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Are You Afraid of the Dark? Books in Order

Are You Afraid of the Dark? contains 22 books, published between 1995 and 2024. The first book is Tale of the Sinister Statues (1995) and the newest is The Tale of the Twisted Toymaker (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1995–2024
Pages on record
2,354 in 16 of 22 books
Reading time
39–59 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,354 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

See all 22 books in order Printable Are You Afraid of the Dark? checklist

Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a horror line written for children, and no single writer carries it: all 22 recorded books are credited to writers other than the entity author, with John Peel on 4, Bobbi J.G. Weiss on 3, Brad Strickland and Diana G. Gallagher on 2 each, and Rin Chupeco, David Seidman, Danielle Valentine and D.J. MacHale on one each. Ghost stories, missing persons and mystery run through the recorded subjects. Four titles open the listing in 1995 - Tale of the Sinister Statues, The Tale of the Cutter's Treasure, The Tale of the Restless House and The Tale of the Secret Mirror - and The Tale of the Twisted Toymaker reaches 2024.

How many Are You Afraid of the Dark? books are there?

Are You Afraid of the Dark? has 22 books, released between 1995 and 2024.

Are You Afraid of the Dark? Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Are You Afraid of the Dark? books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Tale of the Sinister Statues by John Peel, book 1 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1995)
  2. Cover of The Tale of the Gravemother by Rin Chupeco, book 1 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (2023)
  3. Cover of The Tale of the Cutter's Treasure by David Seidman, book 2 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1995)
  4. Cover of The Tale of the Restless House by John Peel, book 3 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1995)
  5. Cover of The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors, book 4 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1995)
  6. Cover of The Tale of the Phantom School Bus by Brad Strickland, book 6 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1996)
  7. Cover of The Tale of the Ghost Riders by John Vornholt, book 7 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1996)
  8. Cover of Tale of the Three Wishes by John Peel, book 10 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1997)
  9. Cover of The Tale of the Bad-Tempered Ghost by V.E. Mitchell, book 12 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1997)
  10. Cover of The Tale of the Souvenir Shop by Alice Eve Cohen, book 13 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1997)
  11. Cover of The Tale of the Terrible Toys by Richard Lee Byers, book 14 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1998)
  12. Cover of The Tale of the Ghost Cruise by Bobbi J.G. Weiss, book 15 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1998)
  13. Cover of The Tale of the Pulsating Gate by Diana G. Gallagher, book 16 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1998)
  14. Cover of The Tale of the Stalking Shadow by Bobbi J.G. Weiss, book 17 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1998)
  15. Cover of The Tale of the Egyptian Mummies by Mark Mitchell, book 18 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1998)
  16. Cover of The Tale of the Mogul Monster by Bobbi J.G. Weiss, book 19 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series (1998)
  1. 1
    Tale of the Sinister Statues1995 · 119 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995119
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  2. 1
    The Tale of the Gravemother2023 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023256
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  3. 2
    The Tale of the Cutter's Treasure1995 · 146 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995146
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  4. 2
    The Tale of the Twisted Toymaker2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  5. 3
    The Tale of the Restless House1995 · 118 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995118
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  6. 4
    The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors1995 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995160
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  7. 5
    The Tale of the Secret Mirror1995 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995252
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  8. 6
    The Tale of the Phantom School Bus1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  9. 7
    The Tale of the Ghost Riders1996 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996128
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  10. 8
    The Tale of the Curious Cat1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  11. 9
    The Tale Of The Zero Hero1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  12. 10
    Tale of the Three Wishes1997 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997128
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  13. 11
    The Tale of the Campfire Vampires1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  14. 12
    The Tale of the Bad-Tempered Ghost1997 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997128
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  15. 13
    The Tale of the Souvenir Shop1997 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997144
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  16. 14
    The Tale of the Terrible Toys1998 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998128
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  17. 15
    The Tale of the Ghost Cruise1998 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998144
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  18. 16
    The Tale of the Pulsating Gate1998 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998144
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  19. 17
    The Tale of the Stalking Shadow1998 · 117 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998117
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  20. 18
    The Tale of the Egyptian Mummies1998 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998128
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  21. 19
    The Tale of the Mogul Monster1998 · 114 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998114
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  22. 20
    The Tale of the Horrifying Hockey Team1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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Where to start with Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Start with Tale of the Sinister Statues (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Are You Afraid of the Dark? book?

The Tale of the Twisted Toymaker (2024) is the newest Are You Afraid of the Dark? book released so far.

Is there a new Are You Afraid of the Dark? book coming?

No next Are You Afraid of the Dark? book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Are You Afraid of the Dark? at a glance

Still running
Are You Afraid of the Dark? is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Are You Afraid of the Dark? books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,354 pages across the 16 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Are You Afraid of the Dark? books, 20 of 22, were published in the 1990s.
Attribution
Of the 22 titles, 4 are credited to John Peel, 3 to Bobbi J.G. Weiss, 2 to Brad Strickland and 2 to Diana G. Gallagher. A further 12 writers are credited.

What the Are You Afraid of the Dark? books are about

17 of the 22 Are You Afraid of the Dark? books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 14 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.