Creepy Classics To Give You Nightmares

Suggested Reading List

 

***Halloween Night Fever: End of a Long Walk by Dan Graffeo       YA/Graffeo/pb***
Willy Hynes receives a sign to join the Pniese, a secret society formed on Halloween, when the undead are allowed to cross over to this world. The society are like secret police with mysterious powers to tame the undead. "This year, it's going to be a little bit tougher. A traveler, zombie named Jack, enters Sleepy Owl and until recently, he was doomed to walk the earth. Now, Jack is free to commit all the chaos he pleases." COME MEET THE AUTHOR ON JULY 7 AT 6:30***

Raven's Point by Melinda Metz     YA/Metz
An ancient evil has reawakened on a small island off the coast of Rhode Island, eager to cause death and destruction. Three teens must face and fight it with their new supernatural abilities.
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld      YA/Westerfeld
Cal Thompson is a carrier of a virus that causes vampirism, and must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected.
The Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac     J/Bruchac
After her parents disappear and she is turned over to the care of a strange, great uncle, Molly must rely on her dreams about an old Mohawk story for her safety and maybe even for her life.

A Terrifying Taste of Short & Shivery: 30 Creepy Tales

J/San Souci
A collection of scary traditional tales from all over the world.

Darkness Creeping by Shusterman      YA/Shusterman/PB
Twenty twisted tales to trouble your sleep. Take a walk on the dark side with these creepy stories so horrifying you may have to read them twice to remind yourself they're not real.
Cirque Du Freak: Allies of the Night by Shan       YA/Shan/PB
Book 8 in the series. Darren Shan, Vampire Prince and vanpaneze killer, faces his worst nightmare yet -- school! But homework is the least of his problems, bodies are piling up and times running out. Check out all the books in this horror series.
The Doom Machine by Mark Teague         YA/Teague
When juvenile deliquent Jack spots a flying saucer, not everyone believes him. After all, he isn't exactly truthful. He teams up with the daughter of a scientist on an intergalactic adventure filled with fasted paced twists and turns. Will the earth survive the invasion?
Stolen by Vivian Van Velde         YA/Vande Valde
Old as dirt, dirty as dirt, Ugly as sin, mean as sin. Don't let the old witch catch you! The singsong words chased one another inside Isabelle's head. Did the witch catch her?
Beastly by Alex Flinn        YA/Flinn
I am a beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster. I am ruined unless I can break the spell.
Sweep: The Coven by Cate Tierman YA/Sweep (series) book 2
Cal, Morgan's boyfriend, helps her accept the truth: Wicca is in Morgans blood. As Morgan learns more about Wicca, she realizes that she needs to find out more about her parentage. The answers are there, but she doesn't know how to find them.
Check out all the other books in the Sweep series
Half Minute Horrors by a collection of authors     YA/HALF
How scary can 30 seconds be? Read the shortest, scariest stories ever created.
Monsters Series YA/398.45.....
Learn the history of Zombies, Vampires, Werewolves, Mummies and more, in this non-fiction, young adult series.
Other Good Ghost, Vampire and etc. Series.... in the Young Adult Section
Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith
Dark Guardian by Rachel Hawthorne
The Waking by Thomas Randall
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Amityville Horror by Jay Anson