54 New and Upcoming Horror Books For Spooky Season

Hello October!

It’s officially spooky season! It’s the best time of the year to curl up with a scary book as the days get shorter and the nights longer. I’m excited about all the new and upcoming horror books so I’ve made a list of the ones that caught my eye. There’s also a free printable reading list below if you want to keep track of these books.

Read on and I hope you’ll find something you like!

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The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales by Eric LaRocca (1 Sept)
Mary Will I Die? by Shawn Sarles (7 Sept)
The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh (7 Sept)
Among The Lilies by Daniel Mills (14 Sept)
Human Tenderloin by Craig Wallwork (15 Sept)
To Break A Covenant by Alison Ames (21 Sept)
How Good It Feels To Burn by Michael R. Goodwin (21 Sept)
The House of Little Bones by Beverley Lee (21 Sept)

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom (21 Sept)
Let Me Out I’ve Had Enough by Mark Matthews (22 Sept)
In Control by Kyle Wright (24 Sept)
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo (28 Sept)
The House of Dust by Noah Broyles (28 Sept)
The Liar of Red Valley by Walter Goodwater (28 Sept)
The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess by Andy Marino (28 Sept)
The Piano Room by Clio Velentza (30 Sept)

The Midnightmare Collection by Kyra R. Torres (1 Oct)
The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke (1 Oct)
Mouth Full of Ashes by Briana Morgan (4 Oct)
The Forest by Lisa Quigley (5 Oct)
Cackle by Rachel Harrison (5 Oct)
Reprieve by James Han Mattson (5 Oct)
The Gold Persimmon by Lindsay Merbaum (5 Oct)
The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling (5 Oct)

The Spirit Engineer by A.J. West (7 Oct)
The Wild Dark by Katherine Silva (12 Oct)
Bury Me In Shadows by Greg Herren (12 Oct)
Dead In The Water by Jennifer Soucy (12 Oct)
The Ghosts of Who You Were by Christopher Golden (12 Oct)
This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno (12 Oct)
The Whistling by Rebecca Netley (14 Oct)
The Watchers by A.M. Shine (14 Oct)

The Hiding Place by Amanda Mason (14 Oct)
Elmwood by N. T. Morris (15 Oct)
Rookfield by Gordon B. White (15 Oct)
When We Entered That House by Claire L. Smith (15 Oct)
The Ghost Sequences by A.C. Wise (19 Oct)
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (19 Oct)
Someone To Share My Nightmares by Sonora Taylor (19 Oct)
The Ghost Tracks by Celso Hurtado (19 Oct)

Bloodsucker City by Jim Towns (19 Oct)
Faithless by Hunter Shea (19 Oct)
The Restoration by J.H. Moncrieff (19 Oct)
Dead Relatives by Lucie McKnight Hardy (21 Oct)
Cunning Folk by Adam L.G. Nevill (25 Oct)
Where They Wait by Scott Carson (26 Oct)
The Son of Abraham by Kathleen Kaufman (26 Oct)
Ékleipsis: the Abyss by Tamel Wino (29 Oct)

Peel Back and See by Mike Thorn (29 Oct)
Almost Ruth by Tyler Jones (31 Oct)
Boys In The Valley by Philip Fracassi (31 Oct)
The Hidden by Melanie Golding (9 Nov)
I Am The Tiger by John Ajvide Lindqvist (11 Nov)
The Shadow People by Graham Masterton (9 Dec)

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

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