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Updated March 6, 2025
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You like it darker :
King, Stephen,
Paper Book
NAMED A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 HORROR BOOK OF 2024 WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR HORROR "Stephen King knows You Like It Darker and obliges with sensational new tales" (USA TODAY): From legendary storyteller and master of...
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Bury your gays /
Tingle, Chuck,
Paper Book
The instant USA Today bestseller by Chuck Tingle about what it takes to succeed in a world that wants you dead. Named one of the Best Horror Books of 2024 (Esquire, Parade, and Library Journal)! Misha knows that chasing success in Hollywood...
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Horror movie :
Tremblay, Paul.
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Instant New York Times Bestseller! PLEASE NOTE: the limited edition with red stained edges is sold out, but we invite you to purchase an unstained one -- same haunting story, same chilling twists! A chilling twist on the "cursed film" genre from the bestselling author of The...
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I was a teenage slasher /
Jones, Stephen Graham,
Paper Book
A USA TODAY Bestseller An Alex Award Winner From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story with a twist--perfect for fans of Adam Cesare and Grady Hendrix. 1989, Lamesa, Texas....
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Ghost station /
Barnes, S. A.,
Paper Book
A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.A. Barnes, acclaimed author of Dead Silence.An abandoned plant. A hidden past. A deadly danger.Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray has dedicated her life to the study and prevention of ERS--the most famous...
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Incidents around the house :
Malerman, Josh,
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"Simply put--and I do not say this lightly--Incidents Around the House is the most purely effective horror novel I have ever read."--Neil McRobert, Esquire A chilling horror novel about a haunting, told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled...
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A sorceress comes to call /
Kingfisher, T.
Paper Book
Named a Best Fantasy Book of the Year by NPR, Elle, and Paste A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes A Sorceress ...
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The drowning house /
Priest, Cherie.
Paper Book
"This smartly paced, genre bending novel is a good choice for the horror-curious thriller reader who enjoyed The Good House by Tananarive Due and Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia." --Booklist, Starred Review "Cherie Priest is our new queen of darkness, folks....
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I'll Be Waiting
Kelley Armstrong
Paper Book
From New York Times Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a spellbinding new tale of supernatural horror involving a haunted-house, seances, lost loved ones, and a sinister spirit out for blood...Nicola Laughton never expected to see adulthood, being diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis as a child....
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So thirsty /
Harrison, Rachel,
Paper Book
A woman must learn to take life by the throat after a night out leads to irrevocable changes in this juicy, thrilling novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Such Sharp Teeth and Black Sheep. Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday. She doesn't need a...
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Murder road /
St. James, Simone.
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A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases. July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn....
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My darling dreadful thing :
Veen, Johanna van,
Paper Book
Goodreads Most Anticipated Horror of 2024 | Goodreads Most Anticipated books in May | She Reads Most Anticipated Horror | Polygon Must-Read books of 2024 | Novel Suspects Most anticipated novels 2024 "Dark and decadent, with the haunting allure of a true gothic tale, My Darling Dreadful...
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We came to welcome you :
Tirado, Vincent,
Paper Book
The Other Black Girl meets Midsommar in this spine-chilling, propulsive psychological adult debut from highly acclaimed author Vincent Tirado, in which a married couple moves into a gated "community" that slowly creeps into a pervasive dread akin to the social...
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A sunny place for shady people :
Enriquez, Mariana,
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A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with ghosts, goblins, and the macabre, by "Buenos Aires's sorceress of horror" (Samanta Schweblin, The New York Times) "Entertaining, political and exquisitely gruesome, these stories...
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A mask of flies /
Lyons, Matthew
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In Matthew Lyons' pulse-pounding crime horror, A Mask of Flies, a criminal on the run after a failed heist must confront dark family secrets and demons from her past made flesh.THE PAST HAS TEETHIn the grisly aftermath of a botched bank heist, career criminal Anne Heller has no choice but to return...
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Memorials
Chizmar, Richard
Paper Book
The New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller about a group of college students encountering supernatural terror while on a road trip through Appalachia--an unforgettable, chilling novel that is "scary and hard to put down. You might be advised not to read it at night" (Stephen King)....
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This cursed house /
Sandeen, Del,
Paper Book
One of Esquire's Best Horror Books of 2024 One of Crime Reads' Best Gothic Novels of 2024 In this Southern gothic horror debut, a young Black woman abandons her life in 1960s Chicago for a position with a mysterious family in New Orleans, only to discover the dark truth:...
