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Meet the Rising Stars of Horror
If you want a real scare, set aside your beloved horror classics—you know what darkness lurks within their pages, what chilling plot twists await. Aren't you ready for a different breed of monster? A truly unknown sense of dread? Then perhaps it's time to update your Want to Read shelf with the newest voices of the genre!
To help you get started on your spooky reading journey, we rounded up the breakout stars of horror. From Christina Henry's dark, disturbing retellings of children's stories to Victor LaValle's occult epic, The Ballad of Black Tom, these are gripping tales of fear and foreboding for the modern era.
For this list, we focused on authors who have recently published at least two popular horror books. Browse the titles below and find something new to tingle your spine.
To help you get started on your spooky reading journey, we rounded up the breakout stars of horror. From Christina Henry's dark, disturbing retellings of children's stories to Victor LaValle's occult epic, The Ballad of Black Tom, these are gripping tales of fear and foreboding for the modern era.
For this list, we focused on authors who have recently published at least two popular horror books. Browse the titles below and find something new to tingle your spine.
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What new voices of horror would you recommend? Let's talk in the comments!
Check out complete coverage of Horror Week:
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Check out complete coverage of Horror Week:
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Victor LaValle Examines Lovecraft's Long-Lasting Influence
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I really think Nick Cutter should be on this list. All of his books are haunting, original, and terrifying.
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Darcy Coates is excellent! Great sense of atmosphere, The Carrow Haunt is another good title of hers.
I absolutely adored The Hatching! I'm excited to finish the trilogy soon.
Sarah wrote: "I really think Nick Cutter should be on this list. All of his books are haunting, original, and terrifying."Agreed. The Troop was excellent. Also really enjoying Little Heaven.
Thanks for this list--I'm already a fan of several of these writers, and looking for books by the several others I haven't read. Christina Henry's newest, The Girl in Red, belongs on her list for sure. I'm breathlessly awaiting something new from Ezekiel Boone. Another of my faves is Cherie Priest, although she's been writing for a while and probably now longer fits a definition of a "rising star"--her The Family Plot is one of the best ghost stories ever, and this year's The Toll, is pretty darn good, too.
I am so happy to see Grady Hendrix at the top of this list. He is my newest favorite author.
I can't help but notice how generic the covers look on most of these.
I absolutely love Grady Hendrix, he's my newest favorite author. We sold our souls was one of the best books I read last year.
Grady Hendrix helped curate a list for NPR a year or two ago. It's quite a bit more comprehensive and includes some of the same suggestions, and includes some of the important ones missing from this list. https://www.npr.org/2018/08/16/632779...
Sarah wrote: "I really think Nick Cutter should be on this list. All of his books are haunting, original, and terrifying."I so agree Sarah!!
GReat list. I'm about to read My Best Friend's Exorcism for my book club this month.
Jeff wrote: "Grady Hendrix helped curate a list for NPR a year or two ago. It's quite a bit more comprehensive and includes some of the same suggestions, and includes some of the important ones missing from thi..."I missed that! Thanks for the link, I have it bookmarked for future reading list generation.
Jannik wrote: "Darcy Coates is excellent! Great sense of atmosphere, The Carrow Haunt is another good title of hers." I read Craven Manor and LOVED it! I'm going to read more by her too.
Lockwood&Co series by Jonathan Stroud, quick read and amazing
David Moody is a great horror author and does an amazing job at story telling.
Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "GReat list. I'm about to read My Best Friend's Exorcism for my book club this month."Loved GReat. Very clever.
Where is J.D. Barker with Dracul? That came in #3 in the Goodread's Choice awards for best horror behind King. Everything he write is fantastic.
Jeff wrote: "Grady Hendrix helped curate a list for NPR a year or two ago. It's quite a bit more comprehensive and includes some of the same suggestions, and includes some of the important ones missing from thi..."Hell yeah! Thanks for this list
I'm sorry... wheres Kealan Patrick Burke?? He's a God of Horror!
Christina Henry is one of my favorite authors! I completely devoured her Alice duology, as well as The Girl in Red.
Clyde wrote: "You should read Blackwood: A Gotheim TaleIt's a perfect, quick novella to get you in the mood for horror month..."
Who would you compare it to?
Sarah wrote: "I really think Nick Cutter should be on this list. All of his books are haunting, original, and terrifying."Agreed.
Mark Simmons Of the Night and following books. I couldn't put them down. Gripping, urban, very modern vampire tales.
Brandon Massey could also be on this list, Nana was refreshingly terrifying.
Sarah wrote: "I really think Nick Cutter should be on this list. All of his books are haunting, original, and terrifying." Totally agree he should appear here, but as far as I know, there are no new Nick Cutter novels out lately.
The EvilThat Came To Denham,
Is a horror story written by me and is based on a true story!
Ben Brykczynski has written some great horror short stories as well.
Sarah wrote: "I really think Nick Cutter should be on this list. All of his books are haunting, original, and terrifying."yes
Victoria wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I really think Nick Cutter should be on this list. All of his books are haunting, original, and terrifying." Totally agree he should appear here, but as far as I know..."Very true, and very sad. I check his website all the time to see if anything new is coming out anytime soon. My thought was that since Samantha Hunt is also on this list and her last book came out in 2017 and so did Cutter's, maybe he would qualify too!
Iain Ried is amazing, feels closer to David Lynch than a normal horror. Although I can't imagine how The Hatching books got in here, they make Sharknado look like a thoughtful horror series.
Christina Henry has a similar style to all those fairytales you’d often read about but then she gives it an excellent touch of horror and you’ve got a new story, addicted to.
Grady Hendrix - best horror writer around.
I absolutely recommend Darcy Coates. I've read many of her books now, and I never get tired of them.
Ambrose Ibsen will have you looking over your shoulder to make sure there is nothing trying to sneak up on you. He has been my go to author for 2 years now, and it doesn't seem like he is stopping anytime soon.
I guess Paul Tremblay is not a rising star anymore :)
Sarah wrote: "I really think Nick Cutter should be on this list. All of his books are haunting, original, and terrifying."I so agree. The Deep and The Troop for me was a truly disturbing and horrifying read.
huh... i don't consider Henry, Hunt, or LaValle to be horror... great authors, but not horror... Hendrix gets more raves for his cozy pop culture nostalgia than his horror...
The taking of Annie Thorne by C J Tudor. Has shades of pet semetary, but scarier
I'd like to add Ania Ahlborn. She worked super hard to self-publish her latest novel If You See Her, and like all of her books, it's awesome.
The Collector series by Dot Hutchison was amazing! It's been a long time since I read an exceptional book series!
If people want a bit of interactivity in their horror, they should check out Nightshift by Victoria Hancox.
I love Grady Hendrix on panels and interviews. He's probably one of my favorite speakers. My Best Friend's Exorcism was alright though. A bit more heavy on the pop culture references. Any recommendations on his other work?
Scott wrote: "I can't help but notice how generic the covers look on most of these."I looked up Brian Lumley's Brian Lumley Necroscope
yesterday, thinking about getting the Audiobook to reread, the new covers are awful. The original British are brilliant. They don't appear to be on here tho or I'd have linked them.
They don't judge a book by a cover, but it really can kick a books chances in. Some of these are atrocious.
Christina Hendry covers are great tho.
Ill be sure to check out some of these titles! But right now I am reading usher's passing by Robert Mccamon
LaValle is really good. I tried the Devil in Silver and just liked that okay. The Ballad of Black Tom and The Changeling are phenomenal though.
