Verified horror release dates
Verified upcoming horror book release dates from publishers and licensed catalogs.
October 6, 2026 · Book
An electrifying new novel for readers of Joe Hill and Stephen King Beneath a hopeful new suburb carved from the echoes of war, an old hunger stirs, awakened by an itinerant stranger whose gifts reveal what the town has tried to bury: The…
October 6, 2026 · Book
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER • Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize • Golden Poppy Book Award Winner "A banger of a trans feminist body horror comedy."—Caro Claire Burke, #1 New Yor…
October 6, 2026 · Book
Once upon a time, three young sisters survived a catastrophic house fire… Years later, one of them disappears and then another and it is left to the eldest sister to find out whether something else survived… A dark, twisty, page-turning …
October 6, 2026 · Book
Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award | Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize | Longlisted for the Crook’s Corner Book Prize | A CrimeReads Best Debut Crime Novel“Fierce, lyrical, and unrelentingly intimate . . . This i…
October 6, 2026 · Book
The 50th anniversary edition of the spellbinding classic that started it all, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.This dazzling special edition features a jacket with foil and embossing, sprayed edges, designed endpapers, a new…
October 6, 2026 · Book
After fearing it all her life, a young woman embraces her ability to see ghosts after a murder occurs that appears dangerously linked to her past.To Tatum Alexander, the Sight—her ability to see spirits—has always been more of an afflict…
October 6, 2026 · Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDThis bold and genre-defying prose debut by the prizewinning poet incorporates social, historical, and supernatural elements to create a collection that is both contemporary and timeless, communal and…
October 6, 2026 · Book
When Everly’s husband and young daughter die in a car crash she finds out nothing is quite what she thought… Secrets, lies and grief collide in this funny, tragic, intimate and utterly compelling horror novella. Written by the acclaimed …
October 6, 2026 · Book
"Genuinely scary" Observer A chilling and uproarious punk rock love letter to Gothic horror, in which a woman clashes with an ancient English manor, hell bent on upholding tradition. Perfect for fans of Grady Hendrix and Rachel Harrison.…
October 6, 2026 · Book
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. Perfect for fans of Cassandra Khaw, Nat Cassidy and Chuck Tingle.Ford, Neul…
October 6, 2026 · Book
A lonely librarian finds love, friends, and a few ghosts between the shelves in this cozy, paranormal tale from beloved bestselling author Auralee Wallace.It’s a dark and stormy night…and Amelia Bates is caught in the rain. Life hasn’t a…
October 6, 2026 · Book
The Greers built their fortune on alligator bones.Most Anticipated by Southern Living • CrimeReads • Debutiful • Reactor • Chicago Review of Books • Books in the Freezer podcast Dartrine Beaumont believes her mother’s sudden death has le…
October 13, 2026 · Book
In the bestselling tradition of Jaws, from the depths of the sea comes a new kind of terror.In all his years as a professional diver, Will Sturman has never encountered a killing machine more ferocious than the great white shark or as de…
October 13, 2026 · Book
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Full of tenderness and delirium, moving between suburban realism and fairy tale." —Mariana Enríquez "A darkly enchanted expedition into the eviscerating oblivion of motherhood. de Fez writes with her sharpes…
October 13, 2026 · Book
Ten of Mary Shelley’s best short stories that push the boundaries of Gothic literatureMary Shelley is most known for Frankenstein, but in the years following the release of her magnum opus, which were beset by the loss of several childre…
October 13, 2026 · Book
Indian Ghost Stories is a captivating collection of supernatural tales that brings together eerie mysteries, haunted places, spectral visions and strange occurrences from colonial India. Rich in atmosphere and suspense, these stories ble…
October 13, 2026 · Book
A reclusive young woman moves into what seems like the perfect apartment and is obsessively drawn to her mysterious neighbour, who keeps a lush garden and is hiding a deadly secret… Eat the Ones You Love meets Wilder Girls in this sensua…
October 13, 2026 · Book
“Feed this directly into my veins.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author From the bestselling author of Hungerstone, an intoxicating and chilling gothic horror novel that reimagines Hamlet with a seductive sapphic twis…
October 13, 2026 · Book
A nineteenth-century novel about a bisexual, biracial vampire, written by a forgotten legend of Victorian horrorA Penguin ClassicPublished the same year as Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Florence Marryat’s The Blood of the Vampire introduced rea…
October 13, 2026 · Book
