It's Never Too Early for Halloween: Wicked YA Reads This Summer

Shadow Over the Pumpkin Queen

By Megan Shepherd

Follow Sally to a dark realm called Shadow Town—where a powerful foe awaits her—in the #1 New York Times bestselling series inspired by Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas!

There Are Ghosts Here

Willa has no memory of anything before arriving at Dorsey House, and when she meets two sinister girls who seem to already know her, she slowly begins to lose her grip on what is real . . . and what is a lie. A haunting contemporary speculative thriller for fans of Kill Creatures and We Were Liars.

How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House

By Jenny L. Howe

In this spooky, small-town Summerween romance, an amateur ghost hunter and a supernatural skeptic team up for a haunted home renovation project. But is their relationship the real fixer upper?

Agatha Harkness: Fall of the Coven

By Sara Shepard

When Agatha Harkness finds herself yanked out of her mysterious past and plopped in a modern-day high school, the race is on to find the key to saving her coven while discovering first love and battling an ancient foe.

Everything She Does Is Magic

By Bridget Morrissey

A brooding witch and a bubbly mortal must team up during their town’s fall festival in this cozy sapphic romance, perfect for fans of Gilmore Girls and Wicked!

Charmed and Dangerous

By Shelly Page

A teen mystic will do anything to solve a series of love-related magical mishaps plaguing her high school, including fake dating her boss’s daughter, in this charming sapphic romance.

Extraordinary Quests for Amateur Witches

By Kayla Cottingham

After accidentally cursing his ex-boyfriend, a reluctant hero must complete a dangerous quest to undo his spell . . . all while falling for a brooding new crewmate with dark secrets.

Nest of Tongues

By Randy Ribay

A lyrical, evocative horror about vampires from the Philippines . . . and a hunter on their tail. A brother and sister fight to protect their secrets, their community, and most of all, each other, in this evocative novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Patron Saints of Nothing.

I Am Not a Vampire (Anymore)

By Darcy Miller

Being a teenager bites—literally. When a classmate develops a thirst for blood, one girl must confront her secret supernatural past before things turn deadly. Sink your teeth into this dark and hilarious YA debut from an award-winning author.

The Transition

By Logan-Ashley Kisner

A transgender teen’s post-op recovery is derailed when he is bitten by a werewolf and his body begins to change. A thought-provoking page-turner that will haunt you for days!

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

By Kiersten White

A stunning and dark reimagining of Frankenstein told from the point-of-view of Elizabeth Lavenza, who is taken in by the Frankenstein family.

A Lesson in Vengeance

By Victoria Lee

A dark, twisty thriller about a centuries-old, ivy-covered boarding school haunted by its history of witchcraft and two girls dangerously close to digging up the past. The dangerous romance and atmospheric setting makes it a perfect read for fans of dark academia.

That Which Feeds Us: A Sunnie Reads Select

By Keala Kendall

A native Hawaiian teen travels to a luxury island resort in search of her missing twin and uncovers the dark side of paradise, in this riveting supernatural thriller.

And the River Drags Her Down

By Jihyun Yun

Coming 09.29.26

She has always known the rules: Never resurrect anything larger than the palm of her hand. But that was before her sister died. . . .

The stunning hardcover of And the River Drags Her Down features gorgeous stenciled edges and a matching case stamp!

Natural Selection

By Clare Edge

Coming 08.25.26

Three girls bond in unsettling ways when a grizzly starts picking off known abusers in their secluded mountain town in this darkly funny, deeply feminist novel for fans of books like The Honeys and Wilder Girls.

Mystery Guest

By Maren Stoffels

From the author of Escape Room comes a thrilling whodunnit. Three people all confess to murdering the same person, they all have motives, but only one is the true killer.

The Saw Mouth

By Cale Plett

For fans of The Last Bookstore on Earth and Compound Fracture, a heart-pounding rural horror following a genderqueer teen who survives a near-apocalypse, only to be hunted by a mysterious monster whose very existence is entwined with their own.

Thornbird

By E. Kennedy

The daughter of a notorious serial killer races to solve the crimes of her family’s twisted past—before it’s too late—in this highly anticipated young adult thriller from the pen name of Elle Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author of the Off Campus series!

It’s Never Too Early for Halloween: Wicked YA Reads This Summer

Do you start counting down to Halloween long before fall arrives?

General Summerween Reading

Shadow Over the Pumpkin Queen

By Megan Shepherd

There Are Ghosts Here

By Adrienne Tooley

How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House

By Jenny L. Howe

Witchy Summerween Reads

Agatha Harkness: Fall of the Coven

By Sara Shepard

Everything She Does Is Magic

By Bridget Morrissey

Charmed and Dangerous

By Shelly Page

Extraordinary Quests for Amateur Witches

By Kayla Cottingham

Paranormal Summerween Reads

Nest of Tongues

By Randy Ribay

I Am Not a Vampire (Anymore)

By Darcy Miller

The Transition

By Logan-Ashley Kisner

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

By Kiersten White

A Lesson in Vengeance

By Victoria Lee

Horror Summerween Reads

That Which Feeds Us: A Sunnie Reads Select

By Keala Kendall

And the River Drags Her Down

By Jihyun Yun

Natural Selection

By Clare Edge

Mystery Guest

By Maren Stoffels

The Saw Mouth

By Cale Plett

Thornbird

By E. Kennedy

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