Spooky Middle Grade Reads of the 2020s

1.
Stage Fright
Stage Fright 3.99 avg rating — 154 ratings
2.
Field of Screams
Field of Screams 3.74 avg rating — 584 ratings
3.
Root Magic
Root Magic 4.20 avg rating — 3,355 ratings
4.
Hide and Seeker
Hide and Seeker 3.97 avg rating — 2,695 ratings
5.
Thirteens (Thirteens, #1)
Thirteens (Thirteens, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 1,653 ratings
6.
Brackenbeast (Thirteens, #2)
Brackenbeast (Thirteens, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 487 ratings
7.
No Place for Monsters
No Place for Monsters 3.88 avg rating — 910 ratings
8.
Ghost Hunter's Daughter
Ghost Hunter's Daughter 3.78 avg rating — 561 ratings
8.
Girls of Stories and Soul
Girls of Stories and Soul really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
8.
Warned: The Astrologer's Prophecy (Eerie Tales from the East, #1)
Warned: The Astrologer's Prophecy (Eerie Tales from the East, #1) 4.67 avg rating — 42 ratings
8.
Graveyard Ghouls for a Fright in the Night
Graveyard Ghouls for a Fright in the Night really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
12.
You've Let Them In
You've Let Them In 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
12.
The Old Person Curse
The Old Person Curse 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings
12.
Valley of the Rats
Valley of the Rats 3.83 avg rating — 29 ratings
15.
Spirit Hunters
Spirit Hunters
by: Ellen Oh
4.01 avg rating — 3,841 ratings
16.
Scritch Scratch
Scritch Scratch 3.91 avg rating — 4,948 ratings
17.
Liars' Room
Liars' Room 3.62 avg rating — 232 ratings
18.
The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales
The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales 3.54 avg rating — 541 ratings
19.
Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 3.77 avg rating — 1,631 ratings
20.
The Thirteenth Cat
The Thirteenth Cat 3.64 avg rating — 715 ratings
21.
The Undrowned
The Undrowned 3.87 avg rating — 1,619 ratings
22.
The Collected (The Collector, #2)
The Collected (The Collector, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
23.
Follow Me
Follow Me 3.96 avg rating — 675 ratings
24.
Haunt Me
Haunt Me 4.05 avg rating — 603 ratings
25.
Ghost in the Headlights
Ghost in the Headlights 4.07 avg rating — 316 ratings
26.
The Haunting
The Haunting 3.85 avg rating — 497 ratings
27.
Red Rover
Red Rover 3.98 avg rating — 307 ratings
28.
Darkness
Darkness 3.62 avg rating — 102 ratings
29.
The Girl in the Lake
The Girl in the Lake 3.77 avg rating — 2,591 ratings
30.
Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)
Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3) 3.80 avg rating — 6,449 ratings
31.
Gloom Town
Gloom Town 3.49 avg rating — 503 ratings
32.
The Carrefour Curse
The Carrefour Curse 4.13 avg rating — 529 ratings