Here Are The 2024 Summer Scares Titles For a Summer of Excellent Horror Reading

In celebration of National Library Lover’s Day, the Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, Booklist, and NoveList®, a division of EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), is delighted to announce the sixth annual Summer Scares studying record, which incorporates titles chosen by a panel of authors and library employees and is designed to advertise Horror as a nice studying choice for all ages, throughout any time of the yr.

This yr, Summer Scares welcomes writer Clay McLeod Chapman because the 2024 spokesperson. “Our bookshelves are getting haunted this summer!” exclaims Chapman. “Every last one of the books selected for this year’s Summer Scares is a beautiful little nightmare just waiting for the right reader to come along and crack it open. The outright honor of amassing this awesome roster of authors cannot be overstated. I love each and every last one of these books and I can’t wait to shout about how terrifying they are all summer long.”

Each yr, three titles are chosen in every of three classes: Adult, Young Adult, and Middle Grade. For 2024 the chosen titles are:

Adult Selections

• Jackal by Erin E. Adams (Bantam, 2022)

Young Adult Selections

• Dead Flip by Sara Farizan (Algonquin Young Readers, 2022)

Middle Grade Selections

• The Nest by Kenneth Oppel (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2015)

The objective of Summer Scares is to introduce Horror titles to high school and public library employees in an effort to assist them begin conversations with readers that may lengthen past the books from every record and promote studying for years to return. In addition to the annual record of really useful titles, the Summer Scares Programming Guide, created every year by the Springfield-Greene County (MO) Library — and free for libraries anyplace to entry, is again with the instruments libraries want to attach with their patrons.

“The 2024 guide is packed with ideas that library workers can use to engage their communities with these great titles, whether they’re putting up book displays, hosting author events, or planning an entire Summer Scares program series,” states Konrad Stump, co-creator of the programming information. The information will probably be out there starting March 1, 2024, on the Summer Scares Resource web page at https://raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-scares.html

Along with the information, the Summer Scares committee will work with each the really useful record authors and Horror authors from everywhere in the nation to supply free programming to libraries. Any library seeking to host horror-themed occasions any time of yr is inspired to e-mail libraries@horror.org to get began.

Once once more, Summer Scares will probably be included as half of iRead, a summer time studying program that’s utilized by libraries within the United States and throughout the globe by the Department of Defense for libraries on army bases. “While there is nothing scary about Summer Reading, there is no better time than summer to scare up some great books. iREAD is thrilled (and chilled!) to partner once again with Summer Scares to introduce Horror titles to school and public library workers in order to help them start conversations with readers that perfectly align with our mission to bridge the summer gap while inspiring literacy and life-long learning,” shares iREAD Content and Development Manager Becca Boland. “We look forward to working with Summer Scares to help people find their voice — even if it is to scream!”

Each webinar lasts one hour. Anyone could register to take part totally free at https://www.booklistonline.com/webinars. Recordings will probably be out there for on-demand viewing after the reside occasions at https://www.booklistonline.com/webinars-archive.

All are welcome to hitch the Summer Scares committee and featured authors on the HWA’s Librarians’ Day, going down in individual on May 31, 2024, in San Diego as half of StokerConⓇ. Details at: https://www.stokercon2024.com.

The HWA is a non-profit group of writers and publishing professionals and the oldest group devoted to the Horror/Dark Fiction style. One of the HWA’s missions is to foster an appreciation of studying via in depth programming and partnerships with libraries, colleges, and literacy-based organizations.

The 2024 Summer Scares program committee consists of writer Clay McLeod Chapman, HWA Library Committee Co-Chairs Becky Spratford and Konrad Stump, in addition to Academic Librarian Carolyn Ciesla, Book Riot Editor and YA specialist Kelly Jensen, Booklist Editor and Middle Grade specialist Julia Smith, and Manager of Reader Services at NoveList Yaika Sabat.

For extra details about the Summer Scares studying program, together with committee member bios and tips on how to get hold of promotional supplies and schedule occasions with the authors/committee members, please go to The Summer Scares Resource Page (https://raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-scares.html) or e-mail HWA Library Committee Co-Chairs Becky Spratford and Konrad Stump at libraries@horror.org.