Looking for your next dark read?
This lists covers all corners of horror, from hardcore horror to books classified in other categories (thriller, fantasy, science fiction) that I think might appeal to horror readers. I've tried to make this list as comprehensive as possible, covering adult novels, non-fiction, YA, middle grade, novellas, poetry, short story collections, anthologies, graphic novels, and more. Each title is organized by publication date with the publisher and category listed. If a Goodreads link is available, that's there too. If not, I've linked the title to the publisher or author site.
Enjoy!
September New Releases...
5th
All the Dead Shall Weep (Gunnie Rose #5) by Charlaine Harris (Gallery/Saga Press) - novel
Deephaven by Ethan M. Aldridge (Harper Collins) - middle grade
Fazbear Frights (Five Nights at Freddy's Graphic Novel Collection Vol. 3) by Scott Cawthon with illustrations by Kelly Parra, Andrea Waggener, Diana Camero, Didi Esmeralda, Coryn Macpherson, and an adaptation by Christopher Hastings (Graphix) - graphic novel
Holly by Stephen King (Scribner) - novel
Hooky Volume 3 (Hooky #3) by Míriam Bonastre Tur (Carion Books) - graphic novel
It Found Us by Lindsay Currie (Sourcebooks Young Readers) - middle grade
Kill for Love by Laura Picklesimer (Unnamed Press) - novel
Lights (Sheets #3) by Brenna Thummler (Oni Press) - middle grade graphic novel
Other Minds by Eliane Boey (Dark Matter INK) - novellas
Rainbow Filth by Tim Meyer (Ghoulish Books) - novella
Schrader's Chord by Scott Leeds (Tor Nightfire) - novel
Sleep No More (October Daye #17) by Seanan McGuire (Astra Publishing House) - novel
There's No Way I'd Die First by Lisa Springer (Delacorte Press) - YA novel
The September House by Carissa Orlando (Berkley) - novel
The Sight by Melanie Golding (Crooked Lane Books) - novel
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White (Peachtree Teen) - YA novel
The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Atria) - novel
Witches Get Stuff Done (Starfall Point #1) by Molly Harper (Sourcebooks) - novel
8th
Never Wake: An Anthology of Dream Horror edited by Kenneth W. Cain and Tim Meyer (Crystal Lake Publishing) - anthology
12th
Archie Horror Presents: Chilling Adventures cover by Robert Hack (Archie Comics) - anthology
Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong (St. Martin's Press) - novel
Kill the Rich by Jack Allison and Kate Shapiro (CLASH Books) - novel
Nails and Eyes by Kaori Fujino with a translation by Kendall Heitzmann (Pushkin Press) - novella and short fiction
No Child of Mine by Nichelle Giraldes (Poisoned Pen Press) - novel
Persephone Made Me Do It (Myth and Magick #3) by Trista Mateer (Central Avenue Publishing) - poetry
Rouge by Mona Awad (Marysue Rucci Books) - novel
The Black Lord by Colin Hinckley (Tenebrous Press) - novella
The Collector by Laura Kat Young (Titan Books) - novel
What Kind of Mother by Clay McLeod Chapman (Quirk Books) - novel
Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass (Viking Books for Young Readers) - YA novel
19th
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid (HarperTeen) - YA novel
Apparitions by Adam Pottle (Dark Hart Books) - novel
Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison (Berkeley) - novel
Candelaria by Melissa Lozada-Oliva (Astra House) - novel
Dark Gathering Vol. 3 by Kenichi Kondō (VIZ Media) - manga
How to Find a Missing Girl by Victoria Wlosok (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) - YA novel
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore Van Alst, Jr. (Penguin Vintage) - anthology
Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian (Tor Nightfire) - novel
Scariest. Book. Ever. (Goosebumps House of Shivers #1) by R.L. Stine (Scholastic) - middle grade
The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women by Lisa Perrin (Chronicle Books) - nonfiction
26th
And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott (Dutton) - novel
Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig (Del Rey) - novel
Cage of Dreams (City of Nightmares #2) by Rebecca Schaeffer (Clarion Books) - YA novel
Dory Fantasmagory: Can't Live Without You (Dory Fantasmagory #6) by Abby Hanlon (Dial Books) - early reader
Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson (Tor Nightfire) - novel
Pre-Approved for Haunting: And Other Stories by Patrick Barb (Keylight Books) - short story collection
The Black Tree Atop The Hill by Karla Yvette (CLASH Books) - novella
The Changing Man by Tomi Oyemakinde (Feiwel & Friends) - YA novel
The Haunting by Natasha Preston (Delacorte Press) - YA novel
The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft (orbit) - novel
The Longest Thirst by Roxie Voorhees - novella
What are you excited to read this month? Share it in the comments.
[Image Credit: graphic by Emily Ruth Verona]
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