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The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsWhen the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in . . .For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions.Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career... -
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The Summer Hikaru Died Vol. 3 by Mokumokuren
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA strange man arrives to investigate the strange occurrences that seem to be happening more and more frequently around the village. Everything seems to be linked to the mountain where Hikaru died and “Hikaru” came from.. -
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![The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 by Mokumokuren]()
The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 by Mokumokuren
It has Hikaru’s face. It has Hikaru’s voice. It even has Hikaru’s memories. But whatever came down from the mountains six months ago isn’t Yoshiki’s best friend. Whatever it is, it’s dangerous. Carrying on at school and hanging out as if nothing has changed―as if Hikaru isn’t gone―would be crazy...but when it looks so very like Hikaru...and acts so very like Hikaru.. -
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The Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratings3 novels in 1 The Darkangel; A Gathering of Gargoyles; The Pearl of the Soul of the World... -
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No Time to Die by Elizabeth Chandler
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMessage from a dead girl... It's too late to call back. Jenny will never speak to Liza again. But it seems that even from beyond the grave, Liza is begging her sister for help.... They say it's a serial killer. Is it? Jenny can't afford to trust anyone. Now she's here, in Wisteria, anonymously registered at the Chase College theater camp where her sister died... -
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The Deep End of Fear by Elizabeth Chandler, Sandy Young
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLet Sleeping Ghosts LieTwelve years ago Kate's family left the Westbrook estate on a stormy night, just after young Ashley Westbrook drowned in an icy pond. Now kate, alone in the world, has returned to the estate to tutor another spoiled Westbrook child, Patrick. The seven-year-old says he talks to Ashley by the pond. He does dangerous, deadly things because, he says, "Ashley dared me to... -
![Happiness, Vol. 3 by Shuzo Oshimi]()
Happiness, Vol. 3 by Shuzo Oshimi
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA supernatural story of sexual awakening, growing up, and suburban vampirism, Happiness follows a dorky boy who is attacked by a girl in an alley. She sucks his blood and gives him a choice: life or death... -
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Rise by Ellen Goodlett
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSisters Akeylah, Ren, and Zofi are all a step closer to their dying father's throne, a step closer to the crown that will allow one of them to rule over Kolonya. But the sisters' pasts continue to haunt them. Each hides a secret marked with blood and betrayal, and now their blackmailer is holding nothing back... -
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The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsFrom Ryan La Sala, the wildly popular author of Reverie, comes a twisted and tantalizing horror novel set amidst the bucolic splendor of a secluded summer retreat.Mars has always been the lesser twin, the shadow to his sister Caroline's radiance... -
![Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven]()
Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA feminist YA horror-thriller-romance retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray by the TikTok sensation and author of The Society for Soulless Girls… Penny Paxton is the daughter of an icon. Her supermodel mother has legions of adoring fans around the world, and Penny is ready to begin her journey to international adoration, starting with joining the elite Dorian Drama School... -
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My Sister's Reaper by Dorothy Dreyer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSixteen-year-old Zadie’s first mistake was telling the boy she liked she could bring her dead sister back to life. Her second mistake was actually doing it. When Zadie accidentally messes with the Reaper’s Rite that should have claimed her sister Mara, things go horribly wrong... -
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The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. Lin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPerfect for fans of Ryan LaSala and Trang Thanh Tran: a sinister tale of the supernatural, sisterhood, and the shadows that rule our darkest desires, New York Times best-selling author Judy I... -
![The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum]()
The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum
From acclaimed author K. Ancrum comes a queer romantic thriller in which the lives of Hollis, a boy in search of meaning, and Walt, a spirit with unfinished business, collide when Walt takes possession of Hollis's body...and maybe his heart. For fans of Adam Silvera and Aiden Thomas!Hollis Brown is stuck... -
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Gallows and Ghouls by Katie May
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOne’s a liar. One’s arrested for murder. One’s dead. The rest of us? We’re struggling to get out of this mess alive. With new secrets emerging and the Shadow Man more determined than ever to claim me, we must all do something we’ve never done before: embrace our darkness... -
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![The Depths by Nicole Lesperance]()
The Depths by Nicole Lesperance
