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35 YA Horror Books Guaranteed to Keep You Up at Night

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The YA horror renaissance is here and it’s amazing! Check some of our favorite, totally epic YA horror books and pick up a copy of your fave!

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Why should you read Edgar Allan Poe? - Scott Peeples

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The Comedy Roots of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps

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The Last Apprentice Series

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A bibliography of Joseph Delaney's books, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability.

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Darren Shan is an Irish author of horror and fantasy books. The Saga of Darren Shan, series, The Demonata series, The City Trilogy, Thin Executioner

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Books shelved as ya-horror: Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake, The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey, The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich, The Forest of H...

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Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough - Trailer

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Beware of Long Lankin, that lives in the moss . . . A chilling, beautiful debut novel inspired by a haunting folk song about murder, witchcraft and revenge.

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Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark, around a campfire, at sleepovers or read online. Alvin Schwartz put together a collection of spooky tales for kids based on ghost stories and urban legends. The three titles in the Stories To Tell series are Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark, and More Tales to Chill Your Bones. Some parents have tried to have the books banned, but most kids remember the stories fondly and they have even released the tales on audio book.

Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark

More Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark

Alvin Schwartz's most popular and spooky book is filled with tales of eerie horror and dark revenge that will make you jump with fright.

More Tales to Chill Your Bones

Stephen Gammell draws creepy artwork that perfectly captures the mood of more than two dozen scary stories, just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark. Alvin Schwartz's third collection of scary folklore gives readers spooky, funny and fantastic tales guaranteed to raise goosebumps.

Even More Scary Stories

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Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark | Scary Website

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Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark, around a campfire, at sleepovers or read online. Alvin Schwartz put together a collection of spooky tales for kids based on ghost stories and urban legends.

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In response to a question on a blog post:

Scholar Faolan wouldn't have a detailed answer to this, but I'm happy to share an excerpt from a work I call Mancer 0, which shows the crystal caves and how the baby Abyssi are born.

Minor spoilers for the Mancer trilogy. This story takes place before Mancer 1: Of the Abyss, and it does include characters we meet in Abyss. That said, I've edited it to avoid any overt spoilers, and I do not think reading it at any point in the series (before reading any of the books, or between them) will harm a person's enjoyment of the novels.

Background for new or returning readers: As mentioned previously, this is an excerpt from a longer work. This section of the story takes place in the Abyss, one of the two realms in which spirits might find themselves after death. The main character, Naples, is not dead (and how he ended up here is a story for another day) but is in fact a powerful sorcerer known as an Abyssumancer. At the moment he has a fractious relationship with the half-Abyssi woman Azo, who saved his life once before despite her better judgment, and all his focus is on finding a way to escape the Abyss and return to the mortal realm.

As our story begins, Naples has been exploring the Abyss and has just reached a walled-in compound populated by a group of shades-- the spirits of the dead-- who assume he is one of them.

The Crystal Caves: Part 1 of 4

Not much could have derailed Naples' attention from his flirting, but the bloodcurdling screams that began at that moment managed. The noise sent a shudder down his spine before it was followed by a wave of... something. Power, perhaps, like a scent on the breeze.

Naples moved toward the edge of the tent, intending to investigate, though he had to push past Parylene's now even paler form to actually get through the door.

He glanced back at the shade's protest.

"You said something about fighting?" Naples said. He wasn't sure even he could fight whatever was outside, but it made a good reason for why he was moving toward whatever was causing the late men and women outside to scream so high their throats would bleed soon, if they weren't already.

As far as he could tell, the ones screaming were those who had been waiting at the top of the wall on sentry duty. Whatever they had seen, it had left them chalky white and hysterical.

Naples, naturally, responded by mounting the stairs to the top of the wall, ignoring all protests and warnings from those below. He could sense a familiar power now. Modigliani was out there, nearby.

From the top of the wall, Naples could see the planes of fire. The flames bowed low like heavy stalks of grain in the rising wind, and flickered from white to indigo to deep, impossible plum-black. In the midst of that dancing field moved a throng of Abyssi.

The most powerful appeared as little more than smoke and shadow. They gave off an impression of danger, of things sharp and savage. Naples eye could discern no distinct form, but his magic knew Modigliani was part of that seething mass.

Trailing behind the most powerful-the princes Abyssi of the fifth level-were other, weaker creatures. Some were furred, others scaled. Some nearly resembled men, but others were beasts unlike any found on the mortal plane. As Naples watched, they all pressed forward, trying to get closer to the royal party at the front, scuffling and bleeding each other in the fire.

Naples jumped down from the wall, oblivious to the jolt of impact that traveled from his feet, through his knees and hips and spine and all the way to his shoulders. Limping a little but not damaged too badly, he moved toward the crowd.

The fire had brought sweat to his flesh, and was near enough for him to taste its acrid flavor when something pounced at him, driving him to the ground. The attack caught him completely by surprise, and he was pinned long before he could consider fighting back.

"Shield yourself, you idiot," Azo ordered.

