To round out a focus on insects, I’ve pulled together for you a list of elite eight books with insects in feature roles.
Now, I’m not talking about a list where there’s a set of books with bees, or butterflies, or other bugs together for a display. That would be more a focus on cover trends that Stacked is excellent at- you can find one here and another here. They’re awesome at it, so I don’t even try. What I’ve pulled together are books that have the creepy crawly, chill scenes that just make you want to scream, and then read again.
So take a deep breath, grab your favorite drink, and open the book to a creepshow starring the insects.
Mutated praying mantises take over, starting with Iowa. 2014, ISBN 9780525426035, Penguin. Soon to be movie.
Can anyone forget the giant spider that loves to eat the Hobbits in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy?
Largely known for, well, vampires, if you’ve read the book and seen a few of the interpretations you can’t help but remember Renfield and his penchant for bugs. Various publication dates.
Ron and spiders. ‘Nough said. 1999, ISBN 9780439064866. Scholastic.
The honeybees disappeared, and the solution we came up with was worse than the problem. Part of a series. 2013, 9780802734181. Walker & Company.
Trackerjackers. 2008, ISBN 9780439023481, Scholastic.
When a group of British school boys crash land on an island, things start to get out of hand. Originally published in 1954, still as haunting today. Penguin.
Humanity owes its good health, and complete lack of disease, to everyone having a genetically engineered tapeworm that lives within them. But now the tapeworms have decided that they want to be in control. Part of a series. 2014, ISBN 9780316218924. Orbit.
