Books like In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories

In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz reads as spooky, eerie. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Alvin Schwartz · 1605

Shares the vspare thread

83% genome match

Tales for the midnight hour

Judith Bauer Stamper · 1977

Shares the vspare thread

78% genome match

Christina's Ghost

Betty Ren Wright · 1985

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

The Doll in the Garden

Mary Downing Hahn · 1989

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Skeleton man

Joseph Bruchac · 2001

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Remember Me

Christopher Pike · 1989

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

The Sleepwalker

Robert Lawrence Stine · 1990

Shares the vspare thread

77% genome match

Funhouse

Diane Hoh · 1990

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

The Oxford Book of Scary Tales

Dennis Pepper · 1992

Both explore fear & supernatural

78% genome match

Summer of fear

Lois Duncan · 1976

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Double-Dare to Be Scared

Robert D. San Souci · 2004

Both explore fear & folklore

76% genome match

Ghosts of Fear Street - Why I'm Not Afraid of Ghosts

Nina Kiriki Hoffman · 1997

Both explore fear & supernatural

73% genome match