Horror, like every genre, is read all year. Summer Scares is a joint reading program between the Horror Writers Association, Booklist, iREAD, NoveList, and Book Riot. It is focused on encouraging people to read more horror. Three titles in three categories (adult, young adult, and middle grade) are selected as well as a spokesperson. For 2025, the spokesperson is Kendare Blake. The selections are always backlist titles and include a diverse selections of authors and levels of scare.
The three adult titles this year are:
- Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca (Titan Books, 2022)
- Reprieve by James Han Mattson (William Morrow, 2021)
- The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling (Harper Voyager, 2019)
The young adult titles this year are:
- Devils Unto Dust by Emma Berquist (Greenwillow, 2018)
- The Getaway by Lamar Giles (Scholastic Press, 2022)
- Find Him Where You Left Him Dead by Kristen Simmons (Tor Teen, 2023)
The three middle grade titles this year are:
- Eerie Tales from the School of Screams by Graham Annable (First Second, 2022)
- Ravenous Things by Derrick Chow (Disney Hyperion, 2022)
- Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon (Scholastic Press, 2020)
It is also a great book display idea to include in your summer book display schedule. Booklist hosted three webinars with the three authors in conversation with a moderator. They are free to view so you can recommend them to your co-workers. You can view the adult author webinar here, on Booklist's YouTube channel.
You can use this year's titles as well as those from previous years on a book display, of course. Add other books by those authors as well. If you have any horror short story anthologies, you add them as well.
One of my favorite parts of these interviews with the authors selected for any given year is hearing the reading suggestions of the authors. People love reading suggestions from celebrities and authors. If you watch the video, you can hear these suggestions:
The Dumb House - John Burnside
One of my favorite parts of these interviews with the authors selected for any given year is hearing the reading suggestions of the authors. People love reading suggestions from celebrities and authors. If you watch the video, you can hear these suggestions:
The Dumb House - John Burnside
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
Hotel World - Ali Smith
In My Time of Dying - Sebasitan Junger
Dublin Murder Squad series - Tana French
Crushing Snails - Emma E. Murray
Hotel World - Ali Smith
In My Time of Dying - Sebasitan Junger
Dublin Murder Squad series - Tana French
Crushing Snails - Emma E. Murray
Authors: Hailey Piper, Gretchen Felker Martin, Joe Koch, Cina Pelayo, Christopher Buehlman, Paula D. Ashe
This is a great list of authors and books to use to create a display!
All the information and links related to Summer Scares is on Becky Spratford's blog, RA for All: Horror.
The videos with the young adult authors is here and the middle grade video is here.
The videos with the young adult authors is here and the middle grade video is here.
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