Horror

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Updated November 1, 2025
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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix
Paper Book
"Superb ... a perfect horror for our imperfect age." - The New York Times AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER They were never girls, they were witches . . . . They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who...
The Bewitching
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. "In Silvia Moreno-Garcia's sure hands, every uncovered secret is...
The Staircase in the Woods
Chuck Wendig
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A group of friends investigates the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods in this mesmerizing horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents. "Chuck Wendig weaves his magic once more, turning a lonely...
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
Clay Chapman
Paper Book
"Clay McLeod Chapman is one of my favorite horror storytellers working today."--Jordan Peele "If talking politics with family has become a horror show, this book's for you."--New York Times Book Review From master of horror Clay McLeod Chapman, a relentless social...
The Starving Saints
Caitlin Starling
Paper Book
From the nationally bestselling author of The Luminous Dead and The Death of Jane Lawrence, a transfixing, intensely atmospheric fever dream of medieval horror. Aymar Castle has been under siege for six months. Food is running low and there has been no sign of...
Blood on Her Tongue
Johanna van Veen
"I'm in your blood, and you are in mine..." The Netherlands, 1887. Lucy's twin sister Sarah is unwell. She refuses to eat, mumbles nonsensically, and is increasingly obsessed with a centuries-old corpse recently discovered on her husband's grand estate. The doctor has diagnosed her with...
Polybius
Collin Armstrong
Paper Book
"If you're a fan of Stephen King and Stranger Things, then this is the book for you." --Richard Chizmar, New York Times bestselling author Stranger Things meets The Walking Dead in this chilling horror novel based on the terrifying urban legend...
Old Soul
Susan Barker
Paper Book
The Historian meets Under the Skin in this searingly provocative  literary horror novel about one woman's determination to stay alive at any terrifying cost. In Osaka, two strangers, Jake and Mariko, miss a flight, and over dinner, discover they've both...
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Stephen Graham Jones
Paper Book
An instant New York Times bestseller, a chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is a...
When the Wolf Comes Home
Nat Cassidy
Paper Book
Nat Cassidy, author of the acclaimed horror Mary, returns with When the Wolf Comes Home, an unabashed, adrenaline-fueled pop horror thriller where the darkest fears can become reality. A USA Today bestseller! ABA Indie Bookseller bestseller!...
Listen to Your Sister: A Novel
Neena Viel
Paper Book
Most Anticipated by Goodreads, People, BookRiot, Reactor, Screenrant, and more! For fans of Jordan Peele's films, Stranger Things, and The Other Black Girl, Listen To Your Sister is a laugh-out-loud, deeply terrifying,...
The Cut
C J Dotson
Paper Book
In this chilling supernatural horror novel set in a mysterious hotel, a woman fleeing her abusive ex finds herself running from more than just her past. A historic hotel long past its prime and huddled along The Cut, a questionable Lake Erie beach, isn't Sadie Miles' ideal...
Overgrowth
Mira Grant
Paper Book
Day of the Triffids meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this full-on body horror/alien invasion apocalypse. This is just a story. It can't hurt you anymore. Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone...
The Night Birds
Christopher Golden
Paper Book
The next gripping, atmospheric horror novel from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden, set in a deteriorated, half-sunken freighter ship off the coast of Galveston, TX. Charlie Book and Ruby Cahill have history. After their love ended in heartbreak years...
Victorian Psycho
Virginia Feito
Paper Book
SOON TO BE A FEATURE FILM FROM A24 STARRING MARGARET QUALLEY AND THOMASIN MCKENZIE "This book will be the bloody belle of the 2025 literary ball." (Oprah Daily) Most Anticipated Books of 2025: Vulture, Oprah Daily, Polygon, Reader's Digest, Lit Hub, CrimeReads, The...
Revenant-X
David Wellington
Paper Book
Revenant-X is the terrifying second novel in a new trilogy of survival and exploration in deep space, from Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated author David Wellington.   FEAR THE DARK.   The crew of the Artemis - led by Firewatch...
