This is a bibliography of works about Halloween or in which Halloween is a prominent theme.

Novels

John Bellairs John Anthony Bellairs (January 17, 1938 – March 8, 1991) was an American author best known for his fantasy novel '' The Face in the Frost'' and many Gothic mystery novels for children featuring the characters Lewis Barnavelt, Rose Rita Potti ...

, '' The House with a Clock in Its Walls'' *

Jim Butcher Jim Butcher (born October 26, 1971) is an American author., He has written the contemporary fantasy ''The Dresden Files'', ''Codex Alera'', and '' Cinder Spires'' book series. Personal life Butcher was born in Independence, Missouri, in 1971. H ...

, '' Dead Beat'' *

Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery fictio ...

, '' Something Wicked This Way Comes'' (1962) * Ray Bradbury, '' The Halloween Tree'' (1972) * Agatha Christie, ''

Hallowe'en Party ''Hallowe'en Party'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November 1969Chris Peers, Ralph Spurrier and Jamie Sturgeon. ''Collins Crime Club – A checklist of ...

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Franklin W. Dixon Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who were part of a team that wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate (now owned by Simon & Schuster). Dixon was also the writer attributed for the ''Ted ...

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Dead of Night ''Dead of Night'' is a 1945 black and white British anthology horror film, made by Ealing Studios. The individual segments were directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer. It stars Mervyn Johns, Googie W ...

, #80 in

The Hardy Boys The Hardy Boys, brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional characters who appear in several mystery series for children and teens. The series revolves around teenagers who are amateur sleuths, solving cases that stumped their adult counterp ...

' Casefiles'' * Franklin W. Dixon, ''Trick-or-Trouble, #175 in The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories'' *

Daniel Handler Daniel Handler (born February 28, 1970) is an American author, musician, screenwriter, television writer, and television producer. He is best known for his children's book series ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' and ''All the Wrong Questions ...

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The Basic Eight ''The Basic Eight'' is the debut novel by author Daniel Handler, published in 1998. The book is a version of the diary of high-schooler Flannery Culp. It contains a number of sarcastic plot devices that ridicule high school English classes, stand ...

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Ed McBain Evan Hunter, born Salvatore Albert Lombino,(October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005) was an American author and screenwriter best known for his 87th Precinct novels, written under his Ed McBain pen name, and the novel upon which the film '' Blackb ...

, ''Tricks: An

87th Precinct The 87th Precinct is a series of police procedural novels and stories by American author Ed McBain (a writing pseudonym of Evan Hunter). McBain's 87th Precinct works have been adapted, sometimes loosely, into movies and television on several o ...

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Norman Partridge Norman Partridge (born May 28, 1958) is an American author of horror and mystery fiction. He has written two detective novels about retired boxer Jack Baddalach, ''Saguaro Riptide'' and ''The Ten Ounce Siesta''. He is also the author of a C ...

, ''Dark Harvest'' * R.L. Stine, '' The Haunted Mask'' * R.L. Stine, '' Attack of the Jack O'Lanterns'' * R.L. Stine, ''

Fear Street ''Fear Street'' is a teenage horror fiction series written by American author R. L. Stine, starting in 1989. In 1995, a series of books inspired by the ''Fear Street'' series, called '' Ghosts of Fear Street'', was created for younger readers ...

: Halloween Party'' *

Margaret Sutton Margaret Sutton (January 22, 1903 - June 21, 2001) was the pen name of Rachel Beebe, an American author and teacher who is famous as being the author of the Judy Bolton Series of mystery books, 38 volumes published between 1932 and 1967. In a ...

, ''The Haunted Attic'', #2 in the

Judy Bolton The Judy Bolton Mystery Series, written by Margaret Sutton, follows a realistic young woman who solves mysteries. Although the series was not quite as popular as Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton has been called a more complex and believable role model f ...

Mystery series'' * James Tipper, ''Gods of The Nowhere: A Novel of Halloween'' * ''Halloween'' by Curtis Richards (a pseudonym of author

Dennis Etchison Dennis William Etchison (March 30, 1943 – May 29, 2019) was an American writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction.

), a novelization of the 1978 film. This novel has been out of print since the 1980s. * ''Halloween II'' by Jack Martin (a pseudonym of author

Dennis Etchison Dennis William Etchison (March 30, 1943 – May 29, 2019) was an American writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction.

), a novelization of the 1981 film. * ''Halloween III: Season of the Witch'' by Jack Martin (a pseudonym of author

Dennis Etchison Dennis William Etchison (March 30, 1943 – May 29, 2019) was an American writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction.

), a novelization of the 1982 film. * ''Halloween IV'' by

Nicholas Grabowsky Nicholas John Grabowsky (born May 7, 1966) is a horror/fantasy author and screenwriter. Early life Grabowsky was born in Norwalk, California in 1966 to parents Arthur J. Grabowsky and Doris Ruth Moreno. From 1966 to 1995, he resided with his ...

, a novelization of the film '' Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers''. * ''Five Black Cats'' by

Pat Hegarty Pat Hegarty (born 1947) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Cork senior team. Hegarty joined the team during the 1968-69 National League and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement a ...

