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.

In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories

Alvin Schwartz · 1984

Shares the vspare thread

83% genome match

Tales for the midnight hour

Judith Bauer Stamper · 1977

Shares the vspare thread

74% genome match

Funhouse

Diane Hoh · 1990

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Remember Me

Christopher Pike · 1989

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Skeleton man

Joseph Bruchac · 2001

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

The Doll in the Garden

Mary Downing Hahn · 1989

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Christina's Ghost

Betty Ren Wright · 1985

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Summer of fear

Lois Duncan · 1976

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Night of the Soul Stealer

Joseph Delaney · 1998

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Haunted

Robert Lawrence Stine · 1990

Shares the vspare thread

70% genome match

The Oxford Book of Scary Tales

Dennis Pepper · 1992

Both explore fear & supernatural

74% genome match

Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories

Roald Dahl · 1983

Shares the vspare thread

71% genome match