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Japanese Gothic

A gothic dual-timeline novel of ghosts, hauntings and redemption

by Kylie Lee Baker ...

USA TODAY BestsellerNew York Times Most Anticipated Book for 2026USA TODAY Most Anticipated Books of 2026Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Books of 2026Book Riot "Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026"From the critically acclaimed, USA TODAY bestselling, New York Times Top 100, Shirley Jackson Award–winning author of Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng and ... ... Read more

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USA TODAY BestsellerNew York Times Most Anticipated Book for 2026USA TODAY Most Anticipated Books of 2026Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Books of 2026Book Riot "Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026"From the critically acclaimed, USA TODAY bestselling, New York Times Top 100, Shirley Jackson Award–winning author of Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng and ...
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Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep

A Novel

by Paul Tremblay ...

"Paul Tremblay is on fire. . . . As entertaining and pop-culture savvy as this novel can be, it's emotionally wrenching and truly scary."—Ed Park, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Same Bed, Different Dreams and An Oral History of AtlantisPhilip K. Dick meets the Coen Brothers in this genre-bending near-future tech nightmare that is as bitingly funny as it is horrifically believable from the New ... Read more

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"Paul Tremblay is on fire. . . . As entertaining and pop-culture savvy as this novel can be, it's emotionally wrenching and truly scary."—Ed Park, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Same Bed, Different Dreams and An Oral History of AtlantisPhilip K. Dick meets the Coen Brothers in this genre-bending near-future tech nightmare that is as bitingly funny as it is horrifically believable from the New
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The September House

by Carissa Orlando ...

“Why run from a haunted house when you can stay and ignore the ghosts? Just when you thought you'd seen everything a haunted house novel could do, The September House comes along and delivers an eerie, darkly funny, and emotionally grounded book about the ghosts that haunt houses and marriages."– Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted HouseA woman is determined ... Read more

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“Why run from a haunted house when you can stay and ignore the ghosts? Just when you thought you'd seen everything a haunted house novel could do, The September House comes along and delivers an eerie, darkly funny, and emotionally grounded book about the ghosts that haunt houses and marriages."– Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted HouseA woman is determined
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Fever House

A Novel

by Keith Rosson ...

Series Book 1 - Fever House Duology
“Exciting, suspenseful, horrifying, and written at a flurry-of-punches pace. Read Fever House now.”—STEPHEN KINGA small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose dark powers threaten to destroy them all.A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARWhen leg-breaker Hutch Holtz rolls up to a rundown apartment complex in Portland, Oregon, to collect ... Read more

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“Exciting, suspenseful, horrifying, and written at a flurry-of-punches pace. Read Fever House now.”—STEPHEN KINGA small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose dark powers threaten to destroy them all.A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARWhen leg-breaker Hutch Holtz rolls up to a rundown apartment complex in Portland, Oregon, to collect
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Slewfoot

A Tale of Bewitchery

by Brom ...

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it.Connecticut, 1666: An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector. The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil. To Abitha, a recently widowed outcast, alone and vulnerable in her pious village, he is ... Read more

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A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it.Connecticut, 1666: An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector. The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil. To Abitha, a recently widowed outcast, alone and vulnerable in her pious village, he is
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On Sundays She Picked Flowers

by Yah Yah Scholfield ...

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel 2026 prize“Brutal and unforgiving, but aching with so much emotion.” —PeopleIn this sinister and surreal Southern Gothic debut, a woman escapes into the uncanny woods of southern Georgia and must contend with ghosts, haints, and most dangerous of all, the truth about herself.When Judith Rice fled her childhood home, she thought she’d severed her ... Read more

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Longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel 2026 prize“Brutal and unforgiving, but aching with so much emotion.” —PeopleIn this sinister and surreal Southern Gothic debut, a woman escapes into the uncanny woods of southern Georgia and must contend with ghosts, haints, and most dangerous of all, the truth about herself.When Judith Rice fled her childhood home, she thought she’d severed her
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The Red Winter

by Cameron Sullivan ...

