Booktacular Halloween Books for Teens

Explore great young adult fiction and nonfiction books for the Halloween season.

Updated October 6, 2025
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Booktacular Halloween Books for Teens

Explore great young adult fiction and nonfiction books for the Halloween season.

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Luminous beings :
Arnold, David,
Paper Book
"A gorgeously rendered adventure that captures the ache and joy of adolescence in a mad world."--Tillie Walden, award-winning author of On a Sunbeam Ty and Burger have known each other since before they could walk. But this shared history is nothing compared to their plans...
Anna dressed in blood
Blake, Kendare
Paper Book
Just your average boy-meets-girl, girl-kills-people story ... Kendare Blake will enchant you with this thrillingly creepy romance. Cas Lowood is no ordinary guy - he hunts dead people. People like Anna. Anna Dressed in Blood. A beautiful, murderous ghost entangled...
Through the woods
Carroll, Emily.
Paper Book
Discover a terrifying world in the woods in this collection of five hauntingly beautiful graphic stories that includes the online webcomic sensation "His Face All Red," in print for the first time. Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that...
Where he can't find you /
Coates, Darcy
Paper Book
From USA Today bestselling horror/thriller author Darcy Coates comes the chilling legend of a monster no one can escape. DON'T WALK ALONE, OR THE STITCHER WILL FIND YOU. Abby Ward lives in a town haunted by disappearances. People vanish, and when they're found, their...
Our wicked histories
Goldsmith, Amy
Paper Book
When Meg travels to Wren Hall in Ireland for a reunion with classmates from the prestigious Greyscott's Academy she hopes to resolve past issues. Yet something sinister is afoot and revenge, rather than forgiveness, is on the menu for these teens ...
The hysterical girls of St. Bernadette's /
Hanna Alkaf,
Paper Book
An all-girls school is struck with mysterious cases of screaming hysteria in this chilling dark academia thriller haunted by a deeply buried history clawing to the light. For over a hundred years, girls have fought to attend St. Bernadette's, with its reputation for shaping only...
Among ghosts /
Hartman, Rachel,
Paper Book
Set in the world of New York Times bestseller Seraphina, a boy on the run from a dragon--among other dangers--seeks refuge in a haunted abbey in this wholly original ghost story about what haunts us, and what connects us. A few things to know about the town of St....
A monster calls : inspired from an idea by Siobhan Dowd
Ness, Patrick
Paper Book
Large Print's increased font size and wider line spacing maximizes reading legibility, and has been proven to advance comprehension, improve fluency, reduce eye fatigue, and boost engagement in young readers of all abilities, especially struggling, reluctant, and striving readers.
Night of the witch /
Raasch, Sara
Paper Book
An instant New York Times bestseller! Their love could never be forbidden. Book one in the Witch and Hunter duology, an epic enemies to lovers fantasy romance from New York Times bestselling authors Sara Raasch and Beth Revis. Fritzi is a witch. The lone survivor of a brutal attack...
Library of souls
Riggs, Ransom
CD
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise bestseller of 2011-an unprecedented mix of YA fantasy and vintage photography that enthralled readers and critics alike. This third novel in the series picks up where the action of Hollow City left off. Time is...
Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children /
Riggs, Ransom
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times best-selling series An abandoned orphanage on a mysterious island holds the key to supernatural secrets in this unusual and original first book in the one-of-a-kind Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series A captivating blend of horror, dark...
Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children : the graphic novel
Riggs, Ransom.
Paper Book
When Jacob Portman was a boy, his grandfather regaled him with stories of his fantastic life at Miss Peregrine's home during the Second World War, even sharing photos of the remarkable children with whom he resided. As Jacob grew up, though, he decided that these photos were obvious fakes, simple...
Pumpkinheads
Rowell, Rainbow
Paper Book
A 2020 Tayshas Reading List Selection A 2020 Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List Selection In Pumpkinheads, beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell and Eisner Award-winning artist Faith Erin Hicks have teamed up to create this...
The Raven Boys
Stiefvater, Maggie
Paper Book
An all-new series from the masterful, #1 New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater!Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue never sees them--until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks to her.His name is Gansey,...
If I have to be haunted
Sun, Miranda
Paper Book
Your first love will always haunt you... The most haunting, heartwarming debut of 2023. Perfect for fans of strong female leads and supernatural stakes in Buffy, with all the sweetness and romance of To All the Boys I've Loved Before. Cara's just trying to stay on top of all...
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