Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz & Stephen Gammell. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
- Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories by Algernon Blackwood (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories by M.R. James (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- The Creepypasta Collection: Modern Urban Legends You Can’t Unread by Mr. Creepypasta (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- The Dark-Thirty by Patricia McKissack (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- How to Survive a Horror Movie by Seth Grahame-Smith (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghost Stories by Roald Dahl (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- Scary Stories for Sleepovers by R.C. Welch (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- Short & Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales by Robert D. San Souci (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- Tales For the Midnight Hour by Judith Bauer Stamper (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories by Henry James (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
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(But no pressure, we’re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)
