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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Scout's honor
Anderson, Lily
Ebook
The house of one thousand eyes
Barker, Michelle
Ebook
Something wicked this way comes
Bradbury, Ray
Paper Book
One of Ray Bradbury's best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now featuring a new introduction and material about its longstanding influence on culture and genre. For those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic...
Something wicked this way comes
Bradbury, Ray
Paper Book
One of Ray Bradbury's best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now featuring a new introduction and material about its longstanding influence on culture and genre. For those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic...
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...
Beasts of prey
Gray, Ayana
Paper Book
In this blockbuster fantasy series, perfect for fans of Firekeeper's Daughter and Iron Widow, fate binds two Black teenagers together as they journey into a magical jungle to hunt down a vicious monster. "Rich in magic and mythos, Beasts of Prey is a feast...

First book in a trilogy that also includes Beasts of Ruin and Beasts of War

When the sky fell on Splendor
Henry, Emily
Paper Book
The Serpent King meets Stranger Things in Emily Henry's gripping novel about a group of friends in a small town who find themselves dealing with unexpected powers after a cosmic event. Almost everyone in the small town of Splendor, Ohio, was affected when the local steel mill exploded....
Time will tell
Lyga, Barry
Paper Book
A young-adult thriller ricocheting between the bigotry of the past and present as teens unravel their parents' secrets. Perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying -- now in paperback! Four teens have dug up the time capsule that their parents buried in 1986 and never...
The girls are never gone
Marsh, Sarah Glenn
Paper Book
The Conjuring meets Sadie in this queer ghost story, when seventeen-year-old podcaster Dare finds herself in a life-or-death struggle against an evil spirit. Dare Chase doesn't believe in ghosts. But as the host of Attachments, her brand-new paranormal investigation...
Rules for vanishing
Marshall, Kate Alice
Ebook
The left-handed booksellers of London
Nix, Garth
Paper Book
This ABIA award-winning fantasy set in 1980s London follows one girl's quest to find her father, leading her to a secret society of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World when it disastrously intrudes into the modern world. For anyone who likes light-hearted adventure and...

First in an ongoing series that also includes The Sinister Booksellers of Bath

Dark and shallow lies
Sain, Ginny Myers
Paper Book
NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! 'AN INTENSE AND BROODING THRILLER ' - THE OBSERVER A intensely romantic and atmospheric thriller for young adults, full of twists and turns with a simmering supernatural undercurrent. Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson, Karen McManus and Delia Owens'...
The sacrifice box
Stewart, Martin J
Paper Book
Sep, Arkle, Mack, Lamb and Hadley- five friends thrown together one hot, sultry summer. When they discover an ancient stone box hidden in the forest, they decide to each make a sacrifice- something special to them, committed to the box for ever. And they make a pact- they will never return to the...
House of Hollow
Sutherland, Krystal
Paper Book
''Stepping nimbly among the liminal spaces and eerie real-world haunts of our heroine''s cipher-sister, this haunting modern fairytale will wrap you up like a glittering fog, before going for your throat.'' Melissa Albert, author of The Hazel Wood Iris Hollow and her two older...
Paper girls. 1
Vaughan, Brian K.
Paper Book
Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang's Eisner Award winning series PaperGirls is coming Amazon Prime Video in July 2022! From Brian K. Vaughan,#1 New York Times bestselling writer of SAGA, and Cliff Chiang, legendary artistof WONDER WOMAN, comes the first volume of an all-new...

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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