Short stories

* Philarète Chasles, "The Eye with No Lid"

Anthologies

* Isaac Asimov (editor), ''Thirteen Horrors of Halloween'' * Lesley Pratt Bannatyne (editor), ''A Halloween Reader: Poems, Stories, and Plays from Halloween Past'' *

(author), '' The October Country'' * Ray Bradbury (author), '' From Dust Returned'' * Richard Chizmar (editor), ''Trick or Treat: A Collection of Halloween Novellas'' * Richard Chizmar and Robert Morrish (editors), '' October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween'' * Paula Guran (editor), ''Halloween'' * Paula Guran (editor), ''Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre'' * Marvin Kaye (editor), ''The Ultimate Halloween'' * Ronald Kelly (author), ''The Halloween Store and Other Tales of All Hallows' Eve'' * Ronald Kelly (author), ''Mister Glow-Bones and Other Halloween Tales'' *

Lisa Morton Lisa Morton (born December 11, 1958) is an American horror author and screenwriter. Biography Morton was born in Pasadena, California, and entered the film industry in 1979 as a modelmaker on Star Trek: The Motion Picture. In 1988 she co-wr ...

(editor), ''A Hallowe'en Anthology: Literary and Historical Writers over the Centuries'' *

(author), ''Halloween: Tales of the Dark Season'' *

Alan Ryan Alan James Ryan (born 9 May 1940) is a British philosopher. He was Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford. He was also Warden of New College, Oxford, from 1996 to 2009.. He retired as Professor Emeritus in September 2015PeAlan Ryan' ...

(editor), ''Halloween Horrors'' *

Al Sarrantonio Al Sarrantonio (born May 25, 1952) is an American horror and science fiction writer, editor and publisher who has authored more than 50 books and 90 short stories. He has also edited numerous anthologies and has been called "brilliant" and " ...

(author), ''Halloween and Other Seasons'' * J. Tonzelli (author), ''The End of Summer: Thirteen Tales of Halloween''

Children's books

Adrienne Adams Adrienne Adams may refer to: * Adrienne Adams (illustrator) (1906–2002), American illustrator * Adrienne Adams (politician) Adrienne Eadie Adams (born December 9, 1960) is an American politician serving as Speaker of the New York City C ...

, ''A Halloween Happening'' * Adrienne Adams, ''A Woggle of Witches'' *

Frank Asch Frank Asch (August 6, 1946 in Somerville, New Jersey – 2022) was an American children's book writer, best known for his Moonbear picture books. In 1968, Asch published his first picture book, '' George's Store''. The following year, he gr ...

, ''Popcorn'' * Lesley Bannatyne, ''Witches' Night Before Halloween'' *

Harry Behn Harry Behn (September 24, 1898September 6, 1973) was an American screenwriter and children's author. He was involved in writing scenes and continuities for a number of screenplays, including the war film ''The Big Parade ''in 1925, and '' Hel ...

, ''Halloween'' *

Norman Bridwell Norman Ray Bridwell (February 15, 1928 – December 12, 2014) was an American author and cartoonist best known for the ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' book series. Early life Bridwell was born on February 15, 1928, in Kokomo, Indiana, to Leona and ...

, '' Clifford's Halloween'' * Robert Bright, ''Georgie's Halloween'' * Eve Bunting, ''In the Haunted House'' * Eve Bunting, ''Scary, Scary Halloween'' * Nancy L. Carson, '' Harriet's Halloween Candy'' *

Patricia Coombs Patricia Coombs (born in Los Angeles, California, July 23, 1926) is the author and illustrator of many children's picture books, including the popular Dorrie the Little Witch series. “Of her childhood, she says, ‘I was forever being told to g ...

, ''Dorrie and the Halloween Plot'' *

Paulette Cooper Paulette Cooper (born July 26, 1942) is an American author and journalist whose writing against the Church of Scientology resulted in harassment from Scientologists. An early critic of the church, she published ''The Scandal of Scientology'' in ...

, ''Let's Find Out About Halloween'' * Margery Cuyler, ''The Bumpy Little Pumpkin'' * Gail Gibbons, ''Halloween Is...'' *

Rumer Godden Margaret Rumer Godden (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was an English author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably ''Black Narcissus'' in 1947 and '' The River'' in ...

, ''Mr. McFadden's Hallowe'en'' *

James Howe James Howe (born August 2, 1946) is an American children's writer who has written more than 79 juvenile and young adult fiction books. He is best known for the Bunnicula series about a vampire rabbit that sucks the juice out of vegetables. Bi ...

, ''Scared Silly: A Halloween Treat'' * Will Hubbell, ''Pumpkin Jack'' * Ulrich Karger, '' The Scary Sleepover'' *

Carolyn Keene Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery stories and The Dana Girls mystery stories, both produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. In addition, the Keene pen name is credited with the Nancy Drew spin-off, ''River ...

