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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Lonely places
Anderson, Kate
Paper Book
After a traumatic experience steals her younger sister Guthrie's voice, sixteen-year-old Chase and her family move to an isolated fire lookout in Pando, a grove of Aspen tree clones connected by a massive underground root system. The lookout is supposed to give the family stability after years spent...
Scout's honor
Anderson, Lily
Paper Book
*A PRINTZ HONOR BOOK *FOUR STARRED REVIEWS Prudence Perry is a third-generation Ladybird Scout who must battle literal (and figurative) monsters and the weight of her legacy in Scout's Honor by Lily Anderson, a YA paranormal...
The house of one thousand eyes
Barker, Michelle
Ebook
Who can Lena trust to help her find out the truth? Life in East Germany in the early 1980s is not easy for most people, but for Lena, it's particularly hard. After the death of her parents in a factory explosion and time spent in a psychiatric hospital recovering from the trauma, she is...
Something wicked this way comes
Bradbury, Ray
Paper Book
The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. The shrill siren song of a calliope beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. In this season of dying, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to...
Something wicked this way comes
Bradbury, Ray
Paper Book
The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. The shrill siren song of a calliope beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. In this season of dying, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to...
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...
Dead flip
Farizan, Sara
Paper Book
In this "terrifyingly fun" (NYT) horror comedy, two friends must solve the mystery of their long-missing former friend's supernatural reappearance--perfect for fans of Stranger Things. Growing up, Cori, Maz, and Sam were inseparable best friends, sharing their love for...
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....
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...
The girls are never gone
Marsh, Sarah Glenn
Paper Book
In this spine-tingling sapphic ghost story, a seventeen-year-old podcaster finds herself in a life-or-death struggle against an evil spirit. "Nancy Drew meets Ghost Hunters in this queer thriller."--Kirkus Reviews "A deliciously creepy, turn-the-page-as...
The left-handed booksellers of London
Nix, Garth
Paper Book
A girl's quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World of England when it intrudes on the modern world. From the bestselling master of teen fantasy, Garth Nix. In a slightly alternate London in 1983,...

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

Dark and shallow lies
Sain, Ginny Myers
Paper Book
A teen girl disappears from her small town deep in the bayou, where magic festers beneath the surface of the swamp like water rot, in this chilling debut supernatural thriller for fans of Natasha Preston, Karen McManus, and Rory Power. La Cachette, Louisiana, is the worst place...
House of Hollow
Sutherland, Krystal
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller! A dark, twisty modern fairytale where three sisters discover they are not exactly all that they seem and evil things really do go bump in the night. Iris Hollow and her two older sisters are unquestionably strange. Ever since they...
Dagger Hill
Taylor, Devon
Paper Book
Stranger Things meets One of Us Is Lying in Devon Taylor's creepy paranormal mystery about four friends who find themselves hunted by a malevolent presence in their sleepy hometown. It knows your fear... Summer, 1989. Four best friends-...
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