Fiction
Becker, Tom. Darkside. Book 1. 2008. (YA Fiction Becke.T)
Jonathan Starling's father is in an asylum and his home has been attacked when, while running away from kidnappers, he stumbles upon Darkside, a terrifying and hidden part of London ruled by the descendants of Jack the Ripper, where Jonathan is in mortal danger if he cannot find the way out.
Carter, Dean Vincent. The Hand Of The Devil. 2006. (YA Fiction Carte.D)
When journalist Ashley Reeves finds himself on an island to interview a reclusive insect collector, he soon realizes that he might be the hunted.
Cary, Kate. Bloodline : A Novel. 2005. (YA Fiction Cary.K)
In this story told primarily through journal entries, a British soldier in World War I makes the horrifying discovery that his regiment commander is descended from Count Dracula. (Book one of the Bloodline series)
Fahy, Thomas. The Unspoken. 2008. (YA Fiction Fahy.T)
Six teens are drawn back to the small, North Carolina town where they once lived and, one by one, begin to die of their worst fears, as prophesied by the cult leader they killed five years earlier, and who they believe poisoned their parents.
Gaiman, Neil. Coraline. 2002. (YA Fiction Gaima.N)
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book. 2008. (YA Fiction Gaima.N)
Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
Gantos, Jack. The Love Curse Of The Rumbaughs. 2006. (YA Fiction Ganto.J)
A young woman named Ivy, who made a shocking discovery in her small western Pennsylvania town when she was seven years old and learned a surprising secret nine years later, questions whether she has inherited the Rumbaugh curse of having excessive love for one's mother.
Garfield, Henry. My Father The Werewolf : A Novel. 2005. (YA Fiction Garfi.H)
Teenagers Miranda and Danny move to Maine to be near a deserted island where their werewolf father can isolate himself during full moons, but when the ocean freezes and creates a path to the populated mainland, they resort to desperate measures to save the townspeople from their transformed parent.
Golden, Christopher. Soulless. 2008. (YA Fiction Golde.C)
The attempt of three powerful mediums to open up communication between the living and the dead has disastrous consequences when every corpse within a three-hundred-mile radius of New York City is animated and begins to prey on the living.
Gray, Claudia. Evernight. 2008. (YA Fiction Gray.C)
Sixteen-year-old Bianca, a new girl at the sinister Evernight boarding school, finds herself drawn to another outsider, Jared, but dark forces threaten to tear them apart and destroy Bianca's entire world.
Holt, Simon. The Devouring. 2008. (YA Fiction Holt.S)
The existence of Vours, supernatural creatures who feast on fear and attack on the eve of the winter solstice, becomes a terrifying reality for fifteen-year-old Reggie when she begins to suspect that her timid younger brother might be one of their victims.
James, Brian. Zombie Blondes. 2008. (YA Fiction James.B)
Each time fifteen-year-old Hannah and her out-of-work father move she has some fears about making friends, but a classmate warns her that in Maplecrest, Vermont, the cheerleaders really are monsters.
Lewis, Richard. The Demon Queen. 2008. (YA Fiction Lewis.R)
After being wrongfully held for months by Homeland Security in his hometown of Los Angeles, fourteen-year-old Jesse, who knows little of his true identity, tries to keep a low profile in his new foster home in a small midwestern prairie town but the arrival of an eccentric new girl with seemingly supernatural powers draws him inexorably into a struggle with the terrifying forces of evil.
McNamee, Graham. Bonechiller. 2008. (YA Fiction Mcnam.G)
Four high school students face off against a soul-stealing beast that has been making young people disappear from their small Ontario, Canada, town for centuries.
Nance, Andrew. Daemon Hall. 2007. (YA Fiction Nance.A)
Famous horror story writer Ian Tremblin comes to the town of Maplewood to hold a short story writing contest, offering the five finalists the chance to spend what turns out to be a terrifying--and deadly--night with him in a haunted house.
Petrucha, Stefan. Lurker. 2007. (YA Fiction Petru.S)
Four ghost girls, trapped in an abandoned orphanage, relate the story of high school student Mandy, who becomes caught up in a terrifying encounter after one of her classmates is tragically murdered. (Book one of the Wicked Dead series)
Richards, Justin. The Death Collector. 2006. (YA Fiction Richa.J)
Three teens and a curator of unclassified artifacts at the British Museum match wits with a madman determined to use unorthodox methods to reanimate the dead, both humans and dinosaurs.
