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Book Bingo NW 2025: Monsters

Here are some suggestions for your 2025 Book Bingo NW category: Monsters. Book Bingo is our annual adult summer reading program presented in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures and King County Library System.

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  • Nonfiction. Journalist Julius and Oscar-winning makeup artist Berger have assembled a loving, photo-filled tribute to the people who created special effects movie makeup spanning from 1922's Nosferatu to 2022's Evil Dead Rise. (Library Journal)
    Book, 2022London : Welbeck, 2022.
  • Fiction. Cursed Bunny is unique and imaginative, blending horror, sci-fi, fairy tales, and speculative fiction into stories that defy categorization. By turns thought-provoking and stomach-turning, here monsters take the shapes of furry woodland…
    Book, 2022Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2022.
  • Fiction. A young queer woman who's lived her whole life in the dead-end mountain village of Cadenze finds herself violently possessed by an ancient, malevolent, memory-eating entity that inhabits the caves bordering her home. (Kirkus)
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2024.
  • Queer as Folklore

    the Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters

    Coward, Sacha,
    Nonfiction. Historian Coward surveys centuries of folklore, arguing that these tales, with their focus on transformation, deviance, nonconformity, and otherness, have always been fundamentally queer, which is why creatures like fairies, mermaids,…
    Book, 2024London : Unbound, 2024.
  • Freaky Folklore

    Terrifying Tales of the World's Most Elusive Monsters and Enigmatic Cryptids

    Darkness Prevails
    Nonfiction. Discover over 100 fearsome mythological beasts with Freaky Folklore. Complete with wicked illustrations throughout, this collection includes horrifying yet entertaining tales of both modern and ancient mythological creatures. (Publisher…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Wellfleet Press, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2024.
  • Humans

    a Monstrous History

    Davies, Surekha, 1974-
    Nonfiction. Science historian Dr. Surekha Davies reveals how people have defined the human in relation to everything from apes to zombies, and how they invented race, gender, and nations along the way. With rich, evocative storytelling that braids…
    Book, 2025Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2025]
  • Nonfiction. What’s a fan to do when they love the art, but hate the artist? asks book critic and essayist Dederer in this nuanced and incisive inquiry...There are no easy answers, but Dederer’s candid appraisal of her own relationship with troubling…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
  • Fiction. This timely horror fantasy…unfurls a tale of survival and sacrifice set in an unassuming Detroit apartment building. Fans of smart horror will snap up this fresh, sharp take on the haunted house trope.  (Publishers Weekly)
    Graphic Novel, 2022New York : Abrams ComicArts Megascope, 2022.
  • Fiction. Written against the backdrop of contemporary Argentina, and with resounding tenderness towards those in pain, in fear, and in limbo, the stories in this collection are as terrifying as they are socially conscious, and press into being the…
    Book, 2021London ; New York : Hogarth, [2021]
  • Fiction. In the much-anticipated conclusion to Ferris's dazzling 2017 debut, readers are invited deeper into the mind of Karen Reyes, a 10-year-old girl in 1960s Chicago who sees the world through a kaleidoscope of fine art, classic movie and pulp…
    Graphic Novel, 2024Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books Inc., 2024.
  • Murderland

    Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

    Fraser, Caroline
    Nonfiction. A terrifying true-crime history of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest and beyond--a gripping investigation of how a new strain of psychopath emerged out of a toxic landscape of deadly industrial violence. (Publisher description)
    Book, 2025New York : Penguin Press, 2025.
  • Fiction. Stories blending emotional realism with surreal imagery. It’s worth mentioning this from the outset: The title of Fu’s latest book is not a metaphor. In the pages of this collection, readers will discover a sea monster more aptly described…
    Book, 2022Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2022.
  • Uncanny

    the Origins of Fear

    Itō, Junji, 1963-
    Nonfiction. Horror manga legend Junji Ito has fascinated the world with his beautiful and strange tales. In this memoir and analysis of the horror manga genre, he shares influences from his childhood, thoughts on manga, idea-generation techniques,…
    Book, 2024San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, [2024]
  • Fiction. Four friends on a weekend getaway find themselves trapped on Oregon’s infamous Devil’s Driveway, a 15-mile stretch of road where a routine shortcut turns into a harrowing fight for survival against an unimaginable horror. (NoveList)
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Tom Doherty Associates, 2025.
  • Fiction. A retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher. Told exclusively from the perspective of narrator Alex Easton, Kingfisher's story moves forward briskly, ratcheting up the dread with every sentence. (Library Journal)
    Book, 2022New York : Nightfire, a Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2022.
  • Hampton Heights

    One Harrowing Night in the Most Haunted Neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Kois, Dan
    Fiction. Three pairs of middle-school paperboys in 1987 compete for a fast-food dinner bonus by selling subscriptions in an unfamiliar Milwaukee neighborhood where they face werewolves, witches and an ancient monster that feeds on memories.…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Harper Perennial, [2024]
  • Nonfiction. This quirky guide from Lapp shows how to crochet customizable fantasy creatures. Lapp presents instructions on how to make various body shapes, limbs, tails, and horns and leaves crafters to decide how to mix and match these parts to…
    Book, 2024Essex, Connecticut ; Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania : Stackpole Books, [2024]
  • Fiction. The Witcher meets Squid Game in this Malaysian Chinese-inspired epic fantasy novel where a debt-ridden slumdog joins an illegal monster-fighting arena for some fast coin, but quickly learns the most dangerous beasts are outside the ring.…
    Book, 2025New York : DAW Books, 2025.
  • Cute Creature Art Class

    Enchanting Anime Beasties : Learn to Draw Over 50 Magical Monsters

    Lord, Naomi
    Nonfiction. Artist Lord has created a comprehensive guide to drawing anime-style creatures. The book contains highly detailed instructions for drawing 57 different creatures, with both traditional and digital drawing tools. (Library Journal)
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Rock Point, 2024.
  • Fiction. Moshfegh's deliriously quirky medieval tale revolves around a disabled shepherd boy's test of faith. Marek, 13, is abused by his father and raised by Ina, a midwife and witch who once nursed him as an infant. Still, Marek possesses a…
    Book, 2022New York : Penguin Press, [2022]