Friday, August 9, 2024

Readworthy: This month’s best horror

 
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This Month's Best New Horror
Each month, Readworthy highlights the best, most acclaimed new releases in your categories! Questions or suggestions? Let us know.
 
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Book cover for I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
Only Stephen Graham Jones could take a classic slasher and make you root for the killer…
In 1989, a promising young man becomes cursed with bloodlust, setting off a murder spree in his small Texas town.
IN THE MEDIA
NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Paste, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for No Road Home by John Fram
The Fall of the House of Usher meets Get Out
Single dad Toby marries the granddaughter of a renowned televangelist. When he and his son visit her family's compound, they soon learn the bigoted Wright family has plans for them…
IN THE MEDIA
People, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Parade, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews
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Book cover for Confessions of the Dead by J.D. Barker and James Patterson
James Patterson holds the key to making your spine tingle and nerves crawl
When a stranger arrives in Hollows Bend, the idyllic town starts to fall apart — and all the terrible things happening are linked to a mysterious lake that can't be found on any map.
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Book cover for House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias
For a desperate group of boys in Puerto Rico, ancient myth is encroaching upon reality
While Bimbo seeks vengeance for the death of his mother, a hurricane descends on Puerto Rico, bringing dark spirits with it…
IN THE MEDIA
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Paste, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Literary Hub
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Book cover for The Deading by Nicholas Belardes
'With prose as precise and dazzling as a diamond, The Deading is a masterwork'
– New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt
Tensions rise in a small fishing town when the residents and local wildlife start dropping dead, only to rise again deeply changed.
IN THE MEDIA
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Electric Literature
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Book cover for The Drowning House by Cherie Priest
'Cherie Priest is our new queen of darkness'
– Chuck Wendig
In the middle of a powerful storm, a whole house washes up on the beach — signaling the return of a terrifying evil.
IN THE MEDIA
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for The Unmothers by Leslie J. Anderson
'A triumph of folk horror that will gratify lovers of Midsommar and The Handmaid's Tale'
– Library Journal
A skeptical journalist travels to a small town to investigate an impossible story: A horse has reportedly given birth to a human baby.
IN THE MEDIA
Paste, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
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Book cover for The White Guy Dies First by Collected Authors
'Changing the horror game one short story at a time'
– Cosmopolitan
These short horror stories from star writers subvert the insidious trope of Black characters being the first to die.
IN THE MEDIA
Cosmopolitan, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal
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Book cover for Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning
'Great fun, especially for readers who enjoy the gorier, campier side of horror'
– Booklist
Disgraced actor Willow is sent away to a summer camp for celebrities who need a fresh start. But the isolated retreat turns deadly when the first camper disappears…
IN THE MEDIA
Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for Trespass Against Us by Leon Kemp
Religious trauma and a sinister force haunt the halls of Dominic House…
Two years after his first ill-fated visit, Riley returns to the abandoned reform school where his boyfriend vanished, taken by something that's been lurking there ever since…
IN THE MEDIA
Locus, Paste, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal
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