A vampire is something a child meets. A werewolf is something a child becomes — and that one difference decides almost everything on this shelf. These are stories about a body that stops taking instructions once a month: the fur, the hunger, the sudden urge to run four miles at two in the morning, and the enormous practical question of what to say at school on Monday. Some characters are bitten, some inherit it from a parent who never explained, and a few are only accused, which turns out to be its own excellent kind of story — the new camp director eats his steak nearly raw, and a third grader will happily build the case.
Drawing from Bookroo’s collection of 64 werewolf books, our editors chose the ones that do something with the change instead of merely announcing it: a lone wolf looking for a pack, a boy sprinting home to dinner on brand-new paws, a town where the children lock their parents up at the full moon, a boarding-school loner with a lighthouse to get to, and the beast that actually terrorized the French countryside in the 1760s. Start with our fixed list of 12 favorites, then follow the age shelves from first read-alouds up to middle-grade horror and graphic novels.
A boy turns into a wolf every night at midnight and has the whole dark world to himself—and nobody at all to share it with.
A boy turns into a werewolf and races home before dinner. What will his parents say?
A dogcatcher is sweeping up every stray in town, and one of the dogs in the back of the truck may not be a dog.
The new camp director is covered in hair, eats his meat nearly raw, and something howls in the woods after lights-out.
A city kid spending the winter in rural Montana notices that one of the twins next door keeps slipping out after dark.
A boarding-school loner counts down to Friday, when everyone else goes home and the woods and the lighthouse are finally his.
One night a month the children of a remote town lock their parents safely away—until the locks stop being the thing to worry about.
Three unlucky bites over one summer leave a sixth grader part vampire, part werewolf, and part zombie—due at a new school on Monday.
A young werewolf at a boarding school for henchmen-in-training goes looking for whoever keeps sabotaging the place.
The end of the world is scheduled, the gods are long dead, and the descendants of Loki can still turn into wolves.
Something killed dozens of people in the French countryside in the 1760s, and the men who hunted it were certain they knew what it was.
A girl sneaks out at night, watches an enormous wolf put on a bathrobe, and learns her mother has been keeping a family secret.
Moonlit changes, first fur, and monsters who mostly want somebody to play with, for read-aloud ages 3–8.
Explore chilling poems that bring ghouls and vampires to life.
A mummy's spooky gifts lead to a Halloween countdown full of surprises.
A young werewolf risks everything to befriend a human boy. Can their bond survive her secret?
A boy's mysterious bite leads to a moonlit game with werewolves.
Suspicious substitutes, monster boarding schools, full-moon curfews, and towns with very good reasons to be indoors by dark, for independent readers ages 6–13.
A zombie rock festival turns chaotic. Can Luke save the day?
Uncover the secrets of suspicious neighbors without superpowers.
Shadowhunters face their greatest evil as darkness threatens to consume their world.
A friend is trapped in a book. Can Cleo and Evan break the werewolf curse before it's too late?
Two friends travel to Scotland to visit a castle, but their adventure takes an unexpected turn when they encounter a werewolf.
A werewolf, vampire, and mummy battle spiders to find a relic and save their home.
Marty fears he's turning into a werewolf. Can he save his friends from himself?
A boy must collect relics to escape a sinister supernatural neighborhood.
A mysterious visitor and a hidden creature threaten Spookie House. Can Araminta uncover the truth?
A witch-in-training faces supernatural hunters and unintended chaos on Halloween night.
Can you survive four terrifying tales where nightmares come to life?
Three terrifying tales: a werewolf, living scarecrows, and a snow monster await in this chilling graphic novel anthology.
