Books that are coming soon This Is Horror readers may love.
July 2025
1 July 2025
A Mother Always Knows by Sarah Strohmeyer
“An electrifying novel of psychological suspense that explores the way our pasts shape our futures in so many unexpected ways.”
(Harper Perennial)
Psychological Suspense
Come Knocking by Mike Bockoven
“The enthralling and terrifying exploration of human nature under extreme conditions poses unsettling questions about the grotesque underbelly of immersive experiences and the true nature of reality.”
(Skyhorse)
Horror
Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias
“In this mosaic horror/crime novel, ghosts and old gods guide the hands of those caught up in a violent struggle to save the soul of the American southwest.”
(Mulholland Books)
Horror/Crime
My Ex, the Antichrist by Craig Dilouie
“A twisted tale of love, heartbreak, and the apocalypse.”
(Run for It)
Horror
Oddbody by Rose Keating
“In her debut collection, Rose Keating takes you on a bold journey through the intricacies of sex, shame, and womanhood. “
(Simon & Schuster)
Short Story Collection
Show Me Where It Hurts by Robert E. Stahl
“With his debut collection, Show Me Where It Hurts, Robert E. Stahl lures us into his dark world with examinations of loss, trauma, and transformation.”
(JournalStone Publishing)
Horror Short Story Collection
3 July 2025
They Will Surprise You by VB Scott
15 July 2025
Pins by Jessica McHugh17 July 2025
Dark Roads Travelled by Tony Tremblay
(Haverhill House Press)
Horror
22 July 2025
Basilisk by Matt Wixey
“A terrifying and unputdownable horror-thriller novel of fiendish puzzles, compelling mysteries and paranoia about an enigmatic hacker, a deadly online game, and a cyber weapon that makes people go insane.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi
“This ghoulish and deliciously thrilling sophomore novel pushes the boundaries of the genre in the vein of Agatha Christie, Saltburn, and Knives Out.”
(Henry Holt)
Thriller
Negative Images by Rebecca Schier-Akamelu
(Rising Action)
Horror fiction
The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones
“A chilling and masterfully terrifying horror novel about a young woman who is all that stands between malicious supernatural forces and the children in her care.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw
“The Hellebore Technical Institute for the Gifted is the premier academy for the dangerously powerful: the Anti-Christs and Ragnaroks, the world-eaters and apocalypse-makers.”
(Tor Nightfire)
Horror
29 July 2025
Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
(Tandem Literary)
Blood Slaves by Markus Redmond
(Kensington Publishing)
August 2025
5 August 2025
We Like It Cherry by Jacy Morris
(Tenebrous Press)
12 August 2025
Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
“A statistics professor tries to survive a series of gruesome and impossibly unlikely disasters linked to a supernaturally lucky Vegas casino, while dealing with her own erasure as a bisexual, in this chilling and quick-witted horror novel.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
15 August 2025
Squirming All the Way Up
(Madness Heart Press)
26 August 2025
Doll Parts by Penny Zang
(Sourcebooks Landmark)
Secret Lives of the Dead by Tim Lebbon
“A dark folk horror tale of a deadly family curse, crime and murder that is sure to turn your blood cold, from the award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Netflix’s The Silence.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
September 2025
2 September 2025
A Blood as Bright as the Moon by Andrea Morstabilini
“A vampire, desperately torn between worlds, is hunted down by a secret society bent on his destruction, in this timeless and unsettling queer gothic horror.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
Frankenstein’s Monster by J. S. Barnes
“A writer finds his rural English life disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious doctor with a legendary past in this bold and chilling sequel to Frankenstein, written in the style of Mary Shelley’s classic.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
Night & Day edited by Ellen Datlow
(Saga Press)
5 September 2025
In the House of In Between by J.D. Buffington
(Standing 8 Count Publications)
9 September 2025
Acquired Taste by Clay McLeod Chapman
“A startling, witty and downright terrifying collection of 25 short stories from the “21st century’s Richard Matheson” (Richard Chizmar, Chasing the Boogeyman.), including the Shirley Jackson award-nominated Stay on the Line.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
Burnt Sparrow—We Are Always Tender with Our Dead by Eric LaRocca
“The disturbing first installment of a new trilogy of intense, visceral, beautifully written queer horror set in a small New England town.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson
(Random House)
House of Idyll by Delilah S. Dawson
“From the New York Times-bestselling author of Bloom and Guillotine comes a darkly seductive tale of beautiful rock stars, sinister cults, and a magical oasis where dreams come true… for a price.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
“A woman must confront the demons of her past when she attempts to fix up her childhood home in this devilishly clever take on the haunted house novel from the USA Today-bestselling author of Black Sheep and So Thirsty.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
Reef Mind by Hazel Zorn
“A powerful, intelligent, and goddamn horrifyingly relevant slice of Eco-Horror.”
(Tenebrous Press)
Horror
Roots of My Fears ed. by Gemma Amor
“British Fantasy and Bram Stoker-nominated author Gemma Amor brings together a unique line-up of 14 authors to explore heritage and horror.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
The Belles by Lacey N. Dunham
(Atria Books)
The Burial Tide by Neil Sharpson
(Zando)
The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson
(Harper Voyager)
Horror fiction
The Monsters Among Us by Kent Priore
“A multi-epochal epic with neurodivergent representation and a unique magic system which ties to the narrative’s philosophical core.”
