Best Horror Books of 2025

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

by Stephen Graham Jones

In 1912 a strange confession is given, over several nights, to a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunted the fields of the Blackfeet reservation, looking for justice. A diary, written in 1912 by...

King Sorrow

by Hill, Joe

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill, a chilling tale of modern-world dangers, dark academia, and the unexpected consequences of revenge as six friends dabble in the occult and are tragically, horrifyingly...

The Bewitching

by Moreno-garcia, Silvia

“Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches”: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva—stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that’s...

Girl in the Creek

by Wendy N. Wagner

Hungerstone

by Kat Dunn

An orphaned, emotionally isolated heiress with no money marries a cunning steel tycoon for a chance to build back her life. As their relationship progresses, she grows increasingly disturbed by her own desires, which are...

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...

Ecstasy

by Ivy Pochoda