Mystery & Horror Books

What award is given to the best mystery books of the year by the Mystery Writers of America?

Annabelle is based on an actual doll.

What character made his first appearance in a 1939 issue of Detective Comics?

In which classic spooky story would you find the character Ichabod Crane?

This is part of the cover for the book ____.

Drawing Blood and Exquisite Corpse are horror novels by author Billy Martin, who wrote them under the pen name __.

Brett Easton Ellis' 1991 novel American Psycho is about ___.

Which novel is set in 1896 New York and follows a reporter and a psychologist trying to track down a murderer?

Sherlock Holmes kept his pipe tobacco in the toe end of a Persian slipper.

Who is the author of the Goosebumps books?

What's the name of the scary dentist in Demon Dentist by David Walliams?

Which book adapted for TV features a mystery recorded on cassette tapes?

Who wrote Harriet the Spy?

Emily Rodda wrote which one of these children's mystery series?

Elements of the 1st season of the series True Detective were drawn from short stories by Robert Chambers called ___.

Nancy Drew had two friends who acted as her sidekicks and assisted in her investigations.  They were ___.

The Walking Dead TV series is based on a comic book series by what author?

Joe Hill, who has written four successful novels including The Fireman, is the son of which horror author?

Who is the author of The Spiderwick Chronicles?

Shirley Jackson wrote a 1959 novel that is widely considered one of the best ghost stories of all time. What is it?

This is part of the cover to the book ____.

Of the following Agatha Christie novels, which does not feature Hercule Poirot?

What was the profession of the Hardy boys’ father?

What's the name of the dog in the Funnybones books?

Which book turned film had the famous line, "I see dead people."?

____ is a YA novel set in a turbulent United States just after the Civil War in a country plagued by the walking dead.

Finish the title of this popular YA novel by Holly Jackson: A Good Girl's Guide to _____.

What is the name of the Peter Benchley novel that became a blockbuster movie and ride at Universal Studios?

Which of these 80's horror books was NOT written by Stephen King?

Perry Mason was a lawyer-detective created by ___.

Coraline and Stardust author Neil Gaiman wrote a horror story for kids called ___.

In which state does The Blair Witch Project take place?

In ___, a small group investigates an old home, hoping to find scientific evidence of a haunting.

Which of these series did not have any special mystery editions?

Complete this quote: 'Elementary, my dear ___."

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was knighted for his creation of the Sherlock Holmes stories.

Jessica Fletcher, a mystery writer/amateur detective on the long-running Murder, She Wrote, lived in which town?

Agatha Christie went on archeological digs.

Which book’s plot centers around a murder trial that takes place in North Carolina?

This is part of the cover to the book ____.

LJ Smith is best known for creating which series of supernatural novels?

What are the Bram Stoker Awards?

Author Earl Derr Biggers created which fictional detective?

What's the name of the school school Mildred Hubble goes to in Jill Murphy's series The Worst Witch?

Bram Stoker wrote the book Dracula. But what connects him to The Lion King?

This YA author has written numerous horror books including The Lake, The Fear, and The Island.

Nate the Great, a popular kid detective, eats a favorite food when he needs to think out a case. What is it?

What is the name of the scientist in Mary Shelley's 1818 book Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus?