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Frankenstein

Mary Shelley · Horror

*Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus* is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley.

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Japanese Gothic

Kylie Lee Baker · Horror

New York Times Most Anticipated Book for 2026 USA TODAY Most Anticipated Books of 2026 Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Books of 2026 Book Riot…

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The Housemaid

Freida McFadden · Horror

Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom.

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Wolf Worm

T. Kingfisher · Horror

Something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods in Wolf Worm, a new gothic masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author T.

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Dark Matter

Michelle Paver · Horror

A terrifying 1930s ghost story set in the haunting wilderness of the far north.

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Dracula

Bram Stoker · Horror

To borrow a phrase used by one of the characters in the novel, Dracula is “nineteenth century up-to-date with a vengeance.” In her introduction to…

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Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier · Horror

With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs.

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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

Stephen Graham Jones · Horror

, a chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice.

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Trad Wife

Saratoga Schaefer · Horror

A "traditional wife" influencer allows a demonic creature to impregnate her in this unnerving horror novel, perfect for fans of Nightbitch and Mary,…

psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · demons

You Did Nothing Wrong

CG Drews · Horror

Single mother Elodie’s life has become a fairy tale.

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When the Wolf Comes Home

Nat Cassidy · Horror

One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment.

psychological thriller · cat and mouse · survival · revenge plot

We Used to Live Here

Marcus Kliewer · Horror

As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque…

haunted setting · psychological thriller · closed circle

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

Shailee Thompson · Horror

**A humorous, swoony, and downright terrifying slasher rom-com in which a cinephile gets caught in the middle of a murder spree at a speed-dating…

romantic comedy · dark romance · survival

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Grady Hendrix · Horror

*‘I did an evil thing to be put in here, and I’m going to have to do an evil thing to get out.’* They call them wayward girls.

gothic atmosphere · witches · coming of age · dark academia · haunted setting

King Sorrow

Joe Hill · Horror

Arthur Oakes is a reader, a dreamer, and a student at Rackham College, Maine, renowned for its frosty winters, exceptional library, and beautiful…

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A Box Full of Darkness

Simone St. James · Horror

“From the book’s chillingly creepy setting, which previously appeared in The Sun Down Motel (2020), to a nerve-jangling plot that effectively borrows…

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Fabulous Bodies

Chuck Tingle · Horror

Fashion influencer by day and grave-robber by night, Poppy Stringer is on call when Eddie Michaels—a flamboyant, piano-slamming rockstar and queer…

romantic comedy · found family · ghosts

Bodies of Work

Clay McLeod Chapman · Horror

“Clay McLeod Chapman is one of my favorite horror storytellers working today.” — Jordan Peele A murderous artist is haunted by the spirits of those…

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Between Two Fires

Christopher Buehlman · Horror

“Buehlman…slips effortlessly into a different kind of literary sensibility, one that doesn’t scrimp on earthy humor and lyrical writing in the face…

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Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

Kylie Lee Baker · Horror

New York Times 100 Notable Books for 2025 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist for Horror USA TODAY Best Books of 2025 Library Journal Best Books of 2025…

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The Shining

Stephen King · Horror

Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start.

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Pet Sematary

Stephen King · Horror

Pet Sematary is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1986

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Play Nice

Rachel Harrison · Horror

Clio Louise Barnes leads a picture-perfect life as a stylist and influencer, but beneath the glossy veneer she harbors a not-so glamorous secret: she…

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Strange Pictures

Uketsu · Horror

A Japanese mystery horror bestseller, revolving around a series of creepy drawings, in which the reader is the detective - from the Youtube sensation…

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On Sundays She Picked Flowers

Yah Yah Scholfield · Horror

“A ferociously talented writer. Scholfield writes with insight, beauty, and the wildness of real art.” —Victor LaValle, author of Lone Women In this…

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House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski · Horror

This is an alternate cover edition.

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The Lamb

Lucy Rose · Horror

Young Margot lives in the woods with Mama.

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Spoiled Milk

Avery Curran · Horror

“The haunted lesbian boarding school horror show we always wanted.

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Blood on Her Tongue

Johanna van Veen · Horror

**The Netherlands, 1887.** Lucy's twin sister Sarah is unwell.

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It

Stephen King · Horror

"*It*" is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King.

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The Eyes Are the Best Part

Monika Kim · Horror

Ji-won’s life tumbles into disarray in the wake of her Appa’s extramarital affair and subsequent departure.

psychological thriller · trauma recovery · morally grey character · grimdark

Our Wives Under the Sea

Julia Armfield · Horror

Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe.

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller

Hazelthorn

CG Drews · Horror

Evander has lived like a ghost in the forgotten corners of the Hazelthorn estate ever since he was taken in by his reclusive billionaire guardian,…

gothic atmosphere · coming of age · grimdark · dark academia · haunted setting

The Body

Bethany C. Morrow · Horror

The Body is a pulse-pounding supernatural horror story from bestselling author Bethany C.

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Nothing Tastes As Good

Luke Dumas · Horror

'A staggeringly honest exploration of how shame, cruelty and the hunger for acceptance can make us feel sub-human.

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Hungerstone

Kat Dunn · Horror

An orphaned, emotionally isolated heiress with no money marries a cunning steel tycoon for a chance to build back her life.

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Misery

Stephen King · Horror

Novelist Paul Sheldon has plans to make the difficult transition from writing historical romances featuring heroine Misery Chastain to publishing…

psychological thriller · survival · obsessive love · trauma recovery

Coffin Moon

Keith Rosson · Horror

and are hunted by—the vampire that slaughtered their family.

vampires · revenge plot · cat and mouse · trauma recovery

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson · Horror

First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia · Horror

An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of…

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What Moves the Dead

T. Kingfisher · Horror

When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers…

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting

The Dorians

Nick Cutter · Horror

The all-new novel of terror from “one of the hottest horror authors on the planet” (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop!

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You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom

Vincent Tirado · Horror

Demons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed over twelve harrowing hours trapped in a house with the worst thing…

demons · dark academia · closed circle

The Ruins

Scott Smith · Horror

Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation—sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists.

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You Weren't Meant to Be Human

Andrew Joseph White · Horror

Festering masses of worms and flies have taken root in dark corners across Appalachia.

