Top new horror books in February 2022
Last updated:
February 28, 2022
February 2022 featuring new releases by Lucy Foley, Clare Corbett, Luanne G. Smith, Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston, Ruta Sepetys, Kelley Armstrong, Thérèse Plummer, Akwaeke Emezi, Bahni Turpin, Diana Urban, Stephen King, Richard Chizmar, Stephanie Wrobel, Shaun David Hutchinson and many more.
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The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley, Clare Corbett, Julia Winwood
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide…Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances... -
![The Raven Spell by Luanne G. Smith]()
The Raven Spell by Luanne G. Smith
In Victorian England a witch and a detective are on the hunt for a serial killer in an enthralling novel of magic and murder.After a nearly fatal blow to the skull, traumatized private detective Ian Cameron is found dazed and confused on a muddy riverbank in Victorian London... -
![Diablo Mesa by Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston, Cynthia Farrell]()
Diablo Mesa by Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston, Cynthia Farrell
#1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child continue with the next book featuring archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson.Lucas Tappan, a wealthy and eccentric billionaire and founder of Icarus Space Systems, approaches the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute with a proposal for an excavation—and a hefty donation...action-adventure · adult · archaeology · audiobook · book · conspiracies · contemporary · crime · espionage · fiction -
![I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys]()
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer...21st-century · action-adventure · audiobook · book · cold-war · coming-of-age · communism · espionage · europe · family -
![The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong, Thérèse Plummer]()
The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong, Thérèse Plummer
Number one New York Times best seller Kelley Armstrong returns to the captivating town of Rockton in The Deepest of Secrets, the next installment in one of the most imaginative crime series on shelves today. It’s not always easy to live in the hidden town of Rockton, something Detective Casey Duncan knows firsthand...action-adventure · adult · alpha-mc · audiobook · book · contemporary · crime · drama · female-mc · fiction -
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![Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi, Bahni Turpin]()
Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi, Bahni Turpin
Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative teens. But outside this haven, the streets are filled with protests against the deep injustices that grip the town of Lucille. Bitter's instinct is to stay safe within the walls of Eucalyptus . .audiobook · book · contemporary · disability · fiction · friendship · horror · lgbtq · magical-realism · middle-grade -
![These Deadly Games by Diana Urban]()
These Deadly Games by Diana Urban
Let’s play a game.You have 24 hours to win. If you break my rules, she dies. If you call the police, she dies. If you tell your parents or anyone else, she dies.Are you ready?When Crystal Donavan gets a message on a mysterious app with a video of her little sister gagged and bound, she agrees to play the kidnapper’s game...audiobook · book · contemporary · crime · family · fiction · friendship · horror · mystery · psychological -
![Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King, Richard Chizmar]()
Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King, Richard Chizmar
When Gwendy Peterson was twelve, a stranger named Richard Farris gave her a mysterious box for safekeeping. It offered treats and vintage coins, but it was dangerous. Pushing any of its seven coloured buttons promised death and destruction.Years later, the button box re-entered Gwendy's life... -
![This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel]()
This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel
From the USA Today bestselling and Edgar-nominated author of Darling Rose Gold comes a dark, thrilling novel about two sisters--one trapped in the clutches of a cult, the other in a web of her own lies.Welcome to Wisewood. We'll keep your secrets if you keep ours. Natalie Collins hasn't heard from her sister in more than half a year...fiction · suspense · cults · fundamentalism · audiobook · contemporary · thriller · psychological · family · horror -
![Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson]()
Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson
From critically acclaimed Shaun David Hutchinson comes a gritty and raw portrayal of the oftentimes traumatic experience of growing up.Virgil Knox was attacked by a monster. Of course, no one in Merritt believes him. Not even after he stumbled into the busy town center, bleeding, battered, and bruised, for everyone to see. He’d been drinking, they said... -
