Tweens Who Like Horror Might Like... (52 books)

Books curated for tweens reading upper children's fiction that are leaning into darker stories. They might like horror or scary books. These books will have some of that and similar themes that they may be interested in.

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1	A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 4.34 avg rating — 290,547 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 566,509 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 93,982 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Wicked Tree by Kristin Thorsness (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Marbury Lens (The Marbury Lens, #1) by Andrew Smith 3.63 avg rating — 3,926 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Slice of Cherry by Dia Reeves 3.69 avg rating — 3,502 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1) by Rick Yancey 3.91 avg rating — 20,670 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1) by Nancy Farmer (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 96,769 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Night Shift: (Night Shift Series #1) by B.R. Myers (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 145 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Horror at Grover Canyon State Park: A Creepy Middle-Grade Horror Thriller by Chris von Halle (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Such Wicked Intent (The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, #2) by Kenneth Oppel (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,311 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Tinder by Sally Gardner 3.87 avg rating — 2,097 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Ollie Oxley and the Ghost: The Search for Lost Gold by Lisa Schmid (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 109 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Bertie's Book of Spooky Wonders by Ocelot Emerson 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Old Person Curse: A Scary Middle-Grade Mystery (Between Dark and Light Book) by Chris von Halle (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror (Tales of Terror, #1) by Chris Priestley 4.06 avg rating — 6,445 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Dark Inside (Dark Inside, #1) by Jeyn Roberts (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 9,170 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	This Dark Endeavor (The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, #1) by Kenneth Oppel (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 12,058 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Last of the Spirits by Chris Priestley 3.80 avg rating — 780 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1) by Kendare Blake (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 107,657 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 7,689 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 1,661 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1) by Katherine Arden (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 29,920 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Door by the Staircase by Katherine Marsh (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 1,510 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Stars Did Wander Darkling by Colin Meloy 3.68 avg rating — 2,152 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Where the Lost Ones Go by Akemi Dawn Bowman (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 259 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Possess Me by K.R. Alexander 3.76 avg rating — 249 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2) by Ellen Oh (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 785 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff 4.11 avg rating — 6,057 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Willa of the Wood (Willa, #1) by Robert Beatty (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 7,768 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Curse of the Boggin (The Library, #1) by D.J. MacHale (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 808 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Serafina and the Splintered Heart (Serafina, #3) by Robert Beatty (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 8,376 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Hiddenseek by Nate Cernosek (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 204 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares (Paola Santiago, #2) by Tehlor Kay Mejia (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 1,169 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Girl in the Lake by India Hill Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 2,810 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co., #2) by Jonathan Stroud (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 43,666 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Infected (Piggy #1) by Terrance Crawford 3.79 avg rating — 135 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Hollow Boy (Lockwood & Co., #3) by Jonathan Stroud (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 36,318 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Gloom Town by Ronald L. Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.49 avg rating — 520 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Good Night, Zombie by James Preller 3.68 avg rating — 171 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Took: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 12,581 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Jumbies (The Jumbies, #1) by Tracey Baptiste (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 5,759 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1) by Victoria Schwab (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 77,013 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe by Josh Allen (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 984 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia C. McKissack 3.93 avg rating — 2,230 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon 3.97 avg rating — 2,834 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales by Mary Downing Hahn (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 580 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Gathering (Shadow House, #1) by Dan Poblocki (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 2,988 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Nightbooks (Nightbooks, #1) by J.A. White (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 10,746 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Collector (The Collector, #1) by K.R. Alexander 3.85 avg rating — 4,736 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Darkdeep (The Darkdeep, #1) by Ally Condie (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 2,009 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	You Can't Hide (Shadow House, #2) by Dan Poblocki (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 1,295 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars