You think you’ve got troubles? Well, keep these thoughts in mind: At least you’re not being stalked by a killer on a hijacked NYC subway train. Or stranded in a deadly industrial ghost town in the Australian outback. Or covered in fungal growths inside a gory parable of mycological body horror.
 
See? That’s the upside of maintaining a steady literary diet of mysteries, thrillers, and horror novels. Your own life starts to feel pleasantly serene by comparison.
 
Continuing our coverage of the spring season’s most anticipated books, we’ve collected below 75 incoming titles from the Horror and the Mystery & Thriller categories. The books here are further sorted by publication date, so you can see which books of which type are coming in March, April, and May. This can be handy for keeping your future reading pile in proper sequence.
 
Returning genre readers will recognize several returning authors this season, with new books from Tana French, David Balducci, T. Kingfisher, and Jesse Q. Sutanto. Also look for several buzzy debut novels—Gabrielle Sher’s Odessa or Rob Phillips’ Stakeouts and Strollers. We’ve also pulled out some highly anticipated sophomore outings (Monika Kim’s Molka or Marcus Kliewer’s The Caretaker) and several examples of clever and/or disturbing cover art illustrations—check out Sara van Os’ Decomposition Book.
 
Finally, for horror fans into weird eyeball imagery, this promises to be a very fruitful spring.
 
Click on the book cover images for more information about each title. You can also use the Want to Read button to add interesting leads to your digital bookshelf.
 
 

Spring Mysteries & Thrillers

Mysteries & Thrillers Publishing in March: