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