Top new horror books in September 2023
Last updated:
September 30, 2023
September 2023 featuring new releases by Jessica Knoll, Peter Swanson, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Mona Awad, M.L. Rio, Carissa Orlando, Lauren Groff, Harper Ashley, Wren Hawthorne, Stephen King, K.J. Dell'Antonia and many more.
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Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
An extraordinary novel inspired by the real-life sorority targeted by America's first celebrity serial killer in his final murderous spree.January 1978. A serial killer has terrorized women across the Pacific Northwest, but his existence couldn’t be further from the minds of the vibrant young women at the top sorority on Florida State University’s campus in Tallahassee...fiction · mystery · historical-fiction · crime · historical · audiobook · true-crime · thriller · suspense · horror -
![The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson]()
The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson pens a spectacularly spine-chilling novella in which an American art student in London is invited to join a classmate for the holidays at Starvewood Hall, her family's Cotswold manor house. But behind the holly and pine boughs, secrets are about to unravel, revealing this seemingly charming English village's grim history...mystery · fiction · gothic · season-winter · suspense · crime · audiobook · horror · historical · murder -
![Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout]()
Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Long ago, the world was destroyed by gods. Only nine cities were spared. Separated by vast wilderness teeming with monsters and unimaginable dangers, each city is now ruled by a guardian―royalty who feed on mortal pleasure... -
![Rouge by Mona Awad]()
Rouge by Mona Awad
From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother’s unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty...horror · fiction · gothic · literary-fiction · contemporary · mystery · dark · magical-realism · cults · fundamentalism -
![In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology by M.L. Rio]()
In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology by M.L. Rio
ENROLLMENT BEGINS NOWA beguiling, sinister collection of 12 dark academia short stories from masters of the genre, including Olivie Blake, M.L...fantasy · anthologies · fiction · gothic · contemporary · dark-academia · season-autumn · psychological · supernatural · horror -
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![The September House by Carissa Orlando]()
The September House by Carissa Orlando
A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel.When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings...horror · fiction · paranormal · mystery · ghosts · audiobook · haunted-places · spooky · supernatural · gothic -
![Peach Pit: Sixteen Stories of Unsavory Women by Lauren Groff]()
Peach Pit: Sixteen Stories of Unsavory Women by Lauren Groff
A stunning anthology of fierce and dangerous women, featuring stories from Lauren Groff, Deesha Philyaw, K-Ming Chang, and thirteen other award-winning and bestselling authorsA middle-aged Black woman exacts revenge on the aggressively average men she meets on dating sites... -
![No Place to Hide by Harper Ashley, Wren Hawthorne]()
No Place to Hide by Harper Ashley, Wren Hawthorne
BlairAll I wanted was one night .A simple night of fun with my friends at the carnival.I didn’t know I’d spend it learning things I never knew about myself.Every twist and turn of our game brings us deeper into our desires.But what’s a little pain if it’s mixed with unimaginable pleasure?JacksonAll I wanted was one night .A simple night of peace doing my job...romance · dark · horror · contemporary · steamy · new-adult · multi-pov · friends-to-lovers · insta-love · fiction -
![Holly by Stephen King]()
Holly by Stephen King
Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town. “Sometimes the universe throws you a rope.” —BILL HODGESStephen King’s Holly marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney...horror · fiction · mystery · crime · suspense · thriller · contemporary · law-enforcement · psychological · book -
![Playing the Witch Card by K.J. Dell'Antonia]()
Playing the Witch Card by K.J. Dell'Antonia
Gilmore Girls meets Practical Magic in the latest novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chicken Sisters, the story of one woman’s Halloween homecoming to the town where she swore off magic, and where she must reclaim it in order to create the life she desires and protect everyone she loves from an unexpected threat.She gave up on magic. But magic didn't give up on her.Two exes...romance · fantasy · witches-wizards · magic · fiction · supernatural · audiobook · womens-fiction · season-autumn · contemporary -
![The Hanging City by Charlie N. Holmberg]()
The Hanging City by Charlie N. Holmberg
For a young woman who wields the power of fear, humanity’s greatest enemy is her only hope in a new fairy-tale adventure by Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg.Seven years on the run from her abusive father, and with no hope of sanctuary among the dwindling pockets of human civilization, Lark is out of options... -
![The Tithing by Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli]()
The Tithing by Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli
An ancient curse. Two families bound. A forbidden love.When the Wildbloods presented their daughters to me on the night of the Tithing, they knew what was to come for the chosen girl. The crescent moon that marked Willow made her mine. I had no choice but to take her. Destiny determined our fates long before we were born, laying our roles out for us. A Sacrifice would be made. A Tithe paid...romance · dark · fantasy · contemporary · gothic · suspense · mystery · paranormal · enemies-to-lovers · arranged-marriage -
![Hollow by Karina Halle]()
Hollow by Karina Halle
A spicy retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, where Kat Van Tassel doesn't have to choose between Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane, and there are worse things haunting them than the Headless Horseman.Ever since she was a child, Kat Van Tassel knew that her parents had arranged for her to marry her best friend, Brom Bones, when she became of age...romance · fantasy · gothic · paranormal · retellings · dark · reverse-harem · dark-academia · age-gap · friends-to-lovers -
![The Land of Lost Things by John Connolly]()
The Land of Lost Things by John Connolly
The redemptive power of stories and family is revealed in New York Times bestselling author John Connolly’s atmospheric tale set in the same magical universe as The Book of Lost Things.“Twice upon a time—for that is how some stories should continue…”Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident—a body without a spirit...fantasy · fiction · myths · action-adventure · horror · young-adult · magical-realism · suspense · literary-fiction · supernatural -
![Not Forever, But For Now by Chuck Palahniuk]()
Not Forever, But For Now by Chuck Palahniuk
From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a hilarious horror satire about a family of professional killers responsible for the most atrocious events in history and the young brothers that are destined to take over.Meet Otto and Cecil. Two brothers growing up privileged in the Welsh countryside. They enjoy watching nature shows, playing with their pet pony, impersonating their Grandfather..horror · fiction · crime · humor · lgbtq · literary-fiction · audiobook · satire · mystery · contemporary -
![The Golden Gate by Amy Chua]()
The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
Amy Chua's debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change...historical-fiction · mystery · fiction · crime · historical · ww2 · audiobook · law-enforcement · police-procedural · horror -
![Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian]()
Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian
A folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by demons and ghosts―and where death is always just around the bend.Sadie Grace is wanted for witchcraft, dead (or alive). And every hired gun in Kansas is out to collect the bounty on her head, including bona fide witch hunter Old Tom and his mysterious, mute ward, Rabbit...horror · fantasy · historical-fiction · western · fiction · historical · witches-wizards · paranormal · audiobook · spooky -
![The Library of Shadows by Rachel Moore]()
The Library of Shadows by Rachel Moore
Funny, moving, and heart-achingly real, this romantic romp and paranormal romcom debut--through a haunted library with trapdoors, ghosts, and memories--is full of great love that triumphs over even death, perfect for fans of Ninth House and Cemetery Boys.Radcliffe Prep...romance · fantasy · young-adult · paranormal · mystery · ghosts · supernatural · fiction · urban-fantasy · dark-academia -
![Gray Days by Hailey Edwards]()
Gray Days by Hailey Edwards
Black Hat Bureau, Book 9The Black Hat compound is rubble on the ocean floor, the director hasn’t been seen since the explosion that demolished his life’s work, and old enemies have decided it’s open season on the remaining agents. Oh. And Arden has decided now is a great time for a surprise visit to force a confrontation with Rue...romance · urban-fantasy · vampires · paranormal · magic · fantasy · demons · fae · witches-wizards · shapeshifters -
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![Dragons' Bride by Alex Lidell]()
Dragons' Bride by Alex Lidell
A bargain struck. A pact made. Now the dragon princes must forge me into a bride. Except dragons’ brides are molded from childhood—while Tavias’s pack has mere weeks to make me into a passable one. To teach me to fight. To behave. To mate. As our ship slices through the perilous sea toward the Equinox Trials, the danger isn’t confined to evil creatures in the ocean’s depth...romance · reverse-harem · fantasy · fae · dragons · paranormal · shapeshifters · harem · supernatural · fake-relationship -
