Spooky Tales Book List

Spooky Tales Book List

October 11, 2021

We are just about halfway to Halloween! To celebrate, our library staff have curated a list of scary, spooky stories books to add to your reading list.

Chapter Books for Kids & Teens Ages 7-15

The R.L. Stine Collection

• Welcome to Camp Nightmare
• The Mummy Walks
• The Ghost Next Door
• Bad Hare Day
• Why I’m Afraid of Bees
• Deep Trouble II
• The Haunted Mask II
• Monster Blood of IV
• Night of the Living Dummy
• Let’s Get This Party Haunted
• Goose Bumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask
• A Night in Terror Tower
• Welcome to Dead House
• Deep Trouble
• The Werewolf of Fever Swamp 
• Dudes, The School Is Haunted
• Ghouls Gone Wild
• How I Met my Monster
• Don’t close your eyes!
• Who let the ghosts out?
• Little camp of horrors
• Sonríe y muérete chillando!
• The Little Shop of Monsters
• The abominable snowman of Pasadena
• Frankenstein’s dog
• Goosebumps. Perfect school

Teens/Young Adults

By R. L. Stine

• Drop dead gorgeous
• Halloween party
• Call waiting
• Halloween night
• The rich girl
• Red rain
• Superstitious
• Dangerous girls
• The betrayal
• The haunting hour

More YA Books

Amity by Micol Ostow

The Blood Countess by Lana Popovic

Broken Things by Lauren Oliver

Campfire by Shawn Sarles

Contagion by Erin Bowman

Deadfall by Stephen Wallenfels

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Adult Fiction Books

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

It by Stephen King

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

The Stand by Stephen King

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin