Friday, November 8, 2024

This month’s best new horror

 
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This Month's Best New Horror
 
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Book cover for Memorials by Richard Chizmar
Stephen King warns you shouldn't read this 'hard to put down' New York Times bestseller at night
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Three students on a trip through Appalachia get the sense they're being followed — and the roadside memorials they pass have the same unnerving symbol
  • "Destined to be a horror classic… Broad-shouldered, bighearted horror written by someone with a distinct mastery of the form" (Chuck Wendig)
FEATURED IN:
People, Associated Press, Variety, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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Book cover for Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
The surprise new addition to the blockbuster series that started with Annihilation
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "Anxiety-inducing… Unforgettable… Worth the wait" (Time)
  • Explore forays into the terrifying unknown that predate the events of the Southern Reach trilogy
  • "Simultaneously unlike anything else VanderMeer has done and also perfectly in line with the works that came before it" (Literary Hub)
FEATURED IN:
Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Locus, The Washington Post, Wired, Scientific American, Esquire, Bustle, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton
A sinister American gothic novel named one of People's fall must-reads
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • In a town governed by strict rules and dark rituals, Osira is forced to jump into a well — and comes out somewhere else
  • For fans of Shirley Jackson, Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad, and Matt Ruff's Lovecraft Country
  • "Nightmarish and allegorical… A gorgeously written, surrealist folktale that goes bone deep" (Paul Tremblay)
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, People, Essence, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for This Cursed House by Del Sandeen
'Like Wuthering Heights transposed to the Big Easy' (Esquire)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • In 1962, Jemma accepts a job with a mysterious family in New Orleans — and discovers the dark truths the Duchons have hidden for centuries
  • Mixes the terror of an otherworldly curse with the real-life horrors of racism, colorism, and generational trauma
  • "Sandeen is an author to watch" (The New York Times)
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Essence, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
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Book cover for The Queen by Nick Cutter
From a BookTok sensation deemed 'one of the hottest horror authors on the planet' (Paste)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Margaret learns shocking secrets when she starts receiving texts from her missing best friend — who's supposed to be dead
  • "One of the most entertaining novels readers will encounter this year… Disturbing on every level" (Library Journal starred review)
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Paste, Variety, Library Journal, BookPage
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Book cover for The Black Hunger by Nicholas Pullen
Locked in a cell and facing down death, a man records his terrifying life story
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "A decades-spanning, culture-intertwining work of gripping queer gothic horror" (Publishers Weekly)
  • Atmospheric writing, otherworldly encounters, and an ancient cult
  • "A bleak, gothic masterpiece. A devastating exploration of humanity's capacity for evil" (Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters)
FEATURED IN:
Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Where the Dead Brides Gather by Nuzo Onoh
A supernatural chiller steeped in Nigerian mythology
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • After protecting her cousin from a murderous ghost, Bata is transported to a realm of the dead
  • "Nuzo Onoh is a wordsmith who has earned the moniker The Queen of African Horror" (Tananarive Due)
  • From a winner of the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award
FEATURED IN:
Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
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Book cover for The Swarm by Andy Marino
'The literary equivalent of swallowing a wasp that's crawled inside your Coke can' (Nick Cutter)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Deadly swarms of cicadas push humanity to the brink of extinction in this novel dripping with dread and paranoia
  • "Marino's work is unlike any other's in the genre" (Hannah Whitten)
  • Claustrophobic and guaranteed to make your skin crawl
FEATURED IN:
Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, BookPage, Literary Hub
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Book cover for All the Hearts You Eat by Hailey Piper
In a small town, Ivory and other locals see the spirit of a dead girl everywhere…
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "You think you know how this haunting will go, but you don't" (Chuck Wendig)
  • A Bram Stoker Award–winning author delivers piercing commentary on the trans experience
  • "Piper cements her place in the queer horror canon" with this chiller (Publishers Weekly)
FEATURED IN:
Paste, Publishers Weekly, Booklist
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Book cover for Stay in the Light by A. M. Shine
It's not so easy to leave a nightmare behind…
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • The follow-up to the novel that became M. Night Shyamalan's 2024 production The Watchers
  • After fleeing to a remote Irish cottage, Mina notices strange things happening to the people around her
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review
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