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Slasher Summer

E. L. Chen · Horror

PRE-ORDER THE SLASHER OF SUMMER '26.

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The Keeper

Sarah Langan · Horror

Some believe Bedford, Maine, is cursed.

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Dollface

Lindy Ryan · Horror

INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER Barbie meets Scream with a 90s nostalgia twist in this horror romp from Bless Your Heart author Lindy Ryan.

coming of age · found family · fish out of water · twist ending

Kiss Slay Replay

Rachel Harrison · Horror

Every wedding guest’s worst nightmare is on repeat in this wild and twisty new horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of So Thirsty…

psychological thriller · time travel · twist ending · closed circle · high stakes survival

Incidents Around the House

Josh Malerman · Horror

To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · coming of age · psychological thriller

Monumental

Adam Nevill · Horror

A novel of pagan terror from the author of The Ritual and The Reddening.

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The Starving Saints

Caitlin Starling · Horror

! “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…

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My Best Friend's Exorcism

Grady Hendrix · Horror

1988. Charleston, South Carolina. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of…

coming of age · found family · demons · paranormal romance

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

Philip Fracassi · Horror

Brimming with dark humor, violence, and mystery, The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre is a blood-soaked slasher sure to keep readers guessing…

survival · high stakes survival · closed circle

The Bewitching

Silvia Moreno-Garcia · Horror

“Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches”: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter…

gothic atmosphere · witches · haunted setting · multiple timelines · dark academia

The Stand

Stephen King · Horror

A patient escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 99…

post apocalyptic · grimdark · dystopian society · survival · high stakes survival

'Salem's Lot

Stephen King · Horror

Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem's Lot in the hopes that living in an old mansion, long the subject of town lore, will help him cast out his own…

gothic atmosphere · vampires · small town · haunted setting · redemption arc

The Staircase in the Woods

Chuck Wendig · Horror

While on a camping trip, five high-schoolers bound by an oath to always protect one another discover something in the middle of the forest: a…

haunted setting · closed circle · psychological thriller

A House With Good Bones

T. Kingfisher · Horror

**A contemporary Southern Gothic from award-winning master of modern horror T.

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Bone of My Bone

Johanna van Veen · Horror

A skull's grin is eternal... The year is 1635. Sister Ursula, a young nun fleeing the ruins of her convent, and Elsebeth, a sharp-witted peasant,…

dark romance · forbidden romance · gothic atmosphere

The Summer Fun Massacre

Craig DiLouie · Horror

It’s 1992, and in the heat of Texas, camp Summer Fun rests by a crystalline lake surrounded by a shady forest.

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The Exorcist

William Peter Blatty · Horror

THE CHILLING MOVIE WE COULD NOT FORGET ...

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Wretch

Eric LaRocca · Horror

From rising horror star and award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes a nightmarish, haunting, tech-Gothic thrill…

dark romance · obsessive love · trauma recovery · gothic atmosphere · ghosts

Don't Let the Forest In

CG Drews · Horror

*Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thomas had no idea that Andrew would do anything for…

psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · unreliable narrator · coming of age

Carmilla

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · Horror

https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2895536W

paranormal romance · gothic atmosphere · vampires · dark romance

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart

Christina Henry · Horror

On an otherwise ordinary street in Chicago, there is a house.

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Snake-Eater

T. Kingfisher · Horror

In this witty fantasy horror from New York Times bestselling, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author T.

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Breathe In, Bleed Out

Brian McAuley · Horror

"Brian McAuley keeps you guessing the whole gory, satisfying way through this one.

closed circle · survival · high stakes survival · twist ending

Slewfoot

Brom · Horror

**Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell…

gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · demons

Guillotine

Delilah S. Dawson · Horror

The Menu meets Ready or Not in this dark tale of opulent luxury and shocking violence from the New York Times bestselling author of Bloom.

closed circle · high stakes survival · survival · twist ending

How to Sell a Haunted House

Grady Hendrix · Horror

When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home.

haunted setting · trauma recovery · revenge plot

The Unworthy

Agustina Bazterrica · Horror

In a dystopian convent sheltering women from a climate-ravaged world, a narrator yearning to ascend within the Sacred Sisterhood confronts her…

dystopian society · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller

The Silent Companions

Laura Purcell · Horror

**When newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge, what greets her is far from…

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · ghosts · locked room · psychological thriller

Diavola

Jennifer Thorne · Horror

Anna has two rules for the annual Pace family destination vacations: *Tread lightly and survive*.

dark academia · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting

The Ritual

Adam Nevill · Horror

"When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of their…

survival · high stakes survival · psychological thriller

Carrie

Stephen King · Horror

The story of misfit high-school girl, Carrie White, who gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers.

coming of age · trauma recovery · psychological thriller

We Live Here Now

Sarah Pinborough · Horror

Award-winning author of New York Times bestselling breakout novel (and hit Netflix show) Behind Her Eyes returns with a haunting Gothic novel about a…

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Rosemary's Baby

Ira Levin · Horror

Contains: - [Rosemary's Baby](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL28322W/Rosemary's_Baby) - [Stepford…

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Wife Shaped Bodies

Laura Cranehill · Horror

Sorrowland meets Manhunt in this literary horror debut in which an isolated newlywed—covered in mushroom growths like all the other wives in her…

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting · forbidden romance

Rest Stop

Nat Cassidy · Horror

A young musician finds himself locked inside a gas station bathroom in the middle of the night by an unseen assailant, caught between the horrors on…

psychological thriller · high stakes survival · locked room · gothic atmosphere

The Spite House

Johnny Compton · Horror

A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire)!

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · revenge plot

The Possession of Alba Díaz

Isabel Cañas · Horror

When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn’t trust…from…

paranormal romance · demons · forbidden romance · historical fiction · slow burn

Nestlings

Nat Cassidy · Horror

Ana and Reid need a break. The horrifically complicated birth of their first child has left Ana paralyzed, bitter, and struggling―with mobility,…

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller · urban fantasy

The Troop

Nick Cutter · Horror

Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip.

