Episode 67: Spooky Reads

Episode 67: Spooky Reads

From Not Your Mother's Library by Not Your Mother's Library

September 1, 2025 · 48 min

About this episode

Rachel and Youth Services Librarian Audrey discuss spooky reads for the fall season and critique the Brothers Grimm.

Rachel is joined by Youth Services Librarian Audrey to discuss spooky reads for the fall season, and they inadvertently end up DESTROYING the Brothers Grimm. Check out what we talked about: Books mentioned: "Lost Hearts" by M.R. James with listenalike podcast "Shadows at the Door," specifically "The Troughton Stories." "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson with readalike "This House Is Haunted" by John Boyne. "The Old Nurse’s Story" by Elizabeth Gaskell with listenalike podcast "Scare You To Sleep." "The Death of Jane Lawrence" by Caitlin Starling with readalike "The Little Stranger" by Sarah Waters. "Behind the Yellow Door" by Christine Campbell Thompson with readalike "And the Dead Spake" by E.F. Benson. "Rumpelstiltskin" by the Brothers Grimm retold and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky with readalike "Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version" by Philip Pullman. Briefly mentioned were "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski, "The Girl with the Green Ribbon" by Alvin Schwartz, and "The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Anderson. To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast The…

People in this episode

Host: Rachel

Guest: Audrey

Topics covered

  • spooky reads
  • fall season
  • Brothers Grimm

Keywords

  • M.R. James
  • Shirley Jackson
  • Elizabeth Gaskell
  • Caitlin Starling
  • Christine Campbell Thompson
  • Paul O. Zelinsky
  • Philip Pullman
  • Mark Z. Danielewski
  • Alvin Schwartz
  • Hans Christian Anderson

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Lost Hearts, The Haunting of Hill House, The Old Nurse’s Story, The Death of Jane Lawrence, Behind the Yellow Door, Rumpelstiltskin, House of Leaves, The Girl with the Green Ribbon, The Red Shoes

Books & works: Spooky Reads, Lost Hearts, Shadows at the Door, The Troughton Stories, The Haunting of Hill House, This House Is Haunted, The Old Nurse’s Story, Scare You To Sleep, The Death of Jane Lawrence, The Little Stranger

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