"Saving your skin," she replied. "I heard the call after you left. I knew you wouldn't have the sense to defend yourself against it."

"The call?" he echoed.

"For sacrifice," she said. "They're slaying the Lord of the Abyss. They'll spread his blood across the crystal caverns to seed them and feed all five planes... along with the blood of anyone weak enough to succumb to the call, but powerful enough to survive the fields."

Maybe that should have served as a warning.

She let out a cry like a diving hawk as she twisted to grab him again.

"I don't know why I'm bothering to help you," she snapped. "Put. Up. Your. Shields."

He scrambled to his feet, only to have her knock him down again. He had to concentrate. If only he could get his thoughts in order, he was more powerful than she was, and could beat her, and get past her-

The next time she grabbed him, she reached across his torso and grasped the black handle of the knife he always wore. He was too slow to stop her from twisting it just enough that the blade sliced across his arm, or to keep her from slapping a hand over the new wound and shoving power at him hard enough that he fell to his knees on his own this time, breath catching and his spine bowing.

She forced his power inside, turning hers into a protective case around him, and at last blocking out the siren song of the greater Abyssi.

"Thank you," he said, voice hoarse-from smoke, he realized, as he started coughing. Despite the struggle to catch his breath, he focused on forming his own shields of power to protect him when she withdrew hers.

He looked up to find her licking his blood off the palm of her hand, as she cautiously let her power drop, replaced by his.

"Stop doing dumb things," she said. "I'm not saving your life again."

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Internet home of the author of the YA urban fantasy Den of Shadows Series, the Kiesha'ra Series, and the Maeve'ra Trilogy, as well as the adult fantasy-romance Mancer Trilogy

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Once upon a time, Alexis was your typical high school outcast: pink hair, bad attitude, unapologetic loner. Until the day her little sister Kasey made friends with the wrong ghost, and Alexis had to step up and do battle with an evil supernatural force.

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Becca Fitzpatrick is the New York Times bestselling author of the HUSH, HUSH series, BLACK ICE and DANGEROUS LIES.

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Anthony Horowitz is a British writer. His works include the Alex Rider series, Sherlock Holmes and James Bond novels and Foyle's War for television.

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Horowitz Horror - Anthony Horowitz | Author | Alex Rider | Sherlock Holmes | James Bond

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Anthony Horowitz is a British writer. His works include the Alex Rider series, Sherlock Holmes and James Bond novels and Foyle's War for television.

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Victor Frankenstein leads a charmed life. He and his twin brother Konrad and their beautiful cousin Elizabeth take lessons at home and spend their spare time fencing and horseback riding. Along with their friend, Henry, they have explored all the hidden passageways and secret rooms of the palatial Frankenstein chateau.

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The Saga of Darren Shan - Darren Shan - Author

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Darren Shan is an Irish author of horror and fantasy books. The Saga of Darren Shan, series, The Demonata series, The City Trilogy, Thin Executioner

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A Reading Group Guide for

1. Consider what Tom says: "There's the town and then there's the Rot and Ruin. Most of the time they aren't in the same world, you know?" Are there any divides you notice in your daily life where two things exist in "different worlds"?

2. On Benny's first venture out into the Rot and Ruin, they encounter the "Children." Tom later says, "I think a lot of the Children are people who didn't survive the Fall. Oh, sure, their bodies did, but I think some fundamental part of them was broken by what happened. I was there, I can relate." In what ways are they broken? Why do you think they choose to live as they do?

3. In what ways does the absence of electricity impact life in the new world? Are these changes all practical, or are some of the changes emotional, as well?

4. Secrecy, mystery and ignorance all play important roles in this story. In what ways do these themes impact the choices of the characters and also affect their emotions throughout the book? Are there differences between the three words? When in the book does each come into play?

5. What are the differences in the attitudes and outlooks of the characters who survived and remember First Night, and those who did not live in the old world and are see more

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A Reading Group Guide for 1. Consider what Tom says: "There's the town and then there's the Rot and Ruin. Most of the time they aren't in the same world, you know?" Are there any divides you notice in your daily life where two things exist in "different worlds"? 2.

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Clary Fray's search for her missing mother leads her into an alternate New York called Downworld, filled with mysterious faeries, hard-partying warlocks, not-what-they-seem vampires, an army of werewolves, and the demons who want to destroy it all. She also finds herself torn between two boys-her best friend, Simon, for whom she's developing new feelings, and the mysterious Shadowhunter, Jace. She becomes a part of the secret world of the Shadowhunters and as she does, she discovers that rescuing her mother might mean jeopardizing everything the Shadowhunters work for.
City of Bones
TV Tie-in Edition

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Clary Fray's search for her missing mother leads her into an alternate New York called Downworld, filled with mysterious faeries, hard-partying warlocks, not-what-they-seem vampires, an army of werewolves, and the demons who want to destroy it all. She also finds herself torn between two boys-her be

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Best known for her Twilight series, Stephenie Meyer's four-book collection has sold over 100 million copies globally in over 50 countries, with translations in 37 different languages.

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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

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The Simpsons - Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven