Haunted Readings: All Our Scary, Spooky and Otherwise Halloween Ready Book Lists in One Place
Alice in Wonderland retellings
Aliens: They’re Here: Science Fiction with actual aliens
Apocalypse Survival Tips from YA Lit
Assasins: Teenage Assassins in YA Lit
Beyond the Grave: dead narrators
Bioengineering (Frankenstein 2012: YA lit with bioengineering)
Death and Dying: Sometimes it is among the dying that we remember to truly live
Egypt: Read About Your “Mummy” (and Egypt)
Environment: Earth Day Dystopias
Fairy Tales (twisted, of course) and Cinderella Retellings
Graveyards: Someone Just Walked Over My Grave: YA lit with graveyards
Horror: The Stories that Haunt our Childhood: Local legends and superstitions in YA lit, Horrifying Reads for October (recommended by teens)
Poe, inspired by
Reapers (and Necromancers) in YA Lit
Serial Killers: I Eat Cereal, but I am NOT a Serial Killer – serial killers in YA lit
Supernatural and Psychological Creepers
Under the Sea: Mermaids
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Filed under: Book Lists, Fairy Tales, Halloween, Horror, Reader's Advisory, Scary, Thrillers
About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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Dina says
Thank you for putting all of these lists in one place. Love discovering new books (not that I need to with my towering TBR stack.)
Janine Hays says
This list is awesome!! Thank you so much for putting it together!
Victoria Scott says
My typewriter!