teeth, by Rachel Harrison
Jackal, by Erin E. Adams
All these Bodies, by Kendare Blake
Anna Dressed in Blood, by Kendare Blake
#MurderTrending, by Gretchen McNeil
Chain Gang All-Stars, by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Dead Flip, by Sara Farizan
Meddling Kids, by Edgar Cantero
LibraryReads
What Kind of Mother, by Clay McLeod Chapman
2024 Summer Scares Programming Guide
Horror Writers Association
The Nest, by Kenneth Oppel
Ophie’s Ghost, by Justina Ireland
My Aunt is a Monster, by Reimena Yee
The Labyrinth of Lost and Found, by Jordan Lees (The Whisperwicks #1)
Don’t miss these webinars, featuring the Summer Scares Authors:
Summer Scares Adult
Summer Scares YA
Summer Scares Middel Grade