- Cheryl Eddy rounds up the 10 worst towns from horror fiction to be stuck in. (io9)
- Emily Martin has a pretty great list of recent scary-as-hell books to get you in the mood for Halloween. (Book Riot)
- Tragedy strikes when Michael Dirda tries and fails to get rid of books. (Washington Post)
- Edward Brooke-Hitchings has found some truly strange, sometimes disturbing, and definitely fascinating books. (The Guardian)
- Pair with this round-up by Sara Century of the most evil books in fiction. (SyFy)
- Sophie Hardach reflects on the joys of reading aloud. (BBC)
- I laughed too hard at these book memes. (Cheezburger)