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Midnight rooms :
Coles, Donyae,
Paper Book
"An immersive horror fairy tale marrying Crimson Peak to Pan's Labyrinth upon strange foundations. You're never really safe here, with Midnight Rooms wondrously defying expectation and refusing obedience. Donyae Coles leads us into a house of sinister magic, full of corners for...
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Sacrificial animals :
Pedersen, Kailee,
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Inspired by Kailee Pedersen's own journey being adopted from Nanning, China in 1996 and growing up alongside her family's farm in Nebraska, this rich and atmospheric supernatural horror debut explores an ancient Chinese mythology. The last thing Nick Morrow expected to receive...
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The madness /
Kurtagich, Dawn
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Order now to get a limited special hardcover edition- available only on the first printing! This hardcover features beautifully designed end papers and a spectacular foil finish... perfect for collectors and book-lovers! Award-winning author Dawn...
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Youthjuice /
Sathue, E. K.,
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From Sophia Bannion's first day on the Storytelling team at HEBE, a luxury skincare/wellness company based in New York City's glitziest neighborhood, it's clear something is deeply amiss. But Sophia, pushing thirty with plenty of skeletons in her closet next to the designer knock-offs, doesn't care....
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Bless your heart /
Ryan, Lindy,
Paper Book
A crackling mystery-horror novel with big-hearted characters and Southern charm with a bite, Bless Your Heart is a gasp-worthy delight from start to finish from debut author Lindy Ryan. Rise and shine. The Evans women have some undead to kill. ...
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Ghost camera /
Coates, Darcy
Paper Book
"Coates ratchets up the ghostly manifestations till you can't imagine there are any more stops to pull out--though of course there are." --Kirkus Reviews for Gallows Hill When Jenine finds an abandoned polaroid camera, she playfully snaps a photo without a second thought. But there's...
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Blood like mine /
Neville, Stuart,
Paper Book
A New York Times Best Horror Fiction of the Year Selection * Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Horror * A Parade Best Horror Books of the Year Selection "A gruesome, action-packed monster novel about a mother and daughter with a terrible secret, on the run from...
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The house that horror built /
Henry, Christina,
Paper Book
A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifying secrets in the captivating new novel from the national bestselling author of Good Girls Don't Die and Horseman. Harry Adams has always loved horror movies, so it's...
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Indian burial ground /
Medina, Nick,
Paper Book
A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of Sisters of the Lost Nation. All...
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The Darkest Night :
Ryan, Lindy (EDT)
Paper Book
From some of the biggest names in horror comes an Advent calendar of short holiday horror stories perfect for the darkest nights of the year. Edited by award-winning author and anthologist Lindy Ryan and with contributions from masters of horror like Josh Malerman, Eric LaRocca, and...
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Graveyard Shift
M.L. Rio
Ebook
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Grey dog /
Gish, Elliott,
Paper Book
The year is 1901, and Ada Byrd - spinster, schoolmarm, amateur naturalist - accepts a teaching post in isolated Lowry Bridge, grateful for the chance to re-establish herself where no one knows her secrets. She develops friendships with her neighbours, explores the woods with her students, and begins...
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William
Mason Coile
Paper Book
Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read--a haunted house story in which the haunting is by AI. Henry is a brilliant engineer who, after untold hours spent in his home lab, has achieved the breakthrough of his career--he's created an artificially...
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The Haunting of Moscow House
Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
Paper Book
In this elegant gothic horror tale set in post-revolutionary Russia, two formerly aristocratic sisters race to uncover their family's long-buried secrets in a house haunted by a past dangerous--and deadly--to remember. It is the summer of 1921, and a group of...
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Model home /
Solomon, Rivers,
Paper Book
Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The three Maxwell siblings keep their distance from the lily-white gated enclave outside Dallas where they grew up. When their family moved there, they were the only Black family...
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Devils kill devils /
Compton, Johnny
Paper Book
Devils Kill Devils is perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Certain Dark Things and Southern gothic horror. Johnny Compton brings his trademark terror and dread that readers fell in love with in The Spite House to a new roster of monsters--angels, devils, vampires--and a heart-pounding race to...
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Haunt sweet home /
Pinsker, Sarah,
Paper Book
On the set of a kitschy reality TV show, staged scares transform into unnerving reality in this spooky ghost story from multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Sarah Pinsker."Don't talk to day about what we do at night."When aimless twenty-something Mara lands a job as the night-shift...
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