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The Only Good Indians: Horror That Understands Its Ghosts
Stephen Graham Jones delivers a haunting revenge tale that uses supernatural horror to explore guilt, identity, and what it means to live between worlds.
Don't Fear the Reaper: The Perfect Slasher Sequel
Stephen Graham Jones does the impossible: a sequel that honors the original while raising every stake imaginable.
Ring Shout: Righteous Horror That Literally Demonizes Racism
P. Djèlí Clark's Nebula-winning novella transforms the horrors of American racism into supernatural threat—and gives its heroes the chance to fight back.
What Moves the Dead: Poe Reimagined with Fungal Horror
T. Kingfisher brings her trademark wit to gothic horror, creating a Poe retelling that's both faithful and delightfully twisted.
The Troop: Lord of the Flies Meets Body Horror
Nick Cutter delivers one of the most viscerally disturbing horror novels of the decade—a survival story that spares nobody and nothing.
My Heart Is a Chainsaw: A Love Letter Written in Blood
Stephen Graham Jones writes the definitive slasher novel—one that celebrates and interrogates the genre while delivering a genuinely moving character study.
The Haunting of Hill House: The Definitive Haunted House Novel
Shirley Jackson's 1959 masterpiece remains the gold standard for psychological horror, a book that gets under your skin and refuses to leave.
Horror Movie: Paul Tremblay's Meta-Masterpiece of Cinematic Dread
Tremblay's love letter to horror filmmaking is also a meditation on trauma, memory, and the masks we wear—both literal and figurative.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things: A Puzzle Box of Existential Dread
Iain Reid's debut novel is a slow-burn nightmare that rewards careful attention and haunts you long after its devastating conclusion.