October is the official season of spooky reads. Whether you want to be a bit scared or totally terrified, there’s a new book for you! Here are our favorites of 2021.
PICTURE BOOKS
10 Spooky Pumpkins by Gris Gimly
Brains!: Not Just a Zombie Snack by Stacy McAnulty
El Cucuy Is Scared, Too! by Donna Barba Higuera
Frankenslime by Joy Keller
Hardly Haunted by Jessie Sima
How to Talk Monster by Lynn Plourde
Looking for a Jumbie by Tracey Baptiste
Poultrygeist by Eric Geron
Trick or Treat, Crankenstein! by Samantha Berger
Vampenguin by Lucy Ruth Cummins
Vampire Peter by Ben Manley
We’re Going on a Pumpkin Hunt by Goldie Hawk
The Wheels on the Bus at Halloween by Sarah Kieley
Which Nose for Witch? by David Crosby
NOVELS
13th Street: Tussle with the Tooting Tarantulas by David Bowles
Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab (ebook & audiobook on Overdrive, audiobook on Hoopla)
Camp Murderface: Doom in the Deep by Josh Berk & Saundra Mitchell
Dark Waters by Katherine Arden (ebook & audiobook on Overdrive)
Desmond Cole, Ghost Patrol: The Vampire Ate My Homework by Andres Miedoso
Ghost Girl by Ally Malinenko (ebook & audiobook on Overdrive)
Ghoulia and the Doomed Manor by Barbara Cantini (audiobook on Hoopla)
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter: Narwhal I’m Around by Aaron Reynolds (ebook & audiobook on Overdrive)
Karma Moon, Ghosthunter by Melissa Savage (ebook & audiobook on Overdrive)
Long Lost by Jacqueline West (ebook & audiobook on Overdrive)
Ms. Frogbottom’s Field Trips: Fangs for Having Us! by Nancy Krulik (audiobook on Hoopla)
Night Frights: The Haunted Mustache by Joe McGee
Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland (ebook & audiobook on Overdrive)
Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares by Tehlor Kay Mejia (ebook on Overdrive & Hoopla)
Pixie Tricks: The Halloween Goblin by Tracey West
The Plentiful Darkness by Heather Kassner
Root Magic by Eden Royce (ebook & audiobook on Overdrive)
Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney (ebook & audiobook on Overdrive, ebook on Hoopla)
GRAPHIC NOVELS
The Accursed Vampire by Madeline McGrane (ebook on Overdrive)
Adventures of the Bailey School Kids: Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots by Pearl Low (ebook on Overdrive)
Ham Helsing: Vampire Hunter by Rich Moyer (ebook on Overdrive)
Paranorthern and the Chaos Bunny A-hop-calypse by Stephanie Cooke (ebook on Overdrive)
The Okay Witch and the Hungry Shadow by Emma Steinkellner (ebook on Overdrive)
NONFICTION
What Is the Story of the Mummy? by Sheila Keenan
