Bibliography of Halloween
# 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
