Top new horror books in September 2025
Last updated:
September 30, 2025
September 2025 featuring new releases by Bryn Greenwood, Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Andrea Catalano, Laura Thalassa, Stephanie Garber, Angeline Boulley, Jaymin Eve, Mona Awad, T. Kingfisher, Joe Hart and many more.
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Nobody Knows You're Here by Bryn Greenwood
A desperate woman fights to escape captivity in this gripping thriller from the New York Times -bestselling author of All the Ugly and Wonderful Things. Beatrice is about to lose everything when a kind stranger offers her a cup of coffee and a job. It seems like a promise of a better life . . . until she wakes up under lock and key in an isolated mansion in the woods...mystery · fiction · suspense · audiobook · horror · contemporary · crime · thriller · psychological · dark -
![The Court of the Dead by Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro]()
The Court of the Dead by Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro
New York Times #1 bestselling authors Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro collaborate again on a new adventure in which demigod Nico di Angelo teams up with his half-sister Hazel Levesque to protect . . . monsters?A few months after returning from the depths of Tartarus, demigods Nico di Angelo and Will Solace agree to join Nico's half-sister Hazel Levesque at Camp Jupiter on the West Coast...romance · fantasy · myths · middle-grade · young-adult · lgbtq · fiction · action-adventure · contemporary · horror -
![The First Witch of Boston by Andrea Catalano]()
The First Witch of Boston by Andrea Catalano
A gripping and intimate novel based on the true story of Margaret Jones, the first woman to be found guilty of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Massachusetts.Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1646. Thomas and Margaret Jones arrive from England to build a life in the New World. Though of differing temperaments, cautious Thomas and fiery Margaret, a healer, are bound by a love that has lasted decades...romance · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · witches-wizards · fantasy · spooky · season-autumn · female-mc · gothic -
![War [Dramatized Adaptation] by Laura Thalassa]()
War [Dramatized Adaptation] by Laura Thalassa
They came to earth—Pestilence, War, Famine, Death—four horsemen riding their screaming steeds, racing to the corners of the world. Four horsemen with the power to destroy all of humanity. They came to earth, and they came to end us all.The day Jerusalem falls, Miriam Elmahdy knows her life is over...paranormal · retellings · myths · post-apocalyptic · fiction · romance · horror · dark · fantasy · sci-fi -
![Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber]()
Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber
It starts with a class in an old movie theater.Folklore 517: Local Legends and Urban Myths, taught by a woman called the Professor.Most students believe the Professor’s stories are just fiction. There isn’t a man in Hollywood who you can call to find out the time you’ll die. There’s not a haunted hotel bar in Los Angeles that the devil likes to frequent. There’s no such thing as magic.But . .romance · fantasy · historical-fiction · fiction · dark-academia · paranormal · urban-fantasy · horror · supernatural · book -
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![Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley]()
Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley
From the instant New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper’s Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed comes a daring new mystery about a foster teen claiming her heritage on her own terms.Ever since Lucy Smith’s father died five years ago, “home” has been more of an idea than a place. She knows being on the run is better than anything waiting for her as a “ward of the state...young-adult · indigenous-mc · contemporary · fiction · thriller · horror · orphans · family · crime · poc-mc -
![Spellcaster by Jaymin Eve]()
Spellcaster by Jaymin Eve
Don’t miss this deluxe print edition of an all-new story featuring stunning sprayed and stained edges and foil detailing from the bestselling author of the Shadow Beast Shifter series, Jaymin Eve!SPELLCASTER is an intense enemies-to-lovers romantasy with steamy heat, magical creatures, fast pacing, and stakes that will keep you hooked...romance · fantasy · dark-academia · enemies-to-lovers · slow-burn · magic · paranormal · new-adult · fated-mates · fiction -
![We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad]()
We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad
In the cult classic novel Bunny, Samatha Heather Mackey, a lonely outsider student at a highly selective MFA program in New England, was first ostracized and then seduced by a clique of creepy-sweet rich girls who call themselves “Bunny...horror · fiction · dark-academia · contemporary · fantasy · literary-fiction · humor · magical-realism · mystery · season-autumn -
![What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher]()
What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
The next novella in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton investigating the dark, mysterious depths of a coal mine in AmericaAlex Easton does not want to visit America.They particularly do not want to visit an abandoned coal mine in West Virginia with a reputation for being haunted.But when their old friend Dr...horror · fantasy · gothic · fiction · lgbtq · historical-fiction · spooky · season-autumn · audiobook · dark -
![Wyndclyffe by Joe Hart]()
Wyndclyffe by Joe Hart
The mysteries of a remote estate lead a young woman down a twisted path in this gripping gothic thriller from the Edgar Award–winning author of Or Else. After a car accident took the lives of both her parents, Mira Caine's transition to adulthood was hard and fast... -
![A Land So Wide by Erin A. Craig]()
A Land So Wide by Erin A. Craig
From the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of House of Roots and Ruin, comes an irresistible blend of dark fairytale and romantic fantasy set in the beautiful but brutal Canadian wilderness.Like everyone else in the settlement of Mistaken, Greer Mackenzie is trapped...romance · fantasy · horror · gothic · historical-fiction · retellings · historical · fiction · vampires · mystery -
![The 31st Trick-or-Treater by Ben Farthing]()
The 31st Trick-or-Treater by Ben Farthing
Thirty-one nights. Thirty-one chapters. One final nightmare.Last Halloween, thirty trick-or-treaters vanished into the night.This October, they’re coming back—one by one, each day of the month. But every child carries the same chilling warning: something is returning on the 31st.Bob has never stopped searching for his daughter...horror · mystery · paranormal · fiction · suspense · spooky · ghosts · thriller · supernatural · family -
![House of Rayne by Harley Laroux]()
House of Rayne by Harley Laroux
From New York Times bestselling author Harley Laroux comes the unique standalone sapphic gothic romance, with mystery, the supernatural, and plenty of spice.Two women with very different lives share a night of passion, planning on it being a one stand. Only they meet again at a remote island in the Pacific Northwest, where one of them runs her family's bed and breakfast... -
![Exiles by Andrew Pyper, Mason Coile]()
Exiles by Andrew Pyper, Mason Coile
A hidden darkness stirs in this locked-room mystery from the author of William.There are many ways to die on Mars. Only one way to find the truth... -
![Damnation by Amy Hall, Sebastian York, Katelyn Taylor]()
Damnation by Amy Hall, Sebastian York, Katelyn Taylor
What happened before the Gallows Hill trilogy?Before the Brethren?What really happened to Salem in 1692...dark · witches-wizards · audiobook · steamy · cheating · domestic-drama · forbidden-love · historical · fiction · horror -
![The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish]()
The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish
Jamie Wendon-Dale may design haunted houses, but they don't actually believe in ghosts—until they meet Edgar Lovejoy, who is tall, clever, beautiful…and 100% haunted.A COZY, GHOSTLY LGBTQIA+ ROMANCEJamie Wendon-Dale (transmasc they/them) creates haunted houses for a living. Haunting is their life—but nobody working New Orleans' spooky circuit actually believes in ghosts...romance · paranormal · fantasy · lgbtq · ghosts · fiction · contemporary · audiobook · cozy · season-autumn -
![Noche negra by Pilar Quintana]()
Noche negra by Pilar Quintana
"Nunca había visto una madrugada tan negra y quieta, con la selva, las islas y el mar casi confundidos con la oscuridad. El mundo le pareció aterrador, como tomado por fuerzas ocultas".Rosa decide dejar su vida cómoda en la ciudad para irse con Gene, su pareja de origen irlandés, a construir con sus propias manos una casa en la selva a orillas del mar...horror · fiction · suspense · magical-realism · dark · literary-fiction · female-mc · contemporary · book · adult -
![Fiend by Alma Katsu]()
Fiend by Alma Katsu
Historical horror maven Alma Katsu turns her talents to the modern world for the first time, in this terrifying tale about an all-powerful family with an ancient evil under its thumb.Imagine if the Sackler family had a demon at their beck and call.The Berisha family runs one of the largest import-export companies in the world, and they’ve always been lucky. Their rivals suffer strokes...horror · fiction · fantasy · contemporary · mystery · audiobook · gothic · historical-fiction · family · demons -
![The Shattered King by Charlie N. Holmberg]()
The Shattered King by Charlie N. Holmberg
A captive healer and a mysterious prince are drawn to each other in the midst of war and magic in a beguiling dark fantasy by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg.The kingdom of Cansere is on the brink of war. Young men are conscripted from their homes, and a royal decree from the queen has made healing the only legal form of craftlock... -
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![A Ruin, Great and Free by Cadwell Turnbull]()
A Ruin, Great and Free by Cadwell Turnbull
From bestselling and award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull comes A Ruin, Great and Free, the stunning conclusion to the popular Convergence Saga.It has been nearly two years since the anti-monster riots. The inhabitants of Moon have been very fortunate in the intervening months. Inside their hidden monster settlement, they’ve found peace, even as the world outside slips into increasing unrest...fantasy · lgbtq · horror · urban-fantasy · contemporary · myths · urban · fiction · supernatural · retellings -