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA tropical island full of secrets. Two Victorian ghosts, trapped for eternity. And a seventeen-year-old girl determined not to be next.Eulalie Island should be a paradise, but to Addie Spencer, it's more like a prison.Forced to tag along to the remote island on her mother's honeymoon, Addie isn't thrilled about being trapped there for two weeks... -
![Quinsey Wolfe's Glass Vault by Candace Robinson]()
Quinsey Wolfe's Glass Vault by Candace Robinson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYOUNG ADULT EDITION OUT OF PRINTA girl without answers. A boy who wants to help her. A mysterious museum that some see... And some don't...Perrie Madeline lives a simple life. Her only concern is deciding whether or not to let herself fully fall for August Hartley. That is, until a strange museum, known as Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault, appears overnight and people around her begin to go missing... -
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We'll Never Be Apart by Emiko Jean
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMurder. Fire. Revenge. That’s all seventeen-year-old Alice Monroe thinks about. Committed to a mental ward at Savage Isle, Alice is haunted by memories of the fire that killed her boyfriend, Jason. A blaze her twin sister Cellie set. But when Chase, a mysterious, charismatic patient, agrees to help her seek vengeance, Alice begins to rethink everything... -
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Poison Ivy: Thorns by Kody Keplinger
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author of The DUFF Kody Keplinger and artist Sara Kipin reimagine an iconic DC antihero with a gothic-horror twist.There's something unusual about Pamela Isley—the girl who hides behind her bright red hair. The girl who won't let anyone inside to see what's lurking behind the curtains. The girl who goes to extreme lengths to care for a few plants... -
![Blood of Wonderland by Colleen Oakes]()
Blood of Wonderland by Colleen Oakes
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe queen will rise.Dinah has been exiled from Wonderland. The vicious father she always feared has framed her for the brutal murder of her brother and turned the kingdom against her. Now hiding in the lush and mysterious Twisted Wood with only her war steed at her side, Dinah is faced with a choice... -
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The Vanishing Game by Kate Kae Myers
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Jocelyn follows clues apparently from her dead twin, Jack, in and around Seale House, the terrifying foster home where they once lived. With help from childhood friend Noah she begins to uncover the truth about Jack's death and the company that employed him and Noah... -
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This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsBravery, danger, and intense passion. How does obsession begin?Victor and Konrad are the twin brothers Frankenstein. They are nearly inseparable. Growing up, their lives are filled with imaginary adventures...until the day their adventures turn all too real. They stumble upon the Dark Library and discover secret books of alchemy and ancient remedies... -
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Absent by Katie Williams
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen seventeen-year-old Paige dies in a freak fall from the roof during Physics class, her spirit is bound to the grounds of her high school. At least she has company: her fellow ghosts Evan and Brooke, who also died there. But when Paige hears the rumor that her death wasn't an accident--that she supposedly jumped on purpose--she can't bear it. Then Paige discovers something amazing... -
![The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee]()
The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSixteen-year-old Rinn Jacobs has secrets: One, she’s bipolar. Two, she killed her grandmother. After a suicide attempt, and now her parents' separation, Rinn and her mom move from California to the rural Ohio town where her mother grew up... -
![Daughter of Darkness by Katharine Corr, Elizabeth Corr]()
Daughter of Darkness by Katharine Corr, Elizabeth Corr
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsEnter the Underworld in an epic new fantasy, where the Gods of ancient Greece rule everything but fate.Deina is trapped. As one of the Soul Severers serving the god Hades on earth, her future is tied to the task of shepherding the dying on from the mortal world - unless she can earn or steal enough to buy her way out... -
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![Bad Graces by Kyrie McCauley]()
Bad Graces by Kyrie McCauley
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYellowjackets meets House of Hollow in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s gripping and magical YA thriller following a group of young women as they face the stress of harsh elements, a mysterious monster, and an unraveling of secrets after their yacht is wrecked off the coast of North America.Liv Whitlock knows she doesn’t belong there... -
![My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham]()
My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham
WILDER GIRLS meets THE CRAFT in this Sapphic horror debut that asks: What price would you be willing to pay to achieve your deepest desires?Finch Chamberlin is the newest transfer student to the ultra-competitive Ulalume Academy... but she's also not what she seems. Months before school started, Finch and her parents got into an accident that should have left her dead at the bottom of a river... -
![Welcome to the Dark House by Laurie Faria Stolarz]()
