Thematic Literature
Activity
Book Recommendations for
Horror, Science Fiction, and
Fantasy
Kim Sheibley
SLM 553
Fall 2009/Spring 2010
HORROR:
Vampires
The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series by Heather
Brewer
Eighth Grade Bites
Ninth Grade Slays
Tenth Grade Bleeds
Look for Me By Midnight by Mary Downing Hahn
A Taste for Red by Lewis Harris
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery by Deborah
and James Howe
The Celery Stalks at Midnight by James Howe
The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
HORROR:
Vampires
The Hitchhiking Vampire by Stephen Mooser
The Dark Angel by Meredith Ann Pierce
Vampire High by Douglas Rees
The Vampire Kisses series by Ellen Schrieber
Vampire Kisses
Kissing Coffins
Vampireville
Dance with a Vampire
The Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan
The Dangerous Girls by R.L. Stine
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Companions of the Night by Viviane Vande Velde
HORROR:
Werewolves
Curse of a Winter Moon by Mary Casanova
Never Cry Werewolf by Heather Davis
Tartabull’s Throw by Henry Garfield
The Wolving Time by Patrick Jennings
Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
Blood Beast by Darren Shan
Red Rider’s Hood (Dark Fusion, Book 2) by Neal
Shusterman
Curse of the Night Wolf by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell
Wolf Pack by Edo Van Belkom
HORROR:
Monsters
Basilisk by N.M. Browne
Peter’s Angel: A Story About Monsters by Hope Campbell
The Beast of Noor by Janet Lee Carey
Foundling by D.M. Cornish
Lamplighter by D.M. Cornish
The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney
The Chimera by Bernard Evslin
Medusa by Bernard Evslin
Mungo by Rosalie K. Fry
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Silent to the Bone by E. L. Konigsburg
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
Are You in the House Alone? by Richard Peck
Clockwork (or All Wound Up) by Phillip Pullman
The Death Collector by Justin Richards
The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan:
The Lightning Thief
The Sea of Monsters
The Titan’s Curse
The Battle of the Labyrinth
The Last Olympian
HORROR:
Monsters
The Demonata series by Darren Shan
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Here Be Monsters! An Adventure Involving Magic,
Trolls, and Other Creatures by Alan Snow
The Boxes by William Sleator
Sasquatch by Roland Smith
Dusssie by Nancy Springer
Doppelganger by David Stahler
The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu
The Siren Song by Anne Ursu
The Midnighters series by Scott Westerfeld:
The Secret Hour
Touching Darkness
Blue Noon
Seal of Solomon by Rick Yancey
The Doom Stone by Paul Zindel
Loch by Paul Zindel
Raptor by Paul Zindel
Rats by Paul Zindel
Reef of Death by Paul Zindel
HORROR:
Supernatural
Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond
The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
Snakecharm by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
The Seer of Shadows by Avi
Something Upstairs by Avi
Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
The Presence by Eve Bunting
The Empty Mirror by James Lincoln Collier
Stonewords: A Ghost Story by Pam Conrad
The Boggart by Susan Cooper
The House Next Door by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan
The Secret of Whispering Springs by Jerri Garretson
Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
A Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing
Hahn
Look for Me By Moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn
The Time of the Witch by Mary Downing Hahn
Wait Til Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
HORROR:
Supernatural
Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley
Dial-a-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson
The Great Ghost Race by Eva Ibbotson
The Haunting of Granite Falls by Eva Ibbotson
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Breathe: A Ghost Story by Cliff McNish
Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Haunting by Joan Lowry Nixon
Whispers From the Dead by Joan Lowry Nixon
Haunting at Home Plate by David Patneaude
A Drowned Maiden’s Hair: A Melodrama by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Book of Dead Days by Marcus Sedgwick
