With spooky season just around the corner, we’ve rounded up 13 novels that are sure to send shivers down your spine. Whether you’re looking to start a spell-binding series or find your next favorite dark standalone, this list provides something for everyone this Summerween.
They Call her Regret
by Channelle Desamours
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In this young adult speculative mystery, a teen must find a way to free a cursed witch in order to save her best friend before time runs out.
Needy Little Things
by Channelle Desamours
The Thrashers
by Julie Soto
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Either you’re in or you’re out.
Welcome to the Thrashers, the elite friend group at New Helvetia High.
They’re everything everyone wants to be.
The Good Vampire’s Guide to Blood & Boyfriends
by Jamie D’Amato
Moonsick
by Tom O’Donnell
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The Last of Us meets Teen Wolf in this fast-paced horror debut about a young woman who realizes she’s been turned into a werewolf and must choose to turn herself in or live a life on the run.
Witchlore
by Emma Hinds
Dead Fake
by Vincent Ralph
What the Woods Took
by Courtney Gould
The Cove
by Claire Rose
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Midsommar meets Fear Street in this modern, sea-soaked folk horror debut about fighting to survive, and fighting to be yourself.
Final Cut
by Olivia Worley
Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin
by Nancy Springer
Enola Holmes—international bestselling and Netflix streaming sensation—returns when the rescue of a young woman sends her into battle with her brother Sherlock against his most deadly, implacable enemy – Professor Moriarty.
My Roommate from Hell
by Cale Dietrich
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A swoon-worthy YA rom-com about an ambitious college student whose plans get derailed when he discovers his roommate is the prince of hell.
Oxford Blood
by Rachael Davis-Featherstone