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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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Unwind (Unwind, #1)
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
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Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare (Cirque du Freak, #1)
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Darren Shan (Goodreads Author)
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
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3.90 avg rating — 147,209 ratings
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Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1)
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Kendare Blake (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 107,334 ratings
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Blood and Chocolate
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The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
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3.96 avg rating — 4,324 ratings
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Jade Green
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Malice
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Griffin Hayes (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 341 ratings
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Marked (House of Night, #1)
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P.C. Cast (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 519,518 ratings
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Being Dead
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3.73 avg rating — 1,228 ratings
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The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1)
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Night World, No. 1 (Night World, #1-3)
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4.06 avg rating — 66,404 ratings
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Look for Me by Moonlight
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Mary Downing Hahn (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 4,021 ratings
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The Devouring (The Devouring, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 7,997 ratings
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Night World, No. 2 (Night World, #4-6)
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4.20 avg rating — 60,080 ratings
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Mummy
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3.33 avg rating — 565 ratings
score: 263,
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Soulstice (The Devouring, #2)
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4.15 avg rating — 3,212 ratings
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Spectre Nightmares and Visitations
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Pamela K. Kinney (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 ratings
score: 196,
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Night World, No. 3 (Night World, #7-9)
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4.20 avg rating — 66,483 ratings
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SilverFin (Young Bond, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 14,623 ratings
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Are You in the House Alone?
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Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander, #1)
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3.76 avg rating — 78,239 ratings
score: 183,
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Everlost (The Skinjacker Trilogy, #1)
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 36,530 ratings
score: 182,
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The Monkey's Paw (Oxford Bookworms)
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Diane Mowat (Adapted by)
3.87 avg rating — 22,902 ratings
score: 176,
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The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
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Libba Bray (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 101,279 ratings
score: 176,
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Gallows Hill
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3.75 avg rating — 3,290 ratings
score: 171,
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A Deadly Game of Magic
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3.82 avg rating — 1,540 ratings
score: 169,
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Nightmare
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3.71 avg rating — 871 ratings
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We All Fall Down
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3.80 avg rating — 2,653 ratings
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The Mummy (Ramses the Damned #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 48,440 ratings
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The Rag and Bone Shop
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3.74 avg rating — 3,655 ratings
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Killing Mr. Griffin
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The Thirteenth Chime (Sense of Truth, #1)
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3.59 avg rating — 375 ratings
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Grey Dogs
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Ian D.G. Sandusky (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 155 ratings
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The Tomb (Hunters of the Dark Book 0)
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Dave Ferraro (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings
score: 100,
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Project 17
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Laurie Faria Stolarz (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 3,725 ratings
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Wendigo Fever (Warden, #1)
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Kevin Hardman (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 299 ratings
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The Stowaway
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Alive
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Chandler Baker (Goodreads Author)
3.42 avg rating — 1,363 ratings
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Jenny Pox (The Paranormals, #1)
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J.L. Bryan (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 7,712 ratings
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The Tome
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Troy Christensen (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Sacrifice Box
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Martin Stewart (Goodreads Author)
3.26 avg rating — 2,284 ratings
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Midwinterblood
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3.71 avg rating — 11,867 ratings
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Slasher Girls & Monster Boys
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April Genevieve Tucholke (Editor and Contributor)
3.87 avg rating — 9,382 ratings
score: 99,
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Sunshine
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Fearscape (The Devouring, #3)
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4.15 avg rating — 2,105 ratings
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Enclave (Razorland, #1)
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Ann Aguirre (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 70,624 ratings
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The Hunter (The Forbidden Game, #1)
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3.98 avg rating — 7,031 ratings
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The Call (The Call, #1)
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Peadar Ó Guilín (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 15,424 ratings
score: 96,
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Dead Girls Don't Write Letters
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Gail Giles (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 2,687 ratings
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The Dead House
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Dawn Kurtagich (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 8,061 ratings
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Black Juice
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Margo Lanagan (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 1,350 ratings
score: 94,
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Shutter
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Courtney Alameda (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 3,088 ratings
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Creature of the Night
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Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin, #1)
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Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 36,706 ratings
score: 93,
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The Weirdo
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The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)
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The Haunting (Laurel-Leaf Books)
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The Knowers
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Merry Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 75 ratings
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The Obituary Writer
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Ann Hood (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 15,708 ratings
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Summer of Fear
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Running Blind (Jack Reacher, #4)
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Lee Child (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 121,202 ratings
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Companions of the Night
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The Host (The Host, #1)
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Tithe (Modern Faerie Tales, #1)
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Holly Black (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 105,581 ratings
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Fallen (Fallen, #1)
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Lauren Kate (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 613,724 ratings
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The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1)
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Melissa Albert (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 100,998 ratings
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Mystic River
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Dennis Lehane (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 162,172 ratings
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Grasshopper Jungle
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The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1)
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Jeffery Deaver (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 193,531 ratings
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Jasper Jones
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Craig Silvey (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 42,681 ratings
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Gone (Gone, #1)
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Michael Grant (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 209,081 ratings
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The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1)
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James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 232,420 ratings
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Surrender
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1-900-Killer
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I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)
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Buried Alive : And Other True Stories
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If He Hollers (An Avon Flare Book)
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The Pigman (The Pigman, #1)
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Master of Murder
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Breathe: A Ghost Story
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Witch Boy (Witch Boy Trilogy, #1)
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The Name of the Game Was Murder
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The Pack
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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
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.
You mean crazy people? Most people probably wouldn't put books about crazy people on a horror list. :)I liked UNWIND a lot, too!
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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They aren't scary. At all.