These horror books for teens are the classics that invented the genre, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Bram Stoker's Dracula. Every one is a full book, free to read online or download as a PDF.
The collection is sorted by age, so you can see what fits a 13-year-old and what works better for readers 15 and up. Expect vampires, ghosts, cursed objects and the darkest short stories of Edgar Allan Poe.
Some are short stories you can finish in one sitting, others are novels that build the fear page by page. Start with Oscar Wilde's funny ghost tale, or go straight to H. P. Lovecraft's sea monsters.
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Ages 12 to 14
Horror Books for Young Teens
These horror books for young teens are short, eerie and easy to get into, perfect for ages 12 to 14. Expect ghosts, curses and Poe's tense tales, with plenty of atmosphere and no gore.
An American family buys a haunted English castle and refuses to be scared, leaving its centuries-old ghost humiliated and desperate. Funny and spooky at once, the perfect first horror read. This edition includes the original illustrations.
Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane rides home through a haunted valley and meets the Headless Horseman. A legendary ghost story with more atmosphere than gore, ideal for a first scare.
A cursed paw grants three wishes, and a quiet family learns the hard way to be careful what they ask for. One of the most famous short horror stories ever written, read in a single sitting.
A narrator insists he is not mad while he describes, step by step, the murder he committed and the heartbeat that gives him away. Poe's most famous tale, short, tense and unforgettable.
A prince locks himself and his guests inside an abbey to escape a deadly plague, until a masked stranger joins the party. A short, vivid tale told through rooms of color and a ticking clock.
A lonely railway signalman is haunted by a ghostly figure that appears before every disaster on the line. A quiet, chilling ghost story from the author of A Christmas Carol.
A young skeptic spends the night in a room said to be haunted, sure that no ghost can frighten him. A short tale about what fear does in the dark, with a twist you will remember.
A bandaged stranger arrives at a village inn, and the townspeople soon discover there is nothing under the wrappings. Science fiction and horror meet in this fast, darkly funny novel.
A masked genius haunts the cellars of the Paris Opera and falls for a young singer. Mystery, romance and horror in the novel behind the famous musical.
Strange clues lead a young man to a sea creature that sleeps beneath the ocean and waits to wake. The story that created Cthulhu and the best door into Lovecraft's cosmic horror.
These horror novels for older teens go darker, with vampires, monsters and madness. They suit readers 15 and up who are ready for the classics that still keep adults awake at night.
Victor Frankenstein builds a living creature and abandons it, and both pay for that choice. The novel that invented science fiction horror, in a clean edition with an illustrated cover.
Told through diaries and letters, the story of a Transylvanian count who travels to England to feed. The vampire novel that defined the genre, and still one of its scariest.
A respected doctor finds a way to release the cruelest side of himself, and loses control of it. A short, gripping novel about the good and evil in every person.
A young man stays beautiful forever while his portrait ages and rots with every sin he commits. A dark, witty novel about vanity, best for older teens ready for adult themes.
A governess becomes convinced that two ghosts are after the children in her care, and no one else can see them. A slow-burning ghost story that leaves you guessing what was real.
A lonely girl in a remote castle welcomes a mysterious guest who seems to drain her strength. The vampire novella that came before Dracula, eerie and short.
A shipwrecked man lands on an island where a banished scientist turns animals into something almost human. A disturbing adventure about science without limits.
An Egyptologist falls into a mysterious trance while trying to bring an ancient queen back to life. Stoker's mummy novel, full of curses, tombs and occult rituals.
Two medical students buy corpses for anatomy class and stop asking where they come from. A grim, short tale inspired by real grave robbers, with a final scene that stays with you.
In a decaying rural town, a strange boy grows far too fast and something invisible starts destroying farms. One of Lovecraft's most action-packed and frightening stories.
In the old Jewish quarter of Prague, a man with no memory is drawn into the legend of a clay creature that returns every 33 years. Dreamlike and unsettling, for readers who like strange books.
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