![The Butcher's Masquerade: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 5 by Matt Dinniman]()
The Butcher's Masquerade: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 5 by Matt Dinniman
Attention. Attention. The gates are down. The hunters are loose.Run, Run, Run. A lush jungle teeming with danger. Savage dinosaurs seeking blood. A fallen princess intent on vengeance. A mysterious, end-of-floor celebration for the top crawlers, dubbed “The Butcher’s Masquerade.” The sixth floor. The Hunting Grounds.As the remaining crawlers battle for their lives, a new, terrible threat looms... -
![A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross]()
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
House of Earth and Blood meets The Witch's Heart in Rebecca Ross’s brilliant first adult fantasy, set on the magical isle of Cadence where two childhood enemies must team up to discover why girls are going missing from their clan.Jack Tamerlaine hasn’t stepped foot on Cadence in ten long years, content to study music at the mainland university...action-adventure · audiobook · book · coming-of-age · dark · enemies-to-lovers · epic · fae · fiction · historical -
![Dark Horse by Shayne Silvers]()
Dark Horse by Shayne Silvers
Rage, rage against the dying of the lightIn the stygian darkness beneath his ancestral mausoleum, Nate sets out to explore the shadowed history of his infamous Temple ancestors.And to brutally destroy a poisonous weed threatening to strangle his family tree.Aiden Maxon, Nate’s half-brother, is on the warpath, committed and capable of killing everything and everyone Nate loves and holds dear...action-adventure · adult · assassins · book · coming-of-age · dark · dragons · fae · fiction · ghosts -
![Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu]()
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange, such that a girl growing wings on her legs feels like an ordinary rite of passage, while a bug-infested house becomes an impossible, Kafkaesque nightmare...adult · anthologies · audiobook · contemporary · dystopia · fiction · horror · literary-fiction · low-fantasy · magical-realism -
![Desert Heat by Tim McBain, L.T. Vargus, E.M. Smith]()
Desert Heat by Tim McBain, L.T. Vargus, E.M. Smith
The desert holds its kill up to the sun. A human body draped over the limbs of a cactus. Sand scouring the naked flesh every time the wind blows.A shocking death launches Special Agent Victor Loshak on a new investigation with an ominous message: They know everything...adult · book · conspiracies · crime · fiction · financial · horror · justice · law-enforcement · mystery -
![The Reign of Osiris by Anne Rice, Christopher Rice]()
The Reign of Osiris by Anne Rice, Christopher Rice
The gilded adventures of Ramses the Damned, iconic creation of the legendary Anne Rice, continue in this breathtakingly suspenseful tale of a titanic supernatural power unleashed on the eve of war...action-adventure · adult · audiobook · book · classics · fiction · gothic · historical · historical-fiction · horror -
![Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow]()
Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow
Seventeen-year-old Farrah Turner is one of two Black girls in her country club community, and the only one with Black parents. Her best friend, Cherish Whitman, adopted by a wealthy white family, is something Farrah likes to call WGS—White Girl Spoiled...audiobook · black-mc · book · contemporary · family · female-author · fiction · friendship · gothic · horror -
![The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto]()
The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Lia Setiawan has never really fit in. When she wins a full ride to the prestigious Draycott Academy on a track scholarship, she's determined to make it work even though she's never felt more out of place. But on her first day there she witnesses a girl being forcefully carried away by campus security...audiobook · boarding-school · book · contemporary · dark-academia · female-mc · fiction · high-school · horror · law-enforcement -
![Monstrous Desires: A Monster Romance Anthology by Cara Wylde, A.J. Macey, M.J. Marstens, M. Sinclair]()
Monstrous Desires: A Monster Romance Anthology by Cara Wylde, A.J. Macey, M.J. Marstens, M. Sinclair
This Valentine’s Day, curl up with something steamy, provocative, and monstrous as ten bestselling authors come together to bring you some wicked love stories.All proceeds to benefit a charity for abused children.Included in the antho:M.J. MarstensM SinclairLoxley SavageR.L. CaulderA.J. MaceyAlbany WalkerBeatrix HollowCara WyldeEve L...adult · anthologies · contemporary · dark · fiction · horror · monsters · myths · paranormal · polyamory -
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![Wildlife by Jeff VanderMeer]()
Wildlife by Jeff VanderMeer
Nature offers sanctuary for a woman with a violent past. But anything can happen when borderlands are crossed in a short story about the menace next door by a New York Times bestselling author.Sam has retreated to her late father’s rental house, a safe place to commune with the animals in the greenbelt out back, tend to her garden, and keep her secrets...adult · animals · anthologies · audiobook · contemporary · fiction · horror · male-author · mystery · supernatural -
