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30 Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2021

Are you ready for 2021? I am!

While 2020 has been a hellfire, fortunately the quality of horror fiction remained excellent. There were plenty of fantastic horror books released this year and I hope they entertained you, or at least took your mind off your worries for a while.

So looking ahead to 2021, I have compiled a list of the most anticipated horror books coming soon. To make it simple, I chose the ones that already have a publication date. So mark your calendars and get ready to add them to your list!

Here are 30 horror books I’m looking forward to reading in 2021:

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The Gulp by Alan Baxter (12 Jan)
In The Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce (19 Jan)
In Darkness, Shadows Breathe by Catherine Cavendish (19 Jan)
The Unwelcome by Jacob Steven Mohr (1 Feb)
What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo (2 Feb)
The Children God Forgot by Graham Masterton (4 Feb)

Paradise Club by Tim Meyer (5 Feb)
Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap (9 Feb)
The Upstairs House by Julia Fine (23 Feb)
Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo (25 Feb)
Shelter For The Damned by Mike Thorn (26 Feb)
Later by Stephen King (2 Mar)

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (18 Mar)
The Lost Village by Camilla Sten (23 Mar)
Goddess of Filth by V. Castro (30 Mar)
A Bright Enchanted Suffering by Eric LaRocca (30 Mar)
Whisper Down The Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman (6 Apr)
The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon (6 Apr)

Near The Bone by Christina Henry (13 Apr)
The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky (13 Apr)
Such Pretty Things by Lisa Heathfield (13 Apr)
Song of the Sandman by J-F Dubeau (27 Apr)
The Whispering Dead by Darcy Coates (4 May)
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (13 Jul)

Come With Me by Ronald Malfi (20 Jul)
The Dead and The Dark by Courtney Gold (3 Aug)
The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins (3 Aug)
The Devil Makes Three by Tori Bovalino (10 Aug)
Chasing The Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar (17 Aug)
My Heart Is A Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (31 Aug)

Which new releases are you most excited for? Let me know in the comments below!


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3 Comments

  • Erica Metcalf

    AMAZING list! I just added a bunch of these to my TBR. A few that you listed I’m also really excited for! I’m also looking forward to Cruel Summer by Wesley Southard (Jan 15), The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor (Jan 26th), Severed by Joshua Marsella (Feb 17), The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu (Mar 18), The Mind Is Dark & Deep by Eric LaRocca (Jun 2021), Survive the Night by Riley Sager (Jun 29), Below by Kev Harrison (Aug 2021) to name a few! 😀 It’s looking like it’s going to be a great year for publishing!

    • Aina

      Thank you, those are some great additions! I didn’t include CJ Tudor and Riley Sager because their books are listed as thrillers but I’m still excited to read them. I’ll be sure to keep an eye out for the others too! 🙂

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