Top new horror books out this week: 19 Oct - 25 Oct 2025
Last updated:
October 25, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Olivie Blake, Joe Hill, Richard Swan, Jim C. Hines, Sky Blu, Helen Scott, Lyndsay Ely, A. Knightley, Margo Smythe, Eden Royce and many more.
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Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake
A deliciously satirical standalone from the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six. Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake is a contemporary, darkly-fun novel about violence, lust and eating your fill, as wealthy moms and sorority girls practicing a sinister new wellness trend . . .Good girls deserve a treat... -
![King Sorrow by Joe Hill]()
King Sorrow by Joe Hill
Arthur Oakes is a reader, a dreamer, and a student at Rackham College, Maine, renowned for its frosty winters, exceptional library, and beautiful buildings. But his idyll—and burgeoning romance with Gwen Underfoot—is shattered when a local drug dealer and her partner corner him into one of the worst crimes he can imagine: stealing rare books from the college library...horror · fantasy · fiction · dragons · dark · dark-fantasy · spooky · ghosts · suspense · supernatural -
![The Scour by Richard Swan]()
The Scour by Richard Swan
Fifteen years before the events of The Justice of Kings, Vonvalt and Bressinger investigate the imprisonment of a fellow justice for murder...fantasy · fiction · horror · mystery · grim-dark · historical-fiction · crime · male-author · dark · dark-fantasy -
![Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines]()
Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines
Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Golden Girls in this humorous contemporary standalone fantasy about a group of former Chosen Ones coming out of retirement to save the world one last timeThree former Chosen Ones have joined together to spend their retirement in peace and quiet, running Second Life Books and Gifts in Salem, MA...fantasy · urban-fantasy · mystery · fiction · horror · paranormal · cozy · low-fantasy · contemporary · law-enforcement -
![Saving the Angel of Death by Sky Blu]()
Saving the Angel of Death by Sky Blu
KILLIANI was a little kid when I found the only creature in this world who could silence the darkness inside me. She was my angel. But once the devil saw how pure and special our love was, he and his demons destroyed me.I’ll never be worthy of her after what they did to me.To ease the torment, the hollowness, and quiet the darkness, I joined the priesthood... -
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![A Taste of Silver by Helen Scott]()
A Taste of Silver by Helen Scott
He's been watching me through every mirror for centuries.In the kingdom of Virelda, reflections are forbidden and it's said that a phantom prince lives behind the glass, with a voice so beautiful it drives people mad. When I'm hired to silence him, I discover why he's really Me.He says that we were lovers before I sacrificed my memories to save him... -
![The Lost Reliquary by Lyndsay Ely]()
The Lost Reliquary by Lyndsay Ely
A divinely-blessed warrior bound to the last living goddess plots deicide to win her freedom in this propulsive epic fantasy for fans of Godkiller and Gideon the Ninth.The Devoted Lands was once home to many gods: Salt, Stone, Storm, Green, Shadow. Now, after centuries of devastating wars, only Tempestra-Innara, the Eternal Flame, remains...fantasy · fiction · epic · gods · high-fantasy · action-adventure · audiobook · paranormal · horror · sword-sorcery -
![The Lookout's Ghost by A. Knightley]()
The Lookout's Ghost by A. Knightley
Reece WestI don’t believe in ghosts. I also don’t believe in cottage cheese as a main food group, but sometimes in life, we are forced to confront when we’re wrong.Thankfully, I was only mistaken about the ghosts.At thirty-four years old, I’m arguably too young to have a midlife crisis, but a life-changing diagnosis followed swiftly by a caustic breakup seems to have done the trick...romance · mlm · paranormal · mystery · ghosts · forced-proximity · fantasy · lgbtq · suspense · contemporary -
![What Blooms in Barren Lands by Margo Smythe]()
What Blooms in Barren Lands by Margo Smythe
When hope is in ruins and the future burns, a dark freedom rises from the ashes.When her dreams of having a family are shattered, Renata’s life unravels completely. But so do the lives of everyone else, as a mind-altering disease ravages the global population...romance · dystopia · zombies · post-apocalyptic · horror · dark · splatterpunk · graphic-violence · paranormal · contemporary -
![Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce]()
Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce
Ignyte and Mythopoeic Award-winning author Eden Royce pens a Southern Gothic historical fantasy story of a contentious funeral in her adult fiction debut.Phee St. Margaret is a daughter of the Reconstruction, born to a family of free Black business owners in New Charleston...fantasy · horror · historical-fiction · gothic · historical · fiction · spooky · mystery · supernatural · gaslamp -
![The Death-Made Prince by Lisette Marshall]()
The Death-Made Prince by Lisette Marshall
A runewitch on the run has only one option join forces with the sarcastic, unpleasantly gorgeous necromancer she loathesThe man Thraga loved is dead, and her future is in shambles. When she's sentenced to the gallows for killing her lover's murderers, it's a relief more than anything… until, the night before her execution, a necromancer is thrown into her cell...europe · scandinavia · romance · slow-burn · witches-wizards · political-intrigue · dark · sci-fi · myths · necromancy -
![The Sister's Curse by Nicola Solvinic]()
The Sister's Curse by Nicola Solvinic
There’s something in the water in Bayern County…When mysterious drownings plague her small town, a detective haunted by her serial killer father must uncover whether revenge, ancient legends, or something darker lurks beneath the surface.Lieutenant Anna Koray thought she'd finally found solid ground and escaped her past as the daughter of a notorious serial killer...mystery · horror · suspense · murder · psychological · killer · witches-wizards · magical-realism · contemporary · crime -
![Days of Vengeance by Rachel Mays]()
Days of Vengeance by Rachel Mays
EmilieEscaping Murvort should have been the end of my nightmares, but everywhere I look, I'm tormented by the ghosts of my enemies. Their phantom gazes linger on me, and their fingerprints are permanently etched into my skin. I can only pray to the gods that I'll be able to move on with my life once Reyna and her loyalists are all dead and buried.LadonGuilt weighs heavily on my mind...war · royalty · magic · fantasy · arranged-marriage · action-adventure · fiction · horror · romance · dark -
![A Heart So Haunted by Hollie Nelson]()
A Heart So Haunted by Hollie Nelson
In this evocative and stunning debut, secrets in the very bones of Harthwait House are disturbed when a new tenant moves in, for fans of Ashley Poston and A House with Good Bones.Be wary the beds and the space beneath,the cracks in the floors and the furnace teeth.Keep your eyes from the shadows and tongue so still.Because once Harthwait grows dark, the monsters become real...romance · horror · paranormal · fantasy · fiction · monsters · haunted-places · mental-illness · gothic · mystery -
![When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee]()
When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee
A fierce, glamorous sapphic fantasy reimagining the secret societies of postcolonial Singapore, for fans of Jade City, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and the feverish intensity of RF Kuang’s Poppy War trilogy. Singapore, 1972: Newly independent, a city of immigrants grappling for power in a fast-modernizing world...asia · southeast-asia · singapore · urban · fantasy · wlw · historical-fiction · lgbtq · historical · fiction -
![A State of Dreamosis by A.D. Wrae]()
A State of Dreamosis by A.D. Wrae
Welcome to Aevalis, where vengeance is a vow and fate is a four-letter word.They trained Lilith Thorne to be a weapon. Raised in a gilded cage and forged by a corrupt council, she was meant to be their perfect, obedient tool. But with the memory of her murdered family burning in her soul, she has only one to burn their rotten world to the ground.They exiled Draxion Kael to be forgotten... -
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