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Turn Off the Light

Jacquie Walters · Horror

Two women living centuries apart are bound by the same dark secret in this haunting novel that "upends everything you think you know about ghost…

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People Watching

Jason Gray · Horror

Another by the author of "Pandemonium" issues 1 through infinity, and the author of the "Horror world "series, as well as other stories, this one…

cosmic horror · psychological thriller · closed circle

Backstabbers

Eliza Jabore · Horror

When three friends lose their way in a serial killer's old hunting ground, they must fight to survive the threat in the woods—and each other—in this…

survival · psychological thriller · high stakes survival · cat and mouse · closed circle

The Weight of Blood

Tiffany D. Jackson · Horror

* AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * INDIE BESTSELLER * JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION * KIDS' INDIE NEXT LIST PICK * NPR BEST PICK * KIRKUS BEST…

psychological thriller · survival · trauma recovery

Lucky Day

Chuck Tingle · Horror

***Lucky Day* is the latest from Chuck Tingle, *USA Today* bestselling author of *Camp Damascus* and *Bury Your Gays*, where one woman must go up…

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Spread Me

Sarah Gailey · Horror

Spread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey, bestselling author of Just Like Home.

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The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones · Horror

Ten years ago outside Browning, Montana, four Blackfeet shot some elk, and then went on with their lives.

revenge plot · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · trauma recovery

Heart-Shaped Box LP

Joe Hill · Horror

Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals .

psychological thriller · ghosts · obsessive love · revenge plot

The Hollow Places

T. Kingfisher · Horror

Pray they are hungry. Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly…

cosmic horror · portal fantasy · psychological thriller · haunted setting · closed circle

The Fourth Wife

Linda Hamilton · Horror

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas meets “Sister Wives” in a deliciously chilling, darkly romantic, historical gothic horror with a feminist slant, as a…

dark romance · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · historical fiction · forbidden romance

Maria the Wanted

V. Castro · Horror

Newly turned Mexican vampire, Maria, is not just out for blood, she wants answers.

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Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

Clay McLeod Chapman · Horror

When Noah's aging parents stop returning his calls, he travels to their Virginia home and finds it in shambles.

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · closed circle

Morsel

Carter Keane · Horror

Carter Keane's Morsel is a delicious folk horror debut about learning to bite back when the world is determined to eat you alive.

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Interview with the Vampire

Anne Rice · Horror

This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life.

dark romance · paranormal romance · gothic atmosphere · forbidden romance

Dead of Winter

Kealan Patrick Burke · Horror

Winter isn’t coming…it’s already here, and with it comes a horror no door can keep out.

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Hidden Pictures

Jason Rekulak · Horror

A wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller, about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets.

psychological thriller · paranormal romance · haunted setting

This House Will Feed

Maria Tureaud · Horror

Amidst the devastation of Ireland’s Great Famine, a young woman is salvaged from certain death when offered a mysterious position at a remote manor…

gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · haunted setting · survival

The Haar

David Sodergren · Horror

“I don’t fear death... but they do.” Muriel McAuley has lived in the Scottish fishing village of Witchaven all her life. She was born there, and…

gothic atmosphere · closed circle · survival

Penpal

Dathan Auerbach · Horror

Penpal began as a series of short and interconnected stories posted on an online horror forum.

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery

Such Sharp Teeth

Rachel Harrison · Horror

Rory Morris isn’t thrilled to be moving back to her hometown, even if it is temporary.

coming of age · paranormal romance · werewolves shifters

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury · Horror

Few American novels written this century have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's unparalleled literary classic SOMETHING WICKED…

coming of age · gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance

ITCH!

Gemma Amor · Horror

READERS LOVE GEMMA's DARK WORLD 'If you are after something that is both shocking and horrifically beautiful then take a journey and discover this…

psychological thriller · trauma recovery

The Brides

Charlotte Cross · Horror

Before Dracula, there were the brides .

gothic atmosphere · ghosts · paranormal romance · haunted setting · twist ending

Fevre Dream

George R. R. Martin · Horror

When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something's amiss.

gothic atmosphere · vampires · dark romance

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

Stephen Graham Jones · Horror

You won’t find a more hardcore eighties-slasher-film fan than high school senior Jade Daniels.

coming of age · revenge plot · grimdark · trauma recovery · psychological thriller

The Hill in the Dark Grove

Liam Higginson · Horror

Moving and chilling, The Hill in the Dark Grove is a story about a lost way of life and the terrifying lengths we go to to protect what we know.

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · grimdark · trauma recovery

Seed

Ania Ahlborn · Horror

With nothing but the clothes on his back--and something horrific snapping at his heels--Jack Winter fled his rural Georgia home when he was still…

survival · trauma recovery · revenge plot · demons

Widow's Point

Richard Chizmar · Horror

Richard Chizmar, “one of horror’s indispensable writers” (Paste), and his son W.H.

psychological thriller · haunted setting · closed circle · cat and mouse

Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die

Mallory Arnold · Horror

From the USA Today bestselling author of How to Survive a Horror Story comes a biting slasher perfect for fans of John Tucker Must Die and The Final…

psychological thriller · survival · revenge plot

The Good Girl

Michelle Dunne · Horror

Pick up this addictively chilling horror suspense title from bestselling author Michelle Dunne.

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · morally grey character · twist ending

Hell House

Richard Matheson · Horror

Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle

Crafting for Sinners

Jenny Kiefer · Horror

“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…

survival · high stakes survival · grimdark · closed circle

Maneater

Ellie Graves · Horror

'Lip-smackingly entertaining, Maneater cooks up a tense, tart and thrillingly sadistic kitchen nightmare' Leigh Radford, author of One Yellow Eye…

psychological thriller · grimdark · morally grey character · high stakes survival

Model Home

Rivers Solomon · Horror

Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel.

haunted setting · coming of age · gothic atmosphere · found family

Hunger

Joe Hill · Horror

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of King Sorrow, The Fireman, and NOS4A2 comes a chilling new novel about the battle for a country's…

ghosts · psychological thriller · high stakes survival

What Feasts at Night

T. Kingfisher · Horror

After their terrifying ordeal at the Usher manor, Alex Easton feels as if they just survived another war.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · dark romance

Ring shout

P. Djèlí Clark · Horror

historical fiction · gothic atmosphere · closed circle

House of Splinters

Laura Purcell · Horror

House of Splinters is the long-awaited prequel to bestselling and multi award-winning author Laura Purcell's gothic horror classic, The Silent…

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · closed circle

Stolen Tongues

Felix Blackwell · Horror

A romantic cabin getaway doesn’t go exactly as planned.

forced proximity · ghosts · gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance · survival

Bat Eater

Kylie Lee Baker · Horror

Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner, washing away the remains of brutal murders and suicides in Chinatown.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · grimdark · cosmic horror

Hemlock

Melissa Faliveno · Horror

A woman haunted by a dark inheritance returns to the woods where her mother vanished, in this queer Gothic novel.