Richards, Justin. The Parliament Of Blood. 2008. (YA Fiction Richa.J)
In Victorian London, after discovering that vampires really do exist and plot to end the human race, friends George, Liz, and Eddie join Sir William Protheroe in an increasingly desperate effort to find ways to stop them from overthrowing Parliament and, eventually, taking over the world.
Richardson, E. E. Devil's Footsteps. 2005. (YA Fiction Richa.E)
After the disappearance of his brother Adam, thirteen-year-old Bryan faces a shadowy, centuries-old evil presence known as the Dark Man that, taking the form of its victims' worst fears, stalks the town's children.
Richardson, E. E. The Intruders. 2006. (YA Fiction Richa.E)
When soon-to-be stepbrothers, Joel and Tim, start having the same nightmare after moving into an old house, they decide to investigate its source and the many other strange occurrences in their new home.
Ryan, Carrie. The Forest Of Hands And Teeth. 2009. (YA Fiction Ryan.C)
Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell the unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.
Sedgwick, Marcus. The Dark Flight Down. 2005. (YA Fiction Sedgw.M)
On an errand for Kepler, his new master, Boy is captured and imprisoned in the palace dungeon, where he plots his escape from the evil Maxim and the lunatic King Frederick but also learns a disturbing secret about his father.
Sedgwick, Marcus. My Swordhand Is Singing. 2006. (YA Fiction Sedgw.M)
In the dangerous dark of winter in an Eastern European village during the early seventeenth century, Peter learns from a gypsy girl that the Shadow Queen is behind the recent murders and reanimations, and his father's secret past may hold the key to stopping her.
Shan, Darren. Cirque Du Freak: [A Living Nightmare]. 2004. (YA Fiction Shan.D)
Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices. (Book one of the Cirque Du Freak series)
Shan, Darren. Lord Loss. 2005. (YA Fiction Shan.D)
Presumably the only witness to the horrific and bloody murder of his entire family, a teenage boy must outwit not only the mental health professionals determined to cure his delusion, but also the demonic forces only he can see. (Book one of the Demonata series)
Shusterman, Neal. Dread Locks. 2005. (YA Fiction Shust.N)
Accustomed to a carefree existence, fourteen-year-old Parker Baer meets the girl next door and finds his life taking a menacing turn as he begins to absorb some of her terrible powers. (Book one of the Dark Fusion series)
Shusterman, Neal. Full Tilt. 2003. (YA Fiction Shust.N)
When sixteen-year-old Blake goes to a mysterious, by-invitation-only carnival he somehow knows that it could save his comatose brother, but soon learns that much more is at stake if he fails to meet the challenge presented there by the beautiful Cassandra.
Sleator, William. The Boy Who Couldn't Die. 2004. (YA Science Fiction Sleat.W)
When his best friend dies in a plane crash, sixteen-year-old Ken has a ritual performed that will make him invulnerable, but soon learns that he had good reason to be suspicious of the woman he paid to lock his soul away.
Sleator, William. Hell Phone. 2006. (YA Fiction Sleat.W)
Seventeen-year-old Nick buys a used cell phone only to call his girlfriend, but strange and desperate people keep calling--one of them a denizen of Hell--begging for or demanding his help.
Stolarz, Laurie. Project 17. 2007. (YA Fiction Stola.L)
When six high school students sneak into an abandoned mental institution to make a film about their night there, they do not expect the inexplicable and terrifying events that keep occuring within the crumbling, maze-like building, causing them to question themselves and, ultimately, to make different choices about the course of their lives.
Westerfeld, Scott. The Secret Hour. 2004. (YA Science Fiction Weste.S)
Upon moving to Bixby, Oklahoma, fifteen-year-old Jessica Day learns that she is one of a group of people who have special abilities that help them fight ancient creatures living in an hour hidden at midnight; creatures that seem determined to destroy Jess.
Windsor, Patricia. Nightwood. 2006. (YA Fiction Winds.P)
The lives of eleven teenagers intertwine and turn nightmarish as they flee from a hideous monster.
Yancey, Richard. The Monstrumologist. 2009. (YA Fiction Yance.R)
Blood, maggots, bones, and enough gore to keep the hardiest horror fans engaged, this action-packed adventure races from the dissecting table to the cemetery to the asylum and finally, to the catacombs. Will Henry tells the story of his apprenticeship with Dr. Warthrop, a brilliant and self-absorbed scientist who hunts and studies real-life monsters, as they discover and attempt to destroy a pod of Anthropophagi, a pack of headless, shark-toothed bipeds.
