Horror

Discover recent releases in horror, if you dare!

Updated December 1, 2025
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Stephen Graham Jones
Paper Book
A Barack Obama Summer Read A Time, The Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly Best of the Year Kirkus Reviews Best Historical Fiction The New York Times bestseller and "horror masterpiece" (NPR) from...
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...
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...
What Stalks the Deep
T. Kingfisher
Paper Book
An instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie bestseller! The next installment in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton investigating the dark, mysterious depths of a coal mine in America ...
Never Flinch
Stephen King
Paper Book
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by The New York Times Book Review, AV Club, Variety, The Boston Globe, The Minnesota Star Tribune, Vulture, Men's Health, Book Riot, New York Post, Goodreads, AARP, Paste, and more!
The Starving Saints
Caitlin Starling
Paper Book
USA Today Bestseller! "As brilliant as it is bizarre. From the very first page you know you are in the hands of an author at the height of their abilities. . . . This is the unhinged cannibal book of my dreams--and my nightmares." --Ava Reid, #1 New York Times ...
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V. E. Schwab
Paper Book
ALL first edition copies will be signed by the author! Signed copies available while supplies last. "Unmissable... Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab" --Jodi Picoult #1 New York Times bestseller * #1 USA Today bestseller * #1...
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...
Lucky Day
Chuck Tingle
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...
You Weren't Meant to Be Human: A Novel
Andrew Joseph White
Paper Book
A Washington Post and Publishers Weekly Best SF/Fantasy/Horror Novel of 2025 Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White about identity, survival, and transformation amidst an alien invasion...
Play Nice
Rachel Harrison
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...
Blood on Her Tongue
Johanna van Veen
Paper Book
"Gothic horror for the ages...Combining shiver-inducing horror with sharp-fanged social commentary, this more that merits comparison to Dracula and other genre titans."-- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Goodreads Most Anticipated Spring Horror Novels "I'm in your blood, and...
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! ...
Victorian Psycho
Virginia Feito
Paper Book
Virginia Feito's Mrs. March was hailed as "a brilliant debut . . . [by] a writer who keeps pace with the grandees she invokes" (Sarah Ditum, Guardian)--from Daphne Du Maurier and Shirley Jackson to Patricia Highsmith. Now, Feito returns with her "silver-polish sentences and her eerie psychological...
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...
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...
There Is No Antimemetics Division {Revised}
qntm
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Humanity is under assault by malevolent "antimemes"--ideas that attack memory, identity, and the fabric of reality itself--in this whip-smart tale of science-fiction horror, an entirely reimagined and expanded version of the beloved online novel. ...
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." -...
Black Flame
Gretchen Felker-Martin
Paper Book
An instant USA Today bestseller! One woman's deadly obsession with a haunted archival film precipitates her undoing in Black Flame, from the author of Manhunt, Gretchen Felker-Martin. A...
The Haunting of Paynes Hollow
Kelley Armstrong
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a nail-biting supernatural horror about a haunted lakeside property and twisted family secrets. When Samantha Payne's grandfather dies, she figures she won't even get a mention in the will. After all, she hasn...
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 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...
The Possession of Alba Díaz
Isabel Cañas
Paper Book
In 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fiance, 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...
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...
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...
Hungerstone
Dunn, Kat
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "I didn't like this, I LOVED it." --Taylor Jenkins Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Atmosphere and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo A Rolling Stone 10 Most Anticipated Books of the Year * An NBC...
Spread Me
Sarah Gailey
Paper Book
An instant USA Today bestseller! Named one of the Best Horror Books of 2025 by Vulture! Spread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey, author of Just Like Home. A routine probe at a research station turns deadly when the team...
Killer on the Road / The Babysitter Lives (Saga Doubles)
Stephen Graham Jones
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...
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...
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...
How to Survive a Horror Story
Mallory Arnold
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....
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...
Of Monsters and Mainframes
Barbara Truelove
Paper Book
Spaceships aren't programmed to seek revenge--but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception. Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying--and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system,...
At Dark, I Become Loathsome
Eric LaRocca
From Eric LaRocca--Bram Stoker Award-nominated and Splatterpunk Award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke--comes At Dark, I Become Loathsome, a grim yet gentle, horrifying yet hopeful, intense tale of death, trauma, and love. "If you're reading this, you've...
The End of the World as We Know It
Christopher Golden
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER THE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER An original short story anthology based on master storyteller...
Moonflow
Karella, Bitter
Paper Book
"A bizarre and fiercely original splatterpunk phantasmagoria of queerness. Deranged and gleefully weird as f*ck, this is an impressive debut from a singular literary talent." --Eric LaRocca, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke...
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,...
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...
Rose of Jericho
Grecian, Alex
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...
Her Wicked Roots
Tanya Pell
Paper Book
In this queer retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne classic gothic story, Rappaccini's Daughter, a young woman is lured to a lush estate owned by a botanist who might be hiding dark secrets. Cordelia Beecher is on the run. In search of her missing brother Edward, she has fled...
Whistle
Linwood Barclay
Paper Book
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 be haunted by...
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...
The midnight knock
Fram, John
Paper Book
A locked-room mystery meets white-knuckle horror in this mind-bending thriller, where strangers must survive a deadly night in a remote Texas motel. In the frigid west Texas desert, weary travelers converge at a lonely roadside motel nestled at the foot of a massive mountain....
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 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...
Our winter monster
Mahoney, Dennis
Paper Book
For the last year, Holly and Brian have been out of sync. Neither can forget what happened that one winter evening; neither can forgive what's happened since. Tonight, Holly and Brian race toward Pinebuck, New York, trying to outrun a blizzard on their way to the ski village getaway they hope will...
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,...
Eat the Ones You Love
Sarah Maria Griffin
Paper Book
"Do you mind me asking--what kind of help do you need?" After losing her job and her fiancé and moving back from the city to live with her parents, Shell Pine needs some help. And according to the sign in the window, the florist shop in the mall does too. Shell gets the...
Voice like a hyacinth
Pearson, Mallory
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...

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