Big List of Summer Camp Horror Books
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Table of Contents
Summer Camp Horror Novels and Novellas
| Title | By | Year |
|---|---|---|
There is something in the woods that is stalking anyone who enters. Seeking revenge, blood and death. | Stanfill, A.E. | 2021 |
YA. Beneath the camp’s rustic charm lies a dark and twisted history: the legend of Sam Blackburn, the notorious Shadow Man who terrorized Cabin 13 decades ago. | Breiner, Zach | 2025 |
Enter the nostalgia-laced world of CAMP 1985, A bogus new summer program where parents send their social-media-addicted teens to unplug and make face-to-face connections without the help of a screen. | Corr, Matthew R. | 2024 |
At Camp Blaze, a camp with a history of violent tragedy, a group of counselors are stalked and slaughtered by a masked killer. | Athan, Jon | 2021 |
The remote Camp Genesis offers desperate parents a place to 'straighten' out their gay teenagers with the help of the puritanical Katherine Creevey. | Cross, Elliott Arthur & Winning, Joshua | 2014 |
The campfire monster stories were meant to just scare them. Nobody expected them to come true. | Ody, Jim | 2021 |
During orientation week at Camp Silverlake, Rachel discovers that the other counselors share a deadly secret about the summer that one camper never made it home alive. | Ellis, Carol | 1993 |
If the counselors of Camp Firwood send you into the woods, you're as good as dead. | Bacic, Boris | 2020 |
In 1981, teen counselors prepare a summer camp for opening day. | Kane, Cameron | 2019 |
Things are not what they seem at Camp Kinross, where mysterious disappearances and unexplained rules cast a shadow over the idyllic setting. | Perry, Holly Louise | 2022 |
YA. At Camp Lanier, the horror is no ghost story. Urban legends say that an all Black town was forced out to create the lake, and it has been cursed ever since. | Barzey, Sylvester | 2024 |
Camp Neverland is special. At least that's what it said on the mysterious brochure. | Quigley, Lisa | 2021 |
Camp Nowhere (The Nightmare Room, Book 9) Middle grade. Russell is a little worried about summer camp this year. He's a senior camper, which means he has to go on the senior trip: a wild and dangerous canoe ride over Forbidden Falls. | Stine, R.L. | 2001 |
A first-time counselor at a boy's summer camp witnesses casual brutality that leads to murder. | Matheson, Richard | 2001 |
Opening a summer camp with their professor, a group of students come upon a disappearing young girl - the talisman of a demon and soon find themselves in a race with death. | Beach, Pamela | 2019 |
A group of young counselors set out to rebuild Camp Black Bear. But a bloodthirsty killer stalks the woods. | Padavona, Dan | 2018 |
At Camp Luft-Shawk there are stories about a creeping fog that brings death with it. But here, they’re not just campfire tales. Here, the stories are real. | Bush, Nancy | 2023 |
Campbell Lake Summer Camp Massacre, The After unwittingly causing a horrific accident at an idyllic summer camp, a group of young counsellors make a pact to keep the terrible secret to themselves. | Stone, Lewis | 2022 |
Facing starvation, the campers at Tum Tum make a decision that very few human beings have made. | Scioneaux, Mark C. & Hayes, David C. | 2014 |
Camp Wannaslayem promised a unique experience: A camp-style adventure themed toward fans of slashers, particularly Camp Death Massacre. | Blake, Darren | 2020 |
Goldie has never felt more at home at camp and now she’s back as a counselor, desperate for summer to start and her best friends to arrive. Because Goldie has a terrible dark secret she’s been keeping and she is more in need of the comfort than ever. | Goodman, Jessica | 2023 |
Summers at Camp Watanka are never easy. The buildings are dilapidated and the heat can be scorching, but for the teenage campers the greatest threat of all is the social minefield they must endure. Until this Summer. | Nichols, Tyler | 2016 |
YA. A girl searches for her dead mother’s body at the summer camp that was once her serial killer father’s home. | Ellis, Sami | 2024 |
One by one, campers and counselors begin to die, and only a handful of the wheelchair-bound kids are left to fend for their lives as a brutal killer stalks them. | Irons, David | 2021 |
When a homicidal maniac hell-bent on revenge attacks, Phillip will be forced to either find the courage to save the people around him or fall victim to his own self-doubt, and possibly a machete. | Sabata, James | 2018 |
