Books like More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz reads as creepy, eerie. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
What More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is like to read
A quick, campfire-style collection of short creepy retellings — episodic scares aimed at younger readers, more unsettling than gory. Best for: middle-grade readers who want bite-sized supernatural chills and folklore-flavored ghost stories.
Scary stories to tell in the dark
Alvin Schwartz · 1981
Short, punchy campfire tales told in spare, deadpan prose — each one lands like a jump scare, made unforgettable by Stephen Gammell's nightmarish illustrations.
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories
Alvin Schwartz · 1984
Seven brief folktale-based chillers pitched for reading aloud in the dark — quick, spooky, and shaped by campfire-story rhythms rather than deep character work.
Tales for the midnight hour
Judith Bauer Stamper · 1977
A slim collection of quick, campfire-style shivers built around classic spooky triggers — creaking doors, faces at windows, midnight footsteps — designed to be read one story at a time under the covers.
Funhouse
Diane Hoh · 1990
A classic '90s teen slasher that opens with a spectacular set-piece disaster and pivots into a stalker whodunit, with the amusement-park setting supplying steady dread and quick body-count propulsion.
Remember Me
Christopher Pike · 1989
A teen ghost narrates her own murder investigation from the other side, watching her friends turn suspect one by one — a fast, hooky YA thriller with a supernatural twist.
Skeleton man
Joseph Bruchac · 2001
A tense, dread-laden middle-grade/YA survival story where a girl's dreams of a Mohawk folktale become her only guide against a sinister guardian.
The Doll in the Garden
Mary Downing Hahn · 1989
A gentle time-slip ghost story where a buried doll opens a hedge-portal into a turn-of-the-century world — atmospheric and mystery-driven at a middle-grade pitch.
Christina's Ghost
Betty Ren Wright · 1985
A quietly spooky middle-grade read about a girl uncovering a ghost's secret in an isolated Victorian house, blending mild dread with family bonding.
Summer of fear
Lois Duncan · 1976
A teen narrator watches her family's dynamics unravel as a beautiful cousin's arrival brings creeping dread and possible supernatural menace, building tension through domestic unease rather than gore.
Night of the Soul Stealer
Joseph Delaney · 1998
A bleak winter on a haunted moor sets the stage for apprentice-and-master horror aimed at younger readers, with witches and a resurrecting mage escalating the dread.
Haunted
Robert Lawrence Stine · 1990
A brisk YA supernatural chase where a ghost from the future warns of a death that hasn't happened yet — short chapters and a ticking-clock premise built for quick, propulsive reading.
The Oxford Book of Scary Tales
Dennis Pepper · 1992
Both explore fear & supernatural
About More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark — what the genome says
Is More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark a complete story or a cliffhanger?
It's a complete, standalone-satisfying story.
How scary is More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?
Genuinely frightening — the genome rates its fear intensity high.
Who is More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark for?
It's written for middle-grade readers (roughly ages 8-12).
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