Ginger Nuts of Horror breaks down the Preliminary Ballot list of the 2024 YA Bram Stoker Award. For the last number of years Young Blood, the YA section of Ginger Nuts of Horror, traditionally reviews all the books on the YA Bram Stoker Preliminary Ballot. Four of the ten for … 2024 YA Bram Stoker Award: The Ultimate Ballot BreakdownRead more
January/February Essential YA and Middle Grade Horror Essential Life commitments have restricted my reading of YA and Middle Grade horror over the early part of 2025, so I am delighted to be back on track with the first of my roundups. There are many familiar names in the mix here, … Jan/Feb Essential YA and Middle Grade HorrorRead more
Survival Horror Tony’s top YA picks for making it through the night Cinematically, sticking a bunch of dumb, good-looking teens in the middle of nowhere to get picked off by hillbilly cannibals is as old as the hills, but remains incredibly rare as a storyline or trope in a teen … Top YA Survival Horror Picks for TeensRead more
Best of 2024: Middle Grade Horror and Dark Fiction Here are my top ticks for 2024, featuring my favourite Middle Grade horror and dark fiction titles. Due to my own YA Horror 400 almanac being published last June I read and reviewed less than in most other years. Nevertheless, there … Best of 2024: Middle Grade Horror and Dark FictionRead more
Young Adult Horror and Dark Fiction The Best of 2024 Introduction to the Best YA Horror Books of 2024 As the world of Young Adult literature continues to evolve, the genre of horror remains a powerful and captivating force. In 2024, a remarkable collection of YA horror books has emerged, … Young Adult Horror and Dark Fiction The Best of 2024Read more
YA Horror Roundup November 2024 Our latest roundup has ten books for you, a mixed bag of sequels, familiar authors and titles which drift into thriller and dark fantasy territory. I rarely review graphic novels but was captivated by Rosie Talbot and Sarah Maxwell’s Phantom Hearts, an LGBTQIA+ supernatural thriller … YA Horror Roundup November 2024Read more
The lurking horror within YA dystopian fiction: some top tips from ‘The YA Horror 400’ almanac Since Katniss Everdeen first picked up her bow and arrow back in 2008 she helped hustle both the zombie and paranormal romance crazes into the literary dustbin. In the period since, dystopian fiction has … YA dystopian fiction: The lurking horror within YA dystopian fictionRead more
Haunted Houses Tony’s top YA picks for Halloween Halloween is the perfect time to take a closer look at some of my favourite YA horror novels featuring haunted houses or other spooky locations and buildings. Since Shirley Jackson wrote The Haunting of Hill House (1959) this popular sub-genre exploded and … Haunted Houses, Tony’s top YA picks for Halloween Read more
August 2024 YA Horror Roundup: Engaging Teenage Fiction Our latest YA roundup has a fine range of engaging teenage fiction, four of the nine authors featured in my own almanac, The YA Horror 400, which was published last June. If you want to take an ultra-deep dive into the world … August 2024 YA Horror Roundup: Engaging Teenage FictionRead more
The YA Horror 400 almanac strongly recommends Richard Farren Barber’s recently reissued Closer Still Back in 2019, I reviewed Richard Farren Barber’s striking novella Closer Still, which Black Shuck originally published in their Signature Novellas series. The 115-page story sold terribly and was quickly forgotten. Few in the horror world gave it any press whatsoever except … Closer Still by Richard Farren Barber, a YA Horror 400 Almanac Recomendation.Read more
YA Horror Roundup, July 2024 This latest YA horror roundup is the first since my book The YA Horror 400: an almanac of 400 teen horror reviews published between 2008-2024was published (in June). So moving forward, when new books reviewed have connections to The YA Horror 400 I will highlight … July 2024 YA Horror RoundupRead more
A June Showcase of YA and Middle Grade Horror Roundup Apologies for the recent erratic posting and radio silence, I have been working on another YA horror project which has taken up all my time. I have read many further books I have not yet had time to review but … A June Showcase of YA and Middle Grade Horror RoundupRead more
An Alternative Young Adult Bram Stoker Award: the Best of Britain (and a few other places) No website in the world provides as much coverage to YA horror/dark fiction as the Ginger Nuts of Horror and for the last number years we have reviewed all the books featured on the … An Alternative Young Adult Bram Stoker Award: the Best of Britain (and a few other places)Read more
The YA Horror 400 by Tony Jones is released in June On June 25th long standing Ginger Nuts of Horror and Horror DNA reviewer Tony Jones releases THE YA HORROR 400, an almanac of over 400 reviews of his favourite YA horror novels featured on the site. For the last … The YA Horror 400: Your Go-To Almanac for YA Horror.Read more
Get Ready for the Chills: A YA and MG Horror Round Up March/April 2024 Welcome to another edition of ‘Young Blood,’ the YA and Middle Grade arm of the Ginger Nuts of Horror, with ten brand recent reviews. Ann Fraistat’s A Place for Vanishing is the pick of the ten … Get Ready for the Chills: A YA and MG Horror Round UpRead more
