Quiz: What Recent Queer Horror Book Should You Read This Halloween Season?

Happy Halloween season! If you want to celebrate bookish style, have I got the quiz for you! Just answer some questions about your autumn / spooky season (reading) preferences and the quiz will match you with a queer horror book. Sapphic vampires, perhaps? Trans body horror? Or maybe a queer zombie romp is more your style. And more! All the options are new-ish books published in the last few years. (If you want more queer Halloween reading recommendations that include some older books, check out my spooky books quiz from 2021 too!)

Let everyone know which book you got in the comments!

What Recent Queer Horror Book Should You Read This Halloween Season?

Which fall literary/art event would you attend?(Required)

A writing workshop on queering horror classics like Dracula and Frankenstein

A panel of queer authors reading spooky erotica at a sex toy shop

An art gallery show called “Women and the monstrous”

A literary costume party held at a queer bar

A literary-themed historical ghost walk in your city

A Halloween-themed poetry open mic

A book launch party for a queer horror novel at your local indie bookstore

Literary event? I’ll be at home reading and talking to no one, thanks

Pick a Halloween pun:(Required)

You’re just my (blood) type

Bone to be wild

Trick or treating: don’t knock it til you’ve tried it

Zombies think this is the best thing since sliced head

Ghouls just want to have fun

I’m here for the boos

You’re so Franken cute

Creep it real

Which setting appeals?(Required)

London throughout the 21st century

A distant hostile planet

Joshua Tree, California

San Lazaro, Arizona

The Canadian East Coast, 1901

A parched Southern California urban center

Near-future U.K.

A dark fairy tale land

Which pumpkin treat are you munching / sipping on while you read your book?(Required)

Pumpkin sugar scones

Pumpkin pie topped with whipped cream

Pumpkin cookies shaped like jack-o-lanterns

Pumpkin muffins

Pumpkin rice crispy treats

Pumpkin chai

Pumpkin spiced latte

Pumpkin squash soup

Choose a classic movie monster:(Required)

Dracula

Alien

Godzilla

Zombie

Ghost

Werewolf

Parasite

Creature from The Black Lagoon

What type of writing are you in the mood for?(Required)

Languorous pacing, seductive word choice, and a gothic mood

Fast paced with rich world-building

Emotionally charged, nuanced, and authentic

Darkly comedic and propulsive

Haunting and lyrical, with an unreliable narrator

Surreal, mythic-like prose poetry

Tense and paranoid writing reminiscent of Shirley Jackson

Flowery prose that is simultaneously gorgeous and disgusting

What’s the scariest?(Required)

Abusive men

The unknown

The darkest parts of yourself

Self-sabotage

Patriarchal suffocation

Losing your best friend

Transphobia

Murderous children controlled by creepy men

Choose a Halloween costume:(Required)

Spike or Druscilla from Buffy

Astronaut

Snake

Zombie apocalypse survivor

Dead bride

A dog-headed woman

A nametag that says “Hello, my name is facism”

Creepy mermaid with sharp teeth

Which treat receptacle are you taking trick-or-treating?(Required)

A white tote bag patterned with black bats

Rocket ship shaped bag

A classic pumpkin jack-o-lantern bucket

An old pillowcase splattered in blood

A vintage trick or treat bag you found at the thrift store

A disturbingly life-like skull

A black spider bucket with eight legs attached

A silvery bag with a fishscale pattern

Which Reddit AITA type description of the book intrigues you?(Required)

I (immortalF) have been focusing my life on seeking revenge on my ex (immortalM), but I’ve recently met someone (immortalF) who I think might be the one. AITA for pursuing the relationship while my other issues remain unresolved?

My (35F) wife (33F) has a new husband (34M) for the purposes of procreation and reestablishing humanity on a new planet. AITA for hating him?

My (18F) old childhood friend (19F) has come to town and I think there might be something romantic starting between us. AITA if I continue the relationship without telling her about the monster living in my basement?

I (25F) cheated on my girlfriend because I was afraid she would break up with me, but now I’m jealous that she’s hooking up with other women in front of me at a party. AITA?

I (29F) have taken a new teaching post in order to escape a scandal at my previous job and save my family’s reputation but an older woman (50F) is tempting me into sin again. AITA, or is she for being so seductive?

My (10F) best friend (10F) has been taken away from me by her family. AITA for going into a coma-like state that only she can revive me from?

I (28F) met someone (29F) while recovering from a traumatic experience. AITA for imagining my new girlfriend is hiding something from me and involved in a conspiracy?

I (ImmortalF) have started a journey into an unknown forest with a possible friend, (ImmortalNB). As we encounter necromancers whom we must fight using my friend’s plague doctor skills, AITA for still dreaming that they and I could end up together?

Which Halloween season tradition is the most fun?(Required)

Telling scary stories around a bonfire

Setting off fireworks

Eating Halloween candy

Going to a haunted house

Bobbing for apples

Pumpkin carving

Halloween pranks, like toilet papering and egging

Getting lost in a corn maze

Which Halloween craft are you making this year?(Required)

Black paper bat garlands

A pumpkin painted to look like the galaxy

Haunted house embroidery hoop

Zombies made from old Barbie dolls

Macrame ghosts

Bloody red DIY bath bombs

Drink umbrellas that look like spider webs

A knitted witch hat

Choose a non-spooky book:(Required)

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya

Please Miss by Grace E. Lavery

The Pisces by Melissa Broder

Choose an autumnal tree:(Required)

Your ideal Halloween party is…(Required)

full of queer people in elaborate spooky costumes making out by candle light

heavy on the queer drama but also macabre decorations

a great place to introduce your two friends who you think would hit it off while decorating Halloween cupcakes

a chance to show your ex how hot you look in your costume dancing to Thriller and Monster Mash

small and intimate, with some spooky storytelling around a cozy fire

a party for two in the bubble bath with your partner while you read queer poetry out loud

a genuinely scary haunted house that leads to a party whose entry fee goes to a queer/trans cause

no party at all, just you staying home with a cup mug of tea, handing out candy to trick-or-treaters

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