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Bibliography of Halloween

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Bibliography of Halloween

This is a bibliography of works about Halloween or in which Halloween is a prominent theme.

Contents

Novels

  • John Bellairs, The House with a Clock in Its Walls
  • Jim Butcher, Dead Beat
  • Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
  • Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree
  • 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.

    • Short stories

  • Philarète Chasles, "The Eye with No Lid"
  • Washington Irving, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

    • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

    • References

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