Friday, June 14, 2024

Readworthy: This month’s best horror

 
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This Month's Best New Horror
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Book cover for You Like It Darker by Stephen King
'This collection proves King is still king'
– The New York Times Book Review
Fifty years after the release of Carrie, Stephen King's horror prowess has only grown, as showcased in this dark and masterful new anthology!
IN THE MEDIA
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Associated Press, USA Today, Esquire, Vulture, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
A psychological chiller from the author who brought you A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World
A mysterious cult horror film is getting a Hollywood remake, but the sole survivor of the original cast is haunted by memories of what happened the first time around…
IN THE MEDIA
NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Reactor, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates
The author Publishers Weekly calls 'the grand mistress of ghoulishness' based her latest on a grim slice of history…
In a 19th-century women's psychiatric hospital, Dr. Silas Weir conducts unspeakable experiments upon his patients.
IN THE MEDIA
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Associated Press, Financial Times, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon
Get Out meets The Stepford Wives in this razor-sharp novel
The Williams family moves to a planned community that's supposed to be a utopia for its Black residents — and turns out to be anything but.
IN THE MEDIA
Time Magazine, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Elle, Parade, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage
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Book cover for The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry
A horror movie director's mansion makes for the ultimate haunted house story in this morbid ode to the genre!
Single mom Harry takes a job cleaning the oddity-filled mansion of a reclusive film director. The house is full of wonders, but she soon starts hearing voices crying out for help…
IN THE MEDIA
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for Youthjuice by E.K. Sathue
'This novel is a blood-smeared mirror. What truth will it reflect back to you?'
– Rachel Harrison, author of Black Sheep
Sophia starts work at a luxury wellness company and is soon enchanted by their products and charismatic founder. But there's a ghastly secret ingredient in their newest dewy, buttery moisturizer…
IN THE MEDIA
Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Electric Literature
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Book cover for Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin
The author of one of Cosmopolitan's Best Horror Books of All Time offers an audacious new tale of queer survival
Seven queer kids barely survive their stay at a conversion camp after they're faced with a horrific evil lurking in the desert — and 16 years later, they learn the nightmare is far from over.
IN THE MEDIA
Publishers Weekly, Booklist
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Book cover for The Pecan Children by Quinn Connor
Booklist calls this claustrophobic Southern gothic novel 'masterful' and 'a must-read'
Amid the annual pecan harvest, twins Lil and Sasha discover the dark, impossible truth behind their struggling farm town's local legends.
IN THE MEDIA
Locus, Publishers Weekly, Booklist
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Book cover for Mouth by Puloma Ghosh
'Ghosh's stories reveal a promising, jagged new literary voice'
– Booklist
These vivid and unsettling short stories explore grief, love, and liminal spaces, blurring the boundaries between the ordinary and the surreal.
IN THE MEDIA
Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
'Dark and decadent, with the haunting allure of a true gothic tale'
– Rachel Gillig
After Roos meets a wealthy widow at a séance, she's invited to a decaying estate where a haunting presence lingers and a murderer is about to strike…
IN THE MEDIA
Reactor, Publishers Weekly, BookPage
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