![A Taste of Darkness: 13 spooky stories to savour by Melinda Salisbury, Dawn Kurtagich, Amy McCulloch, Louie Stowell]()
A Taste of Darkness: 13 spooky stories to savour by Melinda Salisbury, Dawn Kurtagich, Amy McCulloch, Louie Stowell
A chilling, thrilling collection of 13 haunting tales. Perfect for every YA reader!From supernatural thrillers to contemporary horror, creepy ancient legends to murders gone wrong - this insatiable anthology is impossible to put down, and even more difficult to forget... -
![Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong]()
Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong
Laney Kilpatrick has been renting her vacation home to strangers. The invasion of privacy gives her panic attacks, but it’s the only way she can keep her beloved Hemlock Island, the only thing she owns after a pandemic-fueled divorce... -
![The Ghost Illusion by Kat Martin]()
The Ghost Illusion by Kat Martin
In a twisty page-turner for fans of Lisa Jewell and Melinda Leigh, New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin melds psychological thriller and ghost story as one woman’s daring search for the truth tests the dividing line between life and death.If you need help, we are here for you.Eve St...romance · mystery · horror · fiction · suspense · ghosts · paranormal · gothic · audiobook · action-adventure -
![Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison]()
Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family’s dark secrets in this fiery, irreverent horror novel from the author of Such Sharp Teeth and Cackle. Nobody has a “normal” family, but Vesper Wright’s is truly...something else...horror · fiction · gothic · cults · supernatural · vampires · historical · shapeshifters · spirituality · monsters -
![After the Forest by Kell Woods]()
After the Forest by Kell Woods
Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. A drop of blood to bind its power. 1650: The Black Forest, Wurttemberg. Fifteen years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies in ruin, its people recovering in the aftermath of a brutal war...romance · fantasy · retellings · fiction · witches-wizards · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · magic · fairy-tale -
![Call the Dark by J. Todd Scott]()
Call the Dark by J. Todd Scott
From author J. Todd Scott comes a haunting thriller about a young plane crash survivor and a mysterious hiker who venture into the wilderness to escape a dark and vengeful force.A small white plane hurtles from the sky, vanishing into the wilderness. Hiker Maggie Roby watches its final descent, certain that no one could have survived...horror · suspense · fiction · mystery · psychological · folk-horror · rural · season-winter · sci-fi · audiobook -
![Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven]()
Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven
A feminist YA horror-thriller-romance retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray by the TikTok sensation and author of The Society for Soulless Girls… Penny Paxton is the daughter of an icon. Her supermodel mother has legions of adoring fans around the world, and Penny is ready to begin her journey to international adoration, starting with joining the elite Dorian Drama School...romance · wlw · horror · young-adult · lgbtq · fantasy · paranormal · contemporary · dark-academia · lesbian-mc -
![Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig]()
Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
A small town is transformed by dark magic when a strange tree begins bearing magical apples in this new masterpiece of horror from the bestselling author of Wanderers and The Book of Accidents.It’s autumn in the town of Harrow, but something else is changing in the town besides the season.Because in that town there is an orchard, and in that orchard, seven most unusual trees...horror · fiction · fantasy · dark · terror · supernatural · historical · psychological · book · adult -
![This Is How We End Things by R.J. Jacobs]()
This Is How We End Things by R.J. Jacobs
Riley Sager meets If We Were Villains in a compelling new psychological thriller by RJ Jacobs, following a tight-knit group of graduate students studying the psychology of lying. When one of them is discovered dead after an experiment, everything the group thought they knew about deception crumbles..mystery · fiction · contemporary · crime · suspense · audiobook · psychological · dark-academia · season-winter · thriller -
![Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass]()
Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass
