Needless to say, sleep would not come quickly!” Readers share their favorite books to read during the Halloween season.

If you’re a book lover willing to lose a little sleep this fall, we’ve compiled a list of the latest and forthcoming titles that’ll pair well with the spooky season. Some particularly terrifying, creepy and suspenseful books hitting bookshop shelves this fall include a graphic and grotesque short story collection,

There are so many classic King novels to read during the Halloween season, but one we always come back to is The Shining. The story of a novelist who begins to lose his grip on reality when he’s trapped with his family in an isolated hotel continues to give us shivers. It’s also a great, albeit terrifying, book for the wintertime too.

While many of best horror stories were truly terrifying, other great books focused more on unnerving tension, worldbuilding, and thematic depth.