Girl in the Creek
Wendy N. Wagner
Paper Book
Girl in the Creek is a pulse-pounding story about the horrors growing all around us, perfect for fans of Jeff VanderMeer and T. Kingfisher. Buried secrets only spread. Erin's brother Bryan has been missing for five years. It was as if he simply...
The Lamb
Lucy Rose
Paper Book
DAKOTA JOHNSON TEATIME BOOK CLUB PICK · INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A FOLK TALE. A HORROR STORY. A LOVE STORY. AN ENCHANTMENT. "A dark, gorgeous concoction."--New York Times "Beautiful, terrifying . . . . Destined to become a classic."--Washington Post From an...
Whistle
Linwood Barclay
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Terrific."-- Stephen King on Whistle New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay enters new territory with a supernatural chiller in which a woman and her young son move to a small town looking for a fresh start, only to...
Another Fine Mess: A Novel (A Bless Your Heart Novel, 2)
Lindy Ryan
Paper Book
From Lindy Ryan, "one of the most electrifying voices in the horror genre" (Gwendolyn Kiste), Another Fine Mess brings the Evans women back around in this unputdownable, crackling, rollicking mystery of humor, heart, and horror. Making sure dead things stay...
The Butcher's Daughter: The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett
David Demchuk
Paper Book
The story of the vengeful barber Sweeney Todd has gripped fans across literary, stage, and screen renditions--but little has been told of Mrs. Lovett, Todd's partner in crime. Until now. Enclosed herewith: a bloodcurdling correspondence of horror and intrigue, based on the original...
The Pink Agave Motel: & Other Stories
V. Castro
Paper Book
Two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated author, V. Castro dims the lights in a collection where you might devour your next lover or meet your next meal. Readers are invited to The Pink Agave Motel,where brutality and intimacy ooze across the pages, exploring the depths of the...
Their Monstrous Hearts
Yigit Turhan
Paper Book
"A gothic, darkly alluring tale that will leave readers spellbound"--Dua Lipa, Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter A compelling take on folk horror and macabre rituals, this debut novel uncovers dark secrets about how far people will go to keep their dreams alive. A...
Our Winter Monster
Dennis Mahoney
Paper Book
Chilling holiday horror about an unhappy couple running from their problems and straight into the maw of a terrifying beast, perfect for fans of Paul Tremblay and Sara Gran For the last year, Holly and Brian have been out of sync. Neither can forget what happened that one winter...
Voice Like a Hyacinth
Mallory Pearson
Paper Book
Five young women eager for success rely on the unspeakable to make their dreams come true in a chilling novel about martyrdom, ritual, and obsession by the author of We Ate the Dark. Art student Jo Kozak and her fellow classmates and best friends, Caroline, Finch, Amrita, and...
Nowhere: A Novel
Allison Gunn
Paper Book
Mare of Easttown meets The Outsider in this spine-tingling and twisty debut about a series of disappearances in a small, fundamentalist town and what one broken family must do to remain together as dark forces close in. After losing her young son in an accident,...
Cold Eternity
S.A. Barnes
Paper Book
"You'll want to read this one with the lights on."--Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author Cold Eternity is the instant USA Today bestselling space horror from S.A. Barnes, perfect for fans of Severance, where desperation for eternal life leads...
Something in the Walls
Daisy Pearce
Paper Book
A Library Reads Pick! Most Anticipated by Goodreads, E! News, BookRiot, and more! Unbearably tense, utterly propulsive, and studded with folklore and horror, Something in the Walls is perfect for anyone who loves Midsommar and...
The Haunting of Room 904
Erika T. Wurth
Paper Book
"You'll want to follow Erika and her Olivia into any dark, creaky room." --Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie From the author of White Horse ("Twisty and electric." --The New York Times Book Review) comes a terrifying and...
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng: A Novel
Kylie Lee Baker
Paper Book
"A compelling, gory, ghostly romp." --Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie "This is what it felt like to live in New York City during lockdown: haunted, absurd, terrifying, ridiculous, and full of hungry ghosts." -...
