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How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

Shailee Thompson · Horror

A hilarious, swoony and downright terrifying horror romance in which a cinephile gets caught in the middle of a murder spree at a speed-dating event…

enemies to lovers · slow burn · grumpy sunshine · closed circle

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.

gothic atmosphere · morally grey character · forced proximity · high stakes survival

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…

gothic atmosphere · demons · quest

You Did Nothing Wrong

CG Drews · Horror

Dark domestic suspense meets haunted house horror in this unnerving adult debut guaranteed to keep you awake for days afterward, from the #1 New York…

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · high stakes survival

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…

gothic atmosphere · multiple timelines · haunted setting · forbidden romance

Dark Matter

Michelle Paver · Horror

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

ghosts · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting

King Sorrow

Joe Hill · Horror

SOME PROMISES SHOULD NEVER BE MADE...

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · high stakes survival · quest

The Housemaid

Freida McFadden · Horror

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

unreliable narrator · twist ending · haunted setting

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski · Horror

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haunted setting · locked room · unreliable narrator · multiple timelines

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley · Horror

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

gothic atmosphere · twist ending

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…

revenge plot · morally grey character · high stakes survival

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…

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · ghosts · multiple timelines

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…

missing person · gothic atmosphere · high stakes survival · found family

Spoiled Milk

Avery Curran · Horror

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

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

high stakes survival · closed circle · gothic atmosphere

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…

forbidden romance · slow burn · gothic atmosphere · redemption arc

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…

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · forbidden romance · age gap

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.

forced proximity · closed circle · small town

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,…

demons · gothic atmosphere

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.

revenge plot · coming of age · morally grey character

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 · haunted setting · twist ending

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…

gothic atmosphere · morally grey character · unreliable narrator · dark academia

Dig

J. H. Markert · Horror

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

morally grey character · revenge plot · closed circle · twist ending

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.

high stakes survival · closed circle · twist ending

The Good Girl

Michelle Dunne · Horror

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

morally grey character · twist ending · unreliable narrator · high stakes survival

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.

vampires · gothic atmosphere · revenge plot · haunted setting