Horror and Ghosts (YA)

Boo! Everyone loves a good horror read. Here's a selection of some of our favourite horror and ghost stories for teens, including some classics!

Updated June 19, 2024
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Horror and Ghosts (YA)

Boo! Everyone loves a good horror read. Here's a selection of some of our favourite horror and ghost stories for teens, including some classics!

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The ghost bride
Choo, Yangsze
Paper Book
Seventeen-year-old Li Lan lives in 1890s Malaya with her quietly-ruined father, who returns one evening with a proposition - the fabulously wealthy Lim family want Li Lan to marry their son. The only problem is, he's dead.
Harrow Lake
Ellis, Kat
Paper Book
Welcome to Harrow Lake. Someone's expecting you . . . Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated horror filmmaker - she thinks nothing can scare her. But when her father is brutally attacked in their New York apartment, she's swiftly packed off to live with a grandmother she...
The reckless afterlife of Harriet Stoker
James, Lauren
Paper Book
A sharp thriller with a twist of the supernatural from a masterful sci-fi writer. "Lauren James is a genius." SFX Magazine "Lauren James isn't just headed for the stars - she's already there." Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree What if death is only the beginning? When Harriet...
Can you keep a secret? : a Fear Street novel
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
R.L. Stine has built his legacy on scaring children and teenagers. Now he's back with another spine-tingling tale of horror in this new Fear Street book about temptation, betrayal, and fear. Eddie and Emmy are high school sweethearts from the wrong side of the tracks. Looking for an...
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...
Camp Damascus
Tingle, Chuck
Paper Book
INSTANT USA TODAY & INDIE BESTSELLER A Best Book of 2023 (Vulture) and a Best Horror Book of 2023 (Esquire, Library Journal) * A Bram Stoker Award Nominee and CALIBA Golden Poppy Award finalist! Chuck Tingle's debut, Camp Damascus,...
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