Sunday, October 6, 2024

This month’s best new horror

 
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This Month's Best New Horror
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Book cover for A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez
Kafkaesque short stories from a modern master of literary horror
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Highly anticipated by Time, NPR, Literary Hub, and more
  • "[Enriquez] is the most exciting discovery I've made in fiction for some time" (Kazuo Ishiguro)
  • An eerie and surrealist anthology set in the author's native Argentina
FEATURED IN:
Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Vulture, Parade, Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk
A new chiller from the author of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Unnerving happenings disturb the residents of a remote mountain health resort in 1913
  • A gothic, satirical take on Thomas Mann's classic The Magic Mountain
  • "Reckons with some of the major intellectual questions of the 20th century while simultaneously spinning a mysterious — and spooky — web of intrigue" (Kirkus Reviews)
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Vulture, The Guardian, The Times, Electric Literature, Literary Hub
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Book cover for So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
'As fun and riveting as the cult classic Jennifer's Body' (The Washington Post)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • No girls weekend is complete without a spontaneous and terrifying transformation into the undead
  • From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Sheep and Cackle
  • Smart and feminist vampire horror featuring a best friendship to die for
FEATURED IN:
People, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Parade, Paste, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
A family watches over the cranberry bog — and the bog provides a mother to watch over them
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • After generations of ritual sacrifice and ancient pacts, what happens when the cycle breaks?
  • "A creeping, Appalachian folktale, an astute allegory for a decaying America, and a haunting, brilliant novel" (Paul Tremblay)
  • Eco-horror with sibling tensions, psychological dread, and dark secrets
FEATURED IN:
People, Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Ruin Road by Lamar Giles
'A Twilight Zone–style spine-tingler that's almost impossible to put down' (Booklist starred review)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • One teen's pawnshop purchase results in a neighborhood free of fear — but sometimes fear is a necessary inhibitor…
  • Features powerful commentary on race and class in America
  • "Filled with chilling haunts and horrors… A brilliant concept, deftly executed" (Neal Shusterman, author of Scythe)
FEATURED IN:
The Washington Post, Parade, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for William by Mason Coile
The classic haunted house tale gets a technological upgrade
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "If you don't fear rapidly evolving AI technology yet, read this one. Come for the creepily smart robot, stay for the expertly executed horror trope — and one heck of a twist" (People)
  • For fans of Black Mirror and I, Robot
  • One of Parade's Best Horror Books of 2024
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, People, Parade, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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Book cover for Hampton Heights by Dan Kois
Stranger Things meets Stand by Me as middle school paperboys take the thrill-ride of a lifetime
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "A dark fairy tale with blood in its teeth, a vintage Iron Maiden T-shirt on its hairy back, and a big, beating heart" (Grady Hendrix)
  • Experience an entire bizarre and terrifying saga packed into one fateful night in 1980s Milwaukee
  • The perfect swirl of monsters and nostalgia
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for Dearest by Jacquie Walters
Flora needs help with her newborn — and her estranged mother shows up at just the right time…
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "A corrosive cocktail of domestic dread and parental paranoia, Dearest will turn your stomach and scare you senseless" (New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus)
  • Featuring an unreliable narrator and a frightening take on the terrors of new motherhood
FEATURED IN:
Book of the Month, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly
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Book cover for The Devil by Name by Keith Rosson
'Exciting, suspenseful, horrifying, and written at a flurry-of-punches pace' (Stephen King)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Disparate characters fight to survive in a compulsively readable vision of postapocalyptic America
  • From a Shirley Jackson Award–winning author
  • The hotly anticipated conclusion to last year's breakout hit Fever House
FEATURED IN:
Parade, Paste, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
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Book cover for Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram
Reads like House of Leaves by way of the subway system
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "A stellar option for fans of liminal-space horror" (Booklist)
  • A claustrophobic, underground labyrinth setting
  • Recommended by Paul Tremblay, Josh Malerman, Gretchen Felker-Martin, and more!
FEATURED IN:
Paste, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Literary Hub
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