The Most Anticipated Horror Books Coming Out this Fall

Tananarive Dew’s 2023 horror novel reformer It has an average rating of 4.43 on Goodreads and is one of the best written horror novels of the last several years. Dew’s latest horror novel spans three generations. Filmmaker Johnny Washington inherits Mazewood, a remote mountainous area, from his grandmother Maazel, a famous actress in the 1940s and 50s. Now, 50 years after Maazel’s death, Johnny travels to his cabin in the woods to encounter an evil creature.

Jennifer Thorne released in 2024 diavolaA chilling Gothic ghost story set in Italy, and I haven’t been able to stop talking about it since. of 2026 Newborn Park sees Thorne returning to the family holiday story, but this time the location and scares are quite different. Twenty-six-year-old Martha Shaw has spent the past several years caring for her dying mother. Tired of being who she used to be, Martha agrees to go on vacation with her brother to a lavish 200-acre estate called Newborn Park. But when the real owner of the property returns, they bring with them something dark, sinister, and hungry.

Hungerstone, Kat Dunn’s 2025 retelling Carmilla, This was the vampire story of my dreams. In October, Dunn will release a new horror story inspired by another beloved classic. Rottenheart is a reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Set in the 1890s, the novel tells the story of a young woman, Odette, whose mother dies under mysterious circumstances. When her father quickly remarries, Odette becomes suspicious. Then Odette is visited by the ghost of her mother, who is thirsty for revenge.