![Balefire: A Dark Fantasy Novella by Glynn Stewart]()
Balefire: A Dark Fantasy Novella by Glynn Stewart
A NEW SHORT DARK FANTASY NOVELLAA demon born of human evilA knight forged in holy fireA town that he must either save…or destroy!Alsan is a Paladin of the Intercessor, a holy warrior called to the village of Redgarton to investigate a demonic plague... -
![A Lullaby for Witches by Hester Fox]()
A Lullaby for Witches by Hester Fox
Two women. A history of witchcraft. And a deep-rooted female power that sings out across the centuries.Once there was a young woman from a well-to-do New England family who never quite fit with the drawing rooms and parlors of her kin...20th-century · adult · audiobook · book · female-mc · fiction · ghosts · gothic · historical · historical-fiction -
![Hellcrossed by McKenzie Hunter]()
Hellcrossed by McKenzie Hunter
The release date listed on Amazon is a placeholder. The expected release is September/October 2021.My rules for survival: Never trust a demon or make a deal with one. But trapped in the demon realm, I have no choice but to break both rules if I want to escape... -
![Impact Winter by Travis Beacham]()
Impact Winter by Travis Beacham
"They came after the impact and the firestorms. When the sun went dark. Like they’d been there all along. Just waiting."From executive producers of The Walking Dead and Travis Beacham, the writer of Pacific Rim, comes a heart-stopping Audible Original featuring a brilliant British cast. It’s the near future and seven years since a comet hit the earth and blotted out the sun...horror · audiobook · fantasy · vampires · fiction · post-apocalyptic · paranormal · dystopia · sci-fi · supernatural -
![Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe]()
Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe
The only life Mae has ever known is on the island, living on the charity of the wealthy Prosper family who control the magic on the island and the spirits who inhabit it. Mae longs for magic of her own and to have a place among the Prosper family, where her best friend, Coco, will see her as an equal, and her crush, Miles, will finally see her...action-adventure · audiobook · book · dark · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · horror · magic · magical-realism -
![This Charming Man by C.K. McDonnell]()
This Charming Man by C.K. McDonnell
Vampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up around Manchester . . .Nobody is pleased about it. Not the Founders, the secret organisation for whom vampires were invented as an allegory, nor the Folk, the magical people hidden in plain sight who only want a quiet life... -
![The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran]()
The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran
The highly anticipated new thriller from internationally renowned author Sara Gran, author of Come Closer and the Claire DeWitt series.A mysterious book that promises unlimited power and unrivaled sexual pleasure. A down-on-her-luck book dealer hoping for the sale of a lifetime. And a twist so shocking, no one will come out unscathed...adult · book · contemporary · fiction · horror · magic · mystery · paranormal · supernatural · suspense -
![Extasia by Claire Legrand]()
Extasia by Claire Legrand
From New York Times bestselling author Claire LeGrand comes a new, bone-chilling YA horror novel about a girl who joins a coven to root out a vicious evil that’s stalking her village. Perfect for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Grace Year.Her name is unimportant.All you must know is that today she will become one of the four saints of Haven...audiobook · book · dark · dark-fantasy · dystopia · fiction · friendship · gothic · high-fantasy · horror -
![Lunar Witch by M. Sinclair]()
Lunar Witch by M. Sinclair
No man would ever own me again.A simple promise I’d made to myself after escaping a brutal childhood of abuse and being trained to enact violence on unblessed witches. Since that moment, I had managed to survive on the streets by successfully pickpocketing... -
![Beneath the Stairs: A Novel by Jennifer Fawcett]()
Beneath the Stairs: A Novel by Jennifer Fawcett
A woman returns to her hometown after her childhood friend attempts suicide at a local haunted house—the same place where a traumatic incident shattered their lives twenty years ago.Few in sleepy Sumner’s Mills have stumbled across the Octagon House hidden deep in the woods. Even fewer are brave enough to trespass...adult · audiobook · book · crime · female-mc · fiction · friendship · ghosts · haunted-places · horror -
![The House of Footsteps by Mathew West]()
The House of Footsteps by Mathew West
If you loved The Haunting of Hill House, welcome to Thistlecrook…It’s 1923 and at Thistlecrook House, a forbidding home on the Scottish border, the roaring twenties seem not to have arrived. But Simon Christie has – a young man who can’t believe his luck when he gets a job cataloguing the infamous art collection of the Mordrake family...horror · gothic · historical-fiction · mystery · historical · fiction · audiobook · ghosts · season-autumn · haunted-places -