A devastating love story. A bewitching twist on history. A blood-drenched hunt for purpose, power, and redemption.In 1785, Professor Sebastian Grave receives the news he fears most: the terrible Beast of Gévaudan has returned, and the French countryside runs red in its wake.Sebastian knows the Beast. A monster-slayer with centuries of experience, he joined the hunt for the creature twenty years ... Read more

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A devastating love story. A bewitching twist on history. A blood-drenched hunt for purpose, power, and redemption.In 1785, Professor Sebastian Grave receives the news he fears most: the terrible Beast of Gévaudan has returned, and the French countryside runs red in its wake.Sebastian knows the Beast. A monster-slayer with centuries of experience, he joined the hunt for the creature twenty years
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Decomposition Book

A Novel

by Sara van Os ...

"A slippery page-turner that's as profoundly beautiful as it is totally unhinged."—Rachel Harrison, New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice and So Thirsty"Intense, irreverent, surprising, raw."—Natalia Theodoridou, author of Sour CherryAn emotional, electrifying, and darkly hilarious debut about a woman who finds a dead body and can’t give up ... ... Read more

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"A slippery page-turner that's as profoundly beautiful as it is totally unhinged."—Rachel Harrison, New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice and So Thirsty"Intense, irreverent, surprising, raw."—Natalia Theodoridou, author of Sour CherryAn emotional, electrifying, and darkly hilarious debut about a woman who finds a dead body and can’t give up ...
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The Original Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley ...

Series series Vintage Classics
NOW A NETFLIX FILM • The most famous horror story in world literature—the original tale of a mad scientist and his monster—is also a profoundly moving masterpiece.Working from the earliest surviving draft of Frankenstein, Charles E. Robinson presents two versions of the classic novel—as Mary Shelley originally wrote it and a subsequent version clearly indicating Percy Shelley’s amendments and ... Read more

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NOW A NETFLIX FILM • The most famous horror story in world literature—the original tale of a mad scientist and his monster—is also a profoundly moving masterpiece.Working from the earliest surviving draft of Frankenstein, Charles E. Robinson presents two versions of the classic novel—as Mary Shelley originally wrote it and a subsequent version clearly indicating Percy Shelley’s amendments and
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Wretch

or, The Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw

by Eric LaRocca ...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom award-winning horror author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes a haunting and “utterly original” (Booklist, starred review) tech-Gothic thrill ride about sorrow, memory, and the unabashed complexity of love as a transgressive act.After his husband dies, Simeon Link finds himself overcome by grief and seeking comfort in an unusual support group called ... Read more

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A NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom award-winning horror author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes a haunting and “utterly original” (Booklist, starred review) tech-Gothic thrill ride about sorrow, memory, and the unabashed complexity of love as a transgressive act.After his husband dies, Simeon Link finds himself overcome by grief and seeking comfort in an unusual support group called
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Revelator

A novel

by Daryl Gregory ...

**ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • The dark, gripping tale of a 1930’s family in the remote hills of the Smoky Mountains, their secret religion, and the daughter who turns her back on their mysterious god—from the acclaimed author of Spoonbenders.“Gods and moonshine in the Great Depression, written with a tenderness and brutality … this is as good as novels get.” —Stephen ... Read more

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**ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • The dark, gripping tale of a 1930’s family in the remote hills of the Smoky Mountains, their secret religion, and the daughter who turns her back on their mysterious god—from the acclaimed author of Spoonbenders.“Gods and moonshine in the Great Depression, written with a tenderness and brutality … this is as good as novels get.” —Stephen
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Herculine

A Novel

by Grace Byron ...

One of the Best Books of the YearELLE • Autostraddle • Debutiful • Chicago Review of Books • MUBI • Dazed • LitHub • Library Journal • them •Loosey“Devious and diabolical, Herculine is a jaw-dropping and completely unpredictable literary bewitchment about trauma, desire, and identity.” —Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since ... ... Read more

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One of the Best Books of the YearELLE • Autostraddle • Debutiful • Chicago Review of Books • MUBI • Dazed • LitHub • Library Journal • them •Loosey“Devious and diabolical, Herculine is a jaw-dropping and completely unpredictable literary bewitchment about trauma, desire, and identity.” —Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since ...
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ITCH!

The darkly feminist horror novel crawling under your skin...

by Gemma Amor ...

