spooky thrillers // fall book recommendations part 1

[@Katesbookdate]

🎃 happy spooky szn witches 🕸 (You best believe I’m gonna milk the absolute heck out of this) Hope your week is off to a good start! ✨

[@shreyabooked9309]

I recently read The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides and the plot twist was great. And it's a fast read too.

[@didu2689]

I've read Night film, it's just one of those books for me that you find once a couple of years and they are so good they stick with you. Like Tana French - The woods.

[@Greeneyedgirl0704]

Oh snap look how cute that lipstick is on you!! Slayyyyy girl 💁🏻‍♀️

[@Katesbookdate]

omg thank you! It ended up smeared all over my face by the end of this haha

[@Greeneyedgirl0704]

Katesbookdate 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@strawberrygirl3365]

@@Katesbookdate you look super pretty

[@catchats]

The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager and The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware both have a super creepy atmosphere to them and Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough has a great twist!

[@Katesbookdate]

cat chats the turn of the key is so high on my tbr! I’ve never heard of Behind Her Eyes so I’ll have to check that one out!

[@annajo6576]

Ugh just finished behind her eyes today.....it was a DOUBLE TWIST! Loved it

[@emmiemust6033]

I loved Night Film and yes, it's not a fast paced read, but it's one of my all time favorite thrillers and is very spooky. That ending...

[@givemeprimelaughter]

Your little gushing at the end about your Halloween decor made me grin like an idiot. I LOVE decorating for Autumn / Halloween. I can't wait to get some pretty decor for my bookshelf.

[@Katesbookdate]

Givemeprimselaughter idk if it’s everywhere but at my michaels all of their Halloween stuff was 40% off!

[@givemeprimelaughter]

@@Katesbookdate I have to get my butt to Michael's!!

[@NotJenn]

I adored the ending of Lock Every Door! Halfway through I was convinced I had everything figured out and was bored by it, but the ending just blew me away and made this one of my favourite thrillers I've ever read!

[@ladyofthepeach962]

A reading goal of mine was to read more thrillers this year because I used to read a lot of them when I was younger and then stopped reading them at some point, but I still haven't found a thriller that actually gave me chills or sth. Still, I very much enjoyed The Death of Mrs Westaway; the twists were easy to guess (at least for me), but the story and the writing were really nice.

[@antonella249]

I'm definitely picking up Lock Every Door! It sounds really fun for October :)

[@Katesbookdate]

awesome! I hope you enjoy it!

[@shelleylawrence8397]

Loved the plot twist for Lock Every Door. I also liked Sometimes I Lie. 👌

[@christinahelms1514]

I love Riley Sager! Final Girls is one of my favorites of all Thrillers and I just read The Last Time I Lied and really loved it

[@Katesbookdate]

that's great to hear! I can't wait to try his other books

[@JessicaRoseReads]

I LOVE that lipstick and shirt combo!

[@Katesbookdate]

thank you so much!

[@peachykeenchy8194]

i read Lock Every Door and I LOVED the ending i thought it was so smart! I really want to read The Arrangement either this month or next month too so i'm glad you liked it!

[@Katesbookdate]

ahh yay I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

[@maxwell2870]

i read verity months ago and still think about it like every day...i would love to see it adapted into a film or mini series !!

[@Katesbookdate]

oooo I would totally watch that

[@maxwell2870]

i also LOVE your videos and personality !! i have been thinking about becoming a booktuber and movie reviewer but still need to think about it haha

[@Katesbookdate]

wow thank you so much! you should go for it! Taking the jump and starting my channel was by far the best decision I've ever made! :)

[@lilyzanoff]

I love your lipstick! It looks like a candied apple and I’m l i v i n g for it

[@Katesbookdate]

thank you! xx

[@WildeBookGarden]

SAME I have 2 fall reading moods: slightly spooky/atmospheric and super cozy! oooh I am so picky with thrillers but I am really intrigued by Lock Every Door! okay I feel bad because I am one of those people who said Night Film is one of the worst things I've ever read! 😂 But I had no idea that's a common opinion?? when I read it and for YEARS before and after, the only things I heard about it were glowing reviews and people who absolutely loved it. Maybe there's certain things where we always feel like it's an unpopular opinion even if it's not really that uncommon (not sure if that made ANY sense)

[@BooksAndThings]

I really want to get into thrillers! I haven’t read many at all. I have read Night Film thought and I ADORED it

[@Katesbookdate]

ahhh so glad you loved night film too!

[@baileys1004]

I've only read Dark Matter out of all these (and I loved it so much I ended up spending the next couple days thinking about it..it reminded me of the tv show Fringe actually!!) and I can't wait to check out the rest of your recommendations 👻👻👻👻👻

[@baileys1004]

P.s. love your decor and your makeup too!! Your dark red lipstick is to die for 💋

[@Katesbookdate]

ahhh I hope you like them! and thank you so much!