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · trauma recovery · coming of age

She Made Herself A Monster

Anna Kovatcheva · Horror

Yana hunts monsters. Anka might be one. They'll need each other to survive. 'This exciting, gorgeous novel reminded me why I love vampire stories...…

dark romance · enemies to lovers · vampires · survival · paranormal romance

Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle · Horror

From beloved Internet icon Chuck Tingle comes a searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price of…

psychological thriller · coming of age · gothic atmosphere · demons

The September House

Carissa Orlando · Horror

When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t…

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · romantic comedy

Crawlspace

Adam Christopher · Horror

Enter an edge-of-your-seat nightmare to the darkest frontiers in Crawlspace, a sci-fi horror novel from New York Times bestselling author Adam…

cosmic horror · high stakes survival · psychological thriller · closed circle

Dead First

Johnny Compton · Horror

From the Bram Stoker award-nominated author of The Spite House comes a bone-chilling new novel about a private investigator hired by a mysterious…

psychological thriller · paranormal romance · grimdark

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson · Horror

Mr. Gabriel Utterson is a serious, austere lawyer living a humdrum life in Victorian London. Yet there is a strange clause in his friend, Dr. Henry…

psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · morally grey character · twist ending

Cackle

Rachel Harrison · Horror

All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe.

witches · dark romance · coming of age · forbidden romance

The Final Girl Support Group

Grady Hendrix · Horror

Lynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre.

revenge plot · trauma recovery · cat and mouse · found family

The Mist

Stephen King · Horror

David Drayton, his son Billy, and their neighbor Brent Norton head to the local grocery store to replenish supplies following a freak storm.

cosmic horror · survival · closed circle · high stakes survival

The Hacienda

Isabel Cañas · Horror

Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote…

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · historical fiction · forbidden romance

These Familiar Walls

C. J. Dotson · Horror

A spine-chilling, heart-pounding suburban horror novel at the heart of the genre, perfect for fans of T.

coming of age · haunted setting · psychological thriller · small town

The Midnight Muse

Jo Kaplan · Horror

When a metal band's lead singer vanishes in the woods, the mushrooms in the forest might know more than they're letting on in this mycelium-metal…

survival · missing person · cosmic horror

Stay Buried

Jennifer McMahon · Horror

From the New York Times bestselling author of Children on the Hill comes a queer folk horror in which a woman must confront decades of secrecy and…

gothic atmosphere · trauma recovery · haunted setting · revenge plot

Dark is When the Devil Comes

Daisy Pearce · Horror

HE'S A KIDNAPPER. BUT SHE'S THE REAL MONSTER . . . Dark Is When the Devil Comes is the utterly gripping and chilling new novel from acclaimed horror…

psychological thriller · cat and mouse · unreliable narrator · gothic atmosphere

When I Was Death

Alexis Henderson · Horror

A group of girls does Death incarnate's bidding in this haunting speculative young adult novel by the author of The Year of the Witching.

coming of age · trauma recovery · found family · ghosts

The Winter Folk

Jen Julian · Horror

A woman returns to the mysterious lodge in the woods where she once worked, and to the inscrutable creature that bound her there, in this haunting…

gothic atmosphere · slow burn · haunted setting · paranormal romance · trauma recovery

Humboldt Cut

Allison Mick · Horror

Jordan Peele and Jeff Vandermeer meet The Overstory in comedy writer Allison Mick’s darkly humorous debut eco-horror novel, as a Black woman returns…

survival · psychological thriller · revenge plot

The Green Mile

Stephen King · Horror

The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel by American writer Stephen King.

psychological thriller · closed circle · redemption arc · trauma recovery

The Fisherman

John Langan · Horror

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir.

cosmic horror · found family · paranormal romance · psychological thriller

House of the Beast

Michelle Wong · Horror

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting

The Sun Down Motel

Simone St. James · Horror

Upstate NY, 1982. Viv Delaney knows something isn't right at the Sun Down motel, where she works as a night clerk, and she's determined find out…

multiple timelines · psychological thriller · haunted setting

Come Closer

Sara Gran · Horror

A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment.

cosmic horror · psychological thriller · demons · unreliable narrator

The Babysitter Lives

Stephen Graham Jones · Horror

The Babysitter Lives When high school senior Charlotte agrees to babysit the Wilbanks twins, she plans to put the six-year-olds to bed early and…

high stakes survival · haunted setting · ghosts

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

Grady Hendrix · Horror

Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this '90s-set horror novel about a women's book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small…

vampires · dark academia · found family · paranormal romance · psychological thriller

Bury Your Gays

Chuck Tingle · Horror

Misha knows that chasing success in Hollywood can be hell.

dark academia · revenge plot · morally grey character · psychological thriller · found family

Nightwatching

Tracy Sierra · Horror

A footstep on the stairs. A second to react. What happens next will determine everything. Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a…

psychological thriller · locked room · haunted setting · survival

Swan Song

Robert McCammon · Horror

In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth's last survivors have been drawn into the final…

post apocalyptic · chosen one · high stakes survival · grimdark

She's Always Hungry

Eliza Clark · Horror

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "BEST HORROR FICTION OF 2024" From Eliza Clark, the author of the brilliant novels Boy Parts and Penance and one of…

cosmic horror · psychological thriller · grimdark

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

Kalynn Bayron · Horror

Instant New York Times bestseller!

survival · high stakes survival · psychological thriller

Dark Sisters

Kristi DeMeester · Horror

“A BONFIRE, A BEACON, A BALM, A RALLYING CRY...

historical fiction · gothic atmosphere · revenge plot

Stalking Jack the Ripper

Kerri Maniscalco · Horror

A gothic murder mystery set in gritty Victorian-era London, where an intrepid society girl finds herself embroiled in the investigation of a serial…

gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · psychological thriller · dark academia · slow burn

The Twisted Ones

T. Kingfisher · Horror

When Mouse’s dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother's house, she says yes.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · survival · closed circle

The Woman in Black

Susan Hill · Horror

In the process of settling an estate, Arthur Kipps finds himself confronted with some very unsettling matters.

