I Read Horror at Castle Macabre 2025

The I Read Horror Year-Round Challenge has been around for years, but this is my first time participating. There are four levels of participation, and I will start with the lowest, Spooky: Read 6 books from 6 categories.

There is also a Cryptid BINGO game that I probably won't join. Check out Castle Macabre for details on both challenges.

And here are the categories, which I will update with finished titles throughout the year:

Vampires
Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Adventures of a Vegan Vamp

Witches
The Witches of Silverlake Volume One
Stage Fright
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
Of Mice and Magic
Ratpunzel
Doctor Orient: A Journey Into the Occult

Folk Horror
The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion
Ring Shout
Dracula's Guest
Silver in the Wood
Drowned Country
Hamster Princess: Giant Trouble
Jackaby
Bone White

BIPOC Author
Natural Beauty
The Death I Gave Him
All the Sinners Bleed
A Master of Djinn
The Cabinet

Ghost Story
Horrorstör
The London Séance Society
Middle of the Night
Session 9: The Official Novelization
The Howling Ghost
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng
The Darkling Bride
The Swallow: A Ghost Story
The Ghost Hunter Next Door
At the Bottom of the Garden
A Shadow on the Wall
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Female Author
Anyone But Her
Ink Blood Sister Scribe
Bryony and Roses
The Last Heir to Blackwood Library
Network Effect
Dark Divide
Things We Lost in the Fire
The Artist of Blackberry Grange: A Novel
Paladin's Grace
The Vegetarian
Earthlings
Little Red Rodent Hood

Cosmic Horror
Navigational Entanglements
Finna
Walking to Aldebaran
The Day of the Triffids
Clean Sweep
The Snow

Frightening Cover
Dark Places
Stay Out of the Basement
Night of the Living Dummy
Dead City
Dark Shadows
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Last One to Leave
The Hound of Death
From the Dust Returned

Adapted as Movie/Series
The Fall of the House of Usher: A Graphic Novel
Trese Vol 1: Murder on Balete Drive
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Lathe of Heaven

Katsu, Ketchum, King, or Koontz
The Silent Corner

Black, Gray, Orange, or Red Cover
What Feasts at Night
Zombie Makeout Club Vol. 1: Deathwish
The Boys from Brazil
The Expert System's Brother

Featuring a Cryptid
The InSpectres Volume One
Devil of Black Creek
Killer on the Road