Teen Books for Fans of Stranger Things

Craving those nostalgic, creepy, adventurous Stranger Things vibes? Try this list of books that teen fans may enjoy, with themes or elements that include: 1980s, conspiracy, creepy vibes, disappearances/reappearances, friend groups, horror, hunter/hunted, "kids on bikes," monsters, mystery, nostalgia, psychics, small towns, or supernatural tales. All titles but one (Paper Girls) are located in the Teen collections.

Updated January 9, 2026
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Teen Books for Fans of Stranger Things

Craving those nostalgic, creepy, adventurous Stranger Things vibes? Try this list of books that teen fans may enjoy, with themes or elements that include: 1980s, conspiracy, creepy vibes, disappearances/reappearances, friend groups, horror, hunter/hunted, "kids on bikes," monsters, mystery, nostalgia, psychics, small towns, or supernatural tales. All titles but one (Paper Girls) are located in the Teen collections.

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Something wicked this way comes
Bradbury, Ray
Paper Book
Three hours after midnight, one week before Halloween, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show rolls into Green Town, Illinois. A carnival like no other, it feeds on the dreams and weaknesses of those drawn to its eerie attractions, destroying every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery....
Something wicked this way comes
Bradbury, Ray
Paper Book
Three hours after midnight, one week before Halloween, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show rolls into Green Town, Illinois. A carnival like no other, it feeds on the dreams and weaknesses of those drawn to its eerie attractions, destroying every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery....
Don't let the forest in
Drews, C. G.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! As alluring as it is unsettling, award-winning author CG Drews' debut YA psychological horror will leave readers breathless and hesitant to venture deeper into the woods. Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his...
Don't Let the Forest In
Drews, C.G.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! As alluring as it is unsettling, award-winning author CG Drews' debut YA psychological horror will leave readers breathless and hesitant to venture deeper into the woods. Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his...
The forest demands its due
Jackson, Kosoko
Paper Book
A Lesson in Vengeance meets The Taking of Jake Livingston in this page-turning dark academia novel about a queer Black teen who discovers the sinister history of his boarding school and the corrupt powers behind it all. A USA Today bestseller! Regent Academy has a long...
Rules for vanishing
Marshall, Kate Alice
Paper Book
In the faux-documentary style of The Blair Witch Project comes the campfire story of a missing girl, a vengeful ghost, and the girl who is determined to find her sister--at all costs. Once a year, a road appears in the forest. And at the end of it, the ghost of Lucy...
The sacrifice box
Stewart, Martin J.
Paper Book
A horror story about friendship, growing up, and finding a place in the world: Gremlins meets The Breakfast Club by way of Stephen King and Stranger Things. In the summer of 1982, five friends discover an ancient stone box hidden deep in the woods. They seal...
Paper girls. 1
Vaughan, Brian K.
Paper Book
Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang's Eisner Award winning series Paper Girls is coming Amazon Prime Video in July 2022! From Brian K. Vaughan, #1 New York Times bestselling writer of SAGA, and Cliff Chiang, legendary artist of WONDER WOMAN, comes the first volume of an all-new ongoing...

Located in Adult Graphic Novels, this series features teen adventurer protagonsists, a 1980s setting (in volume 1), and otherwordly, sci-fi adventures that make it a natural fit for older teen and adult Stranger Things fans.

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