Top new horror books in July 2022

A woman stops at nothing to find her husband’s murderer in this psychological thriller about twisted marriages, fractured families, and deadly obsessions—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “brilliantly chilling” (Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author) The Family Upstairs...

A group of strangers bound by terrifying synchronicity becomes humankind’s hope of survival in an exhilarating, twist-filled novel by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense.As a girl, Joanna Chase thrived on Rustling Willows Ranch in Montana until tragedy upended her life...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium, a Reese’s Book Club Pick, detective Elin Warner’s second outing, as she uncovers the truth behind the suspicious deaths on a stunning island getaway.Most are here to recharge and refresh. But someone's here for revenge. .

Your past and your family can haunt you like nothing else… A hilarious and terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Final Girl Support Group.Every childhood home is haunted, and each of us are possessed by our parents...

From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher."When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania...

Stories of famous monsters in a new horror anthology edited by James Aquilone and featuring Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, Ramsey Campbell, and many others.Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr...

From the author of A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World comes a haunting and suspenseful story of isolation and dread within a small island community. There's something in the water... On the edge of the Northern Atlantic lies a remote island. The islanders are an outwardly harmonious community—but all have their own secrets, some much darker than others...

I worked hard, everything I planned almost within my grasp,and then one flicker in time, mere seconds, and it’s all gone. Now I’m starting at zero, stuck in a place called the outpost, which is neither here nor there but some limbo land for those who haven’t transitioned.I’m sleeping in a broom closet, choking on fumes, while everyone declares me useless...

On a desolate beach in far northern Scotland, the winter storms have been washing up all manner of things since time began. But buried in the center of one smaller iceberg is a shard of ancient Viking pottery telling a partial tale of a hidden mysterious island beyond the ice and mist, that was home to a great treasure and even greater horrors...

Vera is used to ignorning calls from strange numbers--after all, reporters looking for a scoop on her serial killer father have been ramping up their efforts as the twenty-year anniversary of his arrest approaches. But she really shouldn't have picked up the phone this time, since now she'll have to do something she hasn't ever done: returned to the house her father built...

Perfect for fans of Stephen King’s IT, a group of friends return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they first stumbled on as teenagers in this mesmerizing odyssey of terror.For nearly two decades, Jamie Warren has been running from darkness. He's haunted by a traumatic childhood and the guilt at having disappeared from his disabled brother's life...

You remember the brutal crime, don’t you?Maybe you read about it on Twitter. Maybe a friend sent you a news clip. Maybe you saw it on an episode of Spectral Journeys that night you were flipping through channels, unable to sleep.Maybe after reading the true story, you won’t ever sleep again.On June 1, 2017, six people were killed at a Burger City franchise off I-80 near Jonny, Iowa...

Just when Killian and I are planning our vacation, Cupid strikes Moonshadow Bay. But it's not exactly love at first sight for the victims, and we at Conjure Ink have our hands full trying to find out what's going on.A member of the town begins attacking peeps, shooting them with arrows that are enchanted by a love potion...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico.Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of either a genius, or a madman...

When a startling discovery is made in Sweden, the B.P.R.D. sends Hellboy and Abe Sapien to investigate. What ensues is a wild adventure full of Norse legends, mythical creatures, and a threat that could bring not just Earth but the Nine Realms of Norse mythology to their knees...

He saved me from a vengeful wolf but became a monster to do it. And now I’ve lost him. My Viking. My Alek.Locked away in Novasgard, he’s beyond reach. I have no way to find him. No way to tell him about my secret. About the two words that changed everything. To make matters worse, Noah and Caleb want nothing to do with me now that they know.Two little words, and I’m on the verge of losing them...

Hellboy learns firsthand about the history of the famed Silver Lantern Club! His uncle and former member Simon Bruttenholm relates tales from his time with the Silver Lantern Club, which included Sir Edward Grey, Sarah Jewell, Lady Bai, and Major Singh, as they investigated the mysterious happenings in London near the end of the 19th century!Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson expand the Hellboy...

No power. No law & order. No safety net. The world as everyone knows it is over.Laurel is stabilizing a patient in the ER when the power goes out. As she struggles to keep her patients alive, she faces an ugly truth—the world as everyone knew it is over. The smart thing to do is run and try to survive, but Laurel refuses to leave her patients behind—least of all her sick mother...

How many times can you survive having your life torn apart?The first time: Lovers, partners, friends: Seth and Janese know their life together is lived on borrowed time. Seth is second born, the disposable son, and destined to be banished when his older brother becomes the ruler of Aldare...

I crave Rafferty. His touch. His scent. Even his broody temperament. He’s given me something to live for just when I’m on the brink of death.I see him when I close my eyes, moments before the nightmares take over. Nightmares that remind me how small I am in comparison to what’s out there...

James Toledo has defeated the first of the gangs that attacked his family, but three of them—and the brother who betrayed him—still remain.And now they know James has returned to the city.His dungeon is established, but except for Felgoth the Abomination, it’s weak and can neither protect James nor help him hunt down his enemies...

