DCPL's Teen Horror Booklist

Booklist of 19 YA horror novels. One of 14 award-winning Booklists for Teens, created by librarians at DC Public Library in Washington, DC--with some additions by elissa and other voters.
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3.83 avg rating — 3,407 ratings
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3.48 avg rating — 341 ratings
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3.82 avg rating — 519,347 ratings
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3.73 avg rating — 1,228 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 20,479 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 66,398 ratings
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3.78 avg rating — 4,022 ratings
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3.94 avg rating — 7,996 ratings
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4.20 avg rating — 60,081 ratings
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3.33 avg rating — 563 ratings
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4.15 avg rating — 3,211 ratings
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3.84 avg rating — 14,619 ratings
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3.52 avg rating — 1,702 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 78,200 ratings
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3.96 avg rating — 36,508 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 22,895 ratings
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3.94 avg rating — 101,256 ratings
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3.75 avg rating — 3,289 ratings
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3.82 avg rating — 1,540 ratings
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3.71 avg rating — 871 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 2,651 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 48,428 ratings
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3.74 avg rating — 3,648 ratings
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3.62 avg rating — 12,993 ratings
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3.59 avg rating — 376 ratings
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3.66 avg rating — 155 ratings
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings
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3.72 avg rating — 3,726 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 299 ratings
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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3.42 avg rating — 1,363 ratings
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3.65 avg rating — 7,712 ratings
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3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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3.26 avg rating — 2,284 ratings
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3.71 avg rating — 11,861 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 9,380 ratings
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3.84 avg rating — 43,932 ratings
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4.15 avg rating — 2,104 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 70,617 ratings
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3.98 avg rating — 7,028 ratings
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3.83 avg rating — 15,414 ratings
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3.57 avg rating — 2,687 ratings
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3.67 avg rating — 8,056 ratings
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3.71 avg rating — 1,350 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 3,086 ratings
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3.13 avg rating — 915 ratings
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4.10 avg rating — 36,691 ratings
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3.58 avg rating — 729 ratings
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3.98 avg rating — 202,802 ratings
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3.67 avg rating — 1,171 ratings
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3.93 avg rating — 75 ratings
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3.73 avg rating — 15,700 ratings
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3.82 avg rating — 5,805 ratings
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4.13 avg rating — 121,098 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 6,347 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 1,042,538 ratings
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3.69 avg rating — 105,509 ratings
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3.72 avg rating — 613,517 ratings
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3.56 avg rating — 100,946 ratings
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4.17 avg rating — 161,909 ratings
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3.64 avg rating — 18,820 ratings
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4.20 avg rating — 193,258 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 42,639 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 209,014 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 232,377 ratings
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3.66 avg rating — 2,272 ratings
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3.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
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3.94 avg rating — 350,300 ratings
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2.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings
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3.60 avg rating — 28,584 ratings
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3.71 avg rating — 2,242 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 3,764 ratings
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3.02 avg rating — 89 ratings
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3.84 avg rating — 1,290 ratings
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3.61 avg rating — 126 ratings
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84 books · 67 voters · list created July 13th, 2009 by elissa (votes) .
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elissa 2703 books
352 friends
Ricki 5171 books
1478 friends
Amanda 2786 books
276 friends
Rhoda 2075 books
17 friends
voiceofmadness 2373 books
50 friends
Adam 2430 books
254 friends
Bismah 167 books
17 friends
Jennifer 2151 books
3 friends

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message 1: by Leah (new)

Leah These books...
They aren't scary. At all.


message 2: by elissa (last edited Apr 14, 2010 01:25PM) (new)

elissa Hi Leah,

Well, I understand that that's your opinion, but there are definitely people who think that some of them are scary!

I specifically thought that Haunting Of Alaizabel Cray was really scary, myself.

Have you read all of the books on this list? Which is your favorite, even if you don't think it's scary?

Elissa


message 3: by Leah (new)

Leah I haven't read all of them, but I've read most.
My favorite, though, would have to be Unwind by Neal Shusterman. The way he views things is just so fascinating.
I dunno, some are creepy, but not 'Dear-lord-there's-no-sleeping-tonight' creepy.
To me, books about crazies are the creepiest.


message 4: by elissa (new)

elissa You mean crazy people? Most people probably wouldn't put books about crazy people on a horror list. :)

I liked UNWIND a lot, too!


message 5: by elissa (new)

elissa I really dislike when authors add their own books to booklists. There are several books added by authors on this list, and I'm not sure that all of them are even teen books, so beware if only one person has voted for the book, especially if it's the same person who wrote it!


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