Controversial opinion: It’s never too early to celebrate Halloween.
That’s the guiding principle for this year’s sneak peek at upcoming fall season horror books. The autumn is always a good season for scary stories, but holy moly, this fall is
packed.
In fact, you might characterize this collection as an extended sneak peek. There are
so many intriguing horror books in the hopper just now. We wanted to include all the cool stuff we’ve been stacking and sorting. Each of the individual titles below is scheduled to publish in the U.S. between the end of August and December.
We’ve got new books from high-profile authors like
Tananarive Due,
Rachel Harrison, and
Stephen Graham Jones (
generational horror,
slasher weddings, and
hugely anticipated sequels, respectively). We’ve got buzzy debut novels from promising new writers like
Deena Helm,
Mathilda Zeller, and
Samantha Josephs (
haunted house horror,
folklore horror, and
pregnancy body horror). And there’s
something nasty in the London Underground.
Some other rabbit holes to investigate: Author and filmmaker
Jane Schoenbrun’s
Public Access Afterworld is a novelized sequel to her 2024 indie film,
I Saw the TV Glow. L.A. author
Sarah Langan (
Good Neighbors) continues a recent
mini-
trend in what we might call
trad wife horror. And short fiction fans will want to flag
Back for Blood, the sequel to the 2023 anthology
Never Whistle at Night.
One final note for old-school
Stephen King fans. The long-awaited
third book in
The Talisman series, King’s collaboration with horror godfather
Peter Straub, is scheduled to hit shelves October 26. Just in time.
Click on the book cover images for more information about each title. If you see anything you like, use the
Want to Read button to add books to your virtual bookshelf. Oh, and interested readers may also want to scan our other fall spec-fic collections in
fantasy/sci-fi and
romantasy.
