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EPISODE · Oct 14, 2025 · 50 MIN

Beyond the Shelves: Horror For Scaredy Cats

from Beyond the Shelves: A Podcast from the Des Moines Public Library

Sarah and Jes discuss books that will put you in the mood for spooky season but aren't that scary.   Show Notes: What They're Reading Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross Swift and Saddled by Layla Sage Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum  Best Bets: other highly recommended books Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy Moon Called by Patricia Briggs and Fiona Staples My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Saga by Brian K. Vaughan Books to get you into spooky season: Revelator by Daryl Gregory White Smoke by Tiffany Jackson The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Frankenstein by  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina Hungerstone by Kat Dunn The September House by Carissa Orlando Book Bulletin A new update to the Libby hold system Jes and Sarah talk about the battle between AI creation and published children's books The last of the Fall Author Series

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