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Spooky summer fun for all ages, from cute picture books with spooky elements, to creepy middle grade graphic novels, to teen + YA thrills, to adult-level gore and a sprinkling of erotic horror/dark romance. Books on this list have a heavy summer theme, either highlighting the season or taking place in settings like summer camps, fairgrounds, beaches, or water parks, and have some sort of creepy or scary element to them.

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books with the aesthetic of a 70s/80s summer camp, where a mysterious killer is picking off teenagers one by one…

Slasher Season, for me, runs from the beginning of Summer— when it’s just warm enough for a dip in the lake— through Fall, when the leaves turn brown again. If roasting marshmallows around a campfire is in season, so is reading about masked psychos terrorizing people. ❤️💀 (I’m sure this list will remain under construction for a while as I discover more to read and add)