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · ghosts · psychological thriller

My Darling Dreadful Thing

Johanna van Veen · Horror

*Spirits are drawn to salt, be it blood or tears.* Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see.

dark academia · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller · found family

Futility

Nuzo Onoh · Horror

For readers of Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister the Serial Killer and Bella Mackie’s How to Kill Your Family, this is a monstrous, gleeful, bitingly…

dark academia · revenge plot · morally grey character · grimdark

The Resurrectionist

A. Rae Dunlap · Horror

In the tradition of The Alienist and Anatomy: A Love Story, a decadently macabre, dark and twisty gothic debut set in 19th century Scotland – when…

historical fiction · gothic atmosphere · dark academia · cat and mouse · psychological thriller

House of Hunger

Alexis Henderson · Horror

Wanted: A bloodmaid of exceptional taste.

dark academia · gothic atmosphere · found family · coming of age

The Terror

Dan Simmons · Horror

The bestselling author of Ilium transforms the story of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition into a devastating historical adventure that will chill you…

historical fiction · high stakes survival · gothic atmosphere · cosmic horror

I Was A Teenage Slasher

Stephen Graham Jones · Horror

*USA TODAY Bestseller * Alex Award Winner * The “viciously clever, over-the-top, genre-skewing” (The New York Times Book Review) classic slasher…

coming of age · revenge plot · grimdark · twist ending

Mother Is Watching

Karma Brown · Horror

The chilling horror debut from a #1 international bestselling author—an art conservator’s obsession with a mysterious painting spirals into a…

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting

Sarafina

Philip Fracassi · Horror

During one of the most violent battles of the Civil War, three brothers fighting for the Confederate army decide to go AWOL and make their way home,…

gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · haunted setting

Afterbirth

Emma Cleary · Horror

For fans of Nightbitch, Motherthing, and Baby Teeth, a "mommy horror" masterpiece as hypnotic as it is terrifying, from bold new talent Emma Cleary A…

psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · trauma recovery · obsessive love

Nos4a2

Joe Hill · Horror

Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions.

psychological thriller · cat and mouse · grimdark · revenge plot

Horrorstor

Grady Hendrix · Horror

Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · closed circle · survival

Blood Trail

Matt Query · Horror

"In this chillingly original horror novel, a poacher turned game warden is on an all-new hunt when he's selected to track down a cult with blood…

survival · psychological thriller · grimdark · cosmic horror

The Winter People

Jennifer McMahon · Horror

The New York Times bestselling author of The Invited will shock you with a simmering psychological thriller about ghostly secrets, dark choices, and…

psychological thriller · haunted setting · ghosts · trauma recovery · multiple timelines

This Thing Between Us

Gus Moreno · Horror

"A widower battles his grief, rage, and the mysterious evil inhabiting his home smart speaker, in this mesmerizing horror thriller from newcomer Gus…

cosmic horror · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery

For Human Use

Sarah G. Pierce · Horror

An unforgettable debut, For Human Use is a twisted tale of modern love that bends every genre, sears itself into your brain, and presents a horrific…

dark romance · romantic comedy · psychological thriller · obsessive love

We Call Them Witches

India-Rose Bower · Horror

For fans of The Watchers and T. Kingfisher comes a queer, post-apocalyptic horror following one woman's journey across a merciless wasteland to save…

dark romance · forbidden romance · post apocalyptic · dystopian society · found family · survival

The Watchers

A.M. Shine · Horror

An Irish horror adventure set in the unknown forests of Galway, where humans are kept under observation by screaming creatures, from debut author A.

survival · psychological thriller · closed circle

The Bone Queen

Will Shindler · Horror

A chilling horror-thriller debut where a mother's search for her missing daughter battles against the shadows of a historic, dangerous legend.

gothic atmosphere · missing person · paranormal romance

So Thirsty

Rachel Harrison · Horror

Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday.

paranormal romance · dark romance · coming of age

Grace

A.M. Shine · Horror

A haunting tale of ancient evil and long-buried secrets in an isolated Irish community from the author of hit horror novel The Watchers.

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · small town · closed circle

The Salt Grows Heavy

Cassandra Khaw · Horror

You may think you know how the fairy tale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince.

dark romance · gothic atmosphere · magical realism · paranormal romance

Abyss

Nicholas Binge · Horror

This job will eat you alive. From the bestselling author of Ascension, Nicholas Binge, Abyss is a creeping, Lovecraftian horror about work,…

cosmic horror · psychological thriller · survival · grimdark

We Are Always Tender with Our Dead

Eric LaRocca · Horror

Michael McDowell’s Blackwater meets Clive Barker’s The Great and Secret Show in the disturbing first installment of a new trilogy of intense,…

gothic atmosphere · found family · small town · grimdark

Meat Bees

Dane Erbach · Horror

Jaws with wasps. By the time Scarlett Sutton arrives at her dad's cabin in the Smoky Mountains, two locals have already been eaten alive by wasps. Of…

high stakes survival · psychological thriller · trauma recovery

I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200

Robert Brockway · Horror

To bright and anxious eight-year-old Kay Washington, the worst thing in the world is being alone with the quiet.

psychological thriller · trauma recovery · unreliable narrator · coming of age

Dig

J. H. Markert · Horror

The soil on Crow Island holds secrets, and they’re ready to be unearthed.

psychological thriller · revenge plot · trauma recovery · closed circle

How Bad Things Can Get

Darcy Coates · Horror

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…

survival · high stakes survival · closed circle · locked room

Does It Hurt?

H. D. Carlton · Horror

Who am I? I've forgotten the answer to that question long ago. Ever since I ran from that house, so desperate to escape, I left with only the…

dark romance · psychological thriller · trauma recovery · obsessive love · unreliable narrator

Voices in the Snow

Darcy Coates · Horror

Clare remembers the cold. She remembers abandoned cars and children's toys littered across the road. She remembers dark shapes in the snow and a…

psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · unreliable narrator · haunted setting

Body Count

Codie Crowley · Horror

Three wishes. One prom queen celebrating at the Jersey Shore. And one monster who will keep killing until her wishes are paid for. From the virally…

coming of age · revenge plot · found family · fated mates

Needful Things

Stephen King · Horror

“There are two prices for this. Half…and half. One half is cash. The other is a deed. Do you understand?” The town of Castle Rock, Maine has seen…

grimdark · small town · psychological thriller · demons

The Last House on Needless Street

Catriona Ward · Horror

In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three.

