Actually, this has nothing to do with horror, it’s just a fun way to share some library love, with this video from the Topeka-Shawnee Library District.

I went to my library yesterday for the first time in a while, and if you haven’t gone recently, it is a hugely different experience than browsing online. Here’s what I brought home:

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande (I thought you folks might like this, but it turns out to be nonfiction on aging and dying. Really good nonfiction, though!)

Redshirts by John Scalzi (very excited about this one– I love Scalzi!)

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami (I just discovered him recently)

The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord (because the title is a reference to Voltaire’s novel Candide)

Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit by Mercedes Lackey (been reading her books since I started college)

Inventing Imaginary Worlds by Michele Root-Bernstein (looks very cool!)

The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore (I’ve read fantastic reviews of this book)

Alice in the Country of Hearts: Love Labyrinth of Thorns by QuinRose, art by Aoi Kurihara

Those titles are mainly from browsing the new nonfiction and the science fiction shelves, with a little time spent walking through the general stacks. Horror gets shelved with general fiction there. On the minus side, that means you have to search to find it. On the plus side, you get to browse through general fiction and find possibly interesting books and authors you might not find if they all were together. Honestly, there is nothing like browsing in a library. The person I went with is really not an enthusiastic reader, but she was happy to go. If you want to spend time around people but not have to talk to them, the library is a great place to be.

So do what the people at the Topeka-Shawnee Library District suggest: Check it out!