Flip your Kindle right into a haunted library with these free Halloween books

Boo! Did I scare you? If not, Stuff Your E-Reader Day is back this weekend with sufficient spooky tales to frighten you proper into the Halloween spirit. Beginning this Sunday, October 26, at midnight, each Kindle and Kobo customers are invited to take part in a e-book blast throughout the horror, thriller, paranormal, and thriller genres. The e-book blast lasts till October 30.

Hosted by Indie Creator Collective, its Stuff Your E-Reader occasion makes tons of of titles out there without spending a dime. You’ll be able to obtain as many e-books as you need, which turn into yours to maintain — no strings (or spider webs) connected. Not like Kindle Limitless, the e-books you obtain aren’t even bought by means of the Amazon ecosystem, which implies you may need to take just a few strides to get them in your e-reader. However imagine me — it is value it.

Should you aren’t feeling the spooky season, assume once more. Here is every thing it is advisable to learn about October’s Stuff Your E-reader Day.

What’s Stuff Your E-Reader Day?

Themed occasions all 12 months spherical

Stuff Your E-Reader Day is an internet occasion hosted by Indie Creator Collective, which is a platform for readers and authors to find one another, new books, and discover sources to achieve success within the publishing world. It is made up of a small team and based by an Indie creator herself who noticed a pothole that wanted filling within the tough business’s highway.

Stuff Your E-Reader Day lets readers ‘stuff’ their e-readers with as many books as they please, without spending a dime or closely discounted costs. Its intention is to make titles as accessible as doable and assist elevate upcoming authors and their works. It is actually a win-win for readers and authors alike.

To make the tons of of titles that turn into free extra manageable, there are numerous occasions all year long — every with their very own theme. This month’s theme is for any readers on the lookout for a Halloween-themed learn — particularly in case you’re concerned with paranormal, thriller, horror, or thriller. Nothing fairly embodies the spooky spirit like an Indie e-book, in spite of everything.

For the remainder of 2025, there are two extra occasions to look ahead to:

• Christian: November 18-22
• Winter Wonderland (wintery-feeling books): December 16-20

Developing in 2026 are the next occasions:

• Play Sport — a sports activities fiction e-book blast: January 21-24
• Be My Valentine — a romance e-book blast: February 9-13
• Uniform Insanity — an occupational e-book blast: March 18-21
• Stuff Your E-Reader — an all-genre e-book blast: April 15-18
• Into the Darkness — a darkish and mafia e-book blast: Could 13-16
• Fantastical Escape — a fantasy e-book blast: June 10-13
• One thing Unusual — a sci-fi and dystopian e-book blast: July 8-11
• Stuff Your E-Reader — an all-genre e-book blast: August 5-8
• Gotta Get ‘Em All! — a collection e-book blast: September 23-26
• Get Spooked — a thriller, horror, paranormal, and thriller e-book blast: October 26-30
• Quick and Candy — a novella and brief story e-book blast: November 25-28
• New Beginnings — a debut e-book blast: December 20-23

Phew, that is lots of free books in your e-reader’s horizon.

Who can make the most of Stuff Your E-Reader Day?

Anybody and everybody

When you have an e-reader (or a studying app in your telephone or pill), you possibly can take full benefit of Stuff Your E-Reader Day by means of Indie Creator Collective. So sure — each Kindle and Kobo customers can take part within the e-book splurge occasion.

Indie Creator Collective makes it comparatively straightforward to discover genres and filter by particular tropes, representations, spice ranges, and extra. So, in case you actually need to follow a thriller temper this October, you do not have to sift by means of all of the horror to get there.

A fast word for Kindle Limitless subscribers: you might even see the choice the place clicking ‘purchase’ on a e-book takes you to Amazon and gives the e-book as part of the Kindle Limitless library. Don’t select to learn the e-book by means of this selection — it should go in the direction of your 20 e-book restrict, and you’ll not personal the e-book itself. A part of Stuff Your E-Reader Day is to personal the books you obtain, so ensure that to click on ‘Purchase now with one click on.’

The Get Spooked Stuff Your E-Reader occasion goes from October 26-30 and is hosted proper on the Indie Creator Collective’s web site. You’ll be able to RSVP here, or present up on the day of the occasion to scoop up as many scary reads as you possibly can.