![Spread Me by Sarah Gailey]()
Spread Me by Sarah Gailey
Spread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey, after a routine probe at a research station turns deadly when the team discovers a strange specimen in search of a warm place to stay.Kinsey has the perfect job as the team lead in a remote research outpost. She loves the solitude, and the way the desert keeps her far away from the temptations teeming out in the civilian world...romance · horror · sci-fi · fiction · audiobook · lgbtq · genetic-engineering · supernatural · psychological · action-adventure -
![The Burial Tide by Neil Sharpson]()
The Burial Tide by Neil Sharpson
Drawing on the creatures and horrors of Irish folklore, The Burial Tide unearths our darkest truths: how far we’d go to win our freedom, and how quickly our desires can become monstrous. A woman who can’t remember her death. On an eerily quiet island off the coast of Ireland, a woman with no memory claws her way out of her grave and back to life. But not everyone welcomes the return of Mara Fitch...horror · fiction · myths · fantasy · audiobook · folk-horror · rural · psychological · reincarnation · ghosts -
![All Your Deadly Truths: The Filthy Duet, Book 2 by James Cassidy, M. L. Burns, Savannah Thomas]()
All Your Deadly Truths: The Filthy Duet, Book 2 by James Cassidy, M. L. Burns, Savannah Thomas
My little demon has been taken again, but this time my journey to get her back is by far more dangerous than the last. My patience is none for those around me, that includes the man that is aiding Sydni and I in finding Xeraphine. Sacrifices will need to be made and I'm willing to give everything fate has for me to make sure I get her back... -
![The Mad Wife: A Novel by Meagan Church]()
The Mad Wife: A Novel by Meagan Church
With odes of The Bell Jar comes a searing historical suspense following a 1950s housewife who, when a mysterious new wife moves across the way, begins to unearth dark secrets about her neighborhood and her own mind. In the 1950s, nothing is valued more than conformity, and Lulu Mayfield has spent the last five years molding herself into the ideal housewife...historical-fiction · fiction · horror · mystery · historical · feminism · literary-fiction · thriller · suspense · psychological -
![So Blooms the Dawn by Julie C. Dao]()
So Blooms the Dawn by Julie C. Dao
Freshly vampiric Lucy Westenra thirsts for revenge in the second and final book of this Dracula retelling from critically acclaimed author Julie C. Dao.Lucy Westenra, the flirtatious, wealthy, and beautiful debutante who once dazzled London society, is no more. Manipulated into thinking that Vlad understood her fervent darkness, she has become his bitter, blood-spattered, and lifeless bride...romance · horror · vampires · new-adult · fantasy · retellings · poc-author · spooky · historical-fiction · cannibalism -
![Mammalia by Elisenda Solsona]()
Mammalia by Elisenda Solsona
En un futuro asolado por volcanes siempre en erupción, lluvia de ceniza y tormentas de granizo cada vez más violentas, en el que una extraña alteración en el útero de las mujeres ha generado graves problemas de fertilidad a nivel global y el estado ejerce un control absoluto sobre la natalidad y sus cuerpos, una joven decide investigar sus orígenes, saber quién fue antes de ser adoptada cuando... -
![Play Nice by Rachel Harrison]()
Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
A woman must confront the demons of her past when she attempts to fix up her childhood home in this devilishly clever take on the haunted house novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Black Sheep and So Thirsty.Clio Louise Barnes leads a picture-perfect life as a stylist and influencer, but beneath the glossy veneer she harbors a not-so glamorous she grew up in a haunted house...horror · gothic · fiction · paranormal · contemporary · mystery · spooky · season-autumn · thriller · haunted-places -
![Make Me a Monster by Kalynn Bayron]()
Make Me a Monster by Kalynn Bayron
New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron is back with a Frankenstein-tinged horror romance.Meka is used to death. After all, it's the family business.As a newly certified mortician's assistant at her parents' funeral home, her days are not for the faint of heart...romance · horror · fantasy · young-adult · retellings · paranormal · lgbtq · fiction · dark · mystery -
![Making History by K.J. Parker]()
Making History by K.J. Parker
In K. J. Parker's new whip-smart dark fantasy, a group of scholars must do the impossible for a ruthless king. The cost of refusal, of course, is death.History isn't truth, it's propaganda.Seeking war with his neighbor, the tyrannical ruler of Aelia convenes several of his kingdom's professors for a chat...fantasy · fiction · historical-fiction · historical · dark-academia · action-adventure · dystopia · dark · horror · urban-fantasy -
![Damned and Broken Gods by Debbie Cassidy]()
Damned and Broken Gods by Debbie Cassidy
Destiny cannot be forged until it is chosen.As the gods continue to fight their eternal war, they have no clue that another one is brewing. One much closer to home than they could ever realise...romance · action-adventure · friendship · fantasy · family · gods · demons · myths · slow-burn · paranormal -
![The Whistler by Nick Medina]()
