Horror Stories for Teens
Lots of great horror novels have come out in the last year. Here are eight of the best. (Created September 2025) MS = middle school
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And the Trees Stare Back
Vik's little sister Anna has been missing in the cursed forest for five years, but one day she returns, unharmed. But was Anna ever meant to leave the forest, and is this really even her?
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Bad Creek
Iris, Gum, and Aidan are spending the summer in Bad Creek once again, but ever since Iris's older sister Glory drowned last year, the others cannot manage their grief. When Iris sleepwalks to a house Glory obsessively sketched, the trio knows they must find the truth inside.
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Beasts
Abdi and Alva have been on their own, struggling to survive since bizarre, terrifying beasts of unknown origin appeared in the world and ended civilization. Hoping to find their father on a remote island, they cross a wasteland, facing sickness and other desperate humans. MS
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A Girl Walks Into the Forest
Beautiful Valla is to be married to a wealthy count, but on her journey through the magical forest, she is mauled and disfigured by one of the wood's creatures. Enraged by her horrible appearance, Count Leonid cages her in her room, where she soon hears voices from the woods telling her to get revenge on him.
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How to Survive A Slasher
CJ has to rely on her knowledge of horror movies to evade her town's resident serial killer when an anonymous author sends her a manuscript for the serial killer's next movie.
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Shiny Happy People
Kyra and her new friend Logan have no problem avoiding Spore, the weird new drug circulating through their school and town, making everyone who takes it mindless and stupid, but how can they continue when even some of their teachers tell them they need to take it to adjust?
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These Vengeful Wishes
When Ceci and her mom move to their new home, she finds a wishing well and a vengeful spirit that will grant any wish she desires. But no wish is granted for free.
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The Whisperings
Joana, her brother Peter, and their father move to a new house any time her dad hears "the whisperings," but this new house has a family of ghosts all its own, doomed to relive their deaths every single night.
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