In our ongoing effort to provide the ultimate Halloween reading experience, we’ve decided to try something a little different. We’ve pulled out a bevy of new books from 2024 that feature traditional scary story creatures. Vampires. Ghosts. Demons. The usual suspects.
 
To our delight, we uncovered tons of creature feature books (128!) published this calendar year, cutting across virtually all genres. That's right: Beasts are back and ghouls are cool, baby! You’ll find plenty of traditional horror in here, but the bigger surprise is how often these creatures wander off into the other bookstore aisles. Vampires and dragons in the romance section have become familiar enough, but how about ghosts on the YA shelf? Or psychological horrors stomping around in bucolic historical fiction?
 
As you might imagine, the dividing lines get pretty blurry with this sort of collection, and you’ll see lots of crossover specimens. For example, The Black Bird Oracle, book five in Deborah Harkness’ popular All Souls series, famously features vampires and witches, and The Werewolf's Guide to Seducing a Vampire is pretty self-explanatory.
 
Sharp-eyed readers will find some excellent curveballs in here, too. Minotaur romance, for instance. Or cozy demons. Or cranberry bog monsters. Or allegorical necro-viruses. Good times!
 
Click on the book cover art for more information about each title. If you come across some interesting leads for future reading plans, use the Want to Read button. Happy hunting!