Books like Halloweenland by Al Sarrantonio

An orphan named Lewis Barnavelt discovers that his new home is a magical mansion guarded by a hidden timepiece that could end the world, and only a family secret can stop it.

A spooky tale of eight boys encountering a haunted house on Halloween, leading them on a time-travel adventure to save a friend from the past.

Ariana Oliver attends a haunted Halloween gathering at Woodleigh Common, where the teenage guest Joyce disappears while apple‑bobbing. With only silence and suspicion around her, Poirot must untangle whether Joyce’s death was accidental or a murder.

Set in the 1963 Midwest, *Dark Harvest* follows a young boy named the October Boy who stalks his town every Halloween, leading a twisted rite that pits teenage boys against a living legend—raising questions of destiny and survival.

In the haunted town of Orangefield, the ancient Lord of Death, Samhain, keeps his ominous presence hidden—until a missing boy triggers detective Bill Grant’s suspicion and a battle that may determine the fate of the world before Halloween.

"Drawing on an array of sources, from classical history to Hollywood films, Rogers traces Halloween as it emerged from the Celtic festival of Samhain (summer's end), picked up elements of the Christian Hallowtide (All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day), arrived in North America as an Irish and Scottish festival, and evolved into an unofficial but large-scale holiday by the early 20th century. He examines the 1970s and '80s phenomena of Halloween sadism (razor blades in apples) and inner-city violence (arson in Detroit), as well as the immense influence of the horror film genre on the reinvention of Halloween as a terror-fest. Throughout his vivid account, Rogers shows how Halloween remains, at its core, a night of inversion, when social norms are turned upside down and a temporary freedom of expression reigns supreme. He examines how this very license has prompted censure by the religious Right, occasional outrage from law enforcement officials, and appropriation by Left-leaning political groups."--BOOK JACKET.