Top new horror books in April 2025
Last updated:
February 9, 2025
April 2025 featuring new releases by Sarah Penner, Chuck Wendig, RuNyx, Sarah Maria Griffin, Nghi Vo, Juliette Cross, Veronica Lancet, S.A. Barnes, Olivie Blake, Kylie Lee Baker and many more.
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The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner
Powerful witchcraft. A hunt for sunken treasure. Forbidden love on the high seas. Beware the Amalfi Curse…Haven Ambrose, a trailblazing nautical archaeologist, has come to the sun-soaked village of Positano to investigate the mysterious shipwrecks along the Amalfi Coast... -
The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig
A group of friends investigates the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods in this mesmerizing horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents.Five high school friends are bonded by an oath to protect one another no matter what. Then, on a camping trip in the middle of the forest, they find something a mysterious staircase to nowhere...horror · fiction · mystery · fantasy · paranormal · supernatural · family · spooky · grief · friendship -
Enigma by RuNyx
A new breathtaking tale of unforgettable romance, set in a dark academia world of secret societies, lush suspense and sizzling sensuality, from RuNyx, the New York Times bestselling author of Gothikana.Salem Salazar comes to Mortimer University to get to the bottom of her sister's mysterious death... -
Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin
A twisted, tangled story about workplace love-affairs, and plants with a taste for human fleshDuring a grocery run to her local shopping center, Shell Pine sees a ‘HELP NEEDED’ sign in a flower shop window. She’s just left her fiancé, lost her job, and moved home to her parents’ house. She has to make a change and bring some good into her life, so she goes inside and takes a chance... -
Don't Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo
From award-winning author Nghi Vo comes Don't Sleep with the Dead, a standalone companion novella to The Chosen and the Beautiful, her acclaimed reimagining of The Great Gatsby.“A vibrant and queer reinvention of F. Scott Fitzgerald's jazz age classic. . . . I was captivated from the first sentence...fantasy · lgbtq · retellings · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · horror · dark · romantic-love · literary-fiction -
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Firebird: Special Edition by Juliette Cross
LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN--featuring original illustrated stenciled edges, foil case stamp, and designed endpapers. Only available for a limited time and while supplies last.House of the Dragon meets From Blood and Ash in this epic, scorching dark romantasy.A conqueror captivated…A witch prophesied to save them all…A world where dragons rule Rome...romance · fantasy · dragons · new-adult · witches-wizards · fated-mates · fiction · horror · dark · mythical-creatures -
Myths & Madness by Veronica Lancet
BLURB coming soon!-will release... -
Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes
Cold Eternity, the newest space horror novel from the author of Dead Silence and Ghost Station, blends the dystopian dread of Severance with the catastrophic approach to AI from M3gan. Halley is on the run from an interplanetary political scandal that has put a huge target on her back... -
Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes the story of three siblings who, upon the death of their father, are forced to reckon with their long-festering rivalries, dangerous abilities, and the crushing weight of all their unrealized adolescent potential.Where there’s a will, there’s a war...fantasy · contemporary · fiction · urban-fantasy · magic · magical-realism · paranormal · dark-academia · dark · horror -
Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker
Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner, washing away the remains of brutal murders and suicides in Chinatown. The bloody messes don't bother her, not when she's already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister being pushed in front of a train.Before fleeing the scene, the murderer whispered two words: bat eater...horror · mystery · fantasy · fiction · gothic · contemporary · ghosts · paranormal · asian-mc · crime -
Enchantra by Kaylie Smith
Ready or Not meets Throne of the Fallen in a spicy, enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance, where an Italian getaway turns deadly after a young woman is trapped in her host family's cursed game.Ready or not, the game has begun. Genevieve Grimm has felt adrift ever since her sister became the head of the family. So when a mysterious friend of their mother's invites her to Italy, she accepts... -
Given by Elayna R. Gallea
She's born to die. He lives to hunt. The full blurb and cover for this enemies to lovers slow burn romantasy is coming soon. The release date is not final and will be moved up closer to publication... -
When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy
One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent, bloody encounter with the boy's father, she and the boy find themselves running for their lives. As they attempt to evade the boy's increasingly desperate father, horrifying incidents of butchery follow them... -
Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey
What would you do if you thought your coworker was getting away with murder—literally?Dolores dela Cruz has been dying to spot one in the wild, and he fits the mold strangler gloves, calculated charm, dashing good looks that give a leg up in any field . . . including fields of unmarked graves.The new office temp is definitely a serial killer...romance · mystery · contemporary · fiction · suspense · horror · serial-killers · satire · humor · crime -
Polybius by Collin Armstrong
Stranger Things meets The Walking Dead in this shivery novel based on a terrifying urban legend about a small seaside town descending into chaos when an unusual video game is unveiled at the local arcade. Having recently moved to the gentrifying seaside town of Tasker Bay with her mother, the only thing on high schooler Andi’s mind is saving up enough money for her escape to Silicon Valley...horror · sci-fi · mystery · suspense · fantasy · fiction · paranormal · post-apocalyptic · crime · book -
Pride or Die by CL Montblanc
In this delightful dark comedy debut, when the members of an LGBTQ+ club find themselves accidentally framed for attempted murder, it's up to them to clear their names before it's too late.It’s kind of hard to graduate high school when you’re the prime suspect in an attempted murder.Seventeen-year-old Eleanora Finkel just wants to finish her senior year and get the hell out of Texas...young-adult · mystery · lgbtq · fiction · wlw · contemporary · crime · horror · mental-illness · high-school -
Another Fine Mess by Lindy Ryan
Another Fine Mess is a horror novel that combines mystery, humor, and heart. It follows the Evans women, who have kept the undead from rising in their southeast Texas town for over a century. However, the dead sometimes rise too quickly. In Another Fine Mess, Lenore Evans, Luna, and the new sheriff must uncover what threatens everything they love...horror · mystery · fantasy · cozy · small-town · humor · vampires · fiction · supernatural · monsters -
Tonight, I Bleed by Katharine J. Adams
In this dark and decadent sequel to Tonight, I Burn, a witch finds herself face to face with death as she stands at the center of a magical rebellion and back to back with her enemies as she falls deeper into a seductive romance. Penny Albright has burned night after night to keep her soul free of Malin's contract. Now, she's at the stake again, and this time, it's her freewill about to burn...fantasy · lgbtq · epic · witches-wizards · dark · horror · fiction · action-adventure · romantic-love · book -
This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara
She knows the taste of death. He'll stoke her hunger for it.Eighteen-year-old Sarai doesn't know why someone tried to kill her four years ago, but she does know that her case was closed without justice. Hellbent on vengeance, she returns to the scene of the crime as a Petitor, a prosecutor who can magically detect lies, and is assigned to work with Tetrarch Kadra... -
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A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang
From a rising star author, a richly inventive, brutal and beautiful science-fantasy novella. A story of family, loss, oppression and rebellion for readers of Nghi Vo's The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Neon Yang's The Black Tides of Heaven and Kritika H...fantasy · fiction · high-fantasy · poc-author · young-adult · myths · post-apocalyptic · paranormal · horror · anthologies -
The Cut by C.J. Dotson
In this chilling supernatural horror novel set in a mysterious hotel, a woman fleeing her abusive ex finds herself running from more than just her past.A historic hotel long past its prime and huddled along The Cut, a questionable Lake Erie beach, isn’t Sadie Miles’ ideal place to raise a toddler while also navigating her second pregnancy...