Horror

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Updated May 25, 2026
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The bewitching
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
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. 'Moreno-Garcia is a deft enchantress - this is a ghost story in high Gothic style' -...
Snake-eater
Kingfisher, T.
Paper Book
With only a few dollars to her name and her beloved dog Copper by her side, Selena flees her past in the city to claim her late aunt's house in the desert town of Quartz Creek. Selena loves the strange beauty of the desert. But the people of Quartz Creek share their town with others, old...
You weren't meant to be human
White, Andrew Joseph
Paper Book
This grotesque adult horror explores unwanted pregnancy through the parasitic terror of Leech and Brainwyrms, screaming with trans rage as queer and reproductive rights erode. Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew...
Bury our bones in the midnight soil
Schwab, Victoria
Paper Book
There Is No Antimemetics Division
Paper Book
'Astonishing' M. R. Carey, author of Infinity Gate 'A hugely entertaining, super smart, witty novel that is also nerve-shreddingly terrifying... a timely book that is also one for the ages.' Antonia Hodgson, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Raven...
Play Nice
Harrison, Rachel.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A woman must confront the demons of her past when she attempts to fix up her childhood home in this devilishly clever take on the haunted house novel from the author of Black Sheep and So Thirsty. Clio Louise Barnes...
Lucky day
Tingle, Chuck
Paper Book
"An existential masterwork that, like life, is equal parts atrocity and delights."--Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of Death Lucky Day is the instant USA Today and Indie bestseller from Chuck Tingle, where one woman must go...
Never flinch : a novel
King, Stephen
Paper Book
A box full of darkness
St. James, Simone
Paper Book
"From the book's chillingly creepy setting, which previously appeared in The Sun Down Motel (2020), to a nerve-jangling plot that effectively borrows from a mix of genres to the writing itself, which shimmers with a dazzlingly sharp sense of wit, everything about St. James' latest is done...
The Caretaker
Kliewer, Marcus
Paper Book
Follow the Rites... Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake. From Marcus Kliewer, a new 'titan of the macabre and unsettling' (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes a supernatural horror about a...
Japanese Gothic
Baker, Kylie Lee
Paper Book
Kylie Lee Baker returns with another addictive, gory, horror PHENOMENON 'A blood-soaked, masterful blend of horror and mystery' GUARDIAN 'Blood-slicked, unsettling and immersive' DAILY MAIL'A lush, unnerving ghost story' NEW YORK...
Coffin moon : a novel
Rosson, Keith (Novelist)
Paper Book
The haunting of Paynes Hollow
Armstrong, Kelley.
Paper Book
The possession of Alba Díaz
Cañas, Isabel
Paper Book
In 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fiancé, Carlos, to his family's isolated mine for refuge. But safety proves fleeting as other dangers soon bare their teeth: Alba begins suffering from strange hallucinations, sleepwalking, and violent...
Black flame
Felker-Martin, Gretchen
Paper Book
A cursed film. A haunted past. A deadly secret. The Baroness, an infamous exploitation film long thought destroyed by Nazi fire, is discovered fifty years later. When lonely archivist Ellen Kramer--deeply closeted and pathologically repressed--begins restoring the hedonistic movie, it...
Exiles
Coile, Mason
Paper Book
Wolf worm
Kingfisher, T.
Paper Book
The year is 1899 and Sonia Wilson is a scientific illustrator without work, prospects, or hope. When the reclusive Dr. Halder offers her a position illustrating his vast collection of insects, Sonia jumps at the chance to move to his North Carolina manor house and put her talents to use. But soon...
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home massacre
Fracassi, Philip
Paper Book
'DIABOLICALLY DELIGHTFUL' Tananarive Due, author of The Reformatory 'OLD-SCHOOL HORROR' Stephen King on Boys in the Valley Burgeoning with dark humour, violence and mystery, The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre is a...
Dark Sisters: A Novel
DeMeester, Kristi.
Paper Book
"A BONFIRE, A BEACON, A BALM, A RALLYING CRY... A beautifully written, mesmerizing horror epic... Magnificent." - Rachel Harrison, New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice In this fiercely captivating novel, horror meets historical fiction...
Overgrowth
Grant, Mira
Paper Book
Day of the Triffids meets Little Shop of Horrors in this smart, charming, harrowing alien invasion story about being human, by a Hugo-award winning author. Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human...
The Body
Morrow, Bethany C.
Paper Book
"Hellish, sinister, and utterly unputdownable."--Alexis Henderson, author of An Academy for Liars The Body is a pulse-pounding supernatural horror story from bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow, where one woman must survive a series of bizarre and escalating attacks on her...
We are always tender with our dead
LaRocca, Eric
Paper Book
Michael McDowell's Blackwater meets Clive Barker's The Great and Secret Show in the disturbing first installment of a new trilogy of intense, visceral, beautifully written queer horror set in a small New England town. A chilling supernatural tale of transgressive literary horror from...
