Book Riot - Read Harder 2024 - hosted by justjussy__

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The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Brian Pinkney, Patricia C. McKissack

The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

Brian Pinkney, Patricia C. McKissack

3 hours, 37 minutes • missing pub info (editions)

fiction childrens horror adventurous dark fast-paced
Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith

Hoodoo

Ronald L. Smith

208 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror middle grade dark mysterious fast-paced
When Ghosts Call Us Home by Katya de Becerra

When Ghosts Call Us Home

Katya de Becerra

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Don't Want To Be Your Monster by Deke Moulton

Don't Want To Be Your Monster

Deke Moulton

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ middle grade adventurous dark funny medium-paced
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow [Large Print] by Jessica Townsend

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow [Large Print]

Nevermoor #1

Jessica Townsend

640 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous fast-paced
Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker

Over the Woodward Wall

The Up-and-Under #1

A. Deborah Baker

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body by Megan Milks

Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body

Megan Milks

267 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Emily Bones: Die Stadt der Geister by Gesa Schwartz

Emily Bones: Die Stadt der Geister

Gesa Schwartz

416 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy mystery young adult mysterious medium-paced
The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings by John Wyndham, Kenneth Ireland, Anthony Boucher, Martin Cottam, Marc Alexander, Alison Prince, Evan Hunter, John Collier, Lance Salway, Ian Miller, Robert Scott, Ramsey Campbell, Fredric Brown, Ruskin Bond, Richard Matheson, Ethel Helene Coen, Harold Rolseth, Michael Avallone, E. Nesbit, Sydney J. Bounds, Jonathon Heap, Patrick Bone, John Christopher, Dennis Pepper, Paul Fisher-Johnson, Roald Dahl, Gerald Kersh, T.H. White, Dannie Plachta, Geraldine McCaughrean, Robin Klein, Brian Pedley, Jack Ritchie, Ray Bradbury, Henry Slesar

The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings

John Wyndham, Kenneth Ireland, Anthony Boucher, Martin Cottam, Marc Alexander, Alison Prince, Evan Hunter, John Collier, Lance Salway, Ian Miller, Robert Scott, Ramsey Campbell, Fredric Brown, Ruskin Bond, Richard Matheson, Ethel Helene Coen, Harold Rolseth, Michael Avallone, E. Nesbit, Sydney J. Bounds, Jonathon Heap, Patrick Bone, John Christopher, Dennis Pepper, Paul Fisher-Johnson, Roald Dahl, Gerald Kersh, T.H. White, Dannie Plachta, Geraldine McCaughrean, Robin Klein, Brian Pedley, Jack Ritchie, Ray Bradbury, Henry Slesar

224 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction horror short stories young adult dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The House That Whispers by Lin Thompson

The House That Whispers

Lin Thompson

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ middle grade mystery emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced