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...
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. ...
Among ghosts /
Hartman, Rachel,
Paper Book
Set in the world of New York Times bestseller Seraphina, a boy on the run from a dragon--among other dangers--seeks refuge in a haunted abbey in this wholly original ghost story about what haunts us, and what connects us. A few things to know about the town of St....
A monster calls
Ness, Patrick
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller! Patrick Ness's Carnegie Medal-winning masterwork is poised to attract a discerning crossover audience. The monster in Conor's backyard is not the one he's been expecting -- the one from the nightmare he's had every night since his...
Night of the witch /
Raasch, Sara
Paper Book
An instant New York Times bestseller! Their love could never be forbidden. Book one in the Witch and Hunter duology, an epic enemies to lovers fantasy romance from New York Times bestselling authors Sara Raasch and Beth Revis. Fritzi is a witch. The lone survivor of a brutal attack...
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.
Hour of the Pumpkin Queen /
Shepherd, Megan
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Join Sally on a time-bending adventure to save Halloween Town--and her beloved Jack Skellington--in the hit series based on Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas! And don't miss the first book in the series, Long Live the...
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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