The Whistler by Nick Medina
A young man is haunted by a mythological specter bent on stealing everything he loves in this unsettling horror from the author of Indian Burial Ground and Sisters of the Lost Nation.For fear of summoning evil spirits, Native superstition says you should never, ever whistle at night.Henry Hotard was on the verge of fame, gaining a following and traction with his eerie ghost-hunting videos...horror · indigenous-mc · mystery · fiction · audiobook · disability · poc-mc · myths · poc-author · ghosts -
![Blackwicket by Bea Northwick]()
Blackwicket by Bea Northwick
From award-winning author Bea Northwick comes a haunting new tale of fractured magic, monstrous love, and family legacies steeped in blood. Home is where the curses are.In the coastal town of Nightglass, Blackwicket House looms on the cliffs, far from the charming streets bustling with wealthy visitors seeking to experience a bit of real magic...romance · fantasy · gothic · dark · horror · fiction · season-autumn · magic · contemporary · spooky -
![The Haunting of William Thorn by Ben Alderson]()
The Haunting of William Thorn by Ben Alderson
The Notebook meets The Haunting of Hill House in this split timeline queer twisted love story, set against the backdrop of a haunted English manor.William Thorn had his life all planned out… until he discovered his long-term boyfriend Archie in bed with another man. Distraught, William kicks him out of their home, where tragedy strikes when Archie is killed instantly in a car accident... -
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![Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley]()
Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley
It's a Midsommar night's Scream in this blood-soaked thriller set at a remote healing retreat from horror author Brian McAuley.Hannah has been running from her demons ever since she emerged from a harrowing wilderness trip without her fiancé. No one knows exactly what happened the day Ben died, and Hannah would like to keep it that way..horror · fiction · suspense · slasher · serial-killers · spooky · mystery · humor · folk-horror · rural -
![Cursed Evermore by Khardine Gray]()
Cursed Evermore by Khardine Gray
I live on borrowed time. Every thirty days, my world resets. My memories vanish, and the curse begins again, erasing every new memory I've made. I remember who I am, who my family are, and the day my father disappeared in Gryffyn Forest, taking the truth with him. Everything else vanishes with the new moon.Desperate to break the curse, I cast a forbidden blood spell beneath the Phantom Moon... -
![Upon Buried Embers by Kelly Cove]()
Upon Buried Embers by Kelly Cove
I made a deal with him,only he made a deal with someone else.A Dark MF Captive Fantasy RomanceThere I was, being thrown into The Pit where my fate awaited.I was ready, prepared even.Accepting what was to come.But running into a Dragonbond and his clan was something I didn't expect.He says he has use for me, but I would rather be burned alive than be taken by him and their cruel ways...romance · fantasy · enemies-to-lovers · dragons · fae · dark · dark-fantasy · comedy · paranormal · mystery -
![Mob Sorcery 5 by K.D. Robertson]()
Mob Sorcery 5 by K.D. Robertson
A Yakuza demigod lurks in the city, wounded but not defeated, and Vince needs to bring her down for good. He needs a team fit for slaying a god, even if he has to ask for favors from old bosses and cross boundaries to build it.Aulfair's powerful conglomerates prepare for the implosion of one of their own...harem · steamy · fantasy · contemporary · urban-fantasy · urban · fiction · horror · action-adventure · dark -
![Atrocity: The Wellard Asylum by Nova Kane]()
Atrocity: The Wellard Asylum by Nova Kane
Clinically insane.Murdered Suzanne Bishop brutally in cold blood.That’s what my chart says—signed right there on the bottom by the doctors who declared me a lost cause after their pathetic treatments didn’t “fix” me. According to them, I’m broken. Dangerous. A monster. But here’s the thing—they’re wrong. I’m perfectly sane.Sure, I like cutting people open. It’s fascinating, really...dark · mental-illness · mlm · psychological · horror · steamy · fiction · romantic-love · book · adult -
![Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson]()
Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson
From the author of the “exciting, suspenseful, horrifying” (Stephen King) Fever House, a Vietnam veteran and his adopted niece hunt—and are hunted by—the vampire that slaughtered their family.It’s the winter of 1975, and Portland, Oregon, is all sleet and neon...horror · vampires · historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · historical · paranormal · crime · fantasy · spooky -
![The Moss by Lisa Lueddecke]()
The Moss by Lisa Lueddecke
I know how to find her. Don’t follow me. I mean it. It will break Dad if you do. I love you, Em.P.S. Stay away from the Sedge Man. He won’t stop, like a hunter, until there’s nothing left of you. A year after her sister Eve’s sudden disappearance, Emma returns to the small town of Scarrow in northern Maine...horror · young-adult · paranormal · audiobook · fiction · fantasy · supernatural · gothic · folk-horror · rural
![War [Dramatized Adaptation] by Laura Thalassa](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/691af2c0fe0829f1644dc27c.jpg)
