Bibliography of Halloween

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

Novels

• John Bellairs, The House with a Clock in Its Walls
• Jim Butcher, Dead Beat
• Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962)
• Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree (1972)
• Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party
• Franklin W. Dixon, Dead of Night, #80 in The Hardy Boys' Casefiles
• Franklin W. Dixon, Trick-or-Trouble, #175 in The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories
• Daniel Handler, The Basic Eight
• Ed McBain, Tricks: An 87th Precinct Novel
• Norman Partridge, Dark Harvest
• R.L. Stine, The Haunted Mask
• R.L. Stine, Attack of the Jack O'Lanterns
• R.L. Stine, Fear Street: Halloween Party
• Margaret Sutton, The Haunted Attic, #2 in the Judy Bolton Mystery series
• James Tipper, Gods of The Nowhere: A Novel of Halloween
• Halloween by Curtis Richards (a pseudonym of author Dennis Etchison), 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), a novelization of the 1981 film.
• Halloween III: Season of the Witch by Jack Martin (a pseudonym of author Dennis Etchison), a novelization of the 1982 film.
• Halloween IV by Nicholas Grabowsky, a novelization of the film Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.
• Five Black Cats by Pat Hegarty

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
• Ray Bradbury (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 (editor), A Hallowe'en Anthology: Literary and Historical Writers over the Centuries
• Norman Partridge (author), Halloween: Tales of the Dark Season
• Alan Ryan (editor), Halloween Horrors
• Al Sarrantonio (author), Halloween and Other Seasons
• J. Tonzelli (author), The End of Summer: Thirteen Tales of Halloween

Children's books

• Adrienne Adams, A Halloween Happening
• Adrienne Adams, A Woggle of Witches
• Frank Asch, Popcorn
• Lesley Bannatyne, Witches' Night Before Halloween
• Harry Behn, Halloween
• Norman Bridwell, 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, Dorrie and the Halloween Plot
• Paulette Cooper, Let's Find Out About Halloween
• Margery Cuyler, The Bumpy Little Pumpkin
• Gail Gibbons, Halloween Is...
• Rumer Godden, Mr. McFadden's Hallowe'en
• James Howe, Scared Silly: A Halloween Treat
• Will Hubbell, Pumpkin Jack
• Ulrich Karger, The Scary Sleepover
• Carolyn Keene, 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, Dunc's Halloween
• Robert Newton Peck, Higbee's Halloween
• Jack Prelutsky, 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
• 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, Trick or Treat
• Jerry Smath, I Like Pumpkins
• James Stevenson, That Terrible Halloween Night
• Geronimo Stilton, It's Halloween, You 'Fraidy Mouse!
• Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother
• Tasha Tudor, Pumpkin Moonshine
• Nora S. Unwin, 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. ISBN 1-56554-712-8
• Diane C. Arkins, Halloween Merrymaking: An Illustrated Celebration of Fun, Food, and Frolics from Halloweens Past. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company (2004). 112 pages. ISBN 1-58980-113-X
• Lesley Bannatyne, Halloween: An American Holiday, An American History. New York: Facts on File (1990). 176 pages. ISBN 0-81601-846-4; Halloween Nation. Behind the Scenes of America's Fright Night. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company (2011). 248 pages. ISBN 9781589806801
• Edna Barth, Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the Halloween Symbols. New York: Seabury Press (1972). 95 pages. ISBN 0-81643-087-X
• Phyllis Galembo, Dressed for Thrills: 100 Years of Halloween Costumes and Masquerade. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (2002). 128 pages. ISBN 0-8109-3291-1
• Lint Hatcher, The Magic Eightball Test: A Christian Defense of Halloween and All Things Spooky. Lulu.com (2006). ISBN 978-1-84728-756-4
• Ronald Hutton, The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain. Oxford Paperbacks (2001). 560 pages. ISBN 0-19285-448-8
• Ruth Edna Kelley, The Book of Hallowe'en. BiblioLife (2009, reprint ed., orig. 1919). 140 pages. ISBN 0-55910-509-6
• 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. ISBN 0-89281-900-6
• Lisa Morton, The Halloween Encyclopedia. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company (2003). 240 pages. ISBN 0-78641-524-X
• Lisa Morton, Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween. London: Reaktion Books (2012). 229 pages. ISBN 1-78023-047-8
• Nicholas Rogers, Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night. New York: Oxford University Press (2002). 198 pages. ISBN 0-19514-691-3
• Jack Santino (ed.), Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press (1994). 280 pages. ISBN 0-87049-813-4;
• The Hallowed Eve: Dimensions of Culture in a Calendar Festival in Northern Ireland. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky (2009). 180 pages. ISBN 9780813120812
• David J. Skal, Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween. New York: Bloomsbury USA (2003). 224 pages. ISBN 1-58234-305-5
• Ben Truwe, The Halloween Catalog Collection. Portland, OR: Talky Tina Press (2003). ISBN 0-97034-485-6

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