Fancy reading something scary this year, but not sure which level of creepiness to go for? Here are the best ghoulish reads, ranked in order of thrill.

We find a book to match the movie – from Midsommar to Get Out to Nightmare on Elm Street – to give you your Halloween fix this year.

A list of blood-curdling book antagonists, from bloodsuckers to sea-monsters, cannibals to serial killers, vengeful ghosts to politicians.

Whether you're dressing yourself, your kids or the whole family, we have the easy, literature-inspired idea for you.

Have you always dreamed of being a real-life super sleuth? Then why not use this fun DIY costume to dress up as detectives Daisy or Hazel from Murder Most Unladylike.

Dress up as a spooky skeleton using this fun DIY costume, from Allan and Janet Ahlberg's classic tale Funnybones.

In this chilling short story from legendary horror writer Shirley Jackson’s Dark Tales, titled ‘What a Thought’, a happy and loving wife suddenly can't shake a sinister compulsion.