Kids: Spooky stories

If you like reading something spooky and are after a book that may contain ghosts, horror, the supernatural, aliens, or just something a bit scary then there'll be something for you in this list!

Updated July 28, 2025
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The house with chicken legs
Anderson, Sophie
Paper Book
An extraordinary retelling of the Baba Yaga myth, this debut novel will wrap itself around your heart and never let go.All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sure, the house can play games like tag and hide-and-seek, but Marinka longs for a...
The witches
Dahl, Roald
Paper Book
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye
Del Rio, Tania
Paper Book
Meet Warren the 13th, a cursed twelve-year-old Victorian bellhop who's terribly unlucky, yet perpetually optimistic, hard-working, and curious. Warren's pride and joy is his family's Warren Hotel, but he's been miserable ever since his evil Aunt Anaconda took over the management. Anaconda believes a...
The Spook's apprentice
Delaney, Joseph
Paper Book
Capturing witches Binding boggarts Driving away ghosts For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is coming to an end. But who will take over for him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried...
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark: The Complete Collection
Schwartz, Alvin.
Paper Book
Welcome to a macabre world of scary stories, where a folklorist offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge and supernatural events of all time, in a 25th anniversary edition of extraordinarily chilling tales enhanced by all-new
The Clackity
Senf, Lora.
Paper Book
Finalist for the Bram Stoker Award | Cybils Award Selection of the New York Public Library Best Books for Kids | Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award Master List | Golden Dome Book Award Master List Reminiscent of Doll Bones and...
The screaming staircase
Stroud, Jonathan
Paper Book
NOW A NETFLIX SERIES! Dive into the first book of this frightfully fun series and join the ghost-hunting gang as they defend our world from the most fearsome phantoms! A sinister Problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts, haunts...
Ghosts
Telgemeier, Raina
Paper Book
Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Maya, is sick. Cat isn't happy about leaving her friends for Bahia de la Luna, but Maya has cystic fibrosis and will benefit from the cool, salty air tha

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