[@kammypost730]

I read Lock Every Door over the summer and I gave it 5 stars as well! I really enjoyed it! Also read Verity over the summer and loved it!

[@BookswithBrittany]

I loved a few of these books also. What’s funny is that thrillers are too boring for me to read physically, but I love them on audio!

[@OceanaGottaReadEmAll]

Lock Every Door sounds good! I'm looking forward to the rest of your recommendation videos!

[@frostfang1]

I've got two requests. One I'm not sure you could do because I dont think you reath anthologies? But one would be spooky children/preteen book/anthology recommendations. And spooky short story reccs as well. (I seem to be drawn to short story horror over full length). Mine are Fragile Things, Smoke and Mirrors, The Graveyard Book, Skin (Roald Dhal), A Nightmares Dozen, and Oddly Enough (by Bruce Coville). And that's not even touching Tales to Tell in the Dark and Fear Street. And the other is just what books would you love to read If they were written or rewritten with a genre shift to horror or thriller or just plain spooky toned.

[@shelbytaggartreads2739]

I loved the plot twist in Lock Every Door! I’ve read several of these and loved them (except for The Arrangement 😬). I just finished The Wives by Tarryn Fisher and it was amazing! Some of my favorite thrillers this year have been: The Passengers by John Marrs, Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier, to name a new. I’m really enjoying the fall content everyone is putting out right now 😍

[@jaimeslibrary]

this is my new favourite video - i LOVE riley sager so much, i can't believe i haven't read lock every door yet. also YES you is so much better than the show. night film is just sitting on my shelves and you've for sure convinced me to read it soon. some thrillers i love are the girl in 6e, gone girl and apple tree yard! (with aty though, make sure to look up trigger warnings before going in to it because it is QUITE dark) subscribed!!! so glad this video popped up ✨

[@Katesbookdate]

that's so good to hear! I can't wait to try Riley Sager's other books! I haven't read any of those yet, so I'll definitely have to check them out! Thank you! 💜💜

[@kayleigh6236]

Ok this book is super old and I read it quite literally a million years ago but "Now You See Her" by Linda Howard is a thriller romance with a paranormalish twist. I remember loving it as a teenager lol I read it during my Chicklit phase so take that however you want but I remember it being good then lol ALSO..that lipstick is fire, girl!

[@Readingwithabawse]

give us all the fall videos, I am here for it! 🙌✨

[@Katesbookdate]

💜💜💜💜

[@JennaGhoul]

So if you love the thrillers, please check out watching you by Lisa Jewel. Also the You audiobook is utterly perfect. I loved the audiobook. 😍 also by Lisa Jewel- Then she was gone. 5/5 man. Ugh I can’t hype that enough

[@Katesbookdate]

Then she was gone has been on my tbr for awhile! Definitely want to get to it soon

[@peachakai]

Your description of Night Film reminded me of another book called House of Leaves (that I haven’t read yet) but is supposedly one of the creepiest and unsettling books out there right now. I can’t find many reviews on booktube about it but I’m very intrigued and would love to know if you’ve looked into reading it!

[@Katesbookdate]

House of Leaves has been on my tbr for ages! I've heard such amazing things about it. Definitely hoping to get to it this year!

[@violetaquintanar6279]

I loved verity, the ending was fantastic!

[@kyleybremer8324]

Fall+Katie=perfection!!!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

YESSS THIS IS MY JAM

[@Katesbookdate]

Jay G 🎃🎃🎃🤗🤗🤗

[@VanessaMarieBooks]

I love your hocus pocus poster in the background. Final Girls by Riley Sager is really good. I requested Lock Every Door from my library. I also just finished One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus and I loved it. That one isn't really a spooky thriller, more of a mystery thriller, but so good.

[@carriebrackett6143]

I loaned out Night Film to a friend the other day. I absolutely love that book! I’m anxious to see what she thinks! I just finished No Exit by Taylor Adams. Would highly recommend it!

[@Katesbookdate]

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll definitely check it out!

[@juliamarie7073]

Before I go to sleep and our endless numbered days are SO good so I’d kind of winter. All are psychological thrillers which are my favs :)

[@Katesbookdate]

ugh yes psychological thrillers are MY JAM. I'll definitely have to check those out - thank you!

[@juliamarie7073]

Katesbookdate of course!! And I meant *mind of winter haha oops! I hope you love them and can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

[@nikki9808]

i reaaalllyyyy liked the ending for Lock Every Door. it wasn't what i expected at all! same for Verity; it was very CoHo while still being different.