Welcome to the Dark House by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhat’s your worst nightmare? For Ivy Jensen, it’s the eyes of a killer that haunt her nights. For Parker Bradley, it’s bloodthirsty sea serpents that slither in his dreams. And for seven essay contestants, it’s their worst nightmares that win them an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at director Justin Blake’s latest, confidential project... -
![Happiness, Vol. 1 by Shuzo Oshimi]()
Happiness, Vol. 1 by Shuzo Oshimi
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTHE THIRST Nothing interesting in happening in Makoto Ozaki’s first year of high school. HIs life is a serise of quiet humiliations: low-grade bullies, unreliable friends, and the constant frustration of his adolescent lust. But one night, a pale, thin girl knocks him to the ground in an alley and offers him a choice. Now everything is different. Daylight is searingly bright. Food tastes awful... -
![Keep You from Harm by Debra Doxer]()
Keep You from Harm by Debra Doxer
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSecrets… They weigh you down. I’ve kept a secret all my life. It’s my mother’s secret, too. I inherited it from her along with a unique ability that only we possess. She’s gone now, another victim of addiction. If her death isn’t enough to bring me to my knees, her betrayal flays me to the bone. Because the secret my mother and I have been keeping is just one of many she’d kept... -
![The Creeping by Alexandra Sirowy]()
The Creeping by Alexandra Sirowy
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsEleven years ago, Stella and Jeanie disappeared. Only Stella came back.Now all she wants is a summer full of cove days, friends, and her gorgeous crush - until a fresh corpse leads Stella down a path of ancient evil and secrets.Stella believes remembering what happened to Jeanie will save her. It won’t.She used to know better than to believe in what slinks through the shadows. Not anymore... -
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Briar Rose by Jana Oliver
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA dark and sexy reimagining of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale from the author of THE DEMON TRAPPERS.For Briar Rose, life is anything but a fairy tale... -
![Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes]()
Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes
Only queens with hearts can bleed.This is not the story of the Wonderland we know. Alice has not fallen down a rabbit hole. There is no all-knowing cat with a taunting smile. This is a Wonderland where beneath each smile lies a secret, each tart comes with a demand, and only prisoners tell the truth.Dinah is the princess who will one day reign over Wonderland... -
![Dragon's Keep by Janet Lee Carey]()
Dragon's Keep by Janet Lee Carey
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsFar away on Wilde Island, Princess Rosalind is born with a dragon claw where her ring finger should be. To hide the secret, the Queen forces her to wear gloves at all times until a cure can be found, so Rosalind can fulfill the prophecy to restore the family to their rightful throne. But Rosalind’s flaw cannot be separated from her fate... -
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The Orphanage of Gods by Helena Coggan
Rated: 2.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwenty years ago, the humans came for their gods.In the bloody revolution, gods were all but wiped out. Ever since, the children they left behind have been imprisoned in an orphanage, watched day and night by the ruthless Guard. Any who show signs of divine power vanish from their beds in the night, all knowledge of their existence denied.No one has ever escaped the orphanage.Until now... -
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![The Fall by Bethany Griffin]()
The Fall by Bethany Griffin
Rated: 3.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMadeline Usher is doomed. She has spent her life fighting fate, and she thought she was succeeding. Until she woke up in a coffin. Ushers die young. Ushers are cursed. Ushers can never leave their house, a house that haunts and is haunted, a house that almost seems to have a mind of its own... -
![The May Queen Murders by Sarah Jude]()
The May Queen Murders by Sarah Jude
Rated: 3.41 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsStay on the roads. Don’t enter the woods. Never go out at night.Those are the rules in Rowan’s Glen, a remote farming community in the Missouri Ozarks where Ivy Templeton’s family has lived for centuries. It’s an old-fashioned way of life, full of superstition and traditions, and sixteen-year-old Ivy loves it... -
![Beating Heart: A Ghost Story by A.M. Jenkins]()
Beating Heart: A Ghost Story by A.M. Jenkins
Rated: 3.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis house is mine and I am its beating heart. She is a ghost: a figure glimpsed from the corner of your eye, a momentary chill, and a memory of secret kisses and hidden passion. He is 17 years old: Evan Calhoun, warm and alive, and ever since moving to this big abandoned house, he has dreamt of her... -
![Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid]()
Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid
Rated: 3.47 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare’s most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her.The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men... -
![The Cemetery Boys by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer]()
The Cemetery Boys by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer
Rated: 3.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen Stephen is forced to move back to the nowhere town where his father grew up, he’s already sure he’s not going to like it. Spencer, Michigan, is like a town straight out of a Hitchcock movie, with old-fashioned people who see things only in black-and-white. But things start looking up when Stephen meets the mysterious twins Cara and Devon...
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