Zindel, Paul. Rats. 1999. (YA Fiction Zinde.P)
When mutant rats threaten to take over Staten Island, which has become a huge landfill, fourteen-year-old Sarah and her younger brother Mike try to figure out how to stop them.
Graphic Novels
Bart Simpson's Treehouse Of Horror. 1995. (741.5973 Groen.M 1999)
A collection of trick-or-treat tales of terrifying antics and social satire in graphic form celebrates Halloween with the popular cartoon family, the Simpsons, and their friends and enemies.
Mizushiro, Setona. After-School Nightmare. 2006. (YA 741.5952 Mizus.S)
Mashiro, a hermaphrodite high school student, joins a "special" dream class to become completely male but faces obstacles from other students along the way.
Ohba, Tsugumi. Death Note. 2005. (YA 741.5952 Ohba.T v. 1)
When high school student Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a Shinigami death god, he discovers that any person whose name is written in it dies, so Light decides to use the notebook to rid the world of evil.
Reed, Gary. Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Graphic Novel. 2006. (YA 741.5973 Reed.G)
Having discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire. Presented in comic book format.
Wild, Margaret. Woolvs In The Sitee. 2007. (YA Fiction Wild.M)
In a mostly abandoned city, Ben lives in a musty basement room, terrified of the "woolvs" that dwell in the shadows outside, with only an upstairs neighbor, Mrs. Radinski, to help him cope with his fears in this graphic novel.
Yoshida, Sunao. Trinity Blood. 2006. (YA 741.5952 Yoshi.S v. 1)
In a post-apocalyptic world of constant war between humans and vampires, many desire a peaceful co-existence between the two species, but standing between them is a group of vampire extremists who manipulate the two sides and pit them against each other.
Velez, Ivan. Dead High Yearbook. 2007. (YA 741.5973 Dead)
Eight intertwining tales about teenagers from the same school who die horrible deaths throughout the school year and come to rest somewhere between life and death are told in this graphic novel.
Short Stories
Horowitz, Anthony. Horowitz Horror: Stories You'll Wish You'd Never Read. 2006. (YA Fiction Horow.A)
Nine horror stories set in England focus on everyday items that have sinister qualities.
Horowitz, Anthony. More Horowitz Horror: More Stories You'll Wish You'd Never Read. 2006. (YA Fiction Horow.A)
This collection of spine-tingling short stories includes one story about a day at the beach ending in murder, and a second story about a cell phone that dials directly to hell.
Link, Kelly. Pretty Monsters: Stories. 2008. (YA Science Fiction Link.K)
A collection of short stories includes "The Wrong Grave," in which a boy digs up his girlfriend's corpse in order to retrieve the poems that he buried with her, and "Monster," in which a monster uses a cell phone to lure its prey.
Moser, Barry. Scary Stories. 2006. (YA Fiction Stories Moser.B)
A collection of stories, filled with suspense and horror features contributions from such authors as Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and H.P. Lovecraft, as well as such modern masters as Stephen King and Ray Bradbury.
Noyes, Deborah, ed..Gothic!: Ten Original Dark Tales. 2004. (YA Fiction Stories Noyes.D)
Drawing on dark fantasy and the fairy tale as well as horror and wild humor, ten acclaimed authors pay homage to the gothic tale in wide-ranging stories of the supernatural and surreal.
Noyes, Deborah, ed. The Restless Dead: Ten Original Stories Of The Supernatural. 2007. (YA Fiction Stories Noyes.D)
Vampire romantics, grave stalkers, prankster devil worshippers, and others in the world of the undead are featured in a collection of ten spooky tales for young adults written by diverse authors, including Holly Black and Marcus Sedgwick.
Poe, Edgar Allan. Tales Of Terror. 2005. (YA Fiction Poe.E)
Some of Edgar Allan Poe's more famous short stories, such as "The Pit and the Pendulum," and "The Fall of the House of Usher," are in this collection.
Vande Velde, Vivian. All Hallows' Eve: 13 Stories. 2006. (YA Fiction Stories Vande.V)
Presents thirteen tales of Halloween horrors, including ghosts, vampires, and pranks gone awry.
666: The Number of the Beast. 2007. (YA Fiction Stories Six)
Eighteen winners of the Bram Stoker award contribute tales of evil, darkness, and beasts.
Compiled by Christie Chandler-Stahl
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Updated: September, 2009
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