READERS LOVE GEMMA'S DARK, ITCHY WORLD 'If you are after something that is both shocking and horrifically beautiful then take a journey and discover this little atrocity for yourself' 'I kept telling myself I really should turn off the light and get to bed now, eyes dry, head heavy, but every sentence in this book commands the reader keep turning the pages and press onward...' 'Gemma pulled me... ... Read more

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READERS LOVE GEMMA'S DARK, ITCHY WORLD 'If you are after something that is both shocking and horrifically beautiful then take a journey and discover this little atrocity for yourself' 'I kept telling myself I really should turn off the light and get to bed now, eyes dry, head heavy, but every sentence in this book commands the reader keep turning the pages and press onward...' 'Gemma pulled me...
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A House With Good Bones

by T. Kingfisher ...

A Barnes & Noble Best Horror Book of 2023A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family."Mom seems off."Her brother's words echo in Sam Montgomery's ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina street where their mother lives alone.She brushes the thought ... Read more

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A Barnes & Noble Best Horror Book of 2023A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family."Mom seems off."Her brother's words echo in Sam Montgomery's ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina street where their mother lives alone.She brushes the thought
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The Library at Mount Char

A Novel

by Scott Hawkins ...

“Wholly original . . . the work of the newest major talent in fantasy.”—The Wall Street Journal“Freakishly compelling . . . through heart-thumping acts of violence and laugh-out-loud moments, this book practically dares you to keep reading.”—Atlanta MagazineA missing God.A library with the secrets to the universe.A woman too busy to notice her heart slipping away.Carolyn's n... ... Read more

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“Wholly original . . . the work of the newest major talent in fantasy.”—The Wall Street Journal“Freakishly compelling . . . through heart-thumping acts of violence and laugh-out-loud moments, this book practically dares you to keep reading.”—Atlanta MagazineA missing God.A library with the secrets to the universe.A woman too busy to notice her heart slipping away.Carolyn's n...
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Imajica

Featuring New Illustrations and an Appendix

by Clive Barker ...

"Rich in plot twists, byzantine intrigues and hidden secrets, Imajica is a Chinese puzzle box constructed on a universal scale. . . Barker has an unparalleled talent for envisioning other worlds." — Washington Post Book WorldFrom master storyteller Clive Barker comes an epic tale of myth, magic, and forbidden passionImajica is an epic beyond compare: vast in conception, obsessively detailed in ... Read more

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"Rich in plot twists, byzantine intrigues and hidden secrets, Imajica is a Chinese puzzle box constructed on a universal scale. . . Barker has an unparalleled talent for envisioning other worlds." — Washington Post Book WorldFrom master storyteller Clive Barker comes an epic tale of myth, magic, and forbidden passionImajica is an epic beyond compare: vast in conception, obsessively detailed in
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John Dies at the End

by David Wong, Jason Pargin ...

Series Book 1 - John Dies at the End
John Dies at the End is a genre-bending, humorous account of two college drop-outs inadvertently charged with saving their small town--and the world--from a host of supernatural and paranormal invasions.Now a Major Motion Picture."[Pargin] is like a mash-up of Douglas Adams and Stephen King... 'page-turner' is an understatement."—Don Coscarelli, director, Phantasm I-V, Bubba Ho-tepSTOP.</str... ... Read more

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John Dies at the End is a genre-bending, humorous account of two college drop-outs inadvertently charged with saving their small town--and the world--from a host of supernatural and paranormal invasions.Now a Major Motion Picture."[Pargin] is like a mash-up of Douglas Adams and Stephen King... 'page-turner' is an understatement."—Don Coscarelli, director, Phantasm I-V, Bubba Ho-tepSTOP.</str...
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The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson ...

Dr Montague, a scientific investigator of ghostly phenomena, has chosen to live for several weeks at Hill House, by repute a place of horror that will brook no human habitation. To check and contribute to his observations, he selects three companions previously unknown to him; two girls, Theo and Eleanor, and Luke, a young man, who is heir to Hill House. What happens cannot, in fairness, be told. ... Read more

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Dr Montague, a scientific investigator of ghostly phenomena, has chosen to live for several weeks at Hill House, by repute a place of horror that will brook no human habitation. To check and contribute to his observations, he selects three companions previously unknown to him; two girls, Theo and Eleanor, and Luke, a young man, who is heir to Hill House. What happens cannot, in fairness, be told.
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Crafting for Sinners

A Novel

by JENNY KIEFER ...

