Horror and Ghosts (YA)

Boo! Everyone loves a good horror read. Here's a selection of some of our favourite horror and ghost stories for teens, including some classics!

Updated June 19, 2024
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The mark of Cain
Barraclough, Lindsey
Paper Book
1567 Aphra is not a normal child. Found abandoned as a baby among the reeds and rushes, the two outcast witches who raise her in their isolated cottage are never sure if she was born, or just pushed up through the foul, black mud for them to find. Little Aphra's gifts in...
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...
Harrow Lake
Ellis, Kat
Paper Book
Welcome to Harrow Lake. Someone's expecting you . . . Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated horror filmmaker - she thinks nothing can scare her. But when her father is brutally attacked in their New York apartment, she's swiftly packed off to live with a grandmother she...
Took : a ghost story
Hahn, Mary Downing
Ebook
Daniel doesn't believe the woods behind his new home are haunted by an evil witch and her terrifying beast. But then his little sister disappears . . . and it's up to him to find her. Mary Downing Hahn's popular page-turner will thrill readers who love spooky stories. They say that a ghost...
The fallen
Higson, Charles
Paper Book
First the sickness rotted the adults' minds. Then their bodies. Now they stalk the streets, hunting human flesh. The Holloway crew are survivors. They've fought their way across London and made it to the Natural History Museum alive - just. But the fight will never end while the Enemy lives,...
The reckless afterlife of Harriet Stoker
James, Lauren
Paper Book
A sharp thriller with a twist of the supernatural from a masterful sci-fi writer. "Lauren James is a genius." SFX Magazine "Lauren James isn't just headed for the stars - she's already there." Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree What if death is only the beginning? When Harriet...
Only you can save mankind
Pratchett, Terry
Ebook
House of Hollow
Sutherland, Krystal
Paper Book

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