[@amonicareads6392]

I love thrillers and Halloween! I discovered your channel looking for recs!

[@libraryofadventures7800]

I actually love the You tv show more than the book. Penn Badgley did such a great job as Joe

[@Katesbookdate]

Library of Adventures he did a really good job with that role. Totally agree

[@ReadingWithJess]

Loved this video. Great recs.

[@Katesbookdate]

thank you! so glad you enjoyed it!

[@grayssegv8423]

I just finished Verity two days ago and... I still think of that ending until now

[@lostinabookcase3796]

Love love love thrillers! No bad taste here :)

[@megandherbooks6830]

Great thrillers! I want to read Lock Every Door soon! How about books to read after the spooky part of fall?

[@kristina_vikev]

I really enjoyed Ruth Ware’s books and B.A.Paris’s :)

[@pattireinheimer5612]

I really enjoyed Lock Every Door!

[@chenkeith7272]

I love your book reviews after watching this video. I hope you can do more thriller/mystery reviews. I am sure to read verity soon. My kind of book. Is there another mystery reviews video coming up soon.

[@Greeneyedgirl0704]

Have you read I let you go by Claire mackintosh, behind her eyes from Sarah pinborough, the last house guest by Megan Miranda or the silent patient by alex michaelides 😍😍😍😍😍

[@Katesbookdate]

I haven't read any of these but they are 100% going onto my tbr now

[@Greeneyedgirl0704]

All of the plot twists whew!

[@roksanasreadingcorner]

I needed this video in my life! I just finished Dark Matter few days ago, because I remembered you've read it last year and loved it... and omg, it was fantastic! I loved it so much, ugh so good 😍 I'm thinking of reading Lock Every Door, The Arrangement and YOU! But I think I need to get my library card, because I don't want to buy all of them 😅 as for the Night Film, I've read last year and I remember really liking it, but I also felt dissatisfied at the same time... Idk, maybe I need to reread it 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@jessikagraley1362]

I love Rachel Caines Stillhouse Lake

[@emmaberger3748]

“8 seconds ago” okay this is officially the earliest I’ve ever been 😂👌🏻👻. I should read some spooky books around the spooky time for once!! Is it bad I don’t even remember the end of dark matter ?? (Also I don’t think your review was cringey because it made me want to read it!)

[@Katesbookdate]

Emma B. I’m so impressed - you beat me to my own video 😂

[@stephenieg9954]

Read both Dark Matter and Night Film because you suggested them. With Dark Matter I remember telling my boss “I didn’t realize this book was fucking with my head until I was done with it. It’s great” however I didn’t like Night Film as much! I agree you need patience to read that but I was really disappointed with the ending like I expected it almost. If you’ve never read a Gillian Flynn book, first I suggest it, secondly I suggest Dark Places or Sharp Objects, Gone Girl is very predictable.

[@Katesbookdate]

I've been wanting to try one of her book forever!

[@stephenieg9954]

@@Katesbookdate Highly recommend especially Sharp Objects at least for me, my best friend would say Dark Places. She purposely writes problematic protagonist, and they're unreliable narrators. But really it's the plot twist that gets you.

[@allietorgeson8317]

Another great thriller book is Find You In The Dark by Nathan Ripley

[@ZPrince]

I read You and the second person actually made me feel like Joe was talking about me- SUPER FCKIN CREEPY- instead of like making me get into his mind, but both are spooky af. Have you read The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware? I’m gonna read it for my own ‘spooky’ the thing and it’s seems pretty popular (it came out this year).

[@damselinthisdress3039]

If you love fantastic thriller endings you need to read Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough! It is so good I still think about it all the time and it’s been ages since I’ve read it.

[@bookellenic1327]

Dark Matter, You and Night Film and are on my (tentative) tbr, but I don't think I'll get to them before winter. Maybe also Sometimes I Lie, though it sounds similar to Before I Go to Sleep, I just wonder about the plot twist.

[@amonicareads6392]

I want to get to Night film like, YESTERDAY but there's so much going on in my TBR 😭

[@Katesbookdate]

Read and Write with Monica I feel the struggle 😭 I have like 20 books on my tbr this month 😂

[@leahnpatton]

A good one that I’ve liked is The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison.

[@cwfcwfcwf]

You did a great job with this video. :)

[@Katesbookdate]

thank you!

[@aracelimorales3404]

Omg night film was sooooo amazing... until the end!! I HATE THE END LOL but love the book overall I just didn’t like the end it was like sooo underwhelming like what? Hahaha thanks for the recommendations Katie!

[@ACourtofHooksAndBooks]

Horror space opera: the first book in the expanse series by james s.a. corey is amazing and creepy I also think illuminae is a fitting halloween read

[@Katesbookdate]

ooo I agree. Illuminae is another good one

[@SamRid72]

You see I want to read Night Film and I’m really into film and really want to go deep into the films but I have so many other books I wanna read also.

[@abbywonder3825]

Lock every door 4.5 stars, the arrangement 3.75 stars, verity 3 stars, Dark Matter- 4 stars. Haven’t read the other 2 yet. Good recs!

[@handheart333]

If you liked You and Verity, then you should definitely read My Lovely Wife.

[@Katesbookdate]

I'll definitely check that out - thank you!

[@thebookcave8906]

I was so disappointed with Lock Every Door’s ending lol so much so I ended up tossing the book aside as soon as I finished it. I guess my expectations were high since it kept getting compared to Rosemary’s Baby which I enjoyed and left me disturbed. I’d say it’s one of my most disappointing reads of the year unfortunately

[@Katesbookdate]

haha I could definitely see that happening. Comparing it to Rosemary's Baby inevitably makes VERY high expectations.

[@gracielaluchini363]

My lovely wife, the turn of the key, an anonymous girl, an unwanted guest, the death of Mrs westeway, read those this year, gave them 5 stars

[@awesomechic12]

Just put Night Film on hold on Libby 🖤

[@Cassia_L]

I read Dark Matter and loved it so much! I'm thinking about picking out other books by the author! I had Verity on my TBR but I hate smut and romance, especially in horror/thriller/spooky books, so Imma give it a pass, thanks for the info. That just mean I'll get to Lock Every Door that much sooner :D

[@AmayaShihoin]

Night film is actually a really good book but it put me into a reading slump 😣

[@Christmas0003]

a spooky /horror fall book recommendations

[@brittneylittle138]

Dark matter is ssooo good i read it in a dayy

[@kaitlynkearns1894]

I loved the arrangement! I read it in 2 days and was gonna give it 5 stars, but I felt like the ending was very rushed and unfinished. 4.5 stars!

[@kaylicwilliams2536]

“Lock every door” didn’t love the ending

[@Greeneyedgirl0704]

Ummmmm so stapppppp 👀 I’m currently reading lock every door, andddd sometimes I lie, you, the arrangement, and dark matter are in my top thrillers ever. the ending and plot twist in Sometimes I lie.... hell yes! I guess I need to get onto verity and night film since we obvi have the same damn taste!

[@Katesbookdate]

that's crazy! I hope you like Verity and Night Film!!

[@madisyngreen4403]

I know you’d told us more than once, but what are the vegan energy drinks you drink? I want to try them I put Verity on my TBR when you talked about it right after reading, but I still haven’t gotten to it. I need to bump it up on my TBR. I tried listening to You and I Hated the narrator. I couldn’t do it. I’ll have to try reading the physical book. I read Dark Matter because of your recommendation, and I loved it! It definitely messes with your mind. I bought Night Film from a thrift store earlier this year, but I forgot how much you like it!

[@kaitiecakes6868]

im trying t get into Colleen Hoover, so im going ot check that book out, thanks for sharing :)

[@Iza56]

Lock every door plot seems similar to the girl before plot

[@witchyfingers9281]

Me watching: I like her...good recs... Kate: "Night Film is one of my favorite..." Me: *SLAMS THE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE BUTTON*

[@vrudolphi7656]

Why am I now going to go get all of those books??? 😂😂😂

[@Katesbookdate]

I whole heartedly support this

[@SuperChiko]

This is a beautiful video 🔥🔥⭐🌟🌟

[@ACourtofHooksAndBooks]

I agreed I DNFd sometimes I lie because of the audio haha

[@Katesbookdate]

it was so bad hahaha

[@daisydaisy0121]

Katie if you're ever in the mood to listen to something strange and really creepy, you gotta listen to Rabbits the podcast. Agh so good! Your description of Night Film reminds me of it

[@paulabarreto2668]

I think I’m the only one who didn’t actually like night film nor dark matter 😭

[@jactober]

I recently read “ There’s someone inside your house “ and honestly i loved it ! It had the two things i love during fall Romance & Horror the horror when it happened was deeply disturbing and bloody when the killer was revealed it still managed to be creepy and unnerving after the reveal bc the killer was still on the run ( the killer is revealed half way through the book ) which is kinda scarier because yeah you know who it is but they’re still out there i loved the book tbh Also i totally called the killer and was happy with the reveal ! 5/5 stars i recommend it if you like horror & romance !

[@СергейКомаров-м4г]

I've read Night Movie on your recommendation. It's a very good book for the most part. Unfortunately, the ending of the book was very disappointing. It was directly felt how the author could not make ends meet and come up with a worthy ending.