We don’t know about you, but we are so ready for all of the spooky reads this season! Need more to add to your TBR? Then you have to check out these September book releases! We’ve got thrillers, mysteries, and horror, something for every reader!
Content warning: The Honey POP encourages mindful reading and always checking the author’s website for any additional content warnings.
One Last Chance To Live By Francisco X. Stork
One Last Chance to Live follows the story of Nico, a boy who believes in his dreams and is determined to follow them. So when he has a dream about his funeral, it feels like real life. In this dream, Rosario, a girl Nico was in love with and who passed last year, is beckoning him. Struggling with his mother’s sickness and his brother falling in with the wrong crowd, Nico sees how easy it could be to let go. But can he figure out the cause of Rosario’s death in time to prevent his own?
Release Date: September 3
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Content Warnings: addiction
Lucy Undying By Kiersten White
Nothing screams spooky like a Dracula book! Lucy Undying is a September release about Dracula’s first victim, Lucy. Since becoming a vampire, Lucy has been trying to discover who she is while running from Dracula. In 21st-century London, she meets Iris, who comes from a health empire family dealing in shady secrets. With Iris’s mother and now Dracula on their heels, can their new love survive?
Release Date: September 10
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Content Warnings: violence, murder, sexual assault, emotional abuse, forced institutionalization, mention of death of a parent, homophobia, cancer
Ruin Road By Lamar Giles
Our next September book release is Ruin Road! We follow Cade Webster, a star football player who struggles with people being afraid of him. But everything changes when Cade goes to a pawnshop and tells the shopkeeper he wishes that people would not be scared of him, and his wish is granted. At first, everything is looking brighter, but when acts of violence keep happening around him, Cade will need to pay the price to undo the damage.
Release Date: September 17
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Content Warnings: death of a parent, violence, grief, racism, cancer, mention of animal death, bullying, panic attacks
If Anything Happens To Me By Luanne Rice
After the sudden murder of her sister Eloise, Oli visits the site where her body was found in the woods. There, she finds a young girl named Iris trying to crawl out of the same grave, with no memory of how she got there. The two girls decide to investigate these crimes and all signs point to a classmate named Harry, who is desperate to help his ailing sister at the expense of other girls. This sounds like a bone-chilling read!
Release Date: September 17
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Content Warnings: child death, confinement, mention of bullying, death of a parent
Pick The Lock By A.S. King
Bestselling author A.S. King is back with an all-new release! Pick The Lock follows Jane, who lives in a Victorian mansion with her brother and controlling father and aunt. Jane’s mother is an artist on tour, using her earnings to support the family. But when she’s home, Jane’s father and aunt confine her mother to a system of tubes. We can’t wait to puzzle out this story of a toxic family, opera, and punk rock.
Release Date: September 24
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Content Warnings: alcoholism, child abuse, domestic abuse
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