RIYL Scary Stories (MS)

Scary Stories Middle school Book List

Abduction by Rodman Philbrick 

Asylum (Series) by Madeleine Roux

1. Escape from Asylum (Prequel) 

2. Asylum

3. Sanctum

4. Catacomb

Back of Beyond: Stories of the Supernatural by Sarah Ellis

Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender

Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassedy

Bites:  Scary Stories to Sink Your Teeth Into by Lois Metzger

The Blooding by Patricia Windsor 

The Book of Bad Things by Dan Poblocki

The Book Without Words by Avi 

The Buried by Melissa Grey

The Burning Baby by John Gordon 

Bury Me by K. R. Alexander

The Chessmen of Doom by John Bellairs

Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver 

Chronicles of Vladimir Tod (series) by Heather Brewer (Get the Bookmark / Get the Shelf Talker)

The Collected by K.R. Alexander

Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde

Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Get the Movie Poster)

The Slayer Chronicles by Heather Brewer

Cirque Du Freak the Saga of Darren Shan (Manga also available) (Get the Bookmark / Get the Shelf Talker / Get the Movie Poster)

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn 

Dark Eden by Patrick Carman

Darkroom by K. R. Alexander

Dead Girl's Diary by K. R. Alexander

Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender

Demon In My View by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes 

Doll Bones by Holly Black

Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan

Dread Detention by Jennifer Killick

The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by Alexandra Bracken

• The Last Life of Prince Alastor

The Drowned by K. R. Alexander

Eerie Indiana (series) by Mike Ford

Escape by K. R. Alexander

Famous Last Words by Katie Alender

Fear Street Series by R. L. Stine

The Fear Zone by K. R. Alexander

Five Night's at Freddy's Series by Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley (Get the Bookmark / Get the Shelf Talker / Get the Movie Poster)

• The Silver Eyes

• The Twisted Ones

• The Fourth Closet

Follow Me by K. R. Alexander

The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown

Frightmares series by Peg Kehret

From Bad to Cursed by Katie Alender

Frozen Charlotte a ghost story by Alex Bell

Gallows Hill by Lois Duncan 

The Ghost Behind the Wall by Melvin Burgess

The Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki

The Ghost in the Mirror by John Bellairs

Ghost Town:  Seven Ghostly Stories by Joan Lowery Nixon

Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost by Cornelia Funke 

Ghost in the Headlights by Lindsey Duga

Goosebumps (series) by R. L. Stine (Get the Movie Poster)

The Gourmet Zombie by Paul Zindel

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 

The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury

The Haunted by Meg Cabot 

Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon

The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The House With a Clock In Its Walls by John Bellairs

The Haunting by Joan Lowery Nixon 

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Derek Stone by Tony Abbot 

Horowitz Horror by Anthony Horowitz 

House of Dark Shadows (series) by Robert Liparulo (Get the Shelf Talker)

The House With a Clock In Its Walls by John Bellairs 

If Antything Happens to Me by Luanne Rice

Killer Pizza by Greg Taylor

The Last Apprentice (series) by Joseph Delaney 

The Magic Circle by Donna Jo Napoli 

Malice by Chris Wooding

Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender

The Mummy, The Witch, and the Crypt by John Bellairs

Nightmares (series) by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller

1. Nightmares!

2. Sleepwalker Tonic, The

3. Lost Lullaby, The

Playing With Fire by Kathleen Karr 

Ranger’s Apprentice (series) by John Flanagan 

Raven’s Gate (series) by Anthony Horowitz 

Remember Me by Christopher Pike 

Reef Of Death by Paul Zindel 

Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Mayberry (Get the Shelf Talker)

Scare Me by K. R. Alexander

Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales by Brian Jacques

The Shadow Club by Neal Schusterman

Shadow House Series by Dan Poblocki (Get the Shelf Talker)

• The Gathering

• You Can't Hide

• No Way Out

• The Missing

Shadowmakers by Joan Lowery Nixon

The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause

Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman 

Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden (Get the Shelf Talker)

• Small Spaces

• Dark Waters

• Dead Voices

• Empty Smiles

Something Upstairs by Avi 

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury 

Sweet Miss Honeywell’s Revenge by Kathryn Reiss 

Tales of the Midnight Hour by J. B. Stamper 

Tales to Keep You Up at Night by Dan Poblocki

More Tales to Keep You Up at Night

Tartabull’s Throw by Henry Garfield 

Teacher’s Pet by Richie T. Cusick

The Thief of Always by Clive Barker 

Time For Andrew by Mary Downing Hahn

Took: a ghost story by Mary Downing Hahn

The Twisted Window by Lois Duncan

Vacancy by K. R. Alexander

Vampire Plagues by Sebastian Rook

Vampire’s Promise by Caroline Cooney 

Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson

Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

Graphic Novels

741.5 Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel

741.5 Anya's ghost by Vera Brosgol

Classics:

Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Eight Tales of Terror by Edgar Allan Poe

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Tales of Mystery and Terror by Edgar Allan Poe

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Stranger Than Fiction Blog Post on Mrs. G Talks Books about the display featured above.

Nonfiction Titles:

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Series by Alvin Schwartz (MS Lesson Plan)

• • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • More Scary Stories

  • Scary Stories 3

• How they croaked : the awful ends of the awfully famous. Georgia Bragg ; illustrated by Kevin O'Malley.  Shares the sometimes gruesome details of the deaths of nineteen famous historical figures, including King Tut, Pocahontas, George Washington, Edgar Allan Poe, and Marie Curie. 

• They lost their heads! : what happened to Washington's teeth, Einstein's brain, and other famous body parts by Carlyn Beccia."From the kidnapping of Einstein's brain to the . . . end of Louis XIV's heart, the mysteries surrounding some of history's most famous body parts range from medical to macabre. Carlyn Beccia explores the misadventures of noteworthy body parts through history and uses them as springboards for exploring topics such as forensics, DNA testing, brain science, organ donation, and cloning . . ."--Provided by publisher. 

Scary Authors:

Katie Alender

K. R. Alexander

Katherine Arden

Holly Black

Ray Bradbury

Zac (Heather) Brewer

Scott Cawthon

Lindsey Duga

Neil Gaiman

Mary Downing Hahn

Charlie Higson

Anthony Horowitz

Gregg Hurwitz

Peg Keheret

Christopher Krovatin

Robert Liparulo

Jonathan Maberry

Edgar Alan Poe

Dan Poblocki

Darren Shan

R. L. Stine

Greg Taylor

Paul Zindel

See Also:

• RIYL Goosebumps (Scary Series for Middle School)

• RIYL Horror (High School)

• RIYL Vampires

• RIYL Werewolves

• RIYL Zombies