Summer Scares Resource Page [Last Updated May 18, 2022]

In celebration of National Library Lover’s Day, the Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, and Booklist, is delighted to announce the fourth annual Summer Scares reading list, which includes titles selected by a panel of authors and librarians and is designed to promote Horror as a great reading option for all ages and during any time of the year.

Every year, three titles are selected in each of three categories: Adult, Young Adult, and Middle Grade. For 2022 the selected titles are:

ADULT:

• Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias [Broken River Books, 2018]
• My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris [Fantagraphics, 2017]
• The Remaking by Clay McLeod Chapman [Quirk Books, 2019]

YA:

• Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare [HarperTeen, 2020]
• The Companion by Katie Alender [G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2020]
• Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams [Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2020]

MIDDLE GRADE:

• The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown [Scholastic Press, 2019]
• Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker [Henry Holt and Co., 2019]
• Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne [Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020]

Program Information/Promotion

• Summer Scares 2022 full Press Release with the titles. 
• Konrad Stump talks about the program on the Tor Nightfire blog.

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Resources for Library Workers and Readers

• Summer Scares 2022 Programing Guide 
• Summer Scares Graphics folder
• Summer Scares 2022 Recorded panels with the authors. One for each age level. You can post these to your websites and use them with patrons.
• Link to the entire playlist
• Konrad with Adult Authors [Clay and Gabino]
• Becky with all 3 Adult authors and Spokesperson Alma Katsu via ARRT program [with permission] and a second hour discussion about how to use the Summer Scares program
• Becky with YA Authors
• Julia with Middle Grade Authors 
• Interview with 2022 MG author India Hill Brown via Tor Nighfire's blog
• Syosset Public Library shares their full Summer Scares Programming slate and invites you to join in on the virtual fun.

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The 2022 Summer Scares program committee consists of author Alma Katsu, HWA Library Committee Co-Chairs Becky Spratford and Konrad Stump, as well as Academic Librarian Carolyn Ciesla, Book Riot Editor and YA specialist Kelly Jensen, and Booklist Editor and Middle Grade specialist Julia Smith. 

For more information about the Summer Scares reading program, including committee member bios and how to obtain promotional materials and schedule events with the authors/committee members, please visit The Summer Scares Resource page: http://raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-scares.html or email HWA Library Committee Co-Chairs Becky Spratford and Konrad Stump at libraries@horror.org.