Undoubtedly, the ’90s were the peak era of YA horror books, with scary kid lit for children and teens flooding the market and terrorizing ’90s kids forever. Many of the best-loved classic kids’ books of the ’90s were coming-of-age tales, but plenty of others were pulpy thrillers and horror stories that dove into the dark side of human nature and the supernatural. The 1980s through 1990s saw a glut of horror books aimed at teen readers, but scary books for kids also exploded in popularity, driving a horror boom in books that had previously been reserved for adults.

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