60 Most Anticipated Horror Books For Spooky Season 2026

Hello October!

It’s time for my favourite time of the year – spooky season! So I have compiled a list of new and upcoming horror books coming out in autumn. I have previously made a list for summer horror releases for more book recommendations.

Please note this list is not comprehensive and publication dates are subject to change. Mark your calendars and pre-order these books so you don’t miss out!

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• Crone by Keith Rosson (22 Sept)
• Incarnate by Alma Katsu (22 Sept)
• Traps and Specters by Philip Fracassi (22 Sept)
• Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm (22 Sept)
• Worry Box by Chris Panatier (22 Sept)
• Insatiable by Erica Ridley (22 Sept)
• Mazywood by Tananarive Due (22 Sept)
• Little Kin by Katya de Becerra (22 Sept)
• Newbourne Park by Jennifer Thorne (29 Sept)
• Video Night by Adam Cesare (29 Sept)
• The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson (29 Sept)
• The Ship of Death by Kyle Winkler (29 Sept)

• American Crow by Ryan Burruss (6 Oct)
• Dive Bar at the End of the Road by Kelley Armstrong (6 Oct)
• Find Me Where It Ends by Cassandra Khaw (6 Oct)
• Bruja’s Nest by Brenda LaTorre (6 Oct)
• Fitcher’s Bird by A.G. Slatter (6 Oct)
• Raven by Lyndsay Faye (6 Oct)
• The Finalist by Faith Gladwin (6 Oct)
• House Haunters by KC Jones (6 Oct)
• Killing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar (6 Oct)
• Morsels by Abe Moss (6 Oct)
• Portrait of a Haunting by Madison Tyler Nelson (6 Oct)
• The House Built on Alligator Bones by Sophia Huneycutt (6 Oct)

• What Feeds Below by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne (6 Oct)
• Your Beloved Remains by Quinn Connor (6 Oct)
• Be Not Afraid by Phillip Keeling (9 Oct)
• Don’t Leave Her Alone by Desirée de Fez (13 Oct)
• The Creeps by Michael Paul Kozlowsky (13 Oct)
• Mystery Play by Elizabeth Kostova (13 Oct)
• It Looks Like You in the Dark by Mathilda Zeller (13 Oct)
• The Forest Bleeds by Rachel Kitch (13 Oct)
• Off the Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones (13 Oct)
• Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak (13 Oct)
• Monstera by Delilah S. Dawson (13 Oct)
• To Bewitch a Hunter by Luciano Lamberti (13 Oct)

• The Water House by Nneoma Ike-Njoku (13 Oct)
• The Woman of the House by Kate Mooney (13 Oct)
• Happy Hour by Gemma Amor (20 Oct)
• Tatratea by Alex Woodroe (20 Oct)
• What the Forest Devours by Elaine Vilar Madruga (20 Oct)
• The Turning of Sally-Mae by Nuzo Onoh (20 Oct)
• The Haunting of Lavender House by Natalie Kikic (20 Oct)
• Needlemouth by K-Ming Chang (20 Oct)
• The Witching House by John Everson (20 Oct)
• When the Night Comes Knocking by Katherine Daniel (20 Oct)
• From the Library of Jurgen Leitner by Premee Mohamed & Jonathan Sims (27 Oct)
• Going to Summertime by Kaaron Warren (27 Oct)

• Savage Lake by Nick Medina (27 Oct)
• The Porcelain Sisters by Daryl Gregory (27 Oct)
• Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun (27 Oct)
• Scorpion Deep by CG Drews (27 Oct)
• She Isn’t Herself Tonight by Hailey Piper (27 Oct)
• Chimera Skin by Johnny Compton (3 Nov)
• Behind the Gate by Amparo Davila (3 Nov)
• There Used to Be People Here by Kennedy Cole (3 Nov)
• Depth Charge by Tyler Jones (10 Nov)
• Milkteeth by Caitlin Starling (10 Nov)
• Cold Empty Rooms by Andy Marino (10 Nov)
• Welcome Home, Mariam by Sanchita Mitra (10 Nov)

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

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