Books To Get You Out of a Reading Slump

1. Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto — A woman kills her blind date by accident, panics, and calls her aunties for help, dragging them into what becomes a chaotic cover-up.

2. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman — Four witty seniors in a retirement home solve cold cases for fun—until an actual murder lands on their doorstep.

3. Beach Read by Emily Henry — A literary fiction writer and romance novelist battling writer’s block decide to swap genres for the summer—and unexpectedly begin writing their own love story.

4. The No-Show by Beth O’Leary — Siobhan, Miranda, and Jane have one thing in common: they were all stood up by the same man on Valentine’s Day. But the truth behind his disappearance is more complicated than it seems.

5. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson — For her school project, Pip reopens a closed murder case. But as she uncovers buried secrets in her seemingly perfect town, someone will do anything to keep her quiet.

6. Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite — A sadistic serial killer escapes prison and embarks on a murderous spree with a like-minded partner in New Orleans. 

7. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh — A young woman in New York attempts to sleep away her life with the help of her trusty pharmaceuticals. It’s darkly funny, deeply strange, and oddly hypnotic.

8. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca — Told entirely through emails and chats, this horror novella spirals into obsession, body horror, and psychological ruin.

9. Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt — After a terrifying night in a haunted house, three former friends are fractured. Years later, they’re forced to confront what happened and the horrors still haunting them.

10. Boy Parts by Eliza Clark — A provocative, chaotic descent into the mind of a female photographer obsessed with beauty, violence, and control. 

11. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune  — A caseworker inspects a mysterious orphanage housing magical children, including one with world-ending potential.

12. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang — An autistic woman hires an escort to help her learn about relationships and ends up learning more about herself. 

13. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett — A fussy angel and a rebellious demon team up to prevent the end of the world in this absurd, charming twist on the apocalypse.

14. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng — When a mother and daughter move into a new neighborhood, their arrival disrupts the lives of a well-off family, setting off a chain of events fueled by secrets, class conflict, and a heated custody battle.

15. So Sad Today by Melissa Broder — Deeply confessional essays on anxiety, addiction, sex, and self-loathing. You’ll fly through it and probably shed a couple of tears.

16. The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada — A woman relocates to the countryside and starts noticing strange phenomena no one else seems to see.

17. Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson — A powerful memoir from a civil rights attorney fighting to free innocent people from death row, revealing the many flaws in America’s justice system.