Sometimes you just need a good scare, and these teen books are sure to give you one. You might be sleeping with the lights on after finishing the books on this list!

Consumed – Kate Cann A new manager brings many changes to Morton’s Keep, but Rayne sees ominous signs indicating that the one thing that has not changed is the evil presence she had thought was destroyed…

Wake – Lisa McMann Seventeen-year-old Janie has a talent for entering other people’s dreams. She’s gotten used to seeing some pretty bizarre stuff, but then she falls into a gruesome nightmare and this time she isn’t just a witness to another person’s twisted psyche, she is a participant.

Cirque Du Freak Series - Darren Shan When Darren and his best friend visit an illegal freak show, an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.

The Evil Within – Nancy Holder In order to rid herself of the spirit that is possessing her, Lindsay Cavanaugh must return to the prestigious but eerie Marlwood Academy, where she discovers deeper secrets and greater reasons for distrust.

Fear Street Series – R. L. Stine In the town of Shadyside, nothing is as it seems.  Instead of worrying about homework and relationship drama, the teenagers who live there are busy worrying about murderers, ghosts, and other horrors.

Nevermore – Kelly Creagh When cheerleader Isobel Lanley is assigned to work with goth Edgar Allen Poe fan Varen Nethers on an English project, she is swept into a horrific dream world that he has created in his mind.

House of Dark Shadows – Robert Liparulo When fifteen-year-old Xander and his family move into an old, abandoned house, they discover that not only are some of the rooms portals into other places, but that malevolent forces are at work.

Morpheus Road: The Light  – D.J. MacHale Sixteen-year-old Marshall is expecting a boring summer when his best friend goes away, but instead he finds himself haunted–and hunted–by ghosts that want something from him which he cannot decipher.

The Monstrumologist – Rick Yancey In 1888, young  Will Henry chronicles his apprenticeship with Dr. Warthrop, a scientist who studies and hunts real-life monsters, as they try to destroy a pod of Anthropophagi.

Bonechiller – Graham McNamee Scary thriller about four high school students who must face off against a soul-stealing beast that has been making teens disappear in their small Ontario, Canada town.

The Nightmarys – Dan Poblocki Seventh-grader Timothy July and his new friend Abigail try to break a curse that is causing them and others to be tormented by their greatest fears brought to life.