Top new horror books in March 2022
Last updated:
March 31, 2022
March 2022 featuring new releases by Gilly Macmillan, Brittany Pressley, Alex Finlay, Simone St. James, Benjamin Stevenson, Neal Shusterman, Mindy McGinnis, Peter Clines, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Madeleine Roux, Shemer Kuznits, Julia Armfield and many more.
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The Long Weekend by Gilly Macmillan
Fast paced and incredibly compelling . . . this book will not let you put it down...adult · audiobook · book · contemporary · crime · domestic-life · family · female-mc · fiction · friendship -
The Night Shift by Brittany Pressley, Alex Finlay, Gary Tiedemann, Cady McClain
What connects a massacre in a Blockbuster video store in 1999 with the murder of four teenagers fifteen years later? It's New Year's Eve of 1999 when four teenagers working late are attacked at a Blockbuster video store in New Jersey. Only one inexplicably survives. Police quickly identify a suspect, the boyfriend of one of the victims, who flees and is never seen again...adult · audiobook · book · crime · fiction · historical · mystery · psychological · serial-killers · suspense -
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
A true crime blogger gets more than she bargained for while interviewing the woman acquitted of two cold case slayings in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel. In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by the Lady Killer Murders: Two men, seemingly randomly, were murdered with the same gun, with strange notes left behind... -
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than once. I'm not trying to be dramatic, but it is the truth. Some of us are good, others are bad, and some just unfortunate.I'm Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I'd killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it's a little more complicated than that... -
Darkness Creeping: Twenty Twisted Tales by Neal Shusterman
Imagine being trapped forever in someone else’s nightmare, with no means of escape. Or caught on one of the most terrifying roller coasters of all time, when suddenly the tracks ahead just disappear. Enter the world of Darkness Creeping, where hollow-eyed skulls arrive in the mail and nothing is as it seems...anthologies · children-books · dark · fantasy · fiction · ghosts · middle-grade · paranormal · sci-fi · supernatural -
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The Last Laugh by Mindy McGinnis
In the dark and stunning sequel to The Initial Insult, award-winning author Mindy McGinnis concludes this suspenseful YA duology as long-held family secrets finally come to light . . . changing Amontillado forevermore. Perfect for fans of Truly Devious and Sadie!Tress Montor murdered Felicity Turnado—but she might not have to live with the guilt for long... -
The Broken Room by Peter Clines, Timothy Andrés Pabon
“Absolutely brilliant!” (Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-selling author)The new supernatural thriller from New York Times best-selling author Peter ClinesYou can still owe the dead.Hector was the best of the best. A government operative who could bring armies to a halt and nations to their knees...adult · audiobook · book · dark · fantasy · fiction · mystery · psychological · sci-fi · supernatural -
The Book of Living Secrets by Madeleine Roux
Perfect for fans of The Hazel Wood, this genre-bending page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Roux follows two girls who transport themselves into the world of their favorite book only to encounter the sinister alternate reality that awaits them...20th-century · audiobook · book · fantasy · fiction · gothic · historical · lgbtq+ · magic · paranormal -
Biomancer 2 by Shemer Kuznits
Using his flesh-twisting powers, Seraph must push on to reach the ancient guardians.After nearly losing access, Seraph sets out again to conquer NEO and save his tormented sibling.Pushing deeper into the woodland, the Heart of The Forest is finally within reach, but the overpowered druidic guardians are merely the most obvious obstacle in his path... -
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Leah is changed. Months earlier, she left for a routine expedition, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night...21st-century · action-adventure · adult · audiobook · book · dark · fantasy · female-author · female-mc · fiction -
Gallant by V.E. Schwab
Everything casts a shadow. Even the world we live in. And as with every shadow, there is a place where it must touch. A seam, where the shadow meets its source.Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for girls, and all she has of her past is her mother’s journal—which seems to unravel into madness. Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home—to Gallant... -
The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror by Chloe Gong, Hannah F. Whitten, Erica Waters, Aden Polydoros
A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath of the third fire looming. A rural, isolated bridge with a terrifying monster waiting for the completion of its summoning ritual. A lake that allows the drowned to return, though they have been changed by the claws of death...anthologies · fantasy · fiction · ghosts · gothic · lgbtq+ · supernatural · urban · urban-fantasy · young-adult -
The Ravenous Dead by Darcy Coates
He'll never let go...Keira, hired as Blighty Graveyard’s new groundskeeper, lives surrounded by the dead. They watch her through the fog. They wordlessly cry out. They’ve been desperately waiting for help moving on—and only Keira can hear them. But not every restless spirit wants to be saved.Sometimes the dead hate the living too much to find peace... -
