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Scary Stories Books
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.06 — 73,004 ratings — published 1981
Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (Scary Stories, #3)
by (shelved 41 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.15 — 18,051 ratings — published 1991
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Library Binding)
by (shelved 40 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.10 — 20,687 ratings — published 1984
Scary Stories Treasury (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.31 — 11,265 ratings — published 1981
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.13 — 783,886 ratings — published 2002
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,644 ratings — published 1984
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,711,650 ratings — published 1977
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.81 — 396,394 ratings — published 1959
The Night Gardener (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.05 — 22,123 ratings — published 2014
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.10 — 662,120 ratings — published 1975
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.91 — 297,035 ratings — published 1962
Through the Woods (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.94 — 88,057 ratings — published 2014
Doll Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.68 — 30,252 ratings — published 2013
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,897,891 ratings — published 1818
Scary Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.93 — 371 ratings — published 2006
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 6 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.15 — 16,449 ratings — published 2023
Scary Stories for Young Foxes (Scary Stories for Young Foxes, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.27 — 5,869 ratings — published 2019
The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.83 — 126,962 ratings — published 2014
The Silent Companions (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.87 — 44,951 ratings — published 2017
Took: A Ghost Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.95 — 12,574 ratings — published 2015
A Head Full of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.78 — 106,312 ratings — published 2015
The Winter People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.82 — 98,073 ratings — published 2014
This House Is Haunted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.62 — 16,558 ratings — published 2013
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.09 — 201,211 ratings — published 2000
The Amityville Horror (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.83 — 138,151 ratings — published 1977
A Tale Dark & Grimm (A Tale Dark & Grimm, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.07 — 26,918 ratings — published 2010
More Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,234 ratings — published 2008
Scary Stories to Tell if You Dare 2 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.52 — 3,401 ratings — published
Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories (Mister Shivers #1)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.11 — 548 ratings — published
Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.01 — 29,895 ratings — published 2018
Skeleton Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.97 — 138,062 ratings — published 1985
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.23 — 852,270 ratings — published 1987
Insomnia (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.84 — 168,598 ratings — published 1994
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.99 — 848,955 ratings — published 1974
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.08 — 701,921 ratings — published 1983
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.21 — 272,311 ratings — published 1971
The Nest (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.73 — 11,450 ratings — published 2015
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.38 — 180,638 ratings — published 1898
Horrorstör (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.65 — 125,178 ratings — published 2014
Last Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.71 — 15,280 ratings — published 2012
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.05 — 210,867 ratings — published 2014
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,359,106 ratings — published 2011
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,273,202 ratings — published 1986
The Old Willis Place (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.14 — 11,207 ratings — published 2004
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.05 — 159,758 ratings — published 1967
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (Bunnicula, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.89 — 71,496 ratings — published 1979
Half-Minute Horrors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.70 — 2,692 ratings — published 2009
Welcome to Dead House (Goosebumps, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.85 — 41,981 ratings — published 1992
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 4.15 — 566,444 ratings — published 2008
We Used to Live Here (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as scary-stories)
avg rating 3.62 — 258,917 ratings — published 2024
“The house had claimed many victims in its two centuries. Ate them, consumed, and devoured. Tortured souls like idle playthings. Terrorized visitors by the whim of its moods.”
― Insomnia
― Insomnia
“Scary stories protect us.
They have since the beginning of story itself. That's what they were made for.
And children, especially, need scary stories. They keep children away dangerous places and dubious people. The old folk stories of nixies kept children away from the edges of dangerous waters. Tales of ghosts to this day keep children away from abandoned, tetanus-filled houses. Stories of the Candy Man keep them from talking to strangers.
If we keep children away from scary stories, we are doing them a disservice. These books warn them against things that busy adults might have failed to mention. Moms and Dads and Schools are often afraid to talk about monsters and boogeymen, because they are afraid of scaring the children. But scary books for don't mind doling out a good scare- that's their job, after all, and they do it better than anyone else.”
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They have since the beginning of story itself. That's what they were made for.
And children, especially, need scary stories. They keep children away dangerous places and dubious people. The old folk stories of nixies kept children away from the edges of dangerous waters. Tales of ghosts to this day keep children away from abandoned, tetanus-filled houses. Stories of the Candy Man keep them from talking to strangers.
If we keep children away from scary stories, we are doing them a disservice. These books warn them against things that busy adults might have failed to mention. Moms and Dads and Schools are often afraid to talk about monsters and boogeymen, because they are afraid of scaring the children. But scary books for don't mind doling out a good scare- that's their job, after all, and they do it better than anyone else.”
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