The Bachelorette Party
Camilla Sten
Paper Book
Scream meets The Guest List in this wickedly compelling and compulsively page-turning thriller of friendship and murder from the author of The Lost Village, Camilla Sten. On a remote island nestled off the coast of Sweden, four friends--Tilly, Anna, Linnea...
A Conventional Boy
Charles Stross
Paper Book
In this new Laundry Files adventure the fate of the world will literally depend on the roll of dice... twenty-sided dice, that is. In 1984, Derek Reilly was just another spotty teenage dungeon master growing up in middle England. But then a secret government agency tasked with...
The Man Made of Smoke: A Novel
Alex North
Paper Book
"So well written and neatly plotted that it will appeal even to readers who usually shy away from this sort of thing." ―New York Times The latest gripping serial killer thriller from the New York Times bestselling author Alex North. Dan...
rekt
Alex Gonzalez
Paper Book
A disturbing examination of toxic masculinity and the darkest pits of the Internet, about a young man's algorithmic descent into depravity in a future that's nearly here. "A visionary book that is at once pensive, rollicking, and truly, bone-deep unsettling. Alex Gonzalez's rekt<...
Immaculate Conception
Ling Ling Huang
Paper Book
"A superb work of fiction."--New York Times Book Review What if you could enter the mind of the person you love the most? Enka meets Mathilde in art school and is instantly drawn to her. Mathilde makes art that feels truly original, and Enka--trying hard to...
One Dark Night
Hannah Richell
When a body is found the day after Halloween, a small British community must reckon with its past and the dangers lurking in its present in this spine-tingling novel from "not to be missed" (Hayley Scrivener, author of Dirt Creek) author Hannah Richell. On Halloween, a...
Beta Vulgaris: A Novel
Margie Sarsfield
Paper Book
One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2025 One of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of Winter 2025 A young woman's seasonal job working a sugar beet harvest takes a surreal turn in this surprising and vivid debut. Elise and her boyfriend,...
Rose of Jericho
Alex Grecian
Paper Book
The USA Today bestselling follow-up to Red Rabbit, Rose of Jericho is a supernatural horror where ghosts and ghouls are the least of a witch's problems in nineteenth-century New England. Something wicked is going on in the town of Ascension. A mother...
Wicked Jenny (A Cautionary Tale Novel)
Matt Hilton
Paper Book
This eerie tale sees a group of men haunted by one traumatic event from their childhood. They thought they'd moved on . . . but someone - or something - won't let them! 1988: Thirteen-year-old Andy Miller and his friends -<...
The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories
Andre M. Carrington
Paper Book
A cutting-edge collection of the best short stories in contemporary Afrofuturist fiction-from Hugo, Nebula, and Stoker award-winning Black authors "This is essential reading." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) Black speculative fiction has never been better...
White Line Fever
K. C. Jones
Paper Book
From Bram Stoker Award finalist KC Jones comes White Line Fever, a harrowing thrill ride about friendship, trauma, and learning how to take the wheel of your own life. THEY'LL BREAK MORE THAN SPEED LIMITS ON THIS GIRLS' TRIP FROM HELL. At a...
The Incubations
Ramsey Campbell
Paper Book
A collectable hardcover edition for Ramsey Campbell's 60 years in publication. When a weight landed on his legs he raised his head from the violently crumpled pillow. The bed already had another occupant, and as Leo flung the quilt back so that it wouldn't hinder his escape the creature...
The Library at Hellebore
Cassandra Khaw
Paper Book
AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER! DELUXE EDITION--a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring cobalt blue sprayed edges! A LibraryReads and Indie Next Pick! A deeply dark academia novel from USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw, perfect for...
The Vengeance
Emma Newman
Paper Book
A swashbuckling adventure set in a version of Alexandre Dumas's world haunted by vampires... Morgane grew up at sea, daughter of the fierce pirate captain of the Vengeance, raised to follow in her footsteps as scourge of the Four Chains Trading Company. But when Anna-Marie...

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