The red winter
Sullivan, Cameron
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER! DELUXE EDITION--the hardcover edition of The Red Winter features beautiful red sprayed edges! A LibraryReads Pick! An Indie Next Pick! A devastating love...
The October film haunt : a novel
Wehunt, Michael
Paper Book
One of the Best Horror Novels of the Year by Vulture * Geek Rage/ Strange Library * Cinema Chords Macabre Daily's #1 Horror Novel of 2025 Horror Movie meets the scope and emotion of Stephen King in this heart-pounding, magnetic tour de force novel,...
How to survive a horror story : a novel
Arnold, Mallory
Paper Book
THE INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER Seven authors enter the manor Can they survive the story within? When legendary horror author Mortimer Queen passes, a group of writers find themselves invited to his last will and testament reading expecting a piece of his massive fortune....
Moonflow
Karella, Bitter
Paper Book
'MOONFLOW will sink its tendrils into you and infest you with its spores . . . and you'll enjoy it' Drew Huff Moonflow is three-time Hugo Award nominee Bitter Karella's debut horror novel - a gloriously queer and irreverent psychedelic trip into the heart of an...
Trad Wife
Schaefer, Saratoga.
Paper Book
'Absolutely unputdownable' The Mirror 'A riveting, raw and savage story' Ghouls Magazine 'An intense, gory and brutally honest tale' CrimeReads 'Timely, terrifying, and touched with humour, this book will chew you up and spit you out'...
Breathe in, bleed out : a novel
McAuley, Brian (Screenwriter)
Paper Book
"Brian McAuley keeps you guessing the whole gory, satisfying way through this one. Come to this retreat for the blood. Stay for the healing." -Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of I Was a Teenage Slasher  It's a Midsommar...
Spread me
Gailey, Sarah
Paper Book
Spread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey. A routine probe at a research station turns deadly when the team discovers a strange specimen in search of a warm place to stay... An instant USA Today bestseller * An NPR Books We Love Pick * One of...
Wretch: or, The Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw
Larocca, Eric.
Paper Book
After his husband dies, Simeon Link finds himself overcome by grief and seeking comfort in an unusual support group called The Wretches, who offer an addictive and dangerous source of relief. They introduce Simeon to a curious figure known as Porcelain Khaw--a man with the ability to let those who...
Cruelty free : a novel
Glenn, Caroline
Paper Book
"Deliciously vicious and unsettlingly hilarious, Cruelty Free is a nasty, thrilling Hollywood take-down for the ages." --JENNIFER THORNE, author of Diavola A disgraced movie star returns to Hollywood 10 years after the kidnapping of her young daughter intent on seeking revenge, for fans of...
The unseen : a novel
Ahlborn, Ania
Paper Book
A terrifying new novel from bestselling #HorrorBookTok sensation Ania Ahlborn--the acclaimed author of the modern classic Brother. Hailed as a writer of "some of the most promising horror I've encountered in years" (Seanan McGuire, author of the Ghost Roads series), Ania...
The place where they buried your heart
Henry, Christina
Paper Book
On an otherwise ordinary street in Chicago, there is a house. An abandoned house where, once upon a time, terrible things happened. The children who live on this block are told by their parents to stay away from that house. But of course, children don't listen. Children think it's fun to be scared,...
Hemlock & silver
Kingfisher, T.
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher, Hemlock & Silver is a dark reimagining of Snow White steeped in poison, intrigue and treason of the most magical kind.'A new favourite! Masterful storytelling with creepy magic, and a fantastic cat!'- Sarah Beth Durst,...
How bad things can get
Coates, Darcy
Paper Book
The Blair Witch Project meets Fyre Fest in this bloody new thriller from the queen of scares, Darcy Coates! It was supposed to be the party of the century- miles of idyllic white sand beaches, lush jungle foliage...and a dark legend nobody dreamed might be all too true.
Herculine : a novel
Byron, Grace
Paper Book
One of the Best Books of 2025 Elle * Autostraddle * Debutiful * Chicago Review of Books * MUBI * Dazed * LitHub * Library Journal * them * Loosey A "witty, often-chilling, compulsively readable"...
Killer on the road ; The babysitter lives
Jones, Stephen Graham
Paper Book
Two novels in one book, The Babysitter Lives and Killer on the Road, from the master of modern horror Stephen Graham Jones, winner of the Bram Stoker Award and New York Times bestselling author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, The Only Good Indians, and the Indian Lake...
Bone Queen
Shindler, Will
Paper Book
A chilling horror-thriller debut where a mother's search for her missing daughter battles against the shadows of a historic, dangerous legend. Single mother Jenna arrives on the tranquil shores of Athelsea fueled by the desperate hope to find Chloe, her teenage daughter who's...
Crafting for Sinners: A Novel
Kiefer, Jenny.
Paper Book
“You will compulsively turn these pages well into the dead of night.”—Paul Tremblay, New York Times best-selling author of Horror Movie and The Cabin at the End of the World A queer woman must fight her...
Itch!
Amor, Gemma
Paper Book
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