60 Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2023

Hello, 2023!

2022 was a good reading year for me where I read many fantastic horror stories. I’m excited to see that 2023 is already brimming with new and upcoming horror fiction. So, I’ve compiled a list of horror books I’m looking forward to reading this year.

To keep it simple, I chose books that already have official covers and publication dates (please note these dates are subject to change). This list is up until summer because I will make another list for fall.

Mark your calendars and pre-order these books so you don’t miss out!

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Extended Stay by Juan Martinez (17 Jan)
Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt (17 Jan)
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (17 Jan)
What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall (17 Jan)
The Drift by C.J. Tudor (19 Jan)
Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie (24 Jan)
All Hallows by Christopher Golden (24 Jan)
Warning Signs by Jack Harding (30 Jan)
The Whispering Muse by Laura Purcell (2 Feb)
Gothic by Philip Fracassi (3 Feb)

Such Pretty Flowers by K.L. Cerra (7 Feb)
The Spite House by Johnny Compton (7 Feb)
Wasps in the Ice Cream by Tim McGregor (7 Feb)
Don’t Fear The Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones (7 Feb)
The Pledge by Cale Dietrich (14 Feb)
Churn The Soil by Steve Stred (17 Feb)
The Destroyer of Worlds by Matt Ruff (21 Feb)
Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah (21 Feb)
Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder (21 Feb)
The Insatiable Hunger of Trees by Samantha Eaton (21 Feb)

Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury (28 Feb)
She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran (28 Feb)
Mothered by Zoje Stage (1 Mar)
Every Woman Knows This by Laurel Hightower (3 Mar)
A Man Among Ghosts by Steven Hopstaken (7 Mar)
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova (7 Mar)
Piñata by Leopoldo Gout (14 Mar)
Suburban Monsters by Christopher Hawkins (15 Mar)
The Shoemaker’s Magician by Cynthia Pelayo (21 Mar)
Muckross Abbey and Other Stories by Sabina Murray (21 Mar)

Abnormal Statistics by Max Booth III (23 Mar)
The Seething by Ben Monroe (23 Mar)
Chlorine by Jade Song (28 Mar)
A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher (28 Mar)
Lone Women by Victor LaValle (28 Mar)
Linghun by Ai Jiang (4 Apr)
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang (4 Apr)
They Hide: short stories to tell in the dark by Francesca Maria (7 Apr)
The Marigold by Andrew F. Sullivan (18 Apr)
The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (18 Apr)

Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina (18 Apr)
Games for Dead Girls by Jen Williams (18 Apr)
This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham (25 Apr)
Our Own Unique Affliction by Scott J Moses (26 Apr)
Conjuring the Witch by Jessica Leonard (2 May)
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (2 May)
A Hunter Called Night by Tim Waggoner (9 May)
Graveyard of Lost Children by Katrina Monroe (9 May)
Beleth Station by Samantha Kolesnik & Bryan Smith (9 May)
All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley (16 May)

No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories by Premee Mohamed (16 May)
The Devil’s Pocketbook by Ross Jeffery (23 May)
Hungers as Old as This Land by Zachary Rosenberg (23 May)
Killing It by Mike Bockoven (23 May)
Maeve Fly by CJ Leede (6 June)
Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca (9 June)
Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird: Stories by Agustina Bazterrica (20 June)
The Devil’s Playground by Craig Russell (20 June)
Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould (20 June)
Night’s Edge by Liz Kerin (20 June)