November 2026 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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Driven
by Mason Coile
Jamie has woken up to the Lion—a sleek, private, contained vessel that is one-hundred percent safe. Except he's speeding down a dark road, the hood is dented—wait, is that blood?—and the car will not respond, or stop, or let him out.
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I Am the Monster Under the Bed
by Emily Zinnikas
As her past pulls her back to the place where she swore she’d never return, Willa is drawn toward the monster she left behind―and becoming the villain her hometown has always believed her to be.
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In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts
by Gwendolyn Kiste
In 1955, Daisy Buchanan is found dead in an abandoned West Egg mansion, but her daughter Mel knows she's really been gone for years. But when Mel enters the estate, she finds Daisy's ghost, somehow frozen at twenty-three, and a charming, bleeding phantom that used to be Jay Gatsby.
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Incarnate
by Alma Katsu
Beauty doesn’t fade. It feeds.
From beloved horror maven Alma Katsu comes a terrifying reimagining of The Picture of Dorian Gray for the internet age.
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Jenny Will Eat You Now
by Gillian Daniels
Sometimes you want to eat the ones you love...right?
River monster Jenny Greenteeth stalks a handsome academic through town after a chance encounter leaves her hungry and curious about the world she's been hiding from.
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Kiss Slay Replay
by Rachel Harrison
Willa just had the most intense and blood-soaked nightmare of her life. Only as her friend's wedding day unfolds, she comes to understand it's not a dream; she’s stuck in a loop of carnage and terror that she must learn how to escape... or else suffer a fate worse than death: being an eternal wedding guest.
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Mazywood
by Tananarive Due
When Johnny—grandson of the famous Black actress Mazelle Washington—brings his family to Mazywood, the secluded mountain lodge left him by his grandmother, he expects a quiet retreat. Instead, he uncovers a legacy of rage, secrets, and terror that has haunted his family for generations. For a monster lurks outside Mazywood.
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Newbourne Park
by Jennifer Thorne
When night falls, the rightful master of Newbourne Park returns—and she’s not alone. Suddenly, being caught trespassing is the least of Martha's worries, because what steps out into the moonlight is something vicious. And hungry.
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Nightjars
by Michael Wehunt
All the drugs and alcohol, therapy, and hypnosis sessions have never conquered Luke's deepest fear―that he hasn’t escaped the hidden legacy of his late father, who killed his victims by blood loss. But now there is a new string of serial killings, and the evidence all points to Luke.
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Pictures of You
by Josh Malerman
Emily becomes the unknowing subject of an artist’s dangerous work in this intense Hitchcockian thriller.
The clock is ticking.
For Emily.
For Jack.
For being forever trapped.
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The Rouse
by China Miéville
A book unlike any other: at once an encyclopedic and multitudinous saga of a bloody century and the intimate story of two lives, their loves, regrets, and secrets—and a terrifying journey into infinite mystery.
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She's a Doll
by Barbara Truelove
Lucy isn’t like other girls. She’s a doll on a mission—to find the man who killed her... and return the favor.
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The Ship of Death
by Kyle Winkler
The dice roll. Darkness answers.
House of Leaves meets Jumanji in this brilliant and twisted novel composed entirely of found documents, following an unwitting couple ensnared by a sinister tabletop role-playing game.
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Sometimes I Scare Myself
by Jeneva Rose
Three horror stories:
A dinner party. A quiet house. A roadside stop.
You'll recognize the setup.
You won't recognize what comes next.
Not all nightmares come from sleep. Some come from bestselling author Jeneva Rose.
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Trad Wife
by Sarah Langan
Every day, millions watch Mia Wright, the “trad wife” queen, on her idyllic three-hundred-acre farm. With her handsome husband, well-behaved children, and a life of from-scratch meals and pastoral bliss, she’s an icon of modern femininity. But behind every perfect image is a secret. And in this case, the secret is a horror.
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The Unhaunting
by Micaiah Johnson
A house, itself, is nothing. It’s not a shelter until it is sheltering someone. A house is a housefire, waiting for its match. A house is a ghost story, waiting for its death.
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We Are for the Dark
by Gretchen McNeil
An isolated town. A missing priest. An ancient, hungry darkness. An FBI-agent-turned-Catholic-priest and a junior constable are sent to a remote Canadian island to investigate a missing priest, and encounter a supernatural mystery spanning centuries.
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