The Monstrumologist
by Rick Yancey
Young adult · ages 12–18 · grades 7–12 · 820L · 2009
Why we'd hand it over
Genuinely scary and beautifully written, but the gore and sustained dread mean this skews older than the 12+ label suggests — best for confident 14+ readers who crave Lovecraftian atmosphere and don't shy from body horror.