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Horror
June 2026
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Nothing Tastes as Good
by Luke Dumas

Desperate for a change, obese 28-year-old Emmett Truesdale signs up for a clinical trial of Obexity, a new gene therapy treatment designed to help with weight loss. As the weight falls off, Emmett's confidence grows...but he soon discovers there's a dark side to Obexity.
 
Try this next: Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer.
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Molka
by Monika Kim

Seoul office worker Dahye is reeling from her boyfriend's betrayal after he's caught up in a hidden camera scandal. Meanwhile, her voyeuristic coworker Junyoung has installed cameras throughout their workplace, which he uses to spy on Dahye and their other women colleagues. As Junyoung's interest in her turns to obsession, Dahye's continued downward spiral becomes a quest for vengeance...with him in the crosshairs.
 
For fans of: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
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The Caretaker
by Marcus Kliewer

Cash-strapped Macy Mullins accepts a position as a caretaker for a house on the Oregon Coast, which promises hefty pay for only three days of work. But when she arrives, she's given a list of Rites that must be followed, lest the Visitors from the neighboring woods destroy the world.
 
This menacing cosmic horror novel from the author of We Used to Live Here is "for those who like their thriller stories bowstring taut and their endings pitch black" (Booklist).
 
Try this next: The Spite House by Johnny Compton.
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Wretch: Or, the Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw
by Eric LaRocca

Grief-stricken after his husband's death, Simeon finds solace in a mysterious support group called The Wretches, who introduce him to Porcelain Khaw, a man who can give people a last moment with deceased loved ones. But Porcelain Khaw's gift comes at a dangerous price, one Simeon isn't sure he can pay.
 
For fans of: the unflinching transgressive fiction of Hailey Piper and Clive Barker. 
2025 Bram Stoker Award Nominees
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
by Stephen Graham Jones

In 2012, college professor Etsy Beaucarne learns about a 100-year-old diary written by her great-great-grandfather, Lutheran minister Arthur Beaucarne, hoping she can utilize it to secure tenure. Contained within its pages are the confessions of Good Stab, a Blackfeet vampire seeking vengeance for the massacre of his people.

For fans of: Lone Women by Victor LaValle.
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King Sorrow
by Joe Hill

Blackmailed into stealing rare books, college student Arthur Oakes and his friends summon King Sorrow, a powerful dragon from a supernatural realm. The creature saves them -- but their bargain binds them to provide an annual human sacrifice, unleashing dark, magical consequences that shadow their lives for decades.

Try this next: The Dissonance by Shaun Hamill.
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The Bewitching
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A graduate student researching a mysterious horror author uncovers dark family secrets and a haunting past linked to witchcraft and decades-spanning disappearances in this multi-timeline gothic novel rich with folklore, suspense, and supernatural terror.
 
For fans of: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.
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Teenage Girls Can Be Demons
by Hailey Piper
 
13 coming-of-rage stories the way only Bram Stoker Award-winning author Hailey Piper can tell them--wildly inventive, brilliantly imaginative, and completely and utterly enthralling.
 
For fans of: Clive Barker, Mariana Enriquez, and Eric LaRocca.
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Listen to Your Sister
by Neena Viel

Twentysomething Calla has recurring nightmares in which her younger brothers Dre and Jamie violently die. When Jamie runs afoul of a police officer at a protest, the trio flee to a remote cabin, where Calla's nightmares become horrifyingly real.
 
Try this next: Model Home by Rivers Solomon.
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