Top new horror books out this week: 21 Apr - 27 Apr 2024
Last updated:
April 27, 2024
This week featuring new releases by Craig Schaefer, Jonathan Janz, Cemetery Dance Publications, Zoe Hana Mikuta, Debra Castaneda, Samantha Mills, Ivy Tholen, Liz Kerin, Genevieve Jagger, RJ McDaniel, Chad Miller and many more.
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Dig Two Graves by Craig Schaefer
Daniel Faust is back from hell and out for blood. He has a new face and a deadly mission: to find the tiger-queen Naavarasi and his own traitorous brother, and put them both six feet underground.But when Naavarasi’s shape-shifting minions abduct one of Daniel’s own, it’s time for a desperate rescue...urban-fantasy · urban · paranormal · magic · fiction · dark · organized-crime · shapeshifters · heist · horror -
Children of the Dark 2: The Night Flyers by Jonathan Janz, Cemetery Dance Publications
Last summer, sixteen-year-old Will Burgess lost many of the people he loved most. Now he’s imprisoned in the Sunny Woods Rehabilitation Center, a facility for troubled youths. Separated from his surviving loved ones and terrified of a change inside him, Will is tormented by a new group of bullies and a sadistic government doctor...horror · coming-of-age · supernatural · small-town · psychological · paranormal · death · dark · vampires · fiction -
Off With Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta
Fans of Chloe Gong and Judy I. Lin will devour this Korean-inspired Alice in Wonderland retelling about two very wicked girls, forever bonded by blood and betrayal . . -
The Spore Queen by Debra Castaneda
Forest. Fungi. Family secrets.Reporter Maria Hart ventures into the depths of Nils Forest chasing a news story about a violent storm, but she never returns. Within months, four other people will also disappear in the woods.Tech mogul David Eager lives at the forest’s edge. He is haunted by Maria’s disappearance, and something more... -
The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills
[STARRED REVIEW] “A triumphant debut novel.” —Booklist[STARRED REVIEW] “An absolute must-read.” —Kirkus[STARRED REVIEW] “Intricate and intriguing." —Publishers Weekly[STARRED REVIEW] “Complex and haunting...fantasy · gods · fiction · dark · genetic-engineering · horror · action-adventure · steampunk · industrial-era · supernatural -
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Tastes Like Candy 2: Sugarless by Ivy Tholen
Five years ago, a group of teenage girls entered the Poison Apple Halloween Carnival for a scavenger hunt, and all but one died at the hand of a masked killer. Now, a copycat killer has emerged and is using a familiar cotton-candy-coated playbook to pick off a new group of girls one by one... -
First Light by Liz Kerin
First Light, the riveting sequel to Liz Kerin’s Night's Edge, is about seizing a brighter future by confronting the shadows of our past.“I came all this way to watch you burn.”It's been nine months since the catastrophe in Tucson sent Mia fleeing from her home...horror · vampires · paranormal · fantasy · fiction · lgbtq · young-adult · coming-of-age · monsters · book -
Fragile Animals by Genevieve Jagger
When an ex-catholic woman develops a sexual relationship with a vampire, she is forced to confront the memories that haunt her religious past. Struggling to deal with the familial trauma of her Catholic upbringing, hotel cleaner, Noelle, travels to the Isle of Bute. There, she meets a man who claims to be a vampire, and a relationship blooms between them based solely on confession...horror · vampires · contemporary · literary-fiction · fiction · lgbtq · fantasy · gothic · paranormal · romantic-love -
All Things Seen and Unseen by RJ McDaniel
In this queer/racial modern gothic horror, Alex, after a period in rehab, is kicked out of school and student housing, leaving her homeless. She gets a job house-sitting in a large home on a small island and must try to survive as an outsider in a remote, insular community, living through the trauma she has repressed to survive...horror · lgbtq · fiction · gothic · non-binary-mc · mental-illness · thriller · psychological · book · adult -
The Confession by Chad Miller
The year is 1887 and in the quaint Pennsylvania town of Temple, Isabella Strohmeyer stumbles upon a gruesome her father and stepmother brutally hacked to death. As the police investigation unfolds, gossip and rumors swirl through the tight-knit community. The Strohmeyer household, always steeped in simmering tension, harbors secrets that echo within its halls... -
Treasure of Gor by John Norman
A brilliant woman’s dangerous discovery on Earth leads to her enslavement on the planet Gor in this long-running sci-fi fantasy series.In a remote corner of the American southwest, there is a small, private observatory. To most of the staff, it is just another stargazing facility... -
The Bodies Between Us by E.J. Campbell
What happens when four serial killers fall in...l̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶f̶a̶t̶u̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶...OBSESSION?The Scalpel.Unbeknownst to her, I’ve gained unfettered access to the darkest, most twisted depths of her psyche.I now own all her neuroses—all my favorite, broken parts.She may have been forced to seek treatment, but I never had any intention of helping her tame these demons.No…we’ll embrace them...romance · reverse-harem · horror · suspense · crime · fiction · serial-killers · polyamory · book · adult