Well, here I am again at the tail end of the reading experience for a book that has left me absolutely stymied. Sometimes it surprises me just how different my opinion can be from other readers, not just around the world, but from those in my own backyard as well. Finishing this book has brought me to the conclusion that I am completely oblivious when it comes to understanding the "literary ...
New Horror Books That Are as Fresh as They Are Terrifying
Jan. 25, 2024. Emily Ruth Verona's MIDNIGHT ON BEACON STREET (Harper Perennial, 195 pp., paperback, $17.99) is a lot of things. It's a taut thriller about a babysitter and two kids surviving ...
100 Best (and Scariest) Horror Books of All Time
15. Psycho by Robert Bloch (1959) If you're into horror, you're no stranger to Psycho. But let's recap one of the best horror plots of all time anyway: inspired by the real-life story of psychotic murderer Ed Gein, Norman Bates and his Mother own the Bates motel, with the unlit neon sign out front.
Best Horror 2020
If it seemed like everyone you knew was reading Mexican Gothic this year, that's because they were. Author Silvia Moreno-Garcia ("Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination") collects the Horror prize for 2020 with a pitch-perfect Gothic horror story in the old-school mode, but with contemporary perspectives on race and colonialism. Spooky mansions! Opulent decay! Bumps in the night!
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Nine very short tales (more horrific morsels than full stories) make up this book, and they all share some cohesive elements: They open with a blunt opening line like "This happened when M was ...
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Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth. This book had me as soon as I heard it was a feminist horror-comedy featuring a sapphic love story. But if you need more information, fine. Brookhants School for Girls is an old boarding school with a troubled and mysterious past, including many mysterious deaths.
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Best horror book overall − The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell, published by Raven Books: £9.19, Amazon.co.uk Best for ghost stories − Ghost edited by Louise Welsh, published by Head of ...
The 25 Greatest Horror Books Of All Time
24. The Haunting of Hill House By Shirley Jackson. Shirley Jackson makes another appearance on this list with her 1959 release, The Haunting of Hill House. Jackson, who refused to be restricted by ...
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The Imago Sequence by Laird Barron. Perhaps best known for his 2012 novel, The Croning, Laird Barron is one of the most famous authors working in Lovecraftian horror today. The title story of his 2007 collection, The Imago Sequence, takes on "Pickman's Model" — a 1927 Lovecraft story about an artist whose fearsome paintings may not be ...
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The Girl in the Mirror: A Sarah Greene Supernatural Mystery. Steven Ramirez. Dark and interesting, and a good story for those who are curious about the paranormal horror genre. Definitely worth a read! Reviewed by Christina de Vries.
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The form of Phair's memoir is similar to an essay collection that jumps back and forth in time, with each chapter detailing an incident in her life. The book opens with a story about a party she ...
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The Covenant: A Tale of the Antichrist by Tom Lewis | Book Review. April 27, 2024 Erica Robyn Leave a Comment. In Tom Lewis's "The Covenant: A Tale of the Antichrist", an ominous force of evil looms, ready to mercilessly strike down all who oppose it or accidentally stray into its path. Will our cast of characters be able to stop it? 1. 2 ...
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Made In Abyss by Akihito Tsukushi. Warning for this one- despite the cutesy art and young protagonists of the series, there is a massive amount of terrifying body horror and blood. I consider The Troop one of my favorite books and the body horror there is a walk through Candy Land compared to Made in Abyss.
Best Horror Book Review Blogs in 2024
SFBook has five regular reviewers. If we were to satisfy every author, we'd need to read and write reviews for over 100,000 books each per year. That's 274 books every day. Given that fact we simply can't review everyone's book, we are lucky to get through a very small fraction of those written each year. We are, however, happy to be contacted with requests by independent authors as well as ...
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All the latest on horror books including news, reviews, author interviews and more. From Bloody Disgusting, your source for all things horror.
Grim, Ghastly and Gruesome: New Horror Fiction
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From Bram Stoker Award-winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood friends who miraculously survive the night everyone in their suburban neighborhood turned into ghosts—perfect for fans of Yellowjackets. The Velkwood Vicinity was the topic of occult theorists, tabloid one-hour documentaries, and even some ...
Horowitz Horror: Stories You'll Wish You Never Read
Anthony Horowitz. 3.77. 2,840 ratings298 reviews. Welcome to a world where everything seems normal. At least, at first. But the sinister and truly terrifying lurk just beneath the surface. Like a bathtub with a history so haunted, no one dares get in it. . . or an ordinary-looking camera that does unspeakable things to its subjects. . .or a ...