Everyone thinks their summer camp officers are evil. Every summer camp feels like a fight for survival. Every child thinks there is something lurking in the woods. But maybe this time they’re right. | Trott, Tom | 2020 |
Goosebumps: The Campfire Collection Middle grade. 3 stories: The Curse of Camp Cold Lake; Ghost Camp; Welcome to Camp Nightmare. | Stine, R.L. | 2003 |
Goosebumps: The Horror at Camp Jellyjam Middle grade. Camp Jellyjam is no ordinary sports camp. And Wendy's about to find out why. | Stine, R.L. | 2009 |
Middle grade. Summer camp. A haunted lake. A vengeful ghost. | Narsimhan, Mahtab | 2022 |
Willow’s worst nightmare was being canceled. But the shadows in the woods of Camp Castaway might destroy more than her reputation. | Winning, Josh | 2024 |
Computer nerd, Wes Carpenter, dreads having to spend ten days at summer camp with the rest of his in-coming high school senior class. | Ann, Brooklyn | 2019 |
YA. Deep in the hills of Greenville, Iowa sits a century-old summer camp for children—Camp Kellova. Throughout the various remodels over time, House One remains a mysterious entity. | Wilson, Nina | 2023 |
I Have a Bad Feeling About This YA. Everything unathletic sixteen-year-old Henry was dreading about survival camp turns out to be true - or even worse. | Strand, Jeff | 2014 |
Just Another Bloodbath at Camp Woe-Be-Gone Every twenty years, the Lake Woe-Be-Gone Machete Man returns to wreak havoc, spilling the blood of unsuspecting campers. | Benetti, R.J. | 2023 |
In 1991, hell was unleashed upon Saint Christopher’s Summer Camp for Kids. | Meyer, Tim | 2022 |
YA. Three girls arrive at an off-the-grid summer camp to find a blackened, burned husk instead of a lodge, and no survivors. | Durst, Sarah Beth | 2023 |
YA. Esme and Kayla once were campers at Camp Pine Lake. Now they’re back as counselors-in-training. But: The Lake Never Forgets. | Preston, Natasha | 2021 |
1978, Camp Diamond Creek, Pigface's killing spree came to an abrupt end. 2014, Pigface is back. The trouble is, he's not as young as he used to be. | Millard, Adam | 2014 |
YA. Two girls met days before masked men attacked the summer camp where they worked. Months later, the two are inseparable as one begins to suspect the other is more than just a survivor. | Dugan, Jennifer | 2023 |
A group of teenagers work as camp counsellors at a recently reopened summer camp. A camp that hides a sinister secret. It's home to an undead killer. | Valentine, L.C. | 2021 |
Last Girls Standing: The Beginning, The St. Mary's Marsh Campground, wehre the fun never stops... Except for that time in 1979 when a bullied boy came back for revenge, or those other times... | Valentine, L.C. | 2021 |
Two Truths and a Lie. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and Emma played it all the time at Camp Nightingale. But the games ended the night Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out into the darkness and never return. | Sager, Riley | 2019 |
All of the kids at the summer camp have lost someone close, but is bringing them together such a good idea? | Wallman, Sue | 2016 |
At a Bible-focused summer camp for boys in 1938, obsessive competition transforms a group of young campers into murderous savages bent on revenge. | Tryon, Thomas | 1989 |
Welcome to the Black Mountain Camp for Boys! | Newman, James | 2016 |
Raven Hill Butcher, The - Book 2 of 9 - Return to Camp Solgohachia There is one rule at Camp Solgohachia: stay away from the forgotten cabin in the woods. Or else. | Rabadi, Nasser | 2022 |
Raven Hill Butcher, The - Book 5 of 9 - Final Chapter, The Despite ominous warnings from locals to stay away from the ‘cursed camp,’ some local twenty-somethings sign up to become counselors for the grand reopening. | Rabadi, Nasser | 2022 |
Raven Hill Butcher, The - Book 6 of 9 - New Beginning, A Last year a camper vanished without a trace…and now her body has been found. | Rabadi, Nasser | 2023 |
It was supposed to be another fun season back in 1989 at the peaceful summer camp until something very disturbing happened that changed everything for everyone. | Patterson, Darrin Brent | 2012 |
Movie novelization. It's the summer of '83. The sun is blazing, the shorts are cut high, and at Camp Arawak the bodies are starting to pile up. | Flynn, B.R. | 2025 |
