30 must-read fiction books like The Switching Hour by Damaris Young

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The Switching Hour

By: Damaris Young

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A bewitchingly beautiful, spine-chilling story of courage, friendship and fears that come alive aft…

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1. The Halloween Tree

By: Ray Bradbury

3.78

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

A fast-moving, eerie tale set on Halloween night... Eight costumed boys running to meet their fr… read more

Similar categories in Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Because of this one brave, new-thinking man, summer lives in the winter cave."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go, and Death himself will die."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"Night and day. Summer and winter, boys. Seedtime and harvest. Life and death. That's what Halloween is, all rolled up in one."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"The day Joe Pipkin was born all the Orange Crush and Nehi soda bottles in the world fizzed over; and joyful bees swarmed countrysides to sting maiden ladies."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

Cover of Skellig (Skellig, #1) by David Almond

2. Skellig (Skellig, #1)

By: David Almond

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Micha… read more

Similar categories in David Almond's Skellig (Skellig, #1) book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"There's no end to evolution."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"The dead are often known to eat 27 and 53"

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"Truth and dreams are always getting muddled."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"Can love help a person to get better?’ I asked."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

Cover of Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4) by Tahereh Mafi

3. Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)

By: Tahereh Mafi

4.15

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

Juliette Ferrars thought she'd won. She took over Sector 45, was named the new Supreme Commander, a… read more

Similar categories in Tahereh Mafi's Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4) book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"You’re a total catch."

-Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)

"Go to hell, Kishimoto."

-Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)

"I think you’re wonderful."

-Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)

"I’m not sure I could ever say no to her."

-Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)

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4. The Wolf Wilder

By: Katherine Rundell , Gelrev Ongbico

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Feodora and her mother live in the snowbound woods of Russia, in a house full of food and fireplace… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Wolf Wilder book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Stories can start revolutions."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Hard work always hurts somewhere."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Wolves are the witches of the animal world."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Wolves, and stars, and snow: Those things made sense."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

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5. Sour Candy

By: Kealan Patrick Burke

3.65

Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition

At first glance, Phil Pendleton and his son Adam are just an ordinary father and son, no different … read more

Similar categories in Kealan Patrick Burke's Sour Candy book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • supernatural
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Four months to the day he first encountered the boy at Walmart, the last of Phil Pendleton's teeth fell out."

-Kealan Patrick Burke, Sour Candy

6. The October Country

By: Ray Bradbury

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Ray Bradbury's second short story collection is back in print, its chilling encounters with funhous… read more

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7. Garlic and the Vampire

By: Bree Paulsen

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A farm-fresh debut graphic novel starring a heroine who is braver than she realizes. Garlic feel… read more

Similar categories in Bree Paulsen's Garlic and the Vampire book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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8. October, October

By: Katya Balen

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the w… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's October, October book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"It is my story and it is our story and it isn't perfect and it isn't finished but it is whole."

-Katya Balen, October, October

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9. Dead Eleven

By: Jimmy Juliano

3.72

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

On a creepy island where everyone has a strange obsession with the year 1994, a newcomer arrives, h… read more

Similar categories in Jimmy Juliano's Dead Eleven book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • supernatural
  • fiction
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10. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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11. Night of the Mannequins

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.34

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Stephen Graham Jones returns with Night of the Mannequins, a contemporary horror story where a teen… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fiction
"Moms are so oblivious. It’s like they live in a bubble of wishful thinking."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

"The tornado the alarms had screamed about ... hadn't actually happened, but around here you never know. Better safe in the cellar than sorry halfway up the sky."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

"Sometimes you just know what you're doing is the only thing to be doing. That the world is conspiring all around you to make it happen, like, not just giving you permission, but herding you the direc…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

Cover of A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

12. A House with Good Bones

By: T. Kingfisher

3.69

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explor… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A House with Good Bones book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Like many family dynamics, it didn't have to be healthy, it just had to work."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"He's got an alibi. People with alibis in the first half of the show are always suspicious."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"I could research it. I am a champion researcher. It's why they pay me the meager academic bucks."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"I understood Grand Mae then, I think. I could not pity the adult she had become, but I could pity the girl she had been."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

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13. The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.59

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's The Salt Grows Heavy book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

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14. The Night House

By: Jo Nesbø

3.28

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally best-selling author, a twisted, multi-layered spin on the classic horror n… read more

Similar categories in Jo Nesbø's The Night House book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • supernatural
  • fiction
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15. The Twyford Code

By: Janice Hallett

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

It's time to solve the murder of the century... Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a … read more

Similar categories in Janice Hallett's The Twyford Code book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fiction
"A lot of talk inside about feelings. How feelings are like visitors with something to give you. If they knock on your door: answer. Let em in. Accept the gift. Say cheers, mate. Otherwise, they said,…"

-Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code

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16. Empty Smiles (Small Spaces, #4)

