Most anticipated horror books, available for pre-order

Last updated: 29 Jan 2026
  • HOW TO KILL A GUY IN TEN DATES by Shailee Thompson

    HOW TO KILL A GUY IN TEN DATES by Shailee Thompson

    A humorous, swoony, and downright terrifying horror romance in which a young woman gets caught in the middle of a murder spree at a speed-dating event and must use her encyclopedic knowledge of the horror genre to make it as a real-life Final Girl...
  • The Glowing Hours by Leila Siddiqui

    The Glowing Hours by Leila Siddiqui

    “Strange how one can find they are an interruption in another person’s story . . .” A mind-bending, revisionist gothic horror story about the fabled summer Mary Shelley began work on Frankenstein, as told by her Indian housemaid. For fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Isabel Cañas, and Kathe Koja...
  • The Heir and the Spare by Harper L. Woods

    The Heir and the Spare by Harper L. Woods

    From New York Times bestselling author Harper L. Woods comes The Heir and the Spare, a never-before-published novella in the Of Flesh & Bone series!Once, I’d spent my life in the tunnels beneath the mountains.As one of the infants taken from Alfheimr, I spent twelve lifetimes hidden away in the tunnels of the Resistance with a Lunar Witch to watch over me...
  • The Runes of Ruin: A Nordic Romantasy by Karina Halle

    The Runes of Ruin: A Nordic Romantasy by Karina Halle

    In a competition to become Odin's chosen Valkyrie, one woman must prove she can hunt down and kill Loki—with help from a mysterious guide who is secretly Loki himself. A Nordic Romantasy Standalone from the NYT Bestselling author of Realm of Thieves and Blood Orange...
  • Elemental Awakening by Bobbie Wirkmaa

    Elemental Awakening by Bobbie Wirkmaa

    Set in a realm of elemental clans and long-sleeping dragons, Elemental Awakening follows a young woman’s rise from survivor to Spiritborn—the realm’s most dangerous legend—and the warlord she was never meant to love.When 23-year-old Amara Thalor awakens her elemental powers during a brutal Shadow Force attack, she’s named the a prophesied wielder of all four elements...
  • Evil is Forever by Trilina Pucci

    Evil is Forever by Trilina Pucci

    In this sizzling sequel to One Killer Night, a special effects artist and a hotshot chef put their shared past to the test to survive a stalker—and their feelings for each other.It’s been two years since Evie and Chase clawed their way out of the real-life horror movie that would define most people. They’ve finally moved on.Or so they thought.Evie’s doing special effects for a new slasher film...
  • Evil is Forever by Trilina Pucci

    Evil is Forever by Trilina Pucci

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  • She Made Herself a Monster by Anna Kovatcheva

    She Made Herself a Monster by Anna Kovatcheva

    A heady, dark-hued Gothic gem of a debut in nineteenth-century Bulgaria, a self-proclaimed vampire slayer—actually, a traveling con artist—joins forces with a teenage girl to create a monster deadly enough to vanquish their own demons. We make monsters in order to destroy them. For thousands of years, we’ve named witches and burned them, suspected demons and exorcised them...
  • Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer

    Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer

    A "traditional wife" influencer allows a demonic creature to impregnate her in this unnerving horror novel, perfect for fans of Nightbitch and Mary, from the author of Serial Killer Support Group. Every #tradwife needs a baby. She’ll get one at any cost...
  • The Clock and The Carnival by Brandi Elise Szeker

    The Clock and The Carnival by Brandi Elise Szeker

    “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”She never believed the stories of the Fallen Saint or Patient Thirteen.Those fictional warriors have always been her lovesick mother, holding the frail, weak hand of the father she'd never know...
  • Caged by Fallen Crows: Part One by Ava Larksen

    Caged by Fallen Crows: Part One by Ava Larksen

    The second book in the Of Crows and Thorns Saga - following Book #1, Bound in Inked Flame. Details to come later...
  • The Fox Hunt: A Novel by Caitlin Breeze

    The Fox Hunt: A Novel by Caitlin Breeze

    Behind closed doors at England’s most ancient university, a circle of privileged students enter into a dark pagan ritual—one that holds tantalizing power and comes at a terrible price.When practical, unassuming second-year student Emma Curran wins an exciting research fellowship, she is ushered into the glittering debauchery of the University elite...
  • Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams

    Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams

    From the critically acclaimed author of No Exit and The Last Word comes a story of two friends who embark on an ill-fated caving expedition—and the dark truth of what happens deep underground. After years of excuses, Tess has finally agreed to go caving with her best friend Alma...
  • The Fourth Princess: A Gothic Novel of Old Shanghai by Janie Chang

    The Fourth Princess: A Gothic Novel of Old Shanghai by Janie Chang

    Janie Chang's THE FOURTH PRINCESS, a Gothic-style novel set amid the sparkle and decadence of pre-World War I...
  • Adrift by Will Dean

    Adrift by Will Dean

    The author of the “master class in suspense” (Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author) The Chamber returns with a high-tension thriller about a family’s descent into darkness that is perfect for fans of Dennis Lehane and Lisa Jewell.Peggy and Drew, both aspiring writers, move to an isolated canal boat with their fourteen-year-old son...
  • The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan

    The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan

    A tragic love story, a bewitching twist on history, and a blood-drenched hunt for purpose, power, and redemption—The Red Winter by debut author Cameron Sullivan is the story of the first werewolf.In 1785, Professor Sebastian Grave receives the news he fears most: the terrible Beast of Gevaudan has returned, and the French countryside runs red in its wake.Sebastian knows the Beast...
  • Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity

    Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity

    In this debut gothic fantasy, the first book of an enthralling fantasy romance trilogy, a young woman who can see the dead strikes a deal with a magnetic and dangerous purveyor of dark secrets to save her brother’s life. Three years ago, Leena Al-Sayer awoke with a terrible power. She can see the dead...
  • A Secret in the Garden by Jeneane O'Riley

    A Secret in the Garden by Jeneane O'Riley

    From USA Today bestselling author Jeneane O'Riley comes the first in a series of deliciously dark and whimsical standalone romances.Some secrets were never meant to be unearthed. Perched on a windswept cliff, Blackwood Manor looms like a dark monument to a mysterious family...
  • Dollface: A Novel by Lindy Ryan

    Dollface: A Novel by Lindy Ryan

    Barbie meets Scream with a 90s nostalgia twist in this horror romp from Bless Your Heart author Lindy Ryan. Horror author Jill has just moved to suburban New Jersey, hoping to fit in with the new PTA moms and maybe not weird everyone out with her Final Girl coffee mug. You know. Make some real friends...
  • A Rose of Blood and Binding by Claire Legrand

    A Rose of Blood and Binding by Claire Legrand

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  • Poison Amidst Blooms by Cassandra Aston

    Poison Amidst Blooms by Cassandra Aston

    Book two in the Deadly Fae Duology.Summary coming in July, 2025...