Top new horror books out this week: 25 Jan - 31 Jan 2026
Last updated:
January 29, 2026
This week featuring new releases by George Saunders, Annelise Ryan, Heather Graham, Robert Brockway, Amanda Linsmeier, Clare Sager, Rebecca Ferrier, Jon Cohn, Maria Tureaud, Allison Mick and many more.
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Vigil by George Saunders
A wise, playful, electric novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO, in the twilight hours of his life, as he is ferried from this world into the next... -
![Monster in the Moonlight by Annelise Ryan]()
Monster in the Moonlight by Annelise Ryan
Do werewolves exist? That’s the question skeptical cryptozoologist Morgan Carter has to answer in the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling mystery series.The discovery of a dead body along Bray Road in Wisconsin sparks rumors of The Beast of Bray Road, a werewolf-like creature that is said to inhabit the area.The dead woman has been mutilated by some kind of large animal...cozy · horror · mystery · fiction · supernatural · paranormal · suspense · female-mc · monsters · female-author -
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The Witching Hours by Heather Graham
A haunting murder and kidnapping on the outskirts of Salem, MA sends two people with unique talents hunting for answers from both the past and present in internationally bestselling author Heather Graham’s electrifying new Krewe of Hunters spin off for fans of Stephen King, Jayne Ann Krentz, Riley Sager, and Simone St. James...romance · mystery · suspense · paranormal · fiction · horror · law-enforcement · police-procedural · book · adult -
![I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200 by Robert Brockway]()
I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200 by Robert Brockway
To lonely eight-year-old Kay Washington the worst thing in the world is silence. That’s why Eddie Video makes the perfect imaginary friend. He’s smart, rambunctious, and loves pulling pranks. But most important, he’s never ever quiet. Forty-something, immigrant Ivanon is a contract killer with an unusual imaginary friends who’ve overstayed their welcome... -
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A Dance With Death by Amanda Linsmeier
He laces his fingers into my hair and gently tugs me in, his powerful hand threaded into the wet strands. I whimper, from fear more so than pain. It doesn’t hurt. But each word is enunciated as he warns, “Do. Not. Ever. Steal. From. Me. Again.” Corliss Bell would do anything to bring her older sister, Aven, back to life. She’d give up her dreams of being a professional ballerina...romance · fantasy · demons · gothic · magic · young-adult · dark · fiction · action-adventure · urban-fantasy -
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![King of Ravens by Clare Sager]()
King of Ravens by Clare Sager
Clare Sager presents an all-new dark, lush romantasy set in the world of the Sabreverse... -
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A Spell for Drowning by Rebecca Ferrier
This stunning historical fantasy debut is steeped in the salt and superstition of the Cornish coast, full of forgotten sirens, mischievous sea gods, and the lore from days long since passed. Perfect for readers of Circe and The Bear and the Nightingale...fantasy · historical-fiction · witches-wizards · magic · myths · fiction · historical · nautical · low-fantasy · romantic-love -
![The Creed Falls Massacres: A Horror Novel by Jon Cohn]()
The Creed Falls Massacres: A Horror Novel by Jon Cohn
A relentless slasher horror novel with an otherworldly twist you'll ever see coming. Read at your own risk!A town divided. An unknowable evil. Actually, make that two evils.Seventeen years ago, a machete wielding masked maniac known as the Silver Fox terrorized Camp Creed, killing nineteen people on a night that became infamous as The Creed Falls Massacre... -
![This House Will Feed by Maria Tureaud]()
This House Will Feed by Maria Tureaud
Amidst the devastation of Ireland’s Great Famine, a young woman is salvaged from certain death when offered a mysterious position at a remote manor house haunted by a strange power and the horror of her own memories in this chillingly evocative historical novel braided with gothic horror and supernatural suspense for readers of Katherine Arden’s The Warm Hands of Ghosts and The Silence Factory...horror · historical-fiction · gothic · historical · paranormal · fiction · haunted-places · spooky · suspense · book -
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Humboldt Cut by Allison Mick
Jordan Peele and Jeff Vandermeer meet The Overstory in comedy writer Allison Mick’s darkly humorous debut eco-horror novel, as a Black woman returns home to the redwood forests of northern California, only to unearth the monsters that lurk among the trees…Jasmine Bay is a nurse for an Oakland mental health facility, battling her own demons, caught in a spiral of suicidal despair...