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · twist ending · haunted setting

All the Fiends of Hell

Adam Nevill · Horror

The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe.

cosmic horror · high stakes survival · post apocalyptic · grimdark

The October Film Haunt

Michael Wehunt · Horror

**One of the Best Horror Novels of the Year by Vulture * Geek Rage/ Strange Library * Cinema Chords** **Macabre Daily's #1 Horror Novel of…

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · obsessive love

The Hounding

Xenobe Purvis · Horror

Even before the rumors about the Mansfield girls begin, Little Nettlebed is a village steeped in the uncanny, from strange creatures that wash up on…

gothic atmosphere · small town · haunted setting · psychological thriller · closed circle

13 Months Haunted

Jimmy Juliano · Horror

From Dead Eleven author Jimmy Juliano, a twisty, edge-of-your-seat novel about a unique haunting in the early 2000s Piper Lowery, a public library…

psychological thriller · haunted setting · twist ending · ghosts

The Good House

Tananarive Due · Horror

Award-winning author Due's spine tingling tale of supernatural suspense "weaves a stronger net than ever" (Kirkus Reviews") as a woman searches for…

haunted setting · found family · small town

The Honeys

Ryan La Sala · Horror

From Ryan La Sala, the wildly popular author of Reverie, comes a twisted and tantalizing horror novel set amidst the bucolic splendor of a secluded…

dark academia · coming of age · gothic atmosphere · trauma recovery

I Am Legend

Richard Matheson · Horror

Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth .

survival · post apocalyptic · vampires

The Black Farm

Elias Witherow · Horror

After the loss of a child along with a slew of agonizing misfortunes, Nick and Jess decide to end their lives.

psychological thriller · trauma recovery · haunted setting

Last Days

Adam Nevill · Horror

An unnerving, terrifying novel from a master of horror, Adam Nevill.

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting · grimdark

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James · Horror

The governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator

William

Mason Coile · Horror

Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read—a haunted house story in which the haunting is by AI.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · cosmic horror · psychological thriller

Night Shift

Stephen King · Horror

Stephen King has brought together nineteen of his most unsettling short pieces--bizarre tales of dark doing and unthinkable acts from the twilight…

cosmic horror · psychological thriller · haunted setting

Maeve Fly

CJ Leede · Horror

By day, Maeve Fly works at the happiest place in the world as every child’s favorite ice princess.

psychological thriller · grimdark · trauma recovery

The Willows

Algernon Blackwood · Horror

After leaving Vienna, and long before you come to Budapest, the Danube enters a region of singular loneliness and desolation, where its waters spread…

gothic atmosphere · cosmic horror · psychological thriller · haunted setting

Bad Things Happen Here

Mark Morris · Horror

Hardcover with sprayed edges. A new chiller from multi award winning author of over 50 novels, winner of the New York Festival Radio Award for Best…

small town · closed circle · haunted setting · psychological thriller

Survive the Night

Riley Sager · Horror

It’s November 1991. Nirvana's in the tape deck, George H. W. Bush is in the White House, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a…

psychological thriller · closed circle · twist ending · survival

The Amityville Horror

Jay Anson · Horror

The Amityville Horror is a book by American author Jay Anson, published in September 1977.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · ghosts

Horror Movie

Paul Tremblay · Horror

In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing, art-house horror flick.

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · closed circle

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers · Horror

An important early classic of fantasy/sci-fi.

cosmic horror · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller

At The Mountains of Madness

H. P. Lovecraft · Horror

At the Mountains of Madness: H. P. Lovecraft's Best Classic Horror Thrillers by H. P. Lovecraft: This collection of short stories, published in 1936,…

cosmic horror · grimdark

Burn the Negative

Josh Winning · Horror

"A spine-tingling, rip-roaring yarn that hearkens back to the thrills and chills of the best ’80s slasher horror.

psychological thriller · twist ending

House of Hollow

Krystal Sutherland · Horror

! An Instant Indie Bestseller! A dark, twisty modern fairytale where three sisters discover they are not exactly all that they seem and evil things…

dark academia · gothic atmosphere · twist ending · found family

Something in the Walls

Daisy Pearce · Horror

Newly minted child psychologist Mina has little experience.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller

The Ballad of Black Tom

Victor LaValle · Horror

One of NPR's Best Books of 2016, winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, the British Fantasy Award, the This is Horror Award for Novella of the Year,…

cosmic horror · psychological thriller · survival · urban fantasy

Mean Spirited

Nick Roberts · Horror

An alcoholic teacher and father's world spirals out of control when a former student is killed and he is left with her dog and the dark presence that…

psychological thriller · haunted setting · trauma recovery · demons

Patricia Wants to Cuddle

Samantha Allen · Horror

When the final four women in competition for an aloof, if somewhat sleazy, bachelor's heart arrive on a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest,…

dark academia · psychological thriller · survival · twist ending

FantasticLand

Mike Bockoven · Horror

Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the…

survival · high stakes survival · closed circle

The Bog Wife

Kay Chronister · Horror

. . Pick this one up for its exquisite characterization, decaying settings and a dash of Southern gothic horror." —Kiersten White, The New York Times…

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · trauma recovery · psychological thriller

Fever House

Keith Rosson · Horror

When leg-breaker Hutch Holtz rolls up to a rundown apartment complex in Portland, Oregon, to collect overdue drug money, a severed hand is the last…

psychological thriller · survival · cat and mouse · high stakes survival

Darker Days

Thomas Olde Heuvelt · Horror

"Darker Days reinforces that Olde Heuvelt is one of the most vital and exciting voices in modern horror”— Mike Flanagan, director of The Haunting of…

psychological thriller · grimdark · closed circle

Sweetside Motel

E. L. Chen · Horror

With the pandemic sweeping the globe, Sarah Ng makes a desperate escape from Toronto to start a new life.

psychological thriller · forced proximity · cat and mouse · closed circle · survival

I'll Watch Your Baby

Neena Viel · Horror

A suffocating and sharp narrative horror novel for fans of Victor LaValle and The Reformatory from "addictive" (Publishers Weekly) horror author…

dark academia · psychological thriller · morally grey character · haunted setting