Scream meets Clueless in this YA horror from Adam Sass in which two gay teen BFFs find their friendship tested when a serial killer starts targeting their school’s Queer Club. Perfect for fans of Blumhouse horror movies, Ellie Marney's None Shall Sleep, and Stephanie Perkins's There's Someone Inside Your House...audiobook · book · contemporary · fiction · horror · lgbtq · mystery · romantic-love · wlw · young-adult -
![Blood by Katie May]()
Blood by Katie May
One of my mates is dead. The rest of them have been taken hostage. And me? I’m just a crazy demon-goddess on a warpath. Zeus has gone too far this time. There are some things I can forgive, but this isn’t one of them. My only option is to recruit an army of monsters to destroy the god who’s supposed to rule over us all. In order to do that, I have to make two trips... -
![Monsters in Love, Vol. 4: Lost in the Deeps by Cassie Alexander, S.J. Sanders, Nova Blake, Ashley Bennett]()
Monsters in Love, Vol. 4: Lost in the Deeps by Cassie Alexander, S.J. Sanders, Nova Blake, Ashley Bennett
Welcome to Monsters in Love...Give in to these delicious and dangerous beasts and pre-order your copy today.Featuring monstrous tales of pleasure by:Eva Priest writing as Evangeline PriestVivienne HartNova BlakeDee St. HolmS.J. SandersClio EvansC.M... -
![Normal Rules Don't Apply by Kate Atkinson]()
Normal Rules Don't Apply by Kate Atkinson
A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life which offer the gimlet eye and delightful social critique that have made Atkinson one of the most lauded writers of our time.In this brilliant volume, nothing is quite as it seems...fiction · fantasy · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · mystery · anthologies · 21st-century · paranormal · killer -
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![If I Have to Be Haunted by Miranda Sun]()
If I Have to Be Haunted by Miranda Sun
Cemetery Boys meets Legendborn in this thrillingly romantic, irresistibly fun YA contemporary fantasy debut following a teenage Chinese American ghost speaker who (reluctantly) makes a deal to raise her nemesis from the dead.Cara Tang doesn’t want to be haunted.Look, the dead have issues, and Cara has enough of her own...romance · fantasy · young-adult · paranormal · contemporary · ghosts · urban-fantasy · fiction · enemies-to-lovers · audiobook -
![Heart of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes]()
Heart of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes
Full blurb coming soon! Book three of this fantasy romance epic, Heart of the Shadow King will keep you turning pages and swooning in the small hours of the night...romance · fantasy · fae · magical-realism · paranormal · historical · fiction · dark · horror · book -
![Slime Doesn't Pay! by R.L. Stine]()
Slime Doesn't Pay! by R.L. Stine
Lots of little brothers can be pests and trouble-makers -- but Amy's brother Arnie is a MONSTER ... In this R.L. Stine family-friendly scare fest, Amy and her friend, Lissa, don't know what to do about Arnie's bullying, bad-boy behavior, and mean jokes and pranks. The little monster is ruining their lives! The girls decide it's payback time. Total humiliation for Arnie...horror · middle-grade · children-books · children · audiobook · fiction · suspense · paranormal · fantasy · animals -
![The Ever King by L.J. Andrews]()
The Ever King by L.J. Andrews
They stole his crown, so he stole their daughter…For years Erik, the scarred king of the Ever Kingdom, has thought of nothing but vengeance against the man who killed his father and trapped him beneath the waves, making Erik a prisoner in his own realm.But on a dare gone wrong, his enemy’s daughter recklessly breaks the chains on the Ever...europe · scandinavia · romance · fantasy · outlaws · fae · fiction · enemies-to-lovers · medieval · mermaids -
![A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid]()
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Bestselling author Ava Reid makes her YA debut in this dark academic fantasy perfect for fans of Melissa Albert and Elana K. Arnold.Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood, she’s had no choice...romance · fantasy · young-adult · mystery · gothic · fiction · paranormal · dark-academia · horror · contemporary -
![Hollow by C.M. Nascosta]()
Hollow by C.M. Nascosta
“If you're telling ghost stories, you can't leave out the Horseman.”Two tales of Sleepy Hollow to heat your nights this autumn. Whether you're in the modern Sleepy Hollow Polo Club locker room, or traveling by moonlight across that famous bridge, the Horseman rides, seeking some head...romance · fantasy · paranormal · monsters · retellings · mlm · suspense · supernatural · steamy · myths -
![Queen of the Monsters by Erin Bedford]()
Queen of the Monsters by Erin Bedford
This princess has been been underestimated for the last time. With her kingdom's future hanging in the balance, she will have to choose between the monsters she's come to care for or see her home burn...fiction · romantic-love · dark · horror · sword-sorcery · mythical-creatures · fantasy · book · adult