They called her a nightmare, so she became one.Haven Powers has spent years trying to disappear. Once a loud, troublemaking girl who defied every expectation in her small town of Friendship, Texas, now she’s learned to hide her fire behi…
October 20, 2026 · Book
Based on the 1974 Original Motion Picture with a foreword by Lynne Griffin, the actress who plays Clare Harrison. If this novel doesn’t make your skin crawl… it’s on too tight!Silent Night, Evil NightAs winter break starts, a sorority be…
October 20, 2026 · Book
Welcome to Mercy House, a state-of-the-art retirement home that appears perfectly clean and orderly . . . but something is turning the residents into monsters. In this thrilling novel from the author of Clown in a Cornfield, you will fin…
October 20, 2026 · Book
In this Appalachian horror novel, two estranged siblings become trapped in a convenience store under attack by a monster from the mountains who feasts on guilty hearts.Rattle, rattle in the dark…The mountain’s bones seek out a heart.Jane…
October 27, 2026 · Book
In a novel of taut, atmospheric domestic suspense with an irresistible gothic twist from New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Ivy, a lavish Louisiana mansion is the setting for a yearly family reunion that takes a deadly turn.In L…
October 27, 2026 · Book
A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of heart failure. Asakawa, a hardworking jou…
October 27, 2026 · Book
A mother and son travel to a dilapidated cabin in the woods that haunts more than just her memories in this new unnerving horror from the author of The Whistler and Sisters of the Lost Nation.Nell Marin swore she would never return to th…
October 27, 2026 · Book
A must read for fans of Uketsu (Strange Pictures) and Sesuji (About a Place in the Kinki Region), an unnerving collection of six short stories that unsettle you in face of death. Placed 11th in the “Kono Horror ga Sugoi!” list in Japanes…
November 3, 2026 · Book
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. Perfect for readers of Paul Trem…
November 3, 2026 · Book
In 1970s Mississippi, a Black detective and his temporary partner are assigned to a case that shifts from murder to paranormal conspiracy with life-altering repercussions.Wenton, Mississippi: A man enters the bathroom of a local gay bar …
November 17, 2026 · Book
A tense, gripping novel about a mother whose child begins to change in ways she can’t explain, from the national bestselling author of The Place Where They Buried Your Heart.Nora Pacetti is a new stay-at-home mother—she’s tired but copin…
November 17, 2026 · Book
A must read for fans of Uketsu (Strange Pictures) and Sesuji (About a Place in the Kinki Region), an unnerving collection of six short stories that unsettle you in face of death. Placed 11th in the “Kono Horror ga Sugoi!” list in Japanes…
November 24, 2026 · Book
For the first time in Penguin Classics, the classic post-apocalyptic tale of survival by one of the most influential twentieth-century American writers of horror to celebrate his birth centennialA Penguin Classics HardcoverBy day, Robert…
November 24, 2026 · Book
Dr. Ando who has yet to recover from his son's death at sea, conducts an autopsy on an old friend who has died under unusual circumstances. The corpse, that of cynical philosophy professor Ryuji Takayama, has something to tell him. And R…
December 22, 2026 · Book
Learn the final truth about the Ring! In this much-awaited conclusion of the Ring trilogy, everything you thought you knew about the story will have to be put side. In Loop, the killer mimics both AIDS and cancer in a deadly new guise. K…
January 5, 2027 · Book
The haunted Juliet Capulet and the cunning Prince Hamlet get a love story all their own in this irreverent twist on timeless tales set in a world where all Shakespeare’s characters exist at once… But fair warning, this is not the Shakesp…
January 5, 2027 · Book
The read-in-one-sitting standalone prequel to the USA Today bestselling Edge of Darkness Trilogy by BookTok viral author Leigh RiversLimited edition first printing featuring a character art tip-in!Sweet and gentle.Calm and collected.Nerv…
January 5, 2027 · Book
4 iconic, gruesome, Gothic Hammer Horror films novelized by a best-selling author, with a new foreword by author Stephen Laws and a new afterword by screenwriter Stephen Volk. Includes Dracula: Prince of Darkness, directed by Terence Fis…
January 12, 2027 · Book
In this lyrically haunting horror novel, a woman takes her chance to get out of her small town, only to find that her husband’s home has secrets that can’t be locked away.April Harker lives a small life in a small Massachusetts town, wit…
January 12, 2027 · Book
A hilarious, glittering, pop-noir thriller about a rising musician and her new BFF, the secretly psychotic popstar who brought her on tour "Mindy McGinnis is a maestro of the wonderfully unhinged." —Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselli…
January 19, 2027 · Book
“A superb work of fiction.”—New York Times Book ReviewWhat if you could enter the mind of the person you love the most? Enka meets Mathilde in art school and is instantly drawn to her. Mathilde makes art that feels truly original, and En…