Whether you're into the Halloween thing or not - we thought it was as good a time as any to celebrate some spooky, scary, dark, ghostly, chilling books which have recently come out - and - get some cracking recommendations.

Sara has invited six brilliant authors - who write in the horror genre - to tell us about their latest novels and their favourite scary book.

LISTEN IF YOU DARE MWAAAHAHAHA* (*they're all very nice really)

Here are our featured authors - and - the books discussed:

Gemma Amor - 'Itch' Daphne Du Maurier - 'The Birds And Other Stories'

Tobi Coventry - 'He's The Devil' Algernon Blackwood - 'The Willows"

Bora Chung - 'The Midnight Timetable' Stephen King - 'Thinner'

Andrew Michael Hurley - 'Saltwash' Mariana Enriquez - 'Things We Lost In The Fire'

Oyinkan Braithwaite - 'Cursed Daughters' Vikram Paralkar - 'Night Theatre'

Thomas Olde Heuvelt - 'Darker Days' Stephen King - "Pet Sematary'

Superstar librarian Kelly Greenwood joins Sara for a natter about working in libraries and being a children's book specialist.

She gives us her Top Five Reads Of The Year (so far) and also talks about being on our Book Club panel.

Her picks are:

Roar by Manjeet Mann You Could Be So Pretty by Holly Bourne, 24 Seconds from Now by Jason Reynolds The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson Homebody by Theo Parish

Debut novelist Thomas R. Weaver joins Sara for a chat about his new techno-thriller 'Artificial Wisdom'.

They discuss Thomas' thoughts on AI, his entrepreneurial background and how he came to be a novelist. We also play out a little taster of the audiobook - and get some brilliant book recommendations too.

Here's a little more about the book:

Who would you trust with the future?

The year is 2050. In the teeth of a climate catastrophe, the world is left with a drastic solution: one global leader to steer it through the coming apocalypse.

The final two candidates are ex-US President Lockwood, and Solomon, the world’s first political artificial intelligence.

As whispers of a global conspiracy emerge, investigative journalist Marcus Tully find himself at the centre of it – when Solomon’s creator turns up murdered.

Overnight, one investigation becomes two, and it’s not just the result of the election that’s at stake but the future of the species. Suddenly humanity must make an impossible choice – between salvation, or freedom.