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
Grady Hendrix. Grady Hendrix is the author of the novels Horrorstör, about a haunted IKEA, and My Best Friend's Exorcism, which is like Beaches meets The Exorcist, only it's set in the Eighties. He's also the author of We Sold Our Souls, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, and the upcoming (July 13!) Final Girl Support Group!
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Horror Book Reviews By Horror Palace. Horror Palace provides honest succinct horror book reviews. Each is a concise summary of the book providing a description, critical analysis, and evaluation of its significance as a horror book. Importantly, our evaluation will help you determine if you would appreciate and enjoy reading it.
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January 12, 2023 2 Comments. Title: One Star: A Horror Story. Author: Amy Cross. Genre: Horror. Rating: 3,5 stars. Purchase: Amazon. After slogging his way through a particularly awful horror novel, Harry Jenkins leaves a scathing review. He then moves on to another book, and soon he's forgotten all about The Haunting of Myrtle Roach.
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American Psycho meets The Devil Wears Prada in E.K. Sathue's horror satire youthjuice. 29-year-old Sophia Bannon has just joined the team at HEBE, a luxury skincare and wellness company that seems to have all the answers.Sophia thinks so anyway, and soon enough, she has fully bought into the company's promises. But when Sophia discovers the real secret behind HEBE's success, she'll ...
Pinocchio: Unstrung
Hot on the heels of other Twisted Childhood Universe movies announced by the low-budget horror production company, Pinocchio: Unstrung was added to the roster in early 2024. No director is currently attached to the project, and Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey director Rhys Frake-Waterfield will produce the movie alongside Scott Jeffrey.Like the behind-the-scenes crew, no cast members have ...
COMMENTS
Well, here I am again at the tail end of the reading experience for a book that has left me absolutely stymied. Sometimes it surprises me just how different my opinion can be from other readers, not just around the world, but from those in my own backyard as well. Finishing this book has brought me to the conclusion that I am completely oblivious when it comes to understanding the "literary ...
Jan. 25, 2024. Emily Ruth Verona's MIDNIGHT ON BEACON STREET (Harper Perennial, 195 pp., paperback, $17.99) is a lot of things. It's a taut thriller about a babysitter and two kids surviving ...
15. Psycho by Robert Bloch (1959) If you're into horror, you're no stranger to Psycho. But let's recap one of the best horror plots of all time anyway: inspired by the real-life story of psychotic murderer Ed Gein, Norman Bates and his Mother own the Bates motel, with the unlit neon sign out front.
If it seemed like everyone you knew was reading Mexican Gothic this year, that's because they were. Author Silvia Moreno-Garcia ("Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination") collects the Horror prize for 2020 with a pitch-perfect Gothic horror story in the old-school mode, but with contemporary perspectives on race and colonialism. Spooky mansions! Opulent decay! Bumps in the night!
Deena So Oteh. Tananarive Due's spellbinding THE BETWEEN (Harper Perennial, 287 pp., paper, $16.99) opens with 7-year-old Hilton James finding his beloved grandmother dead on the floor, "cold ...
Nine very short tales (more horrific morsels than full stories) make up this book, and they all share some cohesive elements: They open with a blunt opening line like "This happened when M was ...
The 29 best horror books to stock up on for a spooky, creepy fall. Written by Katherine Fiorillo. Updated. Aug 31, 2022, 9:43 AM PDT. These are some of the best horror books to read in 2022, from ...
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth. This book had me as soon as I heard it was a feminist horror-comedy featuring a sapphic love story. But if you need more information, fine. Brookhants School for Girls is an old boarding school with a troubled and mysterious past, including many mysterious deaths.
Best horror book overall − The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell, published by Raven Books: £9.19, Amazon.co.uk Best for ghost stories − Ghost edited by Louise Welsh, published by Head of ...
24. The Haunting of Hill House By Shirley Jackson. Shirley Jackson makes another appearance on this list with her 1959 release, The Haunting of Hill House. Jackson, who refused to be restricted by ...
The Imago Sequence by Laird Barron. Perhaps best known for his 2012 novel, The Croning, Laird Barron is one of the most famous authors working in Lovecraftian horror today. The title story of his 2007 collection, The Imago Sequence, takes on "Pickman's Model" — a 1927 Lovecraft story about an artist whose fearsome paintings may not be ...