(Rowan Prose Publishing)
Dark Fantasy/Horror
16 September 2025
Fiend by Alma Katsu
“From a Goodreads Choice and Stoker Award®-winning author, Succession meets The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry in this taut, fast-paced tale of sibling betrayal as the three heirs to a powerful syndicate rush to fill the vacuum after their father falls critically ill, not realising the demonic forces he kept at bay.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
Legend Has It by DJ Slater
“Some places weren’t meant to be found.”
(Rowan Prose Publishing)
Horror
No Rest for the Wicked by Rachel Louise Adams
“A dark, suspenseful thriller with pitch-black humour, in which a series of grisly murders in the week of 31 October take place in the ‘Halloween town’ of Little Horton – a community famed throughout the Midwest for celebrating the festival with gusto.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piper
“A wildly inventive and downright terrifying collection of 13 stories covering everything from grisly body horror and ancient eldritch beings to horrifying urban legends, all brought to life by the Bram Stoker award-winning author of Queen of Teeth.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
The Ghosts of Merry Hall by Heather Davey
“A chilling ghost story in which a mother and daughter move into a crumbling house haunted by the ghost of a girl who performed in Victorian freak shows, through which wind whistles eerily, floorboards creak ominously and things go bump in the night.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
The Night Birds by Christopher Golden
“The next gripping, atmospheric horror novel from NYT-bestselling author Christopher Golden, set in a deteriorated, half-sunken freighter ship off the coast of Galveston, TX.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards
(Atria Books)
23 September 2025
If You Knew Me by S.P. Miskowski
(Thomas & Mercer)
Psychological thriller
Why I Love Horror edited by Becky Spratford
(Saga Press)
25 September 2025
Blood on the Boardwalk by Donna Taylor30 September 2025
25 Days by Per Jacobsen
(Atria Books)
A Little Too Haunted by Justine Pucella Winans
(Bloomsbury)
Demon Song by Kelsea Yu
“A young woman discovers the terrifying secrets lurking within the walls of a Beijing opera house, in this addictive Gothic horror novella inspired by Chinese mythology about the price of fame, and the bonds between mothers and daughters.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
The Captive by Kit Burgoyne
“A darkly comedic, cinematic horror about a revolutionary group who kidnap an heiress, only to discover she’s pregnant with the antichrist, and she’s about to give birth, from Ned Beauman, writing as Kit Burgoyne.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
(Creature Publishing)
Horror fiction
The October Film Haunt by Michael Wehunt
(St. Martin’s Press)
Horror
What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
“The next novella in the New York Times-bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton investigating the dark, mysterious depths of a coal mine in America, from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author T. Kingfisher.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
October 2025
7 October 2025
Cinder House by Freya Marske
(Tor)
Final Orbit by Chris Hadfield
(Mulholland Books)
If the Dead Belong Here by Carson Faust
“A multigenerational horror saga about an Indigenous American family, a missing girl, and a dark curse that echoes down generations, perfect for readers of Stephen Graham Jones, Erika T. Wurth and Shane Hawk.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
Man, F*ck This House (And Other Disasters) by Brian Asman
(Blackstone Publishing)
Short Story Collection
Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine by Kristina Ten
“Populated by living paper dolls, summer camp legends, and trivia nights gone terribly wrong.”
(Stillhouse Press)
Short Story Collection
The Flesh King by Richard Kadrey
“Tilda, Ford and Neuland hit NYC to hunt a flesh-eating monster in this bloody, macabre and witty supernatural noir packed twists, turns, betrayals and showdowns.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
14 October 2025
Futility by Nuzo Onoh
“For readers of Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister the Serial Killer and Bella Mackie’s How to Kill Your Family, this is a monstrous, gleeful, bitingly funny tale of murder, body-swapping and bloody vengeance from the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award® for Lifetime Achievement and ‘Queen of African Horror’.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
My Lips, Her Voice by LL Madrid
(Creature Publishing)
The Last Spirits of Manhattan by John A McDermott
(Atria Books)
21 October 2025
Cathedral of the Drowned by Nathan Ballingrud
“Lovecraftian horror meets the wildly inventive mind of Shirley Jackson award-winning author Nathan Ballingrud, in this cosmic horror sequel to Crypt of the Moon Spider, perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
(Tenebrous Press)
Short Story Collection
28 October 2025
Simultaneous by Eric Heisserer
“From the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Arrival comes a phenomenal speculative thriller about a federal agent and a therapist who team up to stop an otherworldly killer.”
(Flatiron Books)
Thriller
Writhe by Abby Vail
(Sobelo Books)
Horror novella
November 2025
4 November 2025
Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin
“A queer horror novella about the occult, cult cinema, queer desires and other things left on the cutting room floor.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry
“A woman must confront the evil that has been terrorizing her street since she was a child in this gripping haunted house novel.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
11 November 2025
59 Minutes by Holly Seddon
“Nuclear missile threat to South England. 59 minutes until impact. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a test.”
(Atria Books)
Thriller
Dear Stupid Penpal by Rascal Hartley
(Tenebrous Press)
Epistolary Cosmic Horror/Sci-Fi
Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher
“In this witty fantasy horror from New York Times bestselling, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author T. Kingfisher, a young woman seeking a fresh start is confronted by ancient gods, malevolent supernatural forces, and eccentric neighbours in an isolated desert town.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
January 2026
13 January 2026
I, in the Shadows by Tori Bovalino
“Cyrano de Bergerac meets Beetlejuice in this bewitching, passionate tale of the unlikely alliance between a ghost and the girl who moves into a haunted house, perfect for fans of supernatural small-town horror, witty ghosts, and amateur teenage sleuths.”
(Titan Books)
Horror
February 2026
3 February 2026
The Darkness Greeted by Christina Ferko
(Sourcebooks Fire)
YA Horror
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