Duckling Ugly by Neal Shusterman
Everlost by Neal Shusterman
Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis
Stevenson
Around by Vivian Vande Velde
Being Dead by Vivian Vande Velde
Ghost of a Hanged Man by Vivian Vande Velde
There’s a Dead Person Following My Sister Around by Vivian
Vande Velde
SCIENCE FICTION:
Aliens
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville
Aliens Stonle My Body by Bruce Coville
I Was a 6th Grade Alien by Bruce Coville
My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville
The Exchange Student by Katie Gilmore
Alien Secrets by Annette Curtis Klause
Alien in a Bottle by Kathy Mackel
SCIENCE FICTION:
Aliens
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson
Daniel X: Alien Hunter by James Patterson (Graphic
Novel)
Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper by Michael
Reisman
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
The Dark Side of Nowhere by Neal Shusterman
The Boxes by William Sleator
The Duplicate by William Sleator
Interstellar Pig by William Sleator
The Last Universe by William Sleator
The Night the Heads Came by William Sleator
Space Race by Sylvia Waugh
SCIENCE FICTION:
Alternate or Parallel Universes
Whales on Stilts by M. T. Anderson
The Fire-us Trilogy by Jennifer Armstrong & Nancy
Butcher
The Kindling
Keepers of the Flame
The Kiln
The House of the Scorpian by Nancy Farmer
Interworld by Neil Gaiman
The Shadow Children series by M.P. Haddix
Among the Hidden
Among the Imposters
Among the Betrayed
Among the Barons
Among the Brave
Among the Enemy
Among the Free
The Missing series by by M.P. Haddix
Found
Sent
Turnabout by M.P. Haddix
SCIENCE FICTION:
Alternate or Parallel Universes
The Seems series by John Hulme and Michael Wexler
The Glitch in Sleep
The Split Second
The Lost Train of Thought
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
The Young Unicorns by Madeleine L’Engle
The Giver series by Lois Lowry
The Giver
Gathering Blue
Messenger
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
Amber Spyglass
Larklight by Philip Reeve
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
The Dreamwalker’s Child by Steve Voake
The Eye, the Ear, and the Arm by Steve Voake
SCIENCE FICTION:
Time Travel
Archer’s Quest by Linda Sue Park
Drift House: The First Voyage by Dale Peck
Paint By Magic by Katherine Reiss
Marco’s Millions by William Sleator
Jumpman Rule #1: Don’t Touch Anything by James
Valentine
The Golden Hour by Maiya Williams
The Hour of the Cobra by Maiya Williams
The Hour of the Outlaw by Maiya Williams
Danger Boy series by Mark London Williams
Ancient Fire
Dragon Sword
Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson
SCIENCE FICTION:
Time Travel
The Gideon Trilogy by Linda Buckley-Archer
Book 2:The Time Thief
Extra Book: Gideon the Cutpurse: Being the First
Part of the Gideon Triliogy
Nick of Time by Ted Bell
The Time series by Caroline Cooney:
Both Sides of Time
Out of Time
Prisoner of Time
For All Time
Baseball Card Adventures series by Dan Gutman
Many Waters by Madeleine L’Engle
FANTASY:
Magic,
Witchcraft, & Wizardry
The Lost Years of Merlin series by T. A. Barron
Well Wished by Franny Billingsly
Jinx by Meg Cabot
So You Want to be a Wizard? by Diane Duane
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
The Devil and His Boy by Anthony Horowitz
Which Witch by Eva Ibbotson
Not Just a Witch by Eva Ibbotson
The Whitby Witches by Robin Jarvis
The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones
Skulduggery Pleasant: The Scepter of the Ancients by
Derek Landy
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Wish by Gail Carson Levine
The Damar series by Robin McKinley
The Blue Sword
The Hero and the Crown
The Stone Fey by Robin McKinley
FANTASY:
Magic,
Witchcraft, & Wizardry
Bras & Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski
Witch’s Sister by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Children of the Red King/Charlie Bone series by
Jenny Nimmo
Midnight For Charlie Bone
Charlie Bone And The Time Twister
Charlie Bone And The Invisible Boy
Charlie Bone And The Castle Of Mirrors
Charlie Bone And The Hidden King
Charlie Bone And The Beast
Wolf Brother by Michelle Pavere
The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
FANTASY:
Magic,
