With Halloween just around the corner, teens need a few spooky stories to get them in the holiday spirit.
So here is a list of horror novels, series’ and short story collections for teenagers:
Horror Novels:
- Bonechiller by Graham McNamee (Random House Children's Books | September 9, 2008)
- The Devouring by Simon Holt (Little, Brown & Company | September 1, 2008)
- The Demon Queen by Richard Lewis (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing | June 17, 2008)
- The Hunting Season by Dean Vincent Carter (Transworld | March 4, 2008)
- Wake by Lisa McMann (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing | March 4, 2008)
- The Unspoken by Thomas Fahy (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing | February 5, 2008)
- Tell Me What You See by Zoran Drvenkar (Scholastic Inc. | January 1, 2008)
- Dr. Sigmundus: The Hollow People by Brian Keaney (Random House Children's Books | September 25, 2007)
- Scared to Death by Alan Gibbons (Orion | July 26, 2007)
- Book of Living and Dying by Natalie Ghent (HarperCollins Canada | August 3, 2006)
- A Nicer Way to Die by Sam Mills (Faber And Faber | June 27, 2006)
- The Horrors: Terrifying Tales by Peter Carver (Red Deer Press | May 31, 2005)
- The House on Hackman's Hill by Joan Lowry Nixon (Scholastic Inc.| February 1, 2001)
Horror Series’:
Dreamhouse Kings Series by Robert Liparulo (Thomas Nelson Publishers)
- House of Dark Shadows (May 12, 2008)
- Watcher in the Woods (May 12, 2008)
Hallowmere by Tiffany Trent (Wizards Of The Coast, Inc.)
- In the Serpent’s Coils (August 28, 2007)
- By Venom’s Sweet Sting (December 26, 2007)
- Between Golden Jaws (March 25, 2008)
- Maiden of the Wolf (May 13, 2008)
- Queen of the Masquerade (August 12, 2008)
- Oracle of the Morrigan (September 23, 2008)
- Marsh King’s Daughter (March 10, 2009)
- Snake Dancer (June 9, 2009)
Wicked Dead by Stefan Petrucha and Thomas Pendleton (Harpercollins Canada, Limited)
- Lurker (August 16, 2007)
- Torn (November 15, 2007)
- Snared (February 14, 2008)
- Crush (May 20, 2008)
- Prey (August 29, 2008)
- Skin (November 25, 2008)
The Unseen by Richie Tankersley Cusick (Penguin Young Reader Group)
- It Begins (August 23, 2005)
- Rest in Peace (August 11, 2005)
- Blood Brothers (January 16, 2006)
- Sin and Salvation (February 24, 2006)
The Gatekeepers by Anthony Horowitz (Scholastic Inc.)
- Raven’s Gate (June 1, 2005)
- Evil Star (June 1, 2006)
- Nightrise (May 1, 2007)
Horror Short Story Collections:
- Mystifying: Sinister Stories of the Unexplained (Kingfisher | September 16, 2008)
- 666: The Number of the Beast (Point | September 1, 2007)
- More Horowitz Horror by Anthony Horowitz (Penguin Young Reader Group | March 29, 2007)
- Horowitz Horror by Anthony Horowitz (Penguin Young Reader Group | August 14, 2006)
- The Horrors: Terrifying Tales Book Two (Red Deer Press | June 1, 2006)
- Bonechillers: 13 Twisted Tales of Terror by D.W. Cropper (Llewellyn Worldwide | August 1, 2005)
- The Horrors: Terrifying Tales (Red Deer Press | May 31, 2005)
More Books Lists:
Halloween Stories for Children
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