The Flayed Man

Chloe Lauter · Horror

A complex mother-daughter relationship is taken to a new level in this fresh and propulsive novel of family curses, blood-thirsty ghouls, and budding…

paranormal romance · slow burn · gothic atmosphere · found family · demons

The Red Sacrament

Sara Hinkley · Horror

A savage, hypnotic dive into the lives and deaths of a coven of vampires living in 19th Century Paris, perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia,…

gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · vampires · dark romance · found family

Funeral Song

Carly Racklin · Horror

"A grotesque beauty in the vein of Guillermo del Toro, matched only by Carly Racklin's elegant prose." —Rachel Bolton, author of Please Serve Cold…

gothic atmosphere · small town · haunted setting

World War Z

Max Brooks · Horror

“The end was near.” —Voices from the Zombie War The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity.

grimdark · survival · high stakes survival · post apocalyptic

The Glowing Hours

Leila Siddiqui · Horror

A mind-bending, revisionist gothic horror story about the fabled summer Mary Shelley began work on Frankenstein, as told by her Indian housemaid,…

gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · unreliable narrator · paranormal romance

Mrs. Jekyll

Emma Glass · Horror

A brilliant, feminist retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s evergreen classic, The Strange Case of Dr.

psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · dark romance · trauma recovery · grimdark

Tillinghast

Clare Cavenagh · Horror

## **There’s a name for what he is.

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller

Evocation

S.T. Gibson · Horror

The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov.

cosmic horror · psychological thriller · trauma recovery

From Below

Darcy Coates · Horror

No light. No air. No escape. Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean's surface, a graveyard waits... Years ago, the SS Arcadia vanished without a trace…

Bad Cree

Jessica Johns · Horror

When Mackenzie wakes up with a severed crow’s head in her hands, she panics.

coming of age · magical realism · trauma recovery

The Other

Thomas Tryon · Horror

NYRB Classics presents the landmark psychological horror novel about 13-year-old twins living in a bucolic New England town—one good and the other…

psychological thriller · haunted setting · trauma recovery

Gerald's Game

Stephen King · Horror

Gerald and Jessie Burlingame have gone to their summer home on a warm weekday in October for a romantic interlude.

psychological thriller · trauma recovery · survival

The Stepford Wives

Ira Levin · Horror

For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true.

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle · paranormal romance

Not Your Final Girl

Mikayla Randolph · Horror

A feminist slasher novel fueled by female rage and haunted by gruesome murders, in this contemporary reimagining of Tess of the D'Urbervilles there…

coming of age · revenge plot · trauma recovery · found family

Starling House

Alix E. Harrow · Horror

I dream sometimes about a house I’ve never seen… Opal is a lot of things—orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier—but…

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · ghosts · forced proximity · slow burn

The Butcher's Daughter

David Demchuk · Horror

The story of the vengeful barber Sweeney Todd has gripped fans across literary, stage, and screen renditions—but little has been told of Mrs.

gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · dark romance · revenge plot

House of Idyll

Delilah S. Dawson · Horror

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bloom and Guillotine comes a darkly seductive tale of beautiful rock stars, sinister cults, and a…

dark academia · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle

The Graceview Patient

Caitlin Starling · Horror

Misery meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this genre-bending, claustrophobic hospital gothic from the bestselling author of The Death of Jane…

psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · trauma recovery · closed circle

Goddess of Filth

V. Castro · Horror

"One hot summer night, best friends Lourdes, Fernanda, Ana, Perla, and Pauline hold a sâeance.

cosmic horror · demons · haunted setting · closed circle · found family

Fiend

Alma Katsu · Horror

Imagine if the Sackler family had a demon at their beck and call.

historical fiction · grimdark · dark academia · demons

A Lesson in Vengeance

Victoria Lee · Horror

**A dark, twisty thriller about a centuries-old, ivy-covered boarding school haunted by its history of witchcraft and two girls dangerously close to…

dark academia · gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance · forbidden romance · witches · slow burn

The Tommyknockers

Stephen King · Horror

The Tommyknockers is a 1987 science fiction novel by Stephen King.

cosmic horror · survival · paranormal romance

The Island of Dr. Moreau

H. G. Wells · Horror

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H.

cosmic horror · gothic atmosphere · survival · closed circle

Motherthing

Ainslie Hogarth · Horror

When Ralph and Abby Lamb move in with Ralph’s mother, Laura, Abby hopes it’s just what she and her mother-in-law need to finally connect.

dark academia · haunted setting · revenge plot · dark romance

Knock Knock, Open Wide

Neil Sharpson · Horror

Knock Knock, Open Wide weaves horror and Celtic myth into a terrifying, heartbreaking supernatural tale of fractured family bonds, the secrets we…

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting · historical fiction

Blackwater

Michael McDowell · Horror

On the crest of the worst flood that Perdido, Alabama has ever seen, the mysterious Elinor Dammart is rescued from the topmost room of a flooded…

gothic atmosphere · dark academia · small town

The Cold House

A.G. Slatter · Horror

When Everly’s husband and young daughter die in a car crash she finds out nothing is quite what she thought… Secrets, lies and grief collide in this…

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · trauma recovery · twist ending

The Survivor

James Herbert · Horror

About a Man named Keller and one of the worst airplane crashes in history.

survival · psychological thriller

One Yellow Eye

Leigh Radford · Horror

‘Snort-inducingly funny . . . One for those with strong stomachs and big hearts’ – The Times Full of heartbreak, revulsion and black humour, a…

dark romance · survival · found family

Thrall

Rebecca Mahoney · Horror

In Thrall, a young woman looking for a transformative college experience is bitten by a vampire and must team up with his other living victims to…

paranormal romance · vampires · found family · survival

Brother

Ania Ahlborn · Horror

"Deep in the heart of Appalachia stands a crooked farmhouse miles from any road.

coming of age · trauma recovery · gothic atmosphere · grimdark

You Watched in Silence

H. Lee Justine · Horror

In this shivery blend of queer psychological thriller and horror, evocatively set in the secluded islands of the Pacific Northwest, You Watched in…

psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance · closed circle

Penance

Eliza Clark · Horror

A Guardian Best Book of the Year A Dazed Best Novel of 2023 'An unmissable banger.' ALICE SLATER 'A meta-meditation on the mysteries, malice, and…

dark academia · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery · closed circle

Under the Dome

Stephen King · Horror

Under the Dome is a 2009 science fiction novel by the American author, Stephen King.

closed circle · high stakes survival · psychological thriller · post apocalyptic

Midnight Rooms

Donyae Coles · Horror

“An immersive horror fairy tale marrying Crimson Peak to Pan’s Labyrinth upon strange foundations.

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · paranormal romance

The Great God Pan

Arthur Machen · Horror

Arthur Machen's first book, THE GREAT GOD PAN, published in 1894, is still one of the greatest works of weird horror and decadence ever produced.

cosmic horror · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller

Naomi's Room

Jonathan Aycliffe · Horror

'A chilling story' -- Independent Charles and Laura live a sheltered, gilded life in the the privileged world of Cambridge academia: young and in…

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · ghosts

Ghost Story

Peter Straub · Horror

In a seedy motel in Florida, a young man holds captive a little girl in a soiled pink dress.

gothic atmosphere · ghosts · psychological thriller · twist ending · haunted setting

The Long Walk

Richard Bachman · Horror

The Long Walk is a dystopian horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1979, under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.

dystopian society · psychological thriller · survival · high stakes survival

The Dead Zone

Stephen King · Horror

The Dead Zone is a science fiction thriller novel by Stephen King published in 1979.

psychological thriller · time travel · trauma recovery

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi · Horror

The Exorcist meets Lord of the Flies, by way of Midnight Mass, in Boys in the Valley, a brilliant coming-of-age tale from award-winning author Philip…

coming of age · gothic atmosphere · survival · closed circle

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving · Horror

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · small town · love triangle

Withered Hill

David Barnett · Horror

'A terrific, unexpected twist' Guardian 'Withered Hill is the ultimate nightmare destination' Laird Barron InsideA year ago Sophie Wickham stumbled…

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · amnesia · closed circle · haunted setting

Carrion Crow

Heather Parry · Horror

'A gruesome, provocative, stylish fairytale' Kaliane Bradley, internationally bestselling author of The Ministry of Time 'Magnificent and…

dark academia · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · twist ending

Thinner

Stephen King · Horror

Thinner is a horror novel by American author Stephen King, published in 1984 by NAL under King's pseudonym Richard Bachman.

survival · revenge plot · psychological thriller

Firestarter

Stephen King · Horror

Firestarter is a science fiction-horror thriller novel by Stephen King, first published in September 1980.

survival · coming of age · trauma recovery · psychological thriller · high stakes survival

American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis · Horror

American Psycho is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991.

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · morally grey character · grimdark · anti hero

Banquet for the Damned

Adam Nevill · Horror

Few believed Professor Coldwell was in touch with an unseen world, that he could commune with spirits.

gothic atmosphere · cosmic horror · psychological thriller

A Head Full of Ghosts

Paul Tremblay · Horror

"The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute…

psychological thriller · haunted setting · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery

The Passage

Justin Cronin · Horror

The Passage is a novel by Justin Cronin, published in 2010 by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

survival · grimdark · chosen one · post apocalyptic · cosmic horror

Devolution

Max Brooks · Horror

As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined .

found family · survival · high stakes survival · psychological thriller · grimdark

The Dumb House

John Burnside · Horror

As a child, Luke’s mother often tells him the story of the Dumb House, an experiment on newborn babies raised in silence, designed to test the…

psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · trauma recovery

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

Jamison Shea · Horror

There will be blood. Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story. Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite…

coming of age · psychological thriller · anti hero · redemption arc · revenge plot

Smothermoss

Alisa Alering · Horror

“Bristles with dark magic. . . . equal parts gruesome and gorgeous and otherworldly.”―The New York Times Book Review “This beautifully strange book…

gothic atmosphere · grimdark · survival · haunted setting

The Summer I Died

Ryan C. Thomas · Horror

So much screaming. Roger Huntington is home from college for the summer, and he and his best friend, Tooth, can't wait to start having fun. It's…

high stakes survival · trauma recovery · found family

The Last Witch

C. J. Cooke · Horror

A deeply compelling historical horror novel following a woman accused of being a witch who must use her voice to fight for her life—and the…

gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · survival · witches · dark academia

The Devil and Mrs. Davenport

Paulette Kennedy · Horror

The bestselling author of The Witch of Tin Mountain and Parting the Veil mines the subtle horrors of 1950s America in a gripping novel about a woman…

historical fiction · haunted setting · psychological thriller · trauma recovery

Juniper & Thorn

Ava Reid · Horror

From highly acclaimed, bestselling author Ava Reid comes a gothic horror retelling of The Juniper Tree, set in another time and place within the…

dark academia · gothic atmosphere · dark romance · redemption arc · trauma recovery · witches

Smile for the Cameras

Miranda Smith · Horror

An actress desperate to reclaim her fame must survive the real-life plot of the horror movie that made her famous in this psychologically twisted…

psychological thriller · locked room · cat and mouse · twist ending · survival

Crone

Keith Rosson · Horror

A haunting, fearsome story of a father searching for his missing daughter and finding darkness—both human and not—at every turn, from the author of…

missing person · psychological thriller · trauma recovery · haunted setting

Candy Cain Kills

Brian McAuley (Screenwriter) · Horror

"The modern day Goosebumps for adults."--Horror Obsessive When Austin's parents drag him and his little sister Fiona to a remote cottage for…

coming of age · survival · revenge plot

The Mean Ones

Tatiana Schlote-Bonne · Horror

So what if Sadie hears talking dead animals and a strange, comforting male voice in her head?

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery · paranormal romance

House of Monstrous Women

Daphne Fama · Horror

A young woman is drawn into a dangerous game after being invited to the mazelike home of her childhood friend, a rumored witch, in this gothic horror…

gothic atmosphere · witches · closed circle · survival · twist ending

Psycho

Robert Bloch · Horror

"The basis for one of the most iconic horror films of the 1960s .

psychological thriller · trauma recovery · unreliable narrator

Kill Creek

Scott Thomas · Horror

"At the end of a dark prairie road, nearly forgotten in the Kansas countryside, is the Finch House.

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller · cosmic horror