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CRRL Picks: Thrills 'n Chills for Teens

Prepare to be scared, thrilled, or grossed out by these pulse-pounding chillers with Black main characters.

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  • Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, two students at Niveus Private Academy, are selected to be part of the elite school's senior class prefects and struggle against an anonymous bully who reveals all of their secrets.
    Book, 2021New York ; Feiwel & Friends , 2021. — FICTION Abi
  • Sixteen-year-old Katrell uses her witchy powers to talk to the dead and escape her home life, but, when she disregards the dead's warnings to stop, dark forces begin to close in, forcing Ketrell to make some hard decisions.
    Book, 2021New York : Delacorte Press, 2021. — FICTION Lew
  • A Young Adult anthology of horror stories centering on Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end.
    Book, 2024New York : Flatiron Books, 2024. — FICTION Bla
  • Seventeen-year-old Devon, her twin sister, and her friends face a demonic force who seemingly follows horror movie tropes, propelling the group to flip the script and use their horror movie knowledge in order to survive.
    Book, 2024New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2024] — FICTION Wel
  • When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, 16-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city.
    Book, 2022Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire, [2022] — FICTION Tir
  • When the demons of Evvie's past finally shake free, she must embrace her mighty lineage and summon the power that lies within her.
    Book, 2020New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2020. — FICTION Cor
  • Temple Baker, the daughter of a well-known serial killer, assumes the role of a camp counselor at a camp for true crime enthusiasts while she attempts to unearth the truth surrounding her mother's murder.
    Book, 2024New York : Amulet Books, 2024. — FICTION Ell
  • When families around Baltimore County begin to go missing, Jane is caught in the middle of a conspiracy, one that finds her in a desperate fight for her life against some powerful enemies.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018. — FICTION Ire
  • Jay discovers that mountain resort where he lives and works with his friends and family is also a doomsday oasis for the rich and powerful.
    Book, 2022New York : Scholastic Press, 2022. — FICTION Gil
  • A journalist goes undercover as Hollywood's latest teen star to learn the truth about his brother's death.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, [2024] — FICTION Dea
  • Nineteen-year-old orphan Kidan Adane, heiress to a fallen House of humans tethered to vampiric creatures called draniacs, navigates her duty to foster human-draniac relations.
    Book, 2024New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. — FICTION Gir
  • As 15-year-old Will sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.
    Book, 2017New York : Atheneum, 2017. — FICTION Rey
  • As a newly certified mortician's assistant at her parents' funeral home, Mika's days are not for the faint of heart... especially when the dead don't seem to be staying dead.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Bloomsbury YA, Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2025. — FICTION Bay
  • Seventeen-year-old Sariyah, who can sense people's immediate needs, must use her ability to solve her friend's mysterious disappearance.
    Book, 2025New York : Wednesday Books, 2025. — FICTION Des
  • When their principal is murdered, three boys must band together to track down the real killer before they are arrested.
    Book, 2023New York : Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, 2023. — FICTION Bro
  • As the resident psychic at an oddities shop, Winnie truly can see the future. But her customers only want reassurance, and Winnie only wants their money.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2025. — FICTION She
  • An honors student at Jefferson Academy, 17-year-old Keira enjoys developing and playing Slay, a secret multiplayer online role-playing game celebrating Black culture, until the two worlds collide.
    Book, 2019New York : Simon Pulse, 2019. — FICTION Mor
  • A high school junior teams up with a hacker during a police brutality protest to shut down a device that creates an impenetrable Dome around Baltimore that is keeping the residents in and information from going out.
    Book, 2022Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire, [2022] — FICTION Jac
  • When a murderous ghost begins to haunt 16-year-old Jake Livingston, high school soon becomes a different kind of survival game.
    Book, 2021New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021] — FICTION Dou
  • After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and clear her brother's name.
    Book, 2024New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2024. — FICTION Sam