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Books like Doll bones
A chilling, autumnal road trip that captures the bittersweet, terrifying threshold between childhood imagination and adolescent reality. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Doll bones.
- autumnal
- creepy
- nostalgic
- shadowy
- 01
Down among the sticks and bones
Seanan McGuire
A dark, lyrical fairy tale about the monstrous expectations placed on little girls and the terrifying, beautiful worlds they escape to.
- 02
The Darkest Part of the Forest
Holly Black
A dark, modern fairytale where the woods are full of teeth and the girl with the sword is the most dangerous thing of all.
- 03
Valiant
Holly Black
A gritty, subterranean descent into a drug-hazed urban faerie underworld where survival means embracing the monstrous.
- 04
The Doll in the Garden
Mary Downing Hahn
A hauntingly beautiful exploration of the past hidden just behind the hedges of an overgrown garden.
- 05
Among the Dolls
William Sleator
A shadowy, claustrophobic descent into a miniature nightmare where childhood frustrations take on a terrifying life of their own.
- 06
City of Ghosts
Victoria Schwab
A delightfully chilly romp through haunted cobblestone streets that balances genuine spooks with the warmth of an unbreakable friendship.
- 07
The Replacement
Brenna Yovanoff
A grunge-tinged, rust-scented descent into a macabre underworld where monsters and humans bleed together.
- 08
The Maze of Bones
Varied: Rick Riordan; Gordon Korman; Peter Lerangis; Jude Watson; Patrick Carman;
A breakneck, puzzle-packed sprint through history where two underdog siblings must outsmart their own ruthless family.
- 09
The field guide
Tony DiTerlizzi · 2003
A creepy-cozy exploration of a worn Victorian house where hidden magical creatures lurk just out of sight.
- 10
Flesh & bone
Jonathan Maberry
A breathless, blood-pumping trek through a ruined world where holding onto your humanity is the hardest survival skill of all.
- 11
Bad Girls Don't Die
Katie Alender · 2009
A snarky, fast-paced descent into suburban horror where high school angst collides with genuine supernatural dread.
- 12
May Bird and The Ever After
Jodi Lynn Anderson
A quiet, atmospheric portal fantasy that plunges a lonely outsider into a spooky realm of ghosts and shadows.