A queer woman must fight her way out of a craft store run by a megachurch in this gripping survival horror novel by Jenny Kiefer, author of This Wretched Valley**.**“You will compulsively turn these pages well into the dead of night.”—Paul Tremblay, New York Times best-selling author of Horror Movie and The Cabin at the End of... ... Read more

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A queer woman must fight her way out of a craft store run by a megachurch in this gripping survival horror novel by Jenny Kiefer, author of This Wretched Valley**.**“You will compulsively turn these pages well into the dead of night.”—Paul Tremblay, New York Times best-selling author of Horror Movie and The Cabin at the End of...
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Pretty Girls

A Novel

by Karin Slaughter ...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter’s Pretty Girls is a sophisticated and chilling psychological thriller of dangerous secrets, cold vengeance, and unexpected absolution, in which two estranged sisters must come together to find truth about two harrowing tragedies, twenty years apart, that devastate their lives.Sisters. Strangers. Survivors.CLAIRE: A glamorous trophy wife of an ... Read more

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter’s Pretty Girls is a sophisticated and chilling psychological thriller of dangerous secrets, cold vengeance, and unexpected absolution, in which two estranged sisters must come together to find truth about two harrowing tragedies, twenty years apart, that devastate their lives.Sisters. Strangers. Survivors.CLAIRE: A glamorous trophy wife of an
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Scratch Moss

The most original folk horror novel of the year from the author of Withered Hill

by David Barnett ...

It's bad when the heart is ripped out of a community... it's worse when it loses its soul.1865. There is coal under the fields of Scratch Moss Manor and Sir Henry Brody is determined to get at it. But there is something else in the ground as well, something dark and evil1905. A more Godless set of people the Reverend George Ackman has never known than the people of the northern town of Scratch ... Read more

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It's bad when the heart is ripped out of a community... it's worse when it loses its soul.1865. There is coal under the fields of Scratch Moss Manor and Sir Henry Brody is determined to get at it. But there is something else in the ground as well, something dark and evil1905. A more Godless set of people the Reverend George Ackman has never known than the people of the northern town of Scratch
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The Gathering

A Novel

by C. J. Tudor ...

**“Vampires are back, and C.J. Tudor’s The Gathering comes to join the fun . . . The story’s fast pace and numerous twists keep you hooked, and Tudor’s witty dialogue beautifully punctuates the narrative’s constant action.”—The New York Times Book ReviewA detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secrets and superstitions of a small town in this ... Read more

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**“Vampires are back, and C.J. Tudor’s The Gathering comes to join the fun . . . The story’s fast pace and numerous twists keep you hooked, and Tudor’s witty dialogue beautifully punctuates the narrative’s constant action.”—The New York Times Book ReviewA detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secrets and superstitions of a small town in this
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The Unmothers

A Novel

by Leslie J. Anderson ...

In this raw and lyrical folk horror novel, a journalist sent to a small town begins to unravel a dark secret that the women of the town have been keeping for generations.“An impressive debut, an intricate and unsettling narrative about desperation that is full of stellar writing.”—Gabino Iglesias, New York TimesMarshall is still trying to put the pieces together after the death of her husband. ... Read more

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In this raw and lyrical folk horror novel, a journalist sent to a small town begins to unravel a dark secret that the women of the town have been keeping for generations.“An impressive debut, an intricate and unsettling narrative about desperation that is full of stellar writing.”—Gabino Iglesias, New York TimesMarshall is still trying to put the pieces together after the death of her husband.
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Public Access Afterworld

A Novel

by Jane Schoenbrun ...

**A mysterious realm on the other side of our screens. A dark force that draws victims into its static. The unlikely hero called to save them and herself from this electric hell. Public Access Afterworld is the profound, binge-all-night, headrush of a novel by the celebrated filmmaker of I Saw the TV Glow and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma“Beautiful, funny, and scathing . . . I stayed up all ... Read more

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**A mysterious realm on the other side of our screens. A dark force that draws victims into its static. The unlikely hero called to save them and herself from this electric hell. Public Access Afterworld is the profound, binge-all-night, headrush of a novel by the celebrated filmmaker of I Saw the TV Glow and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma“Beautiful, funny, and scathing . . . I stayed up all
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