Top new horror books out this week: 28 Dec - 3 Jan 2026
Last updated:
January 3, 2026
This week featuring new releases by Victoria Aveyard, Adam Silvera, Erin A. Craig, C.M. Stunich, A.J. Merlin, Sharon Lynn Fisher, K.L. DeVore, Elizabeth Douka, Sophia Hannan, Adrian Phoenix and many more.
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Tempest by Victoria Aveyard
After an auction, Priyanka Krishnan at Harper Voyager has signed North American rights to bestselling YA author Victoria Aveyard’s adult fantasy debut, Tempest...romance · fantasy · outlaws · fiction · young-adult · anthologies · horror · historical · female-mc · dystopia -
![No One Knows Who Dies at the End by Adam Silvera]()
No One Knows Who Dies at the End by Adam Silvera
Upcoming 4th installment of the Death-Cast Universe, this title was originally slated for the 3rd installment, but that was split into 2 books, and the title used for the second half. Official description has yet to be released... -
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Untitled by Erin A. Craig
Lenore's Tale (title to come) will be out summer 2026...romance · fantasy · young-adult · horror · gothic · fiction · mystery · retellings · paranormal · royalty -
![Corrupt by A.J. Merlin]()
Corrupt by A.J. Merlin
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![Tea & Alchemy by Sharon Lynn Fisher]()
Tea & Alchemy by Sharon Lynn Fisher
A tea leaf reader in nineteenth-century England falls in love—and in danger—with a reclusive alchemist in an enthralling historical fantasy by the author of Salt & Broom and Grimm Curiosities.Cornwall, 1854. The people of Roche have always whispered about the recluse in the black granite tower that looms above the moorland...romance · fantasy · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · mystery · gothic · vampires · cozy · paranormal -
![A Shade of Chrome and Malice by K.L. DeVore]()
A Shade of Chrome and Malice by K.L. DeVore
Sequel to A Touch of Gold and Madness, Book 2 in Celestials of Arcadia. Stay tuned for blurb... -
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Fate's Thread by Elizabeth Douka
Book 2 of the Gods and Legends seriesShe was sent to die. He was cursed never to love anyone. Together, they could unmake the heavens.After being cast into Nippur's celestial prison, Eva Galaziou still faces one last secret labor that even the gods refuse to name. She has two months to finish it... or die.But nothing in Nippur is as it appears... -
![We Were Never Here by Sophia Hannan]()
We Were Never Here by Sophia Hannan
A sapphic debut about three ghost hunters turned art thieves using their viral show as a front, who are blackmailed into completing their catastrophic last heist and retrieving the haunted painting that may have murdered their ringleader—but something followed them home that night, and it will do anything to stop them from finishing the job...wlw · horror · young-adult · lgbtq · paranormal · fiction · mystery · gothic · lesbian-mc · romantic-love -
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Wicked Thieves by Rose Marie
Make a bargain—or let the shadows consume you.Which will it be? In the frostbitten kingdom of Elvir, Anelize Yarrow has spent her life as an apothecary in her father’s shop tending to those struggling with an ever-growing, unexplained malady. Determined to find a cure in the hopes of putting a stop to it once and for all...