Witchcraft, & Wizardry
The Alcatraz series by Brandon Sanderson
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
Alcatraz Versus the Scrivner’s Bones
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Shroud
The Amulet of Samarkand
The Golem’s Eye
Ptolemy’s Gate
The Other Ones by Jean Thesman
Curses, Inc.: And Other Stories by Vivian Vande Velde
Magic Can Be Murder by Vivian Vande Velde
Never Trust a Dead Man by Vivian Vande Velde
Now You See It by Vivian Vande Velde
Three Good Deeds by Vivian Vande Velde
Witch Dreams by Vivian Vande Velde
FANTASY:
Dragons
Merlin’s Dragon by T. A. Barron
The Prophecy by Hilari Bell
Dragon’s Keep by Janet Lee Carey
Dragon Flight by Jessica George Day
Dragon Slippers by Jessica George Day
The Dragon Trilogy by Chris D’Lacey
Book 2: Icefire
Book 3: Fire Star
Dragonrider by Cornelia Caroline Funke
Eon by Alison Goodman
Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
Dragon’s Egg by Sarah Thomson
Dragon’s Bait by Vivian Vande Velde
FANTASY:
Other Worlds
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
The High King by Lloyd Alexander
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry
Peter and the Starcatchers
Peter and the Shadow Thieves
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
The Farsala series by Hilari Bell
Fall of a Kindom
Rise of a Hero
The Last Night: A Knight and Rogue Novel by Hilari Bell
The Shield, Sword, and Crown series by Hilari Bell
Shield of Stars
Sword of Waters
The Spiderwick Chronicles & Beyond the Spiderwick
Chronicles series by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
FANTASY:
Other
Worlds
The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper
Over Sea, Under Stone
The Dark is Rising
Greenwitch
The Grey King
Silver on the Tree
The Land of the Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Caroline Funke
The Inkworld Trilogy by Cornelia Caroline Funke
Pure Dead Magix by Debi Gliori
The Witch’s Boy by Michael Gruber
Just Ella by M.P. Haddix
Palace of Mirrors by M.P. Haddix
The Pendragon series by D.J. Hale
The Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
FANTASY:
Other Worlds
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale
The Dark Portal by Robin Jarvis
Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl
The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
Cindrella and the Glass Hill by Gail Carson Levine
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Ever by Gail Carson Levine
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
The Fairy’s Mistake by Gail Carson Levine
The Fairy’s Return by Gail Carson Levine
The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine
The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw
Beauty by Robin McKinley
Chalice by Robin McKinley
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley
Bound by Donna Jo Napoli
FANTASY:
Other Worlds
The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix
Sabriel
Lirael
Ahorsen
Daughter of the Clayr by Garth Nix
Shade’s Children by Garth Nix
The Amazin Maurice and his Educated Rodents by
Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Nation by Terry Pratchett
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
The Alcatraz series by Brandon Sanderson
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
Alcatraz Versus the Scrivner’s Bones
Straw Into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt
Never Trust a Dead Man by Vivian Vande Velde
The Rumpelstiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde
Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird
by Vivian Vande Velde
FANTASY:
Unicorns
Unicorns in the Rain by Barbara Cohen
A Glory of Unicorns compiled by Bruce Coville
The Unicorn Chronicles by Bruce Coville
Into the Land of the Unicorns
Song of the Wanderer
Dark Whispers
Unicorns by Patricia D. Netzley
The Lore of the Unicorn by Odell Shepard
The Transfigured Hart by Jane Yolen
FANTASY:
Mermaids
Selkie Girl: A Novel by Laurie Brooks
Half-Human compiled & edited by Bruce Coville
Ingo by Helen Dunmore
The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman
Thora by Gillian Johnson
Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin McKinley
Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli
Drift House: The First Voyage by Dale Peck