More Than Just Black: Tales for Goths and Emo
Anderson, M.T. Thirsty. (Y-Anderson)
From the moment he knows that he is destined to be a vampire, Christ thirsts for the
blood of people around him while also struggling to remain human.
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Demon in My View; 2000. (Y-P-ATW)
Jessica discovers the vampire world of her fiction is real when she develops relationships
with an vampire named Aubrey and the teenage witch who is trying to save Jessica her.
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. In the Forests of the Night; 1999. (Y-LPeD-AtwaterRhodes/YP-ATW)
Riska, a teenage vampire, wanders back in time to the year 1684, when, as a human, she
died and was transformed against her will.
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Midnight Predator; 2002. (Y-Atwater-Rhodes)
Turquois, a mercenary trained to fight vampires, witches, and shapeshifters, infiltrates a
vampire stronghold, but her past threatens to distract her from the work at hand.
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. (Y-Atwater-Rhodes)
As Sarah, descended from a long line of vampire hunters, continues to pursue the
vampire Nikolas, she finds herself befriending a pair of vampire siblings from school.
Barker, Clive. Abarat; 2002. (Y-Barker Fantasy)
Candy Quackenbush of Chickentown, Minnesota, one day finds herself on the edge of a
foreign world that is populated by strange creatures, and her life is forever changed.
Barker, Clive. Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War; 2004. (Y-Barker Fantasy)
Candy’s adventures in the Abarat continue as she makes a startling realization as to who
she is, and the forces of Night begin plans for war. Sequel to Abarat.
Brooks, Bruce. All That Remains; 2001. (Y-Brooks/ Y-PRD-BRO)
Three novells explore the effects of death on young lives.
Cary, Kate. Bloodline; 2005. (Y-Cate)
In this story told through journal entries, a British soldier in World War I makes the
horrifying discovery that his regiment commander is descended from Count Dracula.
Cary, Kate. Reckoning; 2007. (Y-Cate)
Quincey Harker, the heir to Dracula's bloodline, returns to England in 1918 to pursue
Nurse Mary Seward, whose fiance was transformed into a monstrous vampire.
Clarke, Judith. Kalpana’s Dream; 2004. (Y-Clarke)
While and English class struggles with a six-week essay assignment answering “Who Am
I?,” one child’s great grandmother arrives unexpectedly from India to follow her dream.
Gruber, Micael. The Witch’s Boy; 2005. (Y-LPeD-Gruber/Y-P-GRU)
A grotesque foundling turns against the witch who sacrificed almost everything for him
when he becomes consumed by a desire for money and revenge.
Halam, Ann. Dr. Franklin’s Island; 2002. (Y-P-HAL)
When their plan crashes over the Pacific Ocean, three students are left stranded on an
island and imprisoned by a doctor performing horrifying genetic experiments on humans.
Hautman, Pete. Sweetblood; 2003. (Y-LPeD-Hautman/Y-P-HAU)
After a life of being a model student, Lucy Szabo is suddenly in trouble at school, at
home, with the “proto-vampires” she met, and with her uncontrolled diabetes.
Hoffman, Alice. Green Angel; 2003. (Y-P-HOF)
Haunted by grief and by her past after losing her family in a fire, Green retreats into her
ruined garden as she struggles to survive emotionally and physically on her own.
Klaus, Annette Curtis. The Silver Kiss; 1990. (Y-PRD-KLA)
A mysterious teenage boy harboring a dark secret helps Zoe come to terms with her
mother’s terminal illness.
Lyga, Barry. The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl; 2006. (Y-Lyga)
A “geek” who keeps a lists of those who torment him and pours his energy into his own
graphic novel encounters Kyra, who helps him change his outlook on everything.
Mancusi, Mari. Boys That Bite; 2006. (Y-P-MAN)
Bitten by a vampire after being mistaken for her Goth twin sister Rayne, Sunny is in a
race against time as she tries to prevent herself from becoming a vampire permanently.
Mancusi, Mari. Stake That!; 2006. (Y-P-MAN)
Steel reeling from having lost her chance to become a vampire, Rayne learns she is
destined to be the new Vampire Slayer and must go undercover to stop a maniacal
member of the undead who seeks vengeance and power. Sequel to Boys That Bite.
Mancusi, Mari. Girls That Growl; 2007. (Y-P-MAN)
Rayne, a goth vampire and vampire slayer, must go undercover as a cheerleader to find
out what happened to the captain of the football team, who has disappeared, and find out
if the cheerleaders are really werewolves. Sequel to Stake That!.
Martinez, A. Lee. Gil’s All Fright Diner; 2005. (Y-P-MAR)
Hired by a diner owner to eliminate the zombie problem costing her customers, werewolf
Duke and vampire Earl tackle an stickier adversary who wants to take over the diner.
Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight; 2005. (Y-Meyer)
When Bella goesto live with her father in Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome
boy at school to whom she is attracted and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.
Meyer, Stephenie. New Moon; 2006. (Y-Meyer)
When the Cullens, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is
almost too much for Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is
drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways. Sequel to Twilight.
Meyer, Stephenie. Eclipse; 2007. (Y-Meyer)
Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob and her relationship with Edward,
but when Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, they may all have to work
together. Sequel to New Moon.
Rees, Douglas. Vampire High; 2003. (Y-Rees)
When his family moves to Massachusetts and Cody enters Vlad Dracul Magnet School,
many things seem strange from the unique students to Charon, his campus guide.