Nat Cassidy’s highly commercial, debut horror novel Mary: An Awakening of Terror, blends Midsommar with elements of American Psycho and a pinch of I'll Be Gone in the Dark.Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invisible. Unknown even to herself.But lately, things have been changing inside Mary...

Sorrow haunts the Crane's Roost Inn,Threatening all who step within.An entity born of anguish and painseeks to expand its torturous reign.Fueled by hunger that can never be sated,with shifts in its form its victims are baited.Malaria must find the host... much is at stake.Lest a path of chaos and carnage lie in its wake...

Jax and Winter pursue the mysterious bodysnatcher while dealing with their increasingly complicated relationship...

The sleepy little farm that Laurel Early grew up on has awakened. The woods are shifting, the soil is dead under her hands, and her bone pile just stood up and walked away.After dropping out of college, all she wanted was to resume her life as a tobacco hand and taxidermist and try not to think about the boy she can’t help but love...

Mixed Bag: A Miscellany of Stories brings together eleven stories, from flash to novelette length. As the title indicates, there’s considerable variety: Dying Earth fantasy, space opera, contemporary fantasy, near-future dystopia.Some of the stories bring back some of my favorite characters: Henghis Hapthorn, Erm Kaslo, and Luff Imbry...

Within this tome are buried the blades of warriors, thieves, and wizards. Tales of their deeds, glories, and triumphs shall ring throughout the ages.Rogues in the House Podcast has gathered the best tales of Sword & Sorcery from across the community.Here, brave adventurers will find stories lovingly crafted from Heroic Fantasy greats such as Howard Andrew Jones, John R. Fultz, and John C...

An anthology of original new horror stories edited by Bram Stoker Award winners Vince Liaguno and Rena Mason that showcases authors from underrepresented backgrounds telling terrifying tales of what it means to be, or merely to seem, "other"Offering original new stories from some of the biggest names in horror as well as some of the hottest up-and-coming talents, Other Fears will provide the...

For fans of Jennifer McMahon and Silvia Moreno-Garcia comes a haunting and atmospheric new novel from debut author Katrina Monroe.If you can hear the call of the water,It's already far too late.They say Cape Disappointment is haunted. That's why tourists used to flock there in droves...

Bones of extinct species wander a campground, stalking a group of friends in love withthe same woman. The object of their affection seeks solace with a couple in a world with rainthat kills. A woman moves away from her repressed home town, only to transform into aman-eating monster when she returns. A robot assassin avenges women ruined by capitalism...

He will regret awakening the monster within me.Cast against a shadowed low fantasy world, this tale of feminine rage, dark magic, and desire follows Rhiannon in her bloody pursuit of vengeance.Death came for Rhiannon disguised as love. She survived, barely. Now, she will do anything to get her revenge and finally claw her way back to herself...

Keep no friends, save no family,and make no bargains.But it's never that easy. Meris Vahla never thought she'd be forced to make a deal with a jinni in order to survive. But after falling through a gateway and into a dangerous world of dying magic, she had no choice...

Flames rise on the horizon. The Godmother rises to meet them.Eliza Farrington the Third is the top Fairy Warrior in the universe, undefeated in both magic and physical strength. She is also The Godmother -- the protector and trainer of the Fairy Crown Princess...

Separated after the destruction of the second gate, Ara, Raethin, Cirith, and Zira must find their way back to one another before Aeskrius can cut them down one by one.The will of the primordial gods lead Raethin to Ara and together, they trek the vast Kava Sil landscape to find the rest of their team...

I’ve really stepped in it this time.They say if you accept a gift from the Fae, you’ll forever be in debt to them. And they always collect on their debts. I wish someone had told me this before a faerie gave me an enchanted pearl.It comes at an awkward time, because the supernatural guilds of San Marcos are preparing for an invasion by the Fae, who want to restore their primacy over humans...

Nadia’s dreams have finally come true. So why does she feel an urgent need to wake up?The Queen of Agartha has escaped capture by Kassemyr and Darrow, but the city of Agartha is no longer under her control.Nadia Navarra, former Shadow Wraith, is rewarded for her services to the Queen and welcomed into the folds of the Queen’s Ghosts.But life among the Ghosts is not what Nadia always dreamed...

Tom Smiley signed up as a private in the Confederate army when he was eighteen and quickly came to regret it. Spending the last year of the war in a Union prison scarred him so deeply that even death hasn't brought freedom from its memory...

Jasper. Justice. Jax. Jace.Three demon mates and one exiled vampire prince mate (who needs to become part of the pack if he wants to survive Hell). We still don't know who killed me, but trying to hunt him down has been a good way to learn how to hunt like a proper pack, well, sort of...

Women like me don’t get to live happily ever after.The Fae King claims me as his own, but a fairytale ending is not in my foreseeable future. Half of the kingdom supports our union. The other half of the kingdom wants to hunt me down.I keep getting visions, and I must run to escape that possible truth. How am I supposed to convince the kingdom I’m not evil? I can’t even convince myself...

When I was a child, I had an imaginary friend called Luke. He taught me magic and kept me safe from the dark things. When I was 16, my mother sent me to a hospital to convince me that Luke was not real. Ten years later 'Luke' came back for me. Dragging me to Jotunheim where he could protect me...