The “Stranger Things” Book List

This haunting story of a family stalked by monsters is narrated by the youngest child of the family, Noah. In the late 1960s, two members of the Turner family have recurring nightmares of an orange-eyed monster, and the patriarch becomes obsessed with creating a haunted house called the Wandering Dark. The family tries to keep Noah away from all the horror, but they don’t know that Noah is being visited by the same orange-eyed beast. A horror novel with characters you care for just as much as the residents of Hawkins.

A mysterious lab. A sinister scientist. A secret history. If you think you know the truth behind Eleven’s mother, prepare to have your mind turned Upside Down in this thrilling prequel to the hit show Stranger Things.

One of the things that makes Stranger Things so likable is the irresistible combination of creepy tales and coming-of-age stories. Craig Davidson captures that dynamic in The Saturday Night Ghost Club, which centers on a group of misfit kids growing up in 1980s Niagara Falls. Twelve-year-old Jake Baker and his new friends spend their time gleefully tracking down ghosts, fueled by Jake’s uncle Calvin, who has an affinity for the occult. But there’s more to uncover in their haunted town than anyone could have anticipated.

Discover the official behind-the-scenes companion guide to the first two seasons and beyond, featuring exclusive color photos and stunning concept art.

In this fascinating and chilling nonfiction exploration of monsters and myths, Linda Godfrey unfolds humanity’s obsession with monsters, tracing their evolution through myths, folklore, and urban legend, and interviewing eyewitnesses to werewolves, Sasquatch, and other lesser-known creatures. Godfrey, an expert on the matter, invites us to rethink reality and unexplained phenomena—whether or not we’d like to believe in demogorgons roaming the earth.

A mad scientist’s concoction of H. P. Lovecraft, teen detectives, and a love of Americana, Edgar Cantero’s Meddling Kids is a story filled with rich horror, thrilling twists, outright hilarity, and surprising poignancy.

This novel takes place in an alternate version of Victorian England (reminiscent of the Upside Down), where anytime someone behaves badly—especially members of the lower class—their body releases smoke. Thomas and Charlie meet at school, where they’re punished for having black marks on their white uniforms. When the two visit Thomas’s family, they realize there might be more behind the smoke than what they’ve been led to believe.

When two young boys venture into the woods, and only one returns alive, Ben Mears begins to realize that his hometown is under siege from forces of darkness far beyond his imagination.

While this one features a solo mission, Stranger Things fans will love the sci-fi aspect of the setting. Jazz has lived in Artemis, a colony on the moon, since she was a child. While she’s always been gifted at nearly everything she tries, she decides to work as a porter with a side hustle of illegal smuggling. When she’s offered a huge payday for the biggest crime of her life, Jazz promptly jumps on it, but it leads to a lot more trouble than she anticipated.

Sunny Nwazue, an American-born Nigerian girl, was inducted into the secret Leopard Society. As she began to develop her magical powers, Sunny learned that she had been chosen to lead a dangerous mission to avert an apocalypse, brought about by the terrifying masquerade, Ekwensu.

What happens when you leave a bunch of boys alone to rule themselves? According to Lord of the Flies, nothing good (maybe that’s why Stranger Things brought in Eleven). The story of how these boys find themselves stranded on an island and forced to fend for themselves is still as fascinating as when it was first published over 60 years ago—a classic distraction until we’re back in Hawkins.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle is an unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the dramatic struggle that ensues when an unexpected visitor interrupts their unusual way of life.

There’s something strange about the Silver family house. Grand and cavernous with hidden passages and buried secrets, it’s been home to four generations of Silver women–Anna, Jennifer, Lily, and now Miranda. When Lily, Miranda’s mother passes away suddenly, Miranda begins suffering strange ailments and soon everyone inside the house is irrevocably changed. At once an unforgettable mystery and a meditation on nationality and family legacies, White is for Witching is a boldly original, terrifying, and elegant novel.

King’s first collection of short stories showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination. Here we see mutated rats gone bad, a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity, a possessed, evil lawnmower, unsettling children from the heartland, a smoker who will try anything to stop, a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation, and many more shadows and visions that will haunt you long after the last page is turned.

In the year 2045, the only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade’s going to survive, he’ll have to win—and confront the real world he’s always been so desperate to escape.

At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little . . . sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked, and what’s happening to him is just the first step in a much larger plan, one that will inflict the same changes on humanity at large–at a terrifying cost.

This hardcover collection of wisdom and warnings from Netflix’s original series Stranger Things features full-color images from the series and quotes from Dustin, Steve, Eleven, and the others, it is sure to thrill fans of all ages.

On his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell hikes into the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. But his path is soon blocked by a bedraggled Golden Retriever who will let him go no further into the dark woods. What he finds is a dog of alarming intelligence that soon leads him into a relentless storm of mankind’s darkest creation…