Reclaim this season’s Catholic roots!
Curl up with a good book that explores themes of souls, ghosts, the afterlife, intercession, saints and other paranormalities all from the vantage point of mother church. (This does not mean that Horror books are your only option.)
 We’ve loosely grouped the books in 3 categories according to scariness. However just because a book is in the least scary list does not mean that it does not contain mature themes or topics not suitable for all readers. Please read the full review of each book before making a decision for sensitive readers. Also note that our analysis of how scary a book is, is inherently subjective. Please exercise discernment.
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Least Scary
Thematic & Atmospheric but not at all scary.
The Book of Saints and Heroes by Andrew and Leonora Lang
Shadows Visible and Invisible by Catholic Teen Books Authors
Heavenly Rescues by Andrea Jo Rodgers
The Journal by C.E. Rivetto
Shadowmancer by G.P. Taylor
Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang
The Sister of the Last Straw, the Case of the Haunted Chapel by Karen Kelly Boyce
Relic of His Heart by Jane Lebak
Vigil by Russell Newquist
Absence by Kaye Park Hinckley
The Haunted Cathedral by Antony Barone Kolenc
Mandy Lamb & the Full Moon by Corinna Turner
The Branded Ones by Colleen Drippé
Snares of the Netherworld by Mary C. Jones
Moderately Scary
Spooky, Creepy even but not nightmare inducing for most
Isabel and the Elf Knight by G.M. Baker
The Dunes by A.R.K. Watson
Wake of Malice by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson
The Vines of Mars by A.R.K. Watson
Brother Wolf by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson
Three Last Things or The Hounding of Carl Jarrold, Soulless Assassin by Corinna Turner
Shooting at Heaven’s Gate by Kaye Park Hinckley
An Exorcist Tells His Story by Fr. Gabrielle Amorth
Tortured Soul by Theresa Linden
War Demons by Russell Newquist
Honor at Stake by Declan Finn
Ghosts of the Faithful by Kaye Park Hinckley
Dracula by Bram Stoker, Ignatius Critical Edition
Complete Stories by Flanny O’Connor
A Bloody Habit by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson
The Silence of Bones by June Hur
Scariest
Goosebumps galore!
Jennifer the Damned by Karen Ullo
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
Comet Dust by C.D. Verhoff
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Hell Spawn by Declan Finn
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Nethereal by Brian Niemeier
Legion by William Peter Blatty
Climb the Tree by Michael Bertrand
Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson
