Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover

The theme of this week's picks are books with great cover art, because let's face it the audience is looking at the art first.  With Halloween on it's way we will focus on spooky books.

 Fiction

  

Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan

A teen age boy sneaks out to an illegal freak show with his friends, and his life becomes entangled with a vampire carnival worker.

Non-fiction

Encyclopedia horrifica : the terrifying truth! about vampires, ghosts, monsters, and more by Joshua Gee

Discover a 4 billion year history alien life on earth. Meet the "real" ghostbusters.  Answer the question who was the real Count Dracula.  All this and more wait for you inside the Encyclopedia horrifica.

Adult Pick

As always these titles are recommended for adults.  Any ambitious young adult wishing to read these should do so with parental permission only.

The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1) by Stephen King

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."  That is the opening line from what can be argued to be the greatest work of famed author Stephen King.  Roland, the gunslinger, believes that the Man in Black knows the nature of the Dark Tower. If Roland can catch the Man he will reveal these secrets, which is the ultimate goal of Roland's quest.  Any more information would simply spoil the brilliance of this book.  A must read!