Spooky Stories (Tamariki).

Prepare for the fright of your life with scary stories and gothic tales with this selection of horror and spooky themed books. Read all about ghosts, witches, zombies and so much more.

Updated August 20, 2024
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The house with a clock in its walls
Bellairs, John
Paper Book
A magical adventure for the whole family - soon to be a major motion picture starring Cate Blanchett, Jack Black and Kyle MacLachlan.
The children of Green Knowe ; and, the river at Green Knowe
Boston, L. M.
Paper Book
These enchanting, haunting stories from Carnegie winner Lucy M. Boston have become modern classics, beautifully evoking all the magic and wonder of childhood. Now The Children of Green Knowe and River at Green Knowe are available in one volume.
The last kids on Earth
Brallier, Max
Paper Book
The first book in the New York Times bestselling series with over ten million copies in print! 'Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier's The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs.' Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Now...
The Witches
Dahl, Roald
Paper Book
BEWARE. Real witches dress in ordinary clothes and look like ordinary women. But they are not ordinary. They are always plotting and scheming with murderous, bloodthirsty thoughts - and they hate children. The Grand High Witch hates children most of all and plans to make...
Coraline
Gaiman, Neil
Paper Book
When Coraline explores her new home, she steps through a door and into another house just like her own . . . except that it's different. It's a marvelous adventure until Coraline discovers that there's also another mother and another father in the house. They want Coraline to stay with them and...
The nest
Oppel, Kenneth
Paper Book
City of ghosts
Schwab, Victoria
Paper Book
  From NYT bestselling author Victoria Schwab comes a thrillingly spooky and action-packed tale of hauntings, history, mystery, and the bond between friends Ever since Cass almost drowned (okay, she did drown, but she doesn't like to think about it), she can pull back the...
Tunnel of bones
Schwab, Victoria
Paper Book
  The thrilling sequel to Victoria Schwab's New York Times bestselling City of Ghosts! Trouble is haunting Cassidy Blake . . . even more than usual. She (plus her ghost best friend, Jacob, of course) are in Paris, where Cass's parents are filming their TV show about...
Nightmares!
Segel, Jason
Paper Book
The first book in a terrifyingly spooktastic adventure series by Jason Segel! WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF NIGHTMARES! Sleeping has never been so scary. And now waking up is even worse! Charlie has just moved into the sinister purple mansion that...
The sleepwalker tonic
Segel, Jason
Paper Book
The sequel to the funny and scary bestselling novel Nightmares! by multi-talented actor, Jason Segel, and bestselling author, Kirsten Miller. You thought the nightmares were over? You'd better keep the lights on! Since Charlie escaped from Netherworld, the land of...
The case of the counterfeit criminals
Stratford, Jordan
Paper Book
When the Wollstonecraft Detective Agency is approached by famous fossil hunter Mary Anning, the team know that this could be their most important case yet. Mary Anning's precious dog has been snatched - to get her back, the kidnappers demand she lie about fake dinosaur bones, and...
The screaming staircase
Stroud, Jonathan
Paper Book
Now a major Netflix series! When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in . . . For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy...
The unadoptables
Tooke, Hana
Paper Book
The remarkable. The extraordinary. The brave. Way back in the autumn of 1880, five babies are discovered at the Little Tulip Orphanage in most unusual circumstances. Those babies are Lotta, Egbert, Fenna, Sem and Milou. The vile matron calls the children 'the...

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