Summer Scares Books
A complete record of books chosen for the Summer Scares reading program, organized by age group
Adult
The Ballad of Black Tom, by Victor LaValle
A Botanical Daughter, by Noah Medlock
Catherine House, by Elisabeth Thomas
Coyote Songs, by Gabino Iglesias
The Cipher, by Kathe Koja
Earthworm Gods, by Brian Keene
Frankenstein in Baghdad, by Ahmed Saadawi
The Hunger, by Alma Katsu
In the Valley of the Sun, by Andy Davidson
Jackal, by Erin E. Adams
The Luminous Dead, by Caitlin Starling
Maeve Fly, by CJ Leede
The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror, by Daniel M. Lavery
Mongrels, by Stephen Graham Jones
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris
My Soul to Keep, by Tananarive Due
Never Whistle at Night, Edited by Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst
The Remaking, by Clay McCleod Chapman
Reprieve, by James Han Mattson
Ring Shout, by P. Djèlí Clark
She Said Destroy: Stories, by Nadia Bulkin
Such Sharp Teeth, by Rachel Harrison
The Thing Between Us, by Gus Moreno
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes, by Eric LaRocca
Young Adult
Agnes at the End of the World, by Kelly McWilliams
The Agony House, by Cherie Priest
All These Bodies, by Kendare Blake
Clown in a Cornfield, by Adam Cesare
The Companion, by Kate Alexander
Daughters Unto Devils, by Amy Lukavics
Dead Flip, by Sara Farizan
The Devil and Winnie Flynn, by Micol Ostow
Devils Unto Dust, by Emma Berquist
The Diviners, by Libba Bray
Find Him Where You Left Him Dead, Kristen Simmons
The Getaway, by Lamar Giles
Gorgeous Gruesome Faces, by Linda Cheng
In the Shadow of Blackbirds, by Cat Winters
Labyrinth Lost, by Zoraida Córdova
The Marrow Thieves, by Cheries Dimaline
Mooncakes, by Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu
#MurderTrending, by Gretchen McNeil
Our Shadows Have Claws, Edited by Yamile Saied Méndez & Amparo Ortiz
Rotters, by Daniel Kraus
Slasher Girls and Monster Boys, by April Genevieve Tucholke
Squad, by Maggie Toduka-Hall & Lisa Sterle
Undead Girl Gang, by Lily Anderson
What We Harvest, by Ann Fraistat
Middle Grade
Beetle & the Hollowbones, by Aliza Layne
Case File 13: Zombie Kid, by J. Scott Savage
Doll Bones, by Holly Black
Eerie Tales from the School of Screams, by Graham Annable
Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods, by Hal Johnson
The Forgotten Girl, by India Hill Brown
Garlic & the Vampire, by Bree Paulsen
Hide and Seeker, by Daka Hermon
Hoodoo, by Ronald L. Smith
It Came from the Trees, by Ally Russell
The Jumbies, by Tracey Baptiste
Living Ghosts & Mischievous Monsters, by Dan SaSuWeh Jones
My Aunt Is a Monster, by Reimena Yee
The Nest, by Kenneth Oppel
Ollie's Odyssey, by William Joyce
Ophie's Ghost, by Justina Ireland
Ravenous Things, by Derrick Chow
Scary Stories for Young Foxes, by Christian McKay Heidicker
Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden
A Small Zombie Problem, by K.G. Campbell
Spirit Hunters, by Ellen Oh
This Appearing House, by Ally Malinenko
Through the Woods, by Emily Carroll
Whichwood, by Tahereh Mafi