![Captured by the Monsters by M.J. Marstens, R.L. Caulder]()
Captured by the Monsters by M.J. Marstens, R.L. Caulder
Our leaders said it’s an honor to be chosen to go to The Below.I said f*ck that.So close…I was so f*cking close to aging out of the selection process to be offered up to the monsters from The Below.We never knew when we could be taken. It wasn’t some annual date we could mark on a calendar and avoid like a plague...adult · book · captivity · contemporary · dark · demons · dystopia · fated-mates · fiction · futuristic -
![Wicked Matrimony by Logan Chance]()
Wicked Matrimony by Logan Chance
Draven Blackmoor is a monster. A nightmare who haunts my dreams.A vampire who stalks the night, hunting for his next victim. The ruler of a modern kingdom that dwells in the darkness. And I’m his only light. I possess a power that makes me wanted by his enemies. He promises to save me by offering his crown. I have no choice but to marry him and become his queen... -
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![Secret of the Broken King by Eliza Raine]()
Secret of the Broken King by Eliza Raine
He married me, exiled me, and now he’s the only thing stopping me from saving my sister.My sister is turning to stone. She's been asleep for eight years – the same amount of time I’ve been the secret, exiled wife of the King of the Ocean.Poseidon is fierce, unforgiving, and terrifyingly powerful.I’m just a broken sea nymph whose magic never surfaced...action-adventure · adult · alternate-history · book · dark · enemies-to-lovers · epic · female-author · female-mc · fiction -
![Base Notes by Lara Elena Donnelly]()
Base Notes by Lara Elena Donnelly
A lasting impression is worth killing for in this intoxicating novel about memories and murder by the author of the Amberlough Dossier series.In New York City everybody needs a side hustle, and perfumer Vic Fowler has developed a delicate art that has proved to be very lucrative: creating bespoke scents that evoke immersive memories—memories that, for Vic’s clients, are worth killing for...adult · book · contemporary · crime · fiction · horror · lgbtq · literary-fiction · murder · mystery -
![Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham]()
Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham
From New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author Daniel Abraham, co-author of The Expanse, comes a monumental epic fantasy trilogy that unfolds within the walls of a single great city, over the course of one tumultuous year, where every story matters, and the fate of the city is woven from them all...action-adventure · adult · audiobook · book · dark · dark-fantasy · epic · fiction · high-fantasy · horror -
![Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes]()
Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Titanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF horror novel in which a woman and her crew board a decades-lost luxury cruiser and find the wreckage of a nightmare that hasn't yet ended.A GHOST SHIP.A SALVAGE CREW.UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS.Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal...action-adventure · adult · audiobook · book · crime · female-author · fiction · ghosts · horror · mental-illness -
![Bittersweet Revenge: A Dark Rejected Mates Romance by Scarlett Snow]()
Bittersweet Revenge: A Dark Rejected Mates Romance by Scarlett Snow
I've survived until now but my journey is far from over.Just when I think I'm free again, I'm brought to the Fae Realm where I'll stand trial for a crime I didn't even know I committed. There's spies everywhere—even on the fae council—but I won't go down without a fight.I need to get back to Tristan.His cure is within reach and we can finally be together...reverse-harem · fated-mates · myths · demons · paranormal · dark · horror · suspense · shapeshifters · gothic -
![Hunt the Night by Everly Frost]()
Hunt the Night by Everly Frost
The angels only let me out to hunt.But it's not demons I'm sent to destroy—it's dragons.I'm corrupted. My soul was impure at birth. I’m an angel born with an insatiable need for vengeance so intense that they caged me, branded me, and kept me in the dark.I've been promised purity and redemption, freedom from my cage. Failure is not an option. My soul depends on it...adult · alpha-mc · angels · book · contemporary · dark · demons · dragons · enemies-to-lovers · female-mc -
![Stag by Karen Russell]()
Stag by Karen Russell
Feeling alone? Join the party in a darkly comic and deeply felt short story about fragility and resilience in the Mojave Desert by the New York Times bestselling author of Swamplandia!Still recovering from a brutal breakup, Stan Dobrev crashes a “divorce party” in the Southern California desert...adult · animals · anthologies · audiobook · contemporary · family · female-author · fiction · grief · horror
