As Halloween approaches, here are some reading recommendations sure to evoke thrills and chills.
Middle Grade Fiction
- Doll Bones by Holly Black
- The Ghost Road by Charis Cotter
- Bone Jack by Sara Crowe
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
- The Bone Garden by Heather Kassner
- The Monstrous Devices by Damian Love
- Elizabeth and Zenobia by Jessica Miller
- The House in Poplar Wood by K. E. Ormsbee
- City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
- Thornhill by Pam Smy
Young Adult Fiction
- Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
- Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore
- Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
- The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson
- The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
- Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
- Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics
- There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
- Jackaby by William Ritter
- These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling
- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
- The Raven’s Tale by Cat Winter
- Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff
Adult Fiction
- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
- The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- The Library of the Unwritten by A. J. Hackwith
- A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
- The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
- Misery by Stephen King
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
- Old Bones by Preston & Child
- Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia
- If We Were Villians by M. L. Rio
Nonfiction
- From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
- The Witch of Lime Street: Seance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World by David Jaher.
- Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lita Judge
- Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
-Emily