Shades of Rust and Ruin by A.G. Howard
New York Times bestselling author A.G. Howard launches a dark and compelling new YA fantasy series about a girl whose family is cursed by Halloween, perfect for fans of Caraval.Phoenix “Nix” Loring knows her family is under a Halloween curse. When she was three, her parents tragically died on October 31st. Eleven years later, her twin sister Lark suffered a similar fate...action-adventure · book · contemporary · epic · fae · family · fantasy · fiction · industrial-era · magic -
Escape from Yokai Land by Charles Stross
Regular readers of Charles Stross's Laundry Files might have noticed Bob Howard's absence from the events of The Nightmare Stacks, and his subsequent return from Tokyo at the start of The Delirium Brief.Escape from Puroland explains what he was doing there...action-adventure · adult · alternate-history · book · cosmic-horror · dark · fantasy · fiction · humor · magic -
An Acorn Book- Mister Shivers #1: Beneath The Bed And Other Scary Stories by Max Brallier
Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, and full-color artwork on every spread, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency... -
Frozen Dawn by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Her people murdered his family. He vowed to destroy them. But now, a curse binds them together.Life in the far northern reaches of the Dominion is unkind, and life under the reign of Morten, the dreaded ruler of the North Wind, is worse...action-adventure · adult · alpha-mc · alternate-history · anti-hero · book · erotica · fantasy · female-mc · ghosts -
Mi bella vampira by Katie Skelly
La preciosa y rubia Clover -a medio camino entre Barbarella y Brigitte Bardot- sueña con la chica que fue una vez antes de ser convertida en vampira. Atrapada por su hermano Marcel, su curiosidad logrará hacerla escapar y enfrentarse a los miedos -propios y ajenos- que acechan el mundo exterior...adult · comics · death · erotica · fantasy · feminism · fiction · monsters · paranormal · supernatural -
Sundial by Catriona Ward
All Rob ever wanted was a normal life.Nothing like her childhood, growing up in the lonely, wild Mojave Desert on her family's ranch, Sundial. Surrounded by dogs, coyotes, and research assistants.For a while, it seemed like Rob got her wish: A husband, two daughters, the white picket fence, and margaritas with the neighbors...adult · audiobook · book · contemporary · creepy-children · crime · cults · dark · death · domestic-life -
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Locke & Key: The Golden Age by Joe Hill
Unlock moments from Keyhouse's long history, expanding the saga of the Locke family in this collection of stories, which includes the epic crossover with DC's The Sandman Universe!For two hundred years, the Locke family has watched over Keyhouse, a New England mansion where reality has come unhinged and shadows are known to walk on their own...comics · fantasy · mystery · supernatural · fiction · anthologies · cosmic-horror · family · historical · ghosts -
Last Exit by Max Gladstone
Ten years ago, Zelda led a band of merry adventurers whose knacks let them travel to alternate realities and battle the black rot that threatened to unmake each world. Zelda was the warrior; Ish could locate people anywhere; Ramon always knew what path to take; Sarah could turn catastrophe aside. Keeping them all connected: Sal, Zelda’s lover and the group's heart...action-adventure · adult · audiobook · book · dark · fantasy · fiction · found-family · lesbian-mc · lgbtq+ -
American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares #2 by Scott Snyder
Felicia Book reluctantly rejoins the vampire-hunting agency known as the Vassals of the Morning Star. They have to track down the deadliest vampire of all time--but it's not an easy task, because Felicia is plagued by her own past... -
American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares #3 by Scott Snyder
Felicia and Hobbes are on the trail of the most dangerous vampire of all time. As they close in on their prey, their pursuit takes them behind the Iron Curtain where they enlist a very different kind of vampire to help them on their crusade... -
A Heart in the Right Place by Heide Goody, Iain Grant
All Nick wants to do is take his dying father for a perfect father-son weekend in the Scottish Highlands. It’s not much to ask, is it? A log cabin, a roaring fire, a bottle of fine whisky and two days to paper over the cracks in their relationship. However, Nick didn’t plan on making the trip with a dead neighbour in the back of his car. Or the neighbour’s dog...adult · book · comedy · dark-humor · fantasy · fiction · humor · mystery · paranormal · supernatural -
The Nice House on the Lake #7 by James Tynion IV, Jordie Bellaire, Álvaro Martínez Bueno
One of the most critically acclaimed and bestselling horror titles of 2021 returns for its shocking second act-and now is the perfect time to enter the house! The 10 hardy survivors gathered in the house by their mutual friend Walter thought they’d finally cracked the code on his plans…and now everything they thought they knew has literally changed... -
The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV, Jordie Bellaire, Álvaro Martínez Bueno
With Something Is Killing the Children and The Department of Truth, James Tynion IV has changed the face of horror in modern comics—now get ready for his most ambitious story yet, alongside his Detective Comics partner Álvaro Martínez Bueno! Everyone who was invited to the house knows Walter—well, they know him a little, anyway. Some met him in childhood; some met him months ago... -