Summer Camp for Slasher Victims Welcome to Camp Safe Woods, a summer camp dedicated to repairing the spirits of those who have faced the unimaginable. | Mercer, Matthew | 2024 |
All is not what it seems at Creston Camps. The counselors are hiding a secret. | Sonnet, Judith | 2024 |
The camp remains empty and frozen in time for twenty-three years before Quinn receives an invitation for its grand reopening. | Hyde, J.L. | 2022 |
For those at Camp Summerside, the lake will run red with blood. | Allen, L.R.J. | 2022 |
Teen Slasher: Camp Bloody Murder YA. Four friends thought they'd got away with murder. But they didn't. | Sebis II, John S | 2018 |
Pamela was excited to return to camp and reunite with her old friends, but this summer, BLOODY MURDER has been added to the itinerary. | McLaughlin, Neal | 2025 |
When an American-style residential camp is set up in the grounds of an English stately home, the teenage instructors are looking forward to a summer of fun activities. But right from the start, things don’t feel quite right at Camp Miller. | Murphy, Cynthia | 2023 |
When the camp leader heads into town, leaving the group isolated in the high Uintah Mountains, a seemingly harmless prank to summon a demon unleashes a terror beyond their worst fears. | Lawrence, V.S. | 2025 |
Who I Killed at Camp Last Summer A pair of horror-fanatic siblings attend a two-week summer camp with their school. However, things turn grim when campers start dying in supposed accidents. | Kaminski, Thomas | 2024 |
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight YA. Charity has the summer job of her dreams, playing the 'final girl' at Camp Mirror Lake. But, on the last weekend of the season, Charity's co-workers begin disappearing. | Bayron, Kalynn | 2023 |
Summer Camp Horror Series
This is a list of summer camp horror book series where there is more than 1 book of summer camp horror.
If a summer camp horror book is part of a series, but the series is not all summer camp horror, then the book will be in the table above or the one below.
| Title | By | Year |
|---|---|---|
Camp Murderface Book 1 of 2 Middle grade. Camp Sweetwater is reopening, three decades after it mysteriously shut down. | Mitchell, Saundra | 2021 |
Camp Murderface Book 2 of 2 Middle grade. There’s no such thing as an uneventful summer at Camp Sweetwater. | Mitchell, Saundra | 2022 |
Camp Slaughter Book 1 of 3 It’s a local legend. No one is sure if this 'Camp Slaughter' place is real or not. But a group of college kids renting out a cabin deep in the woods of Pennsylvania will soon discover the truth. | Gomez, Sergio | 2019 |
Camp Slaughter Book 2 of 3 With the campgrounds destroyed, Ignacio has found a new place to take refuge. A new place to turn into hunting grounds. | Gomez, Sergio | 2022 |
Camp Slaughter Book 3 of 3 Needing to heal after the events of Hilltown, Ignacio returns to the campgrounds. But it’s not the same. | Gomez, Sergio | 2024 |
How to Survive Camping Book 1 of 3 As campground manager, Kate has rules to protect her campers—if the man with the skull cup offers you a drink, accept it or you will die a gruesome death; don’t buy ice from the children with no wagon; and of course, never ever follow the lights. | Quinn, Bonnie | 2025 |
How to Survive Camping Book 2 of 3 With the campground in the throes of a bad year, it will take more than a list of rules to keep everyone safe. Monsters that were previously lying dormant are starting to stir and they’re waking up hungry. | Quinn, Bonnie | 2026 |
How to Survive Camping Book 3 of 3 | Quinn, Bonnie | 2027 |
Kill River Book 1 of 3 In the summer of 1983, four kids sneak away from their summer camp in the middle of the night and stumble into a mysterious water park that appears to be completely empty. | Roubique, Cameron | 2015 |
Kill River Book 2 of 3 There’s a new water park opening up in town, and it looks eerily similar to the one from last year. | Roubique, Cameron | 2017 |
Kill River Book 3 of 3 The water park killer is still alive, and he's been waiting all summer for some new visitors to come back into his park. | Roubique, Cameron | 2020 |
Summer Camp Horror Anthologies and Collections
| Title | By | Year |
|---|---|---|
A tribute to the glorious slasher movies of the 1980s | Fedowar Press | 2022 |
A tribute to the glorious slasher movies of the 1980s | Fedowar Press | 2022 |
A tribute to the glorious slasher movies of the 1980s | Fedowar Press | 2024 |
Updated: 1 September 2025
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