Horror book recommendations for young teen

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DS used to be an avid reader but has lost interest quite a bit recently.

He has expressed interest in reading horror books but I have no idea what is suitable for his age. He doesn't want anything too childish but I'm wary of scaring the living daylights out of him with anything too inappropriate. I know a lot of Stephen King contain many sexual and abusive references so would rather avoid introducing those for the moment!

Any recommendations would be appreciated, thank you.

Sorry, meant to add, he is 13

I don’t know if Goosebumps are abit young, but RK Steine has written some others in that genre for young teens. Point horrors mainly I think which he might enjoy

Ooh I loved point horror when I was a teen. RL Steine definitely the best.

definitely point horror. i loved them in my early teens. i actually dug mine out from the attic and read them all again when i was on maternity leave and had nothing to do. i think you can get them really cheap on amazon second hand.

The Enemy series by Charlie Higson
13 days of midnight trilogy

Lockwood and co by Jonathan Stroud - really good and quite scary ghost stories.

Thanks everyone

I'll definitely check out the point horror books

He's read the Charlie Higson Enemy series and a lot of the Lockwood and co books.

Not heard of the 13 days of midnight books so will take a look

My DS loves the Darren Shan books!

and I loved Point Horror at similar age, it was the pre-cursor to my love of Stephen King

There are some SK books that would be ok for a 13 year old, I think I was around that age when I started on them - this is the list I started to make for DS of ones that are not too scary and no hardcore sexual references:

Eyes of the Dragon
Cell
Misery
Cujo
Firestarter
Pet Semetary
Different Seasons

Thank you, I've ordered a point horror for him, will see if he enjoys it then can stock up on some more.

And I'll look into some Stephen King teenage friendly books

I know I read lots of them myself but can't remember what age I started but think it was older than 13