We love Halloween in my family. The weather is nice, the decorations are fun, and the candy is…well…candy! We also really love to read. So I’ve decided to help compile a list of our favorite Halloween books for all ages, from toddlers to mommy’s book club.
Picture Books (Toddlers and Preschool)
- EEk! Halloween! by Sandra Boynton
- Little Blue Truck’s Halloween by Alice Schertle
- It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse by Laura Numeroff
- Happy Halloween from the Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
- Five Little Pumpkins illustrated by Dan Yaccarino
- Goodnight Goon by Michael Rex
Books for Elementary-aged kids
- The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano
- It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
- Bonaparte Falls Apart by Margery Cuyler
- There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat by Lucille Colandro
- How to Catch a Monster by Adam Wallace and Andy Elkerton
Books for Middle-School-aged kids
- The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
- Thirteens by Kate Alice Marshall
- The Witches by Roald Dahl
- Nightmares! (series) by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
- Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel
Books for High-School-aged Kids (YA books)
- The Girls are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marshall
- White Smoke by Tiffany D Jackson
- The Lost Girls by Sonia Hart
- The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich
- Bad Girls Don’t Die by Katie Alender
- Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Book Club Picks (Adult)
- The Witch’s Daughter by Paula Brackston
- The Whisper Man by Alex North
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
- The Good House by Tananarive Due
- Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Classics
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- In a Dark, Dark Room (and other Scary Stories)by Alvin Schwartz
- The Shining by Stephen King
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Admittedly, several of these books could cross-age groups, depending on your child’s interests and reading level.
For more ideas about fun, creepy, scary, and not-so-scary Halloween books, check out your local library!
Be sure to check out Atlanta Mom’s full list of Fall guides and posts.
