Huge thanks to Konrad Stump and the HWA's Library Advisory Council for getting the useful (and gorgeous) Summer Scares Programming Guide out for all of you to use. It is 100% free.
You can access it on the Summer Scares Resource Page here or directly with this link.
Below, I have reposted the Summer Scares Resource page as it stands today. It will be updated as the year goes on. We already have 3 known podcasts coming soon that are all about Summer Scares.
There is a lot of information you can use anytime of year to help your horror readers. And check out the links to sign up for the free Booklist Webinars featuring our 2026 authors. I will be at every webinar hanging out in the background to answer your questions.
Finally, I leave you with this fun fact: 3 of this year's authors are nominated for a 2025 Bram Stoker Award-- Linda Cheng, Ally Russell, and Ally Malinenko.
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This is the resource page for the 2026 Summer Scares program. Please visit the Summer Scares Archive for access to the resources and titles from 2019-2025 here.
The 2026 Summer Scares Programming Guide is available for free here.
It includes information on each title, readalikes, program ideas, book discussion questions and more. Basically if you want to use these titles for your summer reading plans, this guide has everything you need.
Please click here for access to our free folder of graphics including title collages courtesy of Kelly Jensen.The 2026 Adult selections are:
A Botanical Daughter, by Noah Medlock (Titan, 2024)
Never Whistle at Night, ed. Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst (Vintage, 2023)
Maeve Fly, by CJ Leede (Tor Nightfire, 2023)
The 2026 Young Adult selections are:
What We Harvest, by Ann Fraistat (Delacorte Press, 2022)
Gorgeous Gruesome Faces, by Linda Cheng (Roaring Brook Press, 2023)
Our Shadows Have Claws, ed. Yamile Saied Méndez & Amparo Ortiz (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2022)
The 2026 Middle Grade selections are:
Garlic and the Vampire, by Bree Paulsen (Harper, 2021)
It Came from the Trees, by Ally Russell (Delacorte Press, 2023)
This Appearing House, by Ally Malinenko (Harper, 2022)
Watch the authors talk about their books, horror, and libraries via our Free Booklist Webinars:
- Thursday, March 12, 2026, at 2pm Eastern, featuring our Middle-Grade authors and moderated by Julia Smith. Click here to register.
- Monday, March 23, 2026, at 2pm Eastern, featuring our Young Adult authors and moderated by Kelly Jensen. Click here to register.
- Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 2pm Eastern, featuring our Adult authors and moderated by Jennifer McMahon. Click here to register.
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