Booktacular Halloween Books for Teens

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

Updated June 18, 2026
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Anna dressed in blood /
Blake, Kendare
Paper Book
From Kendare Blake, the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThree Dark Crowns, a beautiful and haunting ghost story Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a...
To the bone /
Bruzas, Alena,
Paper Book
This gripping, shocking, and exquisitely crafted survival story reveals the truth of America's colonial history in a powerful new way--visceral and breathtaking. After the long journey from England, Ellis arrives in America full of hope. James Fort is where a better life will...
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." Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that features four brand-new stories...
The hysterical girls of St. Bernadette's /
Hanna Alkaf,
Paper Book
Four starred reviews! An all-girls school is struck with mysterious cases of screaming hysteria in this dark academia "thrilling mix of ghost story and realism" (School Library Journal, starred review) haunted by a deeply buried history clawing to the light. ...
Songs for ghosts
Kumagai, Clara
Paper Book
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Booklist Editor's Choice Book This genre-bending YA novel follows a boy who finds a century-old diary written by a young woman in Nagasaki, Japan--and becomes haunted by her vengeful...
A monster calls : a novel
Ness, Patrick
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestseller! An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor. At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom...
Library of souls
Riggs, Ransom
Paper Book
In this electrifying third installment of Ransom Riggs's bestselling Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series, Jacob Portman faces his most dangerous challenge yet: rescuing his friends from an enemy stronghold before the entire peculiar world falls into darkness. #1...
Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children /
Riggs, Ransom
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES "A tense, moving, and wondrously strange first novel. The photographs and text work together brilliantly to create an unforgettable story."--John Green, New York Times best-selling author of The Fault in Our Stars...
American spirits : the famous Fox sisters and the mysterious fad that haunted a nation
Rosenstock, Barb
Paper Book
Finalist, 2026 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults A Kirkus Reviews Best Book A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year CCBC Choices 2026 A Bank Street Best Book CAN THE DEAD TALK TO THE LIVING? Discover the astonishingly...
Pumpkinheads
Rowell, Rainbow
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell and Eisner Award-winning illustrator Faith Erin Hicks team up to deliver a funny, tender, and visually gorgeous coming-of-age story set during one unforgettable Halloween night. Deja and Josiah are seasonal best friends.
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,...

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