Gather around, book-loving ghouls and ghosties, for a frighteningly fun adventure with these 36 spooky and scary books for kids. This collection of tales is bound to give children the heebie-jeebies as they explore haunted houses, cursed objects, ghostly encounters, and eerie creatures lurking in the shadows!
1. “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman
2. “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman
3. “Goosebumps series” by R.L. Stine
4. “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series” by Alvin Schwartz
5. “The Witches” by Roald Dahl
6. “Doll Bones” by Holly Black
7. “Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery” by Deborah Howe and James Howe
8. “A Tale Dark & Grimm series” by Adam Gidwitz
9. “Skeleton Man” by Joseph Bruchac
10. “Small Spaces” by Katherine Arden
11. “Lockwood & Co. series” by Jonathan Stroud
12. “City of Ghosts series” by Victoria Schwab ++
13. “The Night Gardener” by Jonathan Auxier
14. “Serafina and the Black Cloak” by Robert Beatty
15. “Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story” by Mary Downing Hahn
16. “Nightmares! series” by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller ++
17. “Shadow House series” by Dan Poblocki ++
18. “Spirit Hunters series” by Ellen Oh ++
19. “Ghostsitters: Araminta Spookie series” Angie Sage
20. “Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare (The Saga of Darren Shan Book 1)” by Darren Shan
21. “The Last Apprentice series (Wardstone Chronicles) ” by Joseph Delaney ++
22. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs
23. “Howard Wallace, P.I. series: Shadow of the Bat” by Casey Lyall
24. “The Haunting of Hill House: A Graphic Novel Adaptation” by Shirley Jackson and Sara Witty
25. “Remarkables” by Margaret Peterson Haddix
26. “Witch Wars Series” by Sibéal Pounder
27. “Spooky-ooky House” by Tracey Corderoy
28. “Zombiekins: Bears, Dolls, and Other Terrors” by Kevin Bolger
29. “Monsterville: A Lissa Black Production” by Sarah S Reida
30. “The Monsters of Rookhaven” By Padraig Kenny
31. “Ghost Squad” by Claribel A. Ortega
32. “Hide and Seeker” by Daka Hermon
33. “A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting series” Joe Ballarini++
34. “Ghost Huntress series” Marley Gibson++
35. “Poison for Breakfast: A Novel Recipe for Detectiveby Lemony Snicket”
36.”The Ghost Belonged to Me” Richard Peck
With a mix of classic favorites and thrilling new tales, this list offers creepy, spine-tingling stories suitable for readers with different taste buds in the world of horror! Let your little ones immerse themselves in these haunted adventures and introduce them to the mysterious, eerie realm of spooky and scary kid’s books!