Schreiber, Ellen. Vampire Kisses; 2003. (Y-P-SCH)
Raven, an outcast who wears black and hopes to become a vampire, falls in love with the
mysterious new boy in town, eager to find out if he can make her dreams come true.
Schreiber, Ellen. Vampire Kisses 2: Kissing Coffins; 2005. (Y-Schreiber)
Sixteen-year-old Raven, a vampire-obsessed goth girl, searches for her true love,
Alexander, who she has learned is a real vampire.
Schreiber, Ellen. Vampire Kisses 3: Vampireville; 2006. (Y-Schreiber)
For goth-girl Raven, dating her dream boyfriend is complicated, especially because
Alexander's secret means that they can see each other only at night.
Sedgwick, Marcus. The Book of Dead Days; 2004. (Y-Sedgwick)
With the help of his servant and an orphan girl, a magician searches graveyards,
churches, and underground waterways for a book he hopes will save him from a pact he
made with evil.
Sedgwick, Marcus. The Dark Flight Down; 2005. (Y-Sedgwick Fantasy)
On an errand for his new master, Boy is captured and imprisoned in the palace dungeon,
where he plots his escape from the evil maxim and the lunatic King Frederick, but also
learns a disturbing secret about his father. Sequel to The Book of Dead Days.
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan; 2001. (Y-Shan)
Two boys who are best friends visit in illegal freak show, where an encounter with a
vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.
Shan, Darren. The Vampire’s Assistant; 2001. (Y-Shan/Y-LPeD-Shan)
After traveling with Mr. Crepsley, the vampire who made him into a half-vampire, Daren
returns to the freak show and continues to fight his need to drink human blood. Sequel to
Cirque du Freak.
Shan, Darren. Tunnels of Blood, 2002. (Y-Shan)
Darren, Evra, and Mr. Crepsley leave the freak show and get a taste of the city, but when
corpses drained of blood are discovered, the boys must confront a dangerous creature of
the night. Sequel to The Vampire’s Assistant.
Shan, Darren. Vampire Mountain; 2002. (Y-Shan)
Mr. Crepsley leads Darren on a dangerous trek to Vampire Mountain, the heart of the
vampire world, to be presented to the Council, but an encounter when the Vampaneze
along the way means trouble. Sequel to Tunnels of Blood.
Shan, Darren. Trials of Death; 2003. (Y-Shan)
Darren begins the Trials of Initiation to prove himself worthy of being a half-vampire,
even as the clan’s blood does, the Vampaneze, gather near Vampire Mountain. Sequel to
Vampire Mountain.
Shan, Darren. The Vampire Prince; 2004. (Y-Shan)
Betrayed by Kurda and reeling from the brutal slaying of Gavner, the vampire’s
assistant, Darren, finds himself branded a traitor and hunted by the vampire clan. Sequel
to The Vampire Prince.
Shan, Darren. Hunters of the Dusk; 2004. (Y-Shand)
Darren leaves Vampire Mountain as part of an elite force on a life-and-death mission to
find the newly-risen Vampaneze Lord, who is set to lead his clan into war against the
vampires. Sequel to The Vampire Prince.
Shan, Darren. Allies of the Night; 2004. (Y-Shan)
Algebra class, two old friends, and a creature with deadly hands test Darren’s
determination as he travels to Mr. Crepsley’s town to search for the murderous
vampaneze. Sequel to Hunters of the Dusk.
Shan, Darren. Killers of the Dawn; 2005. (Y-Shan)
As he battles against the vampaneze continue, Darren Shan is framed as public enemy
number one. Sequel to Allies of the Night.
Shan, Darren. The Lake of Souls; 2005. (Y-Shan)
The lives of Darren and Harkat are at risk as they face monstrous obstacles on a
desperate quest to the Lake of Souls. Sequel to Killers of the Dawn.
Shan, Darren. Lord of the Shadows; 2006. (Y-Shan)
When Daren returns home, he is met by old enemies and scores to be settled, and with
destiny certain to destroy him, the world seems doomed to fall to the Ruler of the Night.
Sequel to The Lake of Souls.
Shan, Darren. Sons of Destiny; 2006. (Y-Shan)
As Daren faces the final showdown with his archenemy, he seeks a way to trick destiny
and avoid the requirement that one of them die and the other become the Lord of the
Shadows. Sequel to Lord of the Shadows.
Shusterman, Neal. Full Tilt; 2003. (Y-Shusterman/Y-LPeD-Shusterman)
When Blake goes to a mysterious carnival, he knows that it could save his comatose
brother, but he soon learns that more is at stake if he doesn’t go on all the rides by dawn.
Singleton, Linda Joy. Last Dance; 2005. (Y-P-SIN)
While trying to help her sick grandmother, Sabine and her Goth friend Thorn travel to a
small California town where they become involved in a ghostly fifty-year-old mystery.
Sequel to Don’t Die Dragonfly.
Westerfeld, Scott. Peeps; 2005. (Y-Westerfeld)
Cal Thompson, new to Manhattan, is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism and
must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected.
Westerfeld, Scott. The Last Days; 2006. (Y-Westerfeld)
As an ancient evil stirs beneath New York, five quirky teens come together to form a
“New Sound” band whose music seems to have paranormal power.
Wooding, Chris. The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray; 2004. (Y-Wooding/Y-LPeDWooding)
As Thaniel, a wych-hunter, and Cathaline, his mentor, try to rid the alleys of London of
the terrible creatures that infest them, their lives become entwined with a unique girl.