With Halloween just around the corner, I asked some of the folks on staff to tell me some of their favorite creepy books. Here’s what they said:
Monstrumologist
by Rick Yancey
Will Henry is an orphan, but he’s been apprenticed to a monstrumologist, or one who studies monsters. A creepy, scary, gruesome book.
The Marbury Lens
by Andrew Smith
After surviving an attempted kidnapping, Jack is given a pair of glasses that allow him to see a whole different world — one that is at war. This book blurs the line between fantasy and reality as Jack attempts to survive his trauma.
Ashes
by Ilsa Bick
After an EMP wipes out the world’s electronics and causes some people to change into something decidedly non-human, Alex and her friends struggle to survive. Now, I’m not going to use the word zombie, because it’s not entirely accurate, but the thing people who are Changed become are decidedly creepy.
And no Halloween list would be complete without at least one vampire book.
Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising
By Jason Henderson
After only his first few days at his new school, Alex encounters not one, but two vampires. This wouldn’t have been strange if Alex had only known about his family’s vampire past. If your tired of hot, “vegetarian” vampires, these are for you.
BookPeople 
Thanks for the comments on Alex Van Helsing! I was in Austin for about ten years and really miss Book People. Glad I can be there in some way.
-Jason Henderson