8 best-selling short stories books like Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Jonathan Maberry

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Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

By: Jonathan Maberry

3.79

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

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If you liked the short stories plot in Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Jonathan Maberry , here is a list of 8 books like this:

1. Black Mad Wheel

By: Josh Malerman

4.00

Format: 139 pages,

From the author of the hit literary horror debut Bird Box ("Hitchcockian." --USA Today) comes a chi… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Black Mad Wheel book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • fiction
  • horror
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2. A Midsummer Night's Scream

By: R.L. Stine

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Oh, what fools these actors be! it was a horror movie that turned into real horror: Three young act… read more

Similar categories in R.L. Stine's A Midsummer Night's Scream book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • horror
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3. The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

By: Tananarive Due

4.04

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due’s second collection of stories includes offerings… read more

Similar categories in Tananarive Due's The Wishing Pool and Other Stories book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • audiobook
"All were eager to go home, happy and smiling, except when they saw her. Noticing brown or black skin was a favorite sport in the States, so most stared at her."

-Tananarive Due, The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

"...dim light bled through the threadbare curtains she recognized in the window, the ones with patterns of fish Mom had found at a garage sale with Joy a million years ago. Or yesterday. Time was a my…"

-Tananarive Due, The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

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4. Out There Screaming

By: Jordan Peele

3.79

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, c… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Peele's Out There Screaming book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Jesus better keep his little bitch mouth shut"

-Jordan Peele, Out There Screaming

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5. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • audiobook
  • horror
  • fiction
  • halloween
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6. This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

By: Eric LaRocca

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new collection of four intense, claustrophobic and terrifying horror tales from the Bram St… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • audiobook
"The worst thing a person can do to you after they've hurt you is let you live."

-Eric LaRocca, This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

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7. What Lives in the Woods

By: Lindsay Currie

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the decrepit Woodmoor Manor…where something in the woods is always watching. From the au… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's What Lives in the Woods book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
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8. It Watches in the Dark (Eek!)

By: Jeff Strand

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"She glanced over her shoulder. Had the scarecrow moved? It stood there, smile stitched on its face… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Strand's It Watches in the Dark (Eek!) book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • audiobook
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9. It Found Us

By: Lindsay Currie

3.97

Format: 274 pages, None

From the author of Scritch Scratch and The Girl in White comes a new spooky mystery about a girl de… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's It Found Us book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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10. The Fear Zone

By: K.R. Alexander

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

If you don't stand up to your fears,they will destroy you.When five kids are invited to a cemetery … read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's The Fear Zone book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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11. This Appearing House

By: Ally Malinenko

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Ghost Girl comes another standalone spooky middle grade for fans of Nightbooks a… read more

Similar categories in Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • audiobook
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12. Hide and Don't Seek: And Other Very Scary Stories

By: Anica Mrose Rissi

3.48

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary collection of original short stories by Anica Mrose Rissi that is sure to elicit chi… read more

Similar categories in Anica Mrose Rissi's Hide and Don't Seek: And Other Very Scary Stories book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • anthologies
  • halloween
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • audiobook
Cover of Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Jonathan Maberry

13. Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

By: Jonathan Maberry

3.79

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

None read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • halloween
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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14. Hide and Seeker

By: Daka Hermon

3.98

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

One of our most iconic childhood games receives a creepy twist as it becomes the gateway to a night… read more

Similar categories in Daka Hermon's Hide and Seeker book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker

15. The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

3.89

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

13 SCARY STORIES. 13 AUTHORS OF COLOR. 13 TIMES WE SURVIVED THE FIRST KILL. The White Guy Dies Fir… read more

Similar categories in Terry J. Benton-Walker's The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • audiobook
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16. Incidents Around the House

By: Josh Malerman

3.82

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled f… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • audiobook
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Black Girl Survives in This One by Desiree S. Evans

17. The Black Girl Survives in This One

By: Desiree S. Evans

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one. Celebrating a new generation of bes… read more

Similar categories in Desiree S. Evans's The Black Girl Survives in This One book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • audiobook
Cover of Ghost Girl by Ally Malinenko

18. Ghost Girl

By: Ally Malinenko

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Small Spaces and Nightbooks, Ally Malinenko’s middle-grade debut is an empoweri… read more

Similar categories in Ally Malinenko's Ghost Girl book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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19. I Was a Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.68

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's I Was a Teenage Slasher book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Tales to Keep You Up at Night by Dan Poblocki

20. Tales to Keep You Up at Night

By: Dan Poblocki

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits, comes a spectacul… read more

Similar categories in Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of It Came from the Trees by Ally  Russell

21. It Came from the Trees

By: Ally Russell

4.21

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The legend of Bigfoot gets a bone-chilling update in this scary story about a young girl and her sc… read more

Similar categories in Ally Russell's It Came from the Trees book and Jonathan Maberry's Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • halloween
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • audiobook

20 must-read fiction books like Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Jonathan Maberry

Black Mad Wheel

Josh Malerman

4.00

Transform Your Habits

A Midsummer Night's Scream

R.L. Stine

3.83

Transform Your Habits

The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

Tananarive Due

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Out There Screaming

Jordan Peele

3.79

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Transform Your Habits

The Mystery of Locked Rooms

Lindsay Currie

4.03

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The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

Lora Senf

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

Leslie Gentile

4.22

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What Lives in the Woods

Lindsay Currie

3.84

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