Gorgeous Gruesome Faces

by Linda Cheng

YA FIC CHENG

Sunny had it all. She was in a famous K-Pop girl group with her best friends. But everything changes, when nude photos of her leak and Mina, another group member, jumps to her death. Sunny tries to reconnect with Candie, the surviving group member, at a K-pop workshop. Instead of rekindling their relationship, Sunny finds herself being haunted - and hunted.

The Pledge

by Cale Dietrich

YA FIC DIETRICH

Sam did not have a normal high school experience, like at all. He actually killed someone. He killed someone who was killing other people. He survives the Lake Priest Massacre, and then tries to live a normal life. He goes to college two years later; joining a fraternity and falling for a cute boy in the Journalism department. Then, people start dying again - and it’s up to Sam to end this killing spree again.

The Taking of Jake Livingston

by Ryan Douglass

YA FIC DOUGLASS

Jake Livingston is one of the only Black students at his preppy high school. It’s already hard enough fitting in, but to make things more complicated, Jake can see the dead. In fact, he sees the dead around him all the time. Most of the time, they are harmless and don’t interact often with people. But then, Jake meets Sawyer, a school shooter who killed six kids and himself last year. Now, Sawyer is a vengeful ghost and begins to haunt Jake. His life soon becomes a survival game.

The Getaway

by Lamar Giles

YA FIC GILES

The world outside is in shambles. There’s war, violence, natural disasters, and poverty. But inside the walls of Karloff Country, a resort where Jay lives and works with his family and friends, life is pretty great. Suddenly, things at Karloff start to get weird - and the richest of society start to move in. As the world outside and inside begins to crumble, Jay and his friends will stop at nothing to rebel against them.

Dread Nation

by Justina Ireland

YA FIC IRELAND

Jane is not a normal teenager living in the South during the Civil War. Because, the Civil War was completely derailed when zombies rose to walk among the battlefields. The nation creates new laws, like requiring Black and Native children to attend combat school - to learn how to kill the zombies. Jane, does not want that though, she wants to go back home to Kentucky. Will she be able to get back? Or will she get caught up in the disappearance of families and presence of enemies?

The Weight of Blood

by Tiffany D. Jackson

YA FIC JACKSON

Maddy has kept a secret her whole life: she is biracial, but passes as white. One day in school, a rainstorm causes her flat-ironed hair to return back to it’s natural state, and she is outed as biracial at school. Everything turns into chaos as Maddy is the victim of racist bullies. As a racist act gets recorded and goes viral, students at the school push to finally de-segregate their prom, a long-standing tradition. Maddy is invited to attend, but there are deadly consequences.

White Smoke

by Tiffany D. Jackson

YA FIC JACKSON

The renovated picture-perfect home on Maple Street, sitting between dilapidated houses, has its secrets. The house seems haunted and there’s a foul smell seeping through the vents. As the house closes in, Mari learns that the danger isn’t limited to Maple Street. Cedarville has its secrets, too. And secrets always find their way through the cracks.

Wake the Bones

by Elizabeth Kilcoyne

YA FIC KILCOYNE

Laurel decides to move back home after her first year of college. She returns back to her family farm in Kentucky, missing her late mother, Anna. Laurel’s mother had magical powers - she was able to grow healthy crops. The magic that Laurel inherited, though, was not that special: when she touches an animal’s corpse, she sees its death. After her move home, strange things begin to happen and it’s up to Laurel to harness her powers and save the town.

The Honeys

by Ryan La Sala

YA FIC LASALA

17-year-old, gender-fluid Mars just lost their twin sister Caroline, after she jumped out of a window. They decide to investigate her death for themselves and go back to Aspen, a summer camp that defined Caroline’s life. There, Mars is drawn to Caroline’s beekeeping best friends, called the Honeys. As the summer goes on, stranger things start to happen, and Mars questions if they will survive.

Horrid

by Katrina Leno

YA FIC LENO

Jane’s dad has died and now she has to pick up her life in Los Angeles and move to Bells Hollow, Maine. She moves into North Manor, the creepy house that belonged to Jane’s grandmother. Jane feels weird, about life, about her house, about this town. North Manor has secrets, and Jane is going to figure them out.

Summer’s Edge

by Dana Mele

YA FIC MELE

Kennedy’s lake house burnt down last summer. With her friend Emily, inside. Now, a year after the fire, Kennedy and her friends decide to venture back to the newly, rebuilt lake house. The teens immediately feel something eerie around them - and they’re not sure what it is. Could Emily be back to haunt them?

Man Made Monsters

by Andrea L. Rogers

YA FIC ROGERS

Follow along this collection of short stories that spans generations of a Cherokee Family. Starting in 1839, each chapter jumps through time until 2039. Protagonists face vampires, ghosts, werewolves, and even aliens.