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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)
4.17 avg rating — 247,923 ratings
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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 — 152,469 ratings
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Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1)
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Kendare Blake (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 107,580 ratings
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Blood and Chocolate
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3.80 avg rating — 43,898 ratings
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The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
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3.96 avg rating — 4,342 ratings
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Jade Green
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3.83 avg rating — 3,423 ratings
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Malice
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Griffin Hayes (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 341 ratings
score: 466,
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Marked (House of Night, #1)
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P.C. Cast (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 521,468 ratings
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Being Dead
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3.73 avg rating — 1,235 ratings
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Night World, No. 1 (Night World, #1-3)
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4.06 avg rating — 66,504 ratings
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Look for Me by Moonlight
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Mary Downing Hahn (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 4,045 ratings
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The Devouring (The Devouring, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 8,009 ratings
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The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 20,596 ratings
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Night World, No. 2 (Night World, #4-6)
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4.20 avg rating — 60,134 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 — 3,221 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 — 66,517 ratings
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SilverFin (Young Bond, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 14,693 ratings
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Are You in the House Alone?
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3.52 avg rating — 1,708 ratings
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Faceless Killers (Wallander, #1)
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3.76 avg rating — 78,750 ratings
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The Monkey's Paw (Oxford Bookworms)
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Diane Mowat (Adapted by)
3.87 avg rating — 23,012 ratings
score: 176,
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The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
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Libba Bray (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 101,571 ratings
score: 176,
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Gallows Hill
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A Deadly Game of Magic
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3.82 avg rating — 1,548 ratings
score: 169,
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Nightmare
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3.71 avg rating — 871 ratings
score: 167,
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We All Fall Down
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3.80 avg rating — 2,660 ratings
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The Mummy (Ramses the Damned #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 48,653 ratings
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The Rag and Bone Shop
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3.74 avg rating — 3,673 ratings
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Killing Mr. Griffin
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3.62 avg rating — 13,118 ratings
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The Thirteenth Chime (Sense of Truth, #1)
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3.59 avg rating — 376 ratings
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Grey Dogs
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Ian D.G. Sandusky (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 156 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 — 3,730 ratings
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Wendigo Fever (Warden, #1)
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Kevin Hardman (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 302 ratings
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The Stowaway
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Alive
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Chandler Baker (Goodreads Author)
3.42 avg rating — 1,368 ratings
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Jenny Pox (The Paranormals, #1)
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J.L. Bryan (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 7,717 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 — 2,310 ratings
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Midwinterblood
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3.71 avg rating — 11,912 ratings
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Slasher Girls & Monster Boys
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April Genevieve Tucholke (Editor and Contributor)
3.87 avg rating — 9,429 ratings
score: 99,
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Sunshine
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Fearscape (The Devouring, #3)
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4.15 avg rating — 2,112 ratings
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Enclave (Razorland, #1)
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Ann Aguirre (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 70,755 ratings
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The Hunter (The Forbidden Game, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 7,058 ratings
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The Call (The Call, #1)
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Peadar Ó Guilín (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 15,566 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 — 2,702 ratings
score: 95,
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The Dead House
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Dawn Kurtagich (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 8,116 ratings
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Black Juice
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Margo Lanagan (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 1,355 ratings
score: 94,
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Shutter
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Courtney Alameda (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 3,102 ratings
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Creature of the Night
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3.14 avg rating — 922 ratings
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Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin, #1)
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Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 36,853 ratings
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The Weirdo
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The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)
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3.98 avg rating — 203,671 ratings
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The Haunting (Laurel-Leaf Books)
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3.67 avg rating — 1,182 ratings
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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 — 15,796 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 — 122,648 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 — 106,551 ratings
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Fallen (Fallen, #1)
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Lauren Kate (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 616,102 ratings
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The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1)
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Melissa Albert (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 101,611 ratings
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Everlost (The Skinjacker Trilogy, #1)
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 36,715 ratings
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Mystic River
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Dennis Lehane (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 164,148 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 — 194,888 ratings
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Jasper Jones
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Craig Silvey (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 43,190 ratings
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Gone (Gone, #1)
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Michael Grant (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 209,840 ratings
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The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1)
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James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 232,909 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.