YA Horror

Updated March 17, 2026
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Beautiful brutal bodies
Cheng, Linda
Paper Book
A Bram Stoker Award Finalist! "An addictive, all-consuming tale that's both gorgeous and monstrous." --CG Drews, New York Times Bestselling author of Don't Let The Forest In "Beautiful Brutal Bodies is a phantasmagoric funhouse mirror of a...
These bodies ain’t broken
Dyer, Madeline.
Paper Book
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2025 A monstrous transformation within your own body. A sacrificial imprisonment. A fight to the death against an ancient evil. These stories showcase disabled characters winning against all odds. ...
Small favors
Craig, Erin A.
Paper Book
It's The Village meets Needful Things in this mesmerizing and chilling novel set in the secluded town of Amity Falls--Ellerie has the chance to have her secret wishes come true, but there's a price to pay. From Erin A. Craig, the New York Times bestselling author of House...
House of Hollow
Sutherland, Krystal
Paper Book
Five survive
Jackson, Holly
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series comes a new blockbuster thriller about a road trip that turns deadly. Eight hours. Six friends. Five survive. Red Kenny is...
How to survive your murder
Valentine, Danielle
Paper Book
Scream meets Happy Death Day in this terrifying stand-alone horror novel from YA scream queen Danielle Valentine, which is now available in paperback. "This terrifying book reads like a horror movie. No, wait. It has the suspense and shocks and screams of TEN horror...
Make me a monster
Bayron, Kalynn
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron is back with a Frankenstein-tinged horror romance. Meka is used to death. After all, it's the family business. As a mortician's assistant at her parents' funeral home, Meka's days are not...
Where darkness blooms
Hannah, Andrea
Paper Book
Andrea Hannah's Where Darkness Blooms is a supernatural thriller about an eerie town where the sunflowers whisper secrets and the land hungers for blood.The town of Bishop is known for exactly two things: recurring windstorms and an endless field of sunflowers that stretches farther than the eye can...
Wilder girls
Power, Rory
Paper Book
'Your new favourite book' - CosmopolitanAn instant New York Times bestseller, Wilder Girls is Rory Power's visceral and unputdownable YA debut. The Power meets We Were Liars in this compelling story of survival and the power of female friendships, perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder...
What lies in the woods
Marshall, Kate Alice
Paper Book
Twenty-two years ago, Naomi Shaw believed in magic. She and her two best friends, Cassidy and Olivia, spent that summer roaming the woods, imagining a world of ceremony and wonder--the Goddess Game. The summer ended suddenly when Naomi was attacked. Miraculously, she survived her seventeen stab...
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Ryan, Carrie
Paper Book
When a teen girl's world is thrown into chaos, she must venture into the deadly Forest of Hands and Teeth in this post-apocalyptic New York Times bestseller perfect for fans of The Last of Us. In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood...
Dread nation
Ireland, Justina
Paper Book
New York Times bestseller * Six starred reviews At once provocative, terrifying, and darkly subversive, Dread Nation is Justina Ireland's stunning vision of an America both foreign and familiar--a country on the brink, at the explosive crossroads where race, humanity, and survival meet.<...
Gallant
Schwab, Victoria
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A KIRKUS BEST BOOK A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER "A bone-chilling standalone . . . which fuses Shirley Jackson's gothic horror sensibilities with the warmth and dark whimsy of Neil Gaiman."--Publishers Weekly...
House of salt and sorrows
Craig, Erin A.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . Get swept away by this "haunting" (Bustle) novel about twelve beautiful sisters living on an isolated island estate who begin to mysteriously die one by one. "Step inside a fairy tale." -Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling...
Full tilt
Shusterman, Neal
Paper Book
When sixteen-year-old Blake goes to a mysterious, by-invitation-only carnival he somehow knows that it could save his comatose brother, but soon learns that much more is at stake if he fails to meet the challenge presented there by the beautiful Cass
The lost girls : a vampire revenge story
Hartl, Sonia
Paper Book
Getting over Your Vampire Ex is as Easy as Killing Him and Stealing His Girlfriend Holly Liddell has been stuck with crimped hair since 1987 when she agreed to let her boyfriend, Elton, turn her into a vampire. But when he ditches her at a gas station a few decades into their...
Girls save the world in this one
Parsons, Ash
Paper Book
"A ravenous read." --Kirkus Reviews Shaun of the Dead meets Clueless in this hilarious YA horror comedy set at a local zombie convention--featuring a teenage girl gang that has to save the world from a horde of actual zombies. Perfect for fans of...
Burn our bodies down
Power, Rory
Paper Book
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Wilder Girls comes a twisty thriller about a girl whose past has always been a mystery - until she decides to return to her mother's hometown . . . where history has a tendency to repeat itself.Ever since Margot was born, it's been just her and her...
And the River Drags Her Down
Yun, Jihyun.
Paper Book
And the River Drags Her Down is a haunting, lyrical tale of grief, sisterhood and revenge that blends Gothic horror, mystery and Korean folklore, perfect for fans of She Is a Haunting, House of Hollow and CG Drews. 'This unsettling, poetic YA horror is...
House of earth and blood
Maas, Sarah J.
Paper Book
The first book in the #1 bestselling Crescent City series by Sarah J. Maas, author of the Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series. Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life-working hard all day and partying all night-until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft,...
Clown in a cornfield
Cesare, Adam
Paper Book
Read it before you see it! Now a major motion picture from the teams behind Smile and Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. In Adam Cesare's terrifying young adult debut, Quinn Maybrook finds herself caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress--that just may cost...
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...
Wake the bones
Kilcoyne, Elizabeth
Paper Book
"YA horror has found a new standard-bearer." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Dark, gripping, and gorgeous, Wake the Bones will lead you into the woods and keep you up late. As lush and sweltering as a Kentucky summer... Elizabeth Kilcoyne is a force." -...
You're dead to me
Parker, Amy Christine.
Paper Book
How do you unmask your own killer when everyone wants you dead? "A twisty thriller with a bloody ending you'll never see coming."-Kelly Coon, author of Gravemaidens Ruby is a scholarship senior at elite Oleander High School with a chip on her shoulder and an...
Burning
Rollins, Danielle (Author)
Paper Book
Chilling new YA, perfect for fans of Orange is the New Black and Stephen King. After three years in juvie, Angela Davis is just three months shy of release. She'll finally see her little brother again. And she'll get the hell out of the pit that is Brunesfield...
The dark we know
Lee, Wen-Yi
Paper Book
A School Library Journal Best Young Adult Book of 2024, A Reactor Notable YA Horror Book of 2024, A Parade Best Horror Book of 2024. From Gillian Flynn Books, a lyrical young adult horror by debut author Wen-yi Lee that's perfect for fans of She Is a Haunting, Stephen King's IT, and The Haunting of...
Rules for vanishing
Marshall, Kate Alice
Paper Book
Cross The Blair Witch Project with Stranger Things and you've got Rules for Vanishing: a skin-crawling story that grows more unsettling with every step...Once a year, a road appears in the forest. And at the end of it, the ghost of Lucy Gallows beckons. Lucy's game isn't for the faint of heart. If...

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