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A chilling, campfire-style descent into the dark woods where primal fears are met with fierce courage. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Scary Stories for Young Foxes.

  • chilling
  • shadowy
  • suspenseful
  • campfire-spooky
  1. 01

    Wicked Fox

    Kat Cho

    A neon-drenched, star-crossed romance where ancient folklore collides with the modern city streets.

    Shares:
    • shadowy
    • suspenseful
    • atmospheric
    • earnest
  2. 02

    The Wolves in the Walls

    Neil Gaiman

    A delightfully creepy, surreal romp about what happens when the things you fear most actually show up, and you have to be the brave one.

    Shares:
    • shadowy
  3. 03

    Through the Woods

    Emily Carroll

    A beautifully illustrated descent into the darkest, most unsettling corners of folklore where the monsters always win.

    Shares:
    • shadowy
    • ominous
    • cautionary
  4. 04

    Still more tales for the midnight hour

    Judith Bauer Stamper · 1989

    A delightfully spooky collection of campfire-style tales designed to send a safe, nostalgic shiver down your spine.

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    • chilling
    • shadowy
    • suspenseful
    • ominous
  5. 05

    Small spaces

    Katherine Arden

    A crisp, dread-soaked autumn nightmare that wraps a poignant story of grief inside a genuinely terrifying fight for survival.

    Shares:
    • chilling
    • suspenseful
    • earnest
  6. 06

    The Taken (Foxcraft #1)

    Inbali Iserles

    A thrilling, animal-centric fantasy where survival depends on mastering ancient magic in a cold and hostile world.

    Shares:
    • earnest
  7. 07

    The Night Country

    Melissa Albert

    A dark, gritty collision of modern city streets and blood-soaked fairy tales where magic is a menace you cannot outrun.

    Shares:
    • atmospheric
  8. 08

    Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales

    Brian Jacques

    A spine-chilling collection of spooky encounters designed to make you check under the bed.

    Shares:
    • shadowy
    • suspenseful
  9. 09

    Rot & Ruin

    Jonathan Maberry

    A gritty, blood-soaked coming-of-age journey that asks what it truly means to be human when the world has already ended.

    Shares:
    • suspenseful
    • earnest
  10. 10

    The Twisted Ones

    T. Kingfisher

    A deeply unsettling descent into backwoods terror, anchored by a fiercely relatable narrator and her very good dog.

    Feels:
    • creepy
    • dread-soaked
    • claustrophobic
  11. 11

    Slasher Girls & Monster Boys

    April Genevieve Tucholke

    A cinematic, blood-spattered love letter to classic horror that delivers bite-sized, unpredictable nightmares.

    Shares:
    • chilling
    • suspenseful
    • atmospheric
  12. 12

    Even more tales for the midnight hour

    Judith Bauer Stamper

    A chilling collection of campfire-style scares designed to make you check under the bed.

    Shares:
    • chilling
    • shadowy
    • suspenseful

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