By: Katherine Arden

3.79

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Katherine thrills once again in the finale to the critically accl… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's Empty Smiles (Small Spaces, #4) book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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17. Autumncrow

By: Cameron Chaney

4.08

Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Autumncrow Valley, where every night is Halloween. Enjoy your stay! But first, a few wor… read more

Similar categories in Cameron Chaney's Autumncrow book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • supernatural
  • fiction
Cover of The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1) by Hannah  Gold

18. The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1)

By: Hannah Gold

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An instant classic with a bear-sized heart, Hannah Gold’s debut novel is a touching story of kindne… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1) book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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19. The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

By: Lora Senf

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces , this “delightfully eerie” (Erin A. Craig, New York Tim… read more

Similar categories in Lora Senf's The Clackity (Blight Harbor) book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Time made the missing different, but it didn't make it go away."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

"I'd gotten so close, so close to being the hero of my own story..."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

Cover of The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1) by Phil Hickes

20. The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1)

By: Phil Hickes

4.13

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Aveline Jones loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when sh… read more

Similar categories in Phil Hickes's The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1) book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Thief Who Sang Storms by Sophie   Anderson

21. The Thief Who Sang Storms

By: Sophie Anderson

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The Island of Morovia is shaped like a broken heart. The humans live on one side of the island, and… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The Thief Who Sang Storms book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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22. 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 Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fiction
Cover of Twitch (The Twitchers, #1) by M.G. Leonard

23. Twitch (The Twitchers, #1)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.34

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Can a birdwatcher outwit an escaped convict? Twitch has three pet chickens, four pigeons, swallo… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Twitch (The Twitchers, #1) book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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24. Halloween Season

By: Lucy A. Snyder

3.43

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Halloween is the most wonderful part of the year for many of us. For dedicated fans, the season beg… read more

Similar categories in Lucy A. Snyder's Halloween Season book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Believe Me (Shatter Me, #6.5) by Tahereh Mafi

25. Believe Me (Shatter Me, #6.5)

By: Tahereh Mafi

4.15

Format: 177 pages, Paperback

The devastatingly romantic fifth novella in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shatter Me… read more

Similar categories in Tahereh Mafi's Believe Me (Shatter Me, #6.5) book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I'd acquired friends."

-Tahereh Mafi, Believe Me (Shatter Me, #6.5)

"She's built her own family."

-Tahereh Mafi, Believe Me (Shatter Me, #6.5)

"Believe me," I whisper. "I do."

-Tahereh Mafi, Believe Me (Shatter Me, #6.5)

"To the world, she is formidable. To me? She is the world."

-Tahereh Mafi, Believe Me (Shatter Me, #6.5)

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26. Oh Maya Gods!

By: Maz Evans

4.21

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet the brand-new Gods Squad led by Vesper, the bossy, football-mad adopted daughter of Elliot Hoo… read more

Similar categories in Maz Evans's Oh Maya Gods! book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Firesong (Brightstorm, #3) by Vashti Hardy

27. Firesong (Brightstorm, #3)

By: Vashti Hardy

4.39

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In this spirited third Brightstorm adventure, the twins journey north to protect the legendary eart… read more

Similar categories in Vashti Hardy's Firesong (Brightstorm, #3) book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

28. 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 Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fiction
Cover of Shipwreck Island (Orphans of the Tide #2) by Struan Murray

29. Shipwreck Island (Orphans of the Tide #2)

By: Struan Murray

4.39

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Loyalties are tested in this sequel to Orphans of the Tide , a smart, unique middle grade read perf… read more

Similar categories in Struan Murray's Shipwreck Island (Orphans of the Tide #2) book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Spark (The Twitchers, #2) by M.G. Leonard

30. Spark (The Twitchers, #2)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.40

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Can Jack and Twitch Foil a Murder Plot? When Jack rescues a wounded cat, he quickly suspects fou… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Spark (The Twitchers, #2) book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Switching Hour by Damaris Young

31. The Switching Hour

By: Damaris Young

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A bewitchingly beautiful, spine-chilling story of courage, friendship and fears that come alive aft… read more

Similar categories in Damaris Young's The Switching Hour book and Damaris Young's The Switching Hour

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • supernatural
  • fantasy

20 must-read fantasy books like The Switching Hour by Damaris Young

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The Halloween Tree

Ray Bradbury

3.78

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Skellig (Skellig, #1)

David Almond

3.81

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Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)

Tahereh Mafi

4.15

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The Wolf Wilder

Katherine Rundell , Gelrev Ongbico

4.07

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Trick or Treat (Point Horror, #6)

Richie Tankersley Cusick

3.79

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Halloween Night (Halloween Night, #1)

R.L. Stine

3.59

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The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight (Goosebumps, #20)

R.L. Stine

3.70

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Welcome to Dead House (Goosebumps, #1)

R.L. Stine

4.50

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