, ''Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew: The Halloween Hoax'' * Kazuno Kohara, ''Ghosts in the House!'' * Robert Kraus, ''How Spider Saved Halloween'' * Elizabeth Levy, '' Something Queer at the Haunted School'' * Eve Merriam, '' Halloween ABC'' * Herman Parish, '' Happy Haunting, Amelia Bedelia'' *

Gary Paulsen Gary James Paulsen (May 17, 1939 – October 13, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 maga ...

, '' Dunc's Halloween'' * Robert Newton Peck, ''Higbee's Halloween'' *

Jack Prelutsky Jack Prelutsky (born September 8, 1940) is an American writer of children's poetry who has published over 50 poetry collections. He served as the first U.S. Children's Poet Laureate (now called the Young People's Poet Laureate) from 2006–08 ...

, '' It's Halloween'' * Jack Prelutsky, ''Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep'' * Jack Prelutsky, ''The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight: More Poems to Trouble Your Sleep'' * Alvin Schwartz, ''

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark ''Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'' is a series of three collections of short horror stories for children, written by Alvin Schwartz and originally illustrated by Stephen Gammell. In 2011, HarperCollins published editions featuring new art ...

'' * J. Otto Seibold, ''Vunce Upon a Time'' * Jerry Seinfeld, '' Halloween'' * Erica Silverman, '' Big Pumpkin'' * Erica Silverman, ''The Halloween House'' * Fran Cannon Slayton, ''When the Whistle Blows'' *

Louis Slobodkin Louis Slobodkin (February 19, 1903 – May 8, 1975) was an American people, American sculptor, writer, and illustrator of numerous children's books. Life Slobodkin was born on February 19, 1903, in Albany, New York. He attended the Beaux-Art ...

, ''Trick or Treat'' * Jerry Smath, '' I Like Pumpkins'' * James Stevenson, ''That Terrible Halloween Night'' *

Geronimo Stilton ''Geronimo Stilton'' is an Italian children's chapter book series written by Elisabetta Dami under the pen name of the title character. Scholastic Corporation has published the English version of the series in the US since February 2004, and t ...

, ''It's Halloween, You 'Fraidy Mouse!'' *

Jill Thompson Jill Thompson (born November 20, 1966) is an American illustrator and writer who has worked for stage, film, and television. Well known for her work on Neil Gaiman's '' The Sandman'' characters and her own ''Scary Godmother'' series, she has wor ...

, '' Scary Godmother'' * Tasha Tudor, ''Pumpkin Moonshine'' *

Nora S. Unwin Nora Spicer Unwin (22 February 1907 – 1 January 1982) was a children's book illustrator and writer. She was born near London, England, in a family already renowned for publishing and printing circles and for founding three different publishing h ...

, ''Proud Pumpkin'' * Nora S. Unwin, ''Two Too Many'' * Dan Yaccarino, ''Five Little Pumpkins''

Non-fiction

* Diane C. Arkins, ''Halloween: Romantic Art and Customs of Yesteryear''. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company (2000). 96 pages. * Diane C. Arkins, ''Halloween Merrymaking: An Illustrated Celebration of Fun, Food, and Frolics from Halloweens Past''. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company (2004). 112 pages. * Lesley Bannatyne, ''Halloween: An American Holiday, An American History''. New York: Facts on File (1990). 176 pages. ; ''Halloween Nation. Behind the Scenes of America's Fright Night''. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company (2011). 248 pages. * Edna Barth, ''Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the Halloween Symbols''. New York: Seabury Press (1972). 95 pages. * Phyllis Galembo, ''Dressed for Thrills: 100 Years of Halloween Costumes and Masquerade''. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (2002). 128 pages. * Lint Hatcher, ''The Magic Eightball Test: A Christian Defense of Halloween and All Things Spooky''. Lulu.com (2006). *

Ronald Hutton Ronald Edmund Hutton (born 19 December 1953) is an English historian who specialises in Early Modern Britain, British folklore, pre-Christian religion and Contemporary Paganism. He is a professor at the University of Bristol, has written 14 b ...

, ''The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain''. Oxford Paperbacks (2001). 560 pages. * Ruth Edna Kelley, ''The Book of Hallowe'en''. BiblioLife (2009, reprint ed., orig. 1919). 140 pages. * Jean Markale, ''The Pagan Mysteries of Halloween: Celebrating the Dark Half of the Year'' (translation of ''Halloween, histoire et traditions''). Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions (2001). 160 pages. *

, ''The Halloween Encyclopedia''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company (2003). 240 pages. * Lisa Morton, ''Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween''. London: Reaktion Books (2012). 229 pages. * Nicholas Rogers, ''Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night''. New York: Oxford University Press (2002). 198 pages. * Jack Santino (ed.), ''Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life''. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press (1994). 280 pages. ; * ''The Hallowed Eve: Dimensions of Culture in a Calendar Festival in Northern Ireland''. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky (2009). 180 pages. * David J. Skal, '' Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween''. New York: Bloomsbury USA (2003). 224 pages. * Ben Truwe, ''The Halloween Catalog Collection''. Portland, OR: Talky Tina Press (2003). {{DEFAULTSORT:Halloween fiction Literature lists Religious bibliographies American literature-related lists