The Girl in the Mirror: A Sarah Greene Supernatural Mystery. Steven Ramirez. Dark and interesting, and a good story for those who are curious about the paranormal horror genre. Definitely worth a read! Reviewed by Christina de Vries.
The form of Phair's memoir is similar to an essay collection that jumps back and forth in time, with each chapter detailing an incident in her life. The book opens with a story about a party she ...
The Covenant: A Tale of the Antichrist by Tom Lewis | Book Review. April 27, 2024 Erica Robyn Leave a Comment. In Tom Lewis's "The Covenant: A Tale of the Antichrist", an ominous force of evil looms, ready to mercilessly strike down all who oppose it or accidentally stray into its path. Will our cast of characters be able to stop it? 1. 2 ...
Made In Abyss by Akihito Tsukushi. Warning for this one- despite the cutesy art and young protagonists of the series, there is a massive amount of terrifying body horror and blood. I consider The Troop one of my favorite books and the body horror there is a walk through Candy Land compared to Made in Abyss.
SFBook has five regular reviewers. If we were to satisfy every author, we'd need to read and write reviews for over 100,000 books each per year. That's 274 books every day. Given that fact we simply can't review everyone's book, we are lucky to get through a very small fraction of those written each year. We are, however, happy to be contacted with requests by independent authors as well as ...
April 29, 2024 in Authors M-Z // Book Review for The Witches of Wildwood Cape May Horror Stories and Other Scary Tales from the Jersey Shore by Mark Wesley
All the latest on horror books including news, reviews, author interviews and more. From Bloody Disgusting, your source for all things horror.
One Black writer using the horror genre to its full potential is the award-winning P. Djèlí Clark, whose new novella, RING SHOUT (Tordotcom, 181 pp., $19.99), is a fantastical, brutal and ...
From Bram Stoker Award-winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood friends who miraculously survive the night everyone in their suburban neighborhood turned into ghosts—perfect for fans of Yellowjackets. The Velkwood Vicinity was the topic of occult theorists, tabloid one-hour documentaries, and even some ...
Anthony Horowitz. 3.77. 2,840 ratings298 reviews. Welcome to a world where everything seems normal. At least, at first. But the sinister and truly terrifying lurk just beneath the surface. Like a bathtub with a history so haunted, no one dares get in it. . . or an ordinary-looking camera that does unspeakable things to its subjects. . .or a ...
Grady Hendrix. Grady Hendrix is the author of the novels Horrorstör, about a haunted IKEA, and My Best Friend's Exorcism, which is like Beaches meets The Exorcist, only it's set in the Eighties. He's also the author of We Sold Our Souls, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, and the upcoming (July 13!) Final Girl Support Group!
Horror Book Reviews By Horror Palace. Horror Palace provides honest succinct horror book reviews. Each is a concise summary of the book providing a description, critical analysis, and evaluation of its significance as a horror book. Importantly, our evaluation will help you determine if you would appreciate and enjoy reading it.
Many horror book adaptations have been successful, proving that the genre has untapped potential for the audiovisual medium. Different horror sub-genres, such as zombies and occult horror, have ...
January 12, 2023 2 Comments. Title: One Star: A Horror Story. Author: Amy Cross. Genre: Horror. Rating: 3,5 stars. Purchase: Amazon. After slogging his way through a particularly awful horror novel, Harry Jenkins leaves a scathing review. He then moves on to another book, and soon he's forgotten all about The Haunting of Myrtle Roach.
Our columnist reviews May's most chilling releases. By Gabino Iglesias Gabino Iglesias is a writer, editor, literary critic and professor. He is the Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson award-winning ...
American Psycho meets The Devil Wears Prada in E.K. Sathue's horror satire youthjuice. 29-year-old Sophia Bannon has just joined the team at HEBE, a luxury skincare and wellness company that seems to have all the answers.Sophia thinks so anyway, and soon enough, she has fully bought into the company's promises. But when Sophia discovers the real secret behind HEBE's success, she'll ...
Hot on the heels of other Twisted Childhood Universe movies announced by the low-budget horror production company, Pinocchio: Unstrung was added to the roster in early 2024. No director is currently attached to the project, and Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey director Rhys Frake-Waterfield will produce the movie alongside Scott Jeffrey.Like the behind-the-scenes crew, no cast members have ...