Friday, December 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 Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Take it from Jeff VanderMeer: 'One of my favorite novels of the past few years'
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Three estranged sisters navigate the end of the world as London sinks around them
  • A haunting portrait of a near-future climate apocalypse that will stay with you long past the final page
  • Reimagines King Lear
  • "Depicts the eerily normalized terrors of environmental catastrophe… set to a thudding backdrop of ceaseless rain that by the novel's end had begun to infect my dreams" (Daily Mail)
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Locus, New Scientist, Financial Times, Harper's Bazaar, Vulture, The Guardian, The Times, Reactor, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, BookPage, Electric Literature, Literary Hub
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Book cover for She's Always Hungry by Eliza Clark
'An unsettling collection of stories that solidifies Clark as a writer to watch' (Kirkus Reviews)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Meet the happy host of a parasite, marvel over alien plant life, and delve into the weird and uncanny
  • "Constantly surprising, unexpectedly funny, and wildly entertaining… Spectacular" (The New York Times Book Review)
  • Hotly anticipated by Cosmopolitan, Literary Hub, and more
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Cosmopolitan, Forbes, The Guardian, The Times, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Bellevue by Robin Cook
'The ending left me shook, and I'm still haunted days later' (Freida McFadden)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • A young doctor uncovers the dark history of Bellevue Hospital as his patients die one after another — and bloody visions lead him to an abandoned part of the centuries-old complex…
  • The latest from a legendary New York Times bestselling author
  • Medical thriller meets supernatural horror
FEATURED IN:
Associated Press, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for Shadow Lab by Collected Authors
A sure bet for fans of Blake Crouch and S. A. Barnes
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • 'This anthology uses seven stories to showcase the depth of the sci-fi/horror genre blend" (Library Journal)
  • Featuring apocalyptic wastelands, alien encounters, and a pair of glasses that are more than meets the eye
  • Will fill you with creeping dread as you race through the pages
FEATURED IN:
Locus, Reactor, Library Journal
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Book cover for An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth by Anna Moschovakis
As seismic shifts disrupt society, one woman with a dark obsession traverses the abandoned streets
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Penned by an International Booker Prize winner
  • "A book of riddles or a riddle of a book… Propulsive and elusive at once" (Los Angeles Times)
  • A haunting, lyrical dystopian tale
FEATURED IN:
Locus, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Dead Girls Don't Dream by Nino Cipri
What might happen to girls who stray from the forest path?
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "As twisting and haunting as a gnarled old tree, this queer coming-of-age novel is chock-full of body horror, monsters, strange magic, and a mythos so strong it bursts through the pages" (Booklist)
  • In the Voynich Woods, where dark legends come to life, Riley and Madelyn are bound together by terrifying magic
  • "One of the loveliest, most devastating things I've read in a long time" (Hugo Award–winning author Sarah Gailey)
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Paste, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for Revenant-X by David Wellington
Deep in space, a human colony lies deserted… or is it?
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Stranded on a remote planet, the crewmates of the Artemis aren't as alone as they think
  • From an author who "melds the awe of discovery with the terror of the unknown to keep readers riveted to every page" (New York Times bestselling author Fred Van Lente)
  • Brings a whole new meaning to being scared of the dark
FEATURED IN:
New Scientist, Library Journal
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Book cover for Darkly by Marisha Pessl
Reads like a twisted trip to Willy Wonka's factory by way of Jumanji
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Six board game lovers accept an unusual internship on an abandoned island — but they little imagine the terrifyingly real games in store for them
  • "Best enjoyed after dark… Roll the die, flip the card: We have a winner" (Kirkus Reviews starred review)
  • From the New York Times bestselling author of Night Film
FEATURED IN:
NPR, The Washington Post, Associated Press, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal
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Book cover for Perfect Girl by Tracy Banghart
A word to the wise: Never attend a slumber party in the middle of nowhere…
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Reminiscent of classic slasher movies, this read is "cinematic, page-turning brain popcorn" (Kirkus Reviews)
  • When there's a power outage during Jessa's sleepover and one guest disappears, the night quickly turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse
  • "Finely detailed ambient prose brings the eerie rural setting to life" (Publishers Weekly)
FEATURED IN:
Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal
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Book cover for The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt by Chelsea Iversen
Feeling powerless, Harriet turns to the eerie magic of her sprawling garden
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "A haunting gothic tale of madness and aspiration… Iversen leisurely unfurls a sweeping tale of a woman on the edge" (Publishers Weekly)
  • Set on a decaying estate in the suburbs of Victorian London
  • "Both a fantastical story and also one that realistically conveys the horrors of domestic violence" (Booklist starred review)
FEATURED IN:
Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist
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