Beyond the Shelves: Spooky Season

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

On this month's Beyond the Shelves, Jes and Sarah are talking all things spooky season. They discuss some of their favorite horror movies and TV shows and the book adaptations that go along with them.

Show Notes Spooky Season Books

• The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirly Jackson
  • Netflix
• The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James
  • Netflix (as The Haunting of Bly Manor)
• The Fall of the House of Usher, by Edgar Allen Poe
  • Netflix
• The Midnight Club, by Christopher Pike
  • Netflix
• Interview with a Vampire, by Anne Rice
  • 1994 film - Hulu
  • 2022 TV series - AMC+
• We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson
  • Prime Video, Peacock, AMC+, Roku Channel, Kanopy, Pluto TV
• iZombie, by Chris Roberson
  • Netflix
• A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness
  • AMC+ (check out from the library)
• Wynonna Earp, by Beau Smith
  • Netflix, Hulu
• Practical Magic, by Alice Hoffman
  • Hulu
• My Best Friend's Exorcism, by Grady Hendrix
  • Prime Video
• The Changeling, by Victor LaValle
  • Applie TV
• Lovecraft Country, by Matt Ruff
  • Max
• The Initial Insult, by Mindy McGinnis
• The Last Laugh, by Mindy McGinnis
• What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher
• Misery, by Stephen King
• The Shining, by Stephen King
• Turn of the Key, by Ruth Ware

What We're Reading

• Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros
• The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty
• Eating to Extinction, by Dan Saladino
• The Vaster Wilds, by Lauren Groff
• Death Valley, by Melissa Border
• A Council of Dolls, by Mona Susan Power
• The Violin Conspiracy, by Brenden Slocumb
• Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma, by Claire Dederer

Best Bets

• Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers
• The True Love Experiment, by Christina Lauren

First Dibs

• Anita DeMonte Laughs Last, by Xochitl Gonzalez
• The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale, by Virginia Kantra