October 2026 MassBook List

Along Came a Spider by James Patterson

Along Came a Spider
by James Patterson

He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids it was headline news. Then one of them was found–dead. For such a high-profile case, they needed Alex Cross, police psychologist, and Jezzie Flanagan, a Secret Service agent, and even they were no match for the killer.

Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

Bury Your Gays
by Chuck Tingle

Bury Your Gays is a heart-pounding new novel from USA Today bestselling author Chuck Tingle about what it takes to succeed in a world that wants you dead. Haunted by his past, Misha must risk his entire future–before the horrors from the silver screen find a way to bury him for good.

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than once. I’m not trying to be dramatic, but it is the truth. Some of us are good, others are bad, and some just unfortunate. I’m Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I’d killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it’s a little more complicated than that. Have I killed someone? Yes. I have. Who was it? Let’s get started

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

In a Dark, Dark Wood
by Ruth Ware

What should be a cozy and fun-filled weekend deep in the English countryside takes a sinister turn in Ruth Ware’s suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological thriller. In the tradition of Paula Hawkins’s instant New York Times bestseller The Girl On the Train and S. J. Watson’s riveting national sensation Before I Go To Sleep, this gripping literary debut from UK novelist Ruth Ware will leave you on the edge of your seat through the very last page.

The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson

The Christmas Guest
by Peter Swanson

When a last-minute invitation from fellow student Emma Chapman brings her to Starvewood Hall for the holidays, Ashley Smith, an American art student in London, discovers this seemingly charming English village’s grim history when a local girl is brutally murdered and Emma’s brother is linked to the crime.

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson

The story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly place called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting”; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a chilling encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers–and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.

The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Published as a “shilling shocker, ” Robert Louis Stevenson’s dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr. Jekyll’s strange association with “damnable young man” Edward Hyde, the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer, and the final revelation of Hyde’s true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity’s basest capacity for evil.

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Yesteryear
by Carol Claire Burke

Natalie Heller Mills, a privileged tradwife social media influencer, wakes up to find she is living in the comparatively difficult reality of 1855.