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In Bustle’s new monthly books column “Stacked Up,” writer Arianna Rebolini shares titles she recommends, from hotly-anticipated new releases to under-read classics.

Last month, I watched The Fall of the House of Usher, Netflix’s eight-part series based on the Edgar Allan Poe story. Twice.

The adaptation, which sees each episode pull from a different Poe story, was silly enough not to worm its way into my psyche but dark (literally and metaphorically) enough to maintain the spookiness level of a midgrade seasonal haunted house. It was Gothic, unsubtle, often beautiful, and filled with Easter eggs and original lines from Poe to satisfy every English major out there. I watched it, re-watched it, and then I re-read “The Cask of Amontillado.”

So it’s fitting that here, in this first installment of a new monthly book column, you’ll find that vibe continued in some of the recommendations below: eerie, sexy, not-too-devastating books (speaking of which, have you seen the Eileen trailer?) with nonhorror standouts thrown in.