Spooky season has arrived! Add these 18 wicked reads to your TBR this Halloween for locked-door mysteries, haunted houses, and summer camp scares!

Two Sides to Every Murder by Danielle Valentine

From the author of How to Survive Your Murder comes a propulsive thriller about two teens who return to Camp Lost Lake, site of an infamous murder case that sealed their fates.

Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan

This queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do is now in paperback.

The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

From the author of New York Times bestseller House of Hollow comes a darkly seductive witchy thriller where, though both men and demons lurk in shadows, girls refuse to go quietly into the night.

Under the Surface by Diana Urban

An epic survival-thriller about four teens lost in the Paris catacombs. 

Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Downstairs Girl comes a YA murder mystery noir set in 1930s Los Angeles’s Chinatown. Now in paperback!

Bittersweet in the Hollow by Kate Pearsall

Now in paperback, this beautifully dark and enthralling YA features a mysterious disappearance in a secluded Appalachian town.

Full Shift by Jennifer Dugan and Kit Seaton

In this queer, supernatural YA graphic novel from the author of Some Girls Do and the illustrator of Wonder Woman: Warbringer, a reluctant teen werewolf would do anything to be human—if that’s what it takes to win her crush’s heart.

Come Out Come Out by Natalie C. Parker

A spine-tingling LGBTQIA+ YA horror about queer teens who accidentally invoke a twisted spirit who promises help but delivers something sinister.

The Ghostkeeper by Johanna Taylor

Perfect for fans of everything from Lockwood & Co. to The Haunting of Hill House, this gothic graphic novel follows a young medium with the gift—or curse, as some might say—to communicate with the dead.

Red in Tooth and Claw by Lish McBride

A dark young adult Western fantasy about a teen in a remote settlement full of monsters and secrets.

The Legacies by Jessica Goodman

A glitzy YA thriller set in New York City elite social circles, filled with backstabbing and blackmail, twisty secrets, and a dead body, from New York Times bestselling author Jessica Goodman, now in paperback.

Holly Horror #1 by Michelle Jabès Corpora

A beloved classic reimagined with a dark twist. Can Evie find out what happened the night of Holly’s disappearance? Or is history doomed to repeat itself in the Horror House?

Holly Horror #2 by Michelle Jabès Corpora

In this terrifying sequel, Evie Archer and her friends face a new evil ready to devour their town whole.

One Last Breath by Ginny Myers Sain

The New York Times bestselling author of Dark & Shallow Lies delivers another chilling supernatural thriller filled with murder, romance, and a decades long mystery that haunts a small Florida town.

Hearts Still Beating by Brooke Archer

An immersive and romantic post-apocalyptic sapphic novel perfect for fans of Krystal Sutherland, Adam Silvera, and The Last of Us.

Girls Who Burn by M.K. Pagino

Jessica Goodman meets Jesse Q. Sutanto in this twisty enemies-to-lovers thriller, full of secrets, privilege, and murder.

The Glass Scientists Vol 1 by S.H. Cotugno

The gothic worlds of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, and more collide in this graphic novel series about buried secrets, mad science, and misunderstood monsters. For fans of stylish reimaginings like Lore Olympus and gaslamp fantasies like The Night Circus!

The Glass Scientists Vol 2 by S.H. Cotugno

The second book in the YA graphic novel series about star-crossed lovers and misunderstood monsters, which is already a webcomic phenomenon!

Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz

One of Us Is Lying meets Knives Out in this glamorous locked-room mystery. Now in paperback!

The Terrifying Tales of Vivian Vance by Josh Ulrich

Gravity Falls meets Five Nights at Freddy’s in this thrilling lightly gothic YA graphic novel, for those who love a dash of camp and a dollop of darkness.

The Darkness Rises by Stacy Stokes

A gripping speculative thriller perfect for fans of Lauren Oliver and Ginny Myers Sain, about one girl with the power to see death before it happens—and the terrible consequences she faces when saving someone goes wrong.

We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim

Frankenstein meets Indian mythology in this twisty, darkly atmospheric fantasy where the real horrors are not the monsters you face, but the ones you create.

Not Dead Enough by Tyffany D. Neiheiser

Girl in Pieces meets Cracked Up to Be in this raw and candid look at trauma about a girl who is being haunted and stalked by her definitely dead ex-boyfriend.

Books to look forward to…

Lies on the Serpent’s Tongue by Kate Pearsall – January 7

In this haunting companion novel to Bittersweet in the Hollow, a girl who can smell the lies of others uncovers the incendiary mysteries of her small Appalachian town.

The Meadowbrook Murders by Jessica Goodman – February 4

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of They Wish They Were Us and The Counselors, comes a page-turning murder mystery set at a prestigious New England boarding school about the importance–and price–of telling the truth.

The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. Taylor – February 25

The New York Times bestselling author of Hotel Magnifique returns with another glittering dark fantasy about a deadly mystery that spans worlds and a teenage girl who must risk everything to uncover the truth.

When the Bones Sing by Ginny Myers Sain – March 4

From New York Times bestselling author of Dark and Shallow Lies comes a new southern gothic supernatural thriller about a teen girl in a small Ozark town who can hear the bones of the dead.

Deadstream by Mar Romasco-Moore – April 1

Rear Window meets The Ring in this sinister YA thriller, in which a teen girl witnesses the livestreamed murder of a popular online streamer by a paranormal entity . . . and could be its next victim.

Lady or the Tiger by Heather M. Herrman – June 10

A twisty, darkly seductive anti-hero origin story, starring a teenage killer whose trial in the Wild West is upended when her first victim, her husband, arrives alive with a story to tell.