Goddamned Freaky Monsters by Rick Gualtieri
There are reasons we fear the night. Now he's trying to stop them.Three months have passed since the fateful encounter in New York City that ended with the disappearance of Bill Ryder - gamer, geek, and legendary vampire. Now he's back - reawakened halfway across the globe with no allies, clothing, or clue as to how he got there...action-adventure · adult · audiobook · book · comedy · contemporary · fantasy · fiction · humor · myths -
Fishing for Dinosaurs and Other Stories by Joe R. Lansdale
From Wild to Wilder, you are offered a journey into the Worlds of Joe R. Lansdale. Go on a fishing trip for dinosaurs in the arctic and meet numerous characters from adventure novels and pulps, as a man unsure of his identity awakens to discover he has a job to do, if he only knew what it was and who he was. Cave men. Secret lairs...action-adventure · adult · anthologies · dark · fantasy · fiction · historical · industrial-era · mystery · sci-fi -
The Great Pack by Chris Fox
Five Years Later Set has been vanquished, but victory demanded a bitter price. The First Ark's detonation flung the new Ark Lords five years into the future. They emerge into a world ruled by deathless, demons, and old things that have awoken from the sleep of ages. Hades and the mysterious Grey Men have paved the way for the return of the Builders, slowly conquering the world...action-adventure · adult · audiobook · book · epic · fantasy · fiction · genetic-engineering · historical · paranormal -
Defender by G.X. Todd
An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.The world is ending. But the voice in your head might just save you. Listen to it very carefully...ON THE CUSP OF SLEEP, HAVE WE NOT ALL HEARD A VOICE CALL OUT OUR NAME?In a world where long drinks are in short supply, it's dangerous to listen to your inner voice.Those who do, keep it quiet...action-adventure · adult · apocalyptic · audiobook · book · dark-fantasy · dystopia · fiction · mystery · post-apocalyptic -
Our Eyes at Night by M. Dressler
A spellbinding novel of the hunter and the hunted, defiance and survivalIn an climate-ravaged town in the remote Utah desert, a house remodels itself, a cemetery is rearranged, and an ancient valley is suddenly haunted by a glimmering visitor... -
Horror Library: Volume 7 by Eric J. Guignard, Cody Goodfellow, Bentley Little, Natalia Theodoridou
The +Horror Library+ anthologies are internationally praised as a groundbreaking source of contemporary horror short fiction stories—relevant to the moment and stunning in impact—from leading authors of the macabre and darkly imaginative.Filled with Fears and Fantasy. Death and Dark Dreams. Monsters and Mayhem. Literary Vision and Wonder...horror · anthologies · psychological · paranormal · haunted-places · ghosts · dark · fiction · supernatural · adult -
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Corpsemouth and other Autobiographies by John Langan
A family’s Halloween haunted house becomes a conduit to something ancient and uncanny; a young man’s effigy of a movie monster becomes instrumental in his defense against a bully; a family diminishes while visiting a seaside town, leaving only one to remember what changed; a father explores a mysterious tower, and the monster imprisoned within; a man mourning the death of his father travels to... -
The Me You Love In The Dark by Skottie Young, Jorge Corona
Writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (I HATE FAIRYLAND, DEADPOOL, STRANGE ACADEMY) and artist JORGE CORONA (NO. 1 WITH A BULLET, SUPER SONS, FEATHERS) follow up their critically acclaimed series MIDDLEWEST with a brand new haunting tale... -
Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments by T.L. Huchu
Ropa Moyo’s ghostalking practice has tanked, desperate for money to pay bills and look after her family she reluctantly accepts a job to look into the history of a coma patient receiving treatment at the magical private hospital Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments... -
A Black and Endless Sky by Matthew Lyons
From the author of The Night Will Find Us comes a white-knuckled horror-thriller set across the American Southwest.Road trips can be hell.Siblings Jonah and Nell Talbot used to be inseparable, but ever since Jonah suddenly blew town twelve years ago, they couldn’t be more distant...adult · audiobook · book · family · fantasy · fiction · mystery · paranormal · psychological · supernatural -
Capital Falling by Lance Winkless
Capital Falling Lance Winkless As black smoke rises, order disintegrates... Former SAS soldier Andy Richards is no stranger to horrors, but no training could ever have prepared him for the nightmare unfolding at home. While a viral epidemic hammers London, Andy finds himself trapped in the epicenter, forced to protect his family...action-adventure · apocalyptic · book · dystopia · epidemy · family · fiction · male-mc · medical · military -
The Soul Stealer by Graham Masterton
Nemo Frisby used to be a detective. Now he drives an Uber between billionaire mansions in California. But he never lost the nose for the case – and when his housecleaner Trinity Fox discovers a young woman lying dead in her neighborhood, she persuades him to help her prove it wasn't suicide...action-adventure · adult · afterlife · book · crime · fantasy · fiction · ghosts · indigenous-mc · medical -
Twentieth Anniversary Screening by Jeff Strand
Nominated for the 2021 Bram Stoker Award for Long Fiction!This mockumentary-style dark comedy recounts the grisly events surrounding the terrible slasher flick THE ROOFER, remembered only because an obsessed fan tried to reenact the murders as they played out on the screen...