Bookseller Jules and the Case of the Distant Screams
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What is it about our deep need to ride a possessed roller coaster that whips us from fear to relief and then back to fear faster than we can scream, “Ghost!” ? I would argue that we need those feelings now more than ever. Have you seen what’s going on out there? Sometimes reading something that normalizes a very crazy world is counterproductive. Sometimes what we need is a good old-fashioned scream to relieve all that tension. Horror novels will do the trick. They allow us to dig into a very dark place and push the limits of our imagination. Reading ANY of these titles will force you to think “what if…” while at the same time knowing, hoping that there is no way it’s real. Yet our imagination pulls us back into the dark, the gory, the scary, the surreal. If you think the world outside is frightening, reading these books will reveal the depths a writer can go to get you to hold your breath. Stay quiet. Scream. Hold a book with a grip that won’t let go. Let these books grip you.
{{ product: 9781435171442 }}People make it all out to be about a monster, but that’s not the only horror in this title. You can’t help but be compelled and drawn into the madness that is the world and history of Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Get ready for the spooky season with a book about a chilling creature, a fearful town, and scientist who just can’t help himself.
Not for the faint of heart. And yet – a book that carries many #HorrorTok mentions on social media. We are stronger than we imagine. Horror fiction such as Tender is the Flesh demonstrates the limits of a writer’s imagination. The world is a scary place. The imagination? Here’s everything getting darker. Dig in.
“Redrum,” “the twins,” repeated outbursts from the main character – these are all moments in The Shining that will be forever burned into your frontal lobe. Memory, attention span and emotions will be thrown into turmoil as you read one of King’s best. Is this what you want? Yes, it is most certainly what you want.
Jason Rekulak lives to dream up stories. From publishing and editing to writing, there is not a single second where Rekulak isn’t thinking of ways to get YOU reading and imagining. Follow the story that he conjures up and you are guaranteed to lose yourself in the day and specifically, Hidden Pictures.
Let the cover of What Moves the Dead explode your eyes and brains. And to assure you, the read lives up to the cover. We guarantee a one-sitting read that will make you back slowly away from fast approaching hares. Be careful not to tumble as the descent is fast, deep, and scary.
Twisting back and forth through time and various perspectives, this edge-of-your-seat thriller about a group of friends spending one last summer at the lake culminates in a shocking ending that will leave readers reeling.
We could not stop raving about Jones’ prior book, The Only Good Indians. We are delighted to say the praise continues for My Heart is a Chainsaw, as well. Jones checks ALL the boxes on your #HorrorTok reading list. Pop culture references, horror movies, “growing up” — it’s all there. And then, we move one step closer to perfection: A story that resonates beyond all the checkboxes. Heart, indeed!
By the author of The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires — think Steel Magnolias meets Dracula — one of our favorites over the past two years returns with a killer follow-up. If you want to know what happens to those horror movie characters who meet their end before the end then follow Hendrix’s narrative. Here we meet survivors. Their escape from the horror keeps us rapt and hoping, hoping hoping that it’s “just a book.”
This breathtaking post-apocalyptic debut about a transgender teenager and the fundamentalist cult he grew up in is not for the faint of heart. Guts and gore abound as Benji fights back against the monsters around him and learns how to control the one within himself.
If, after you read From Below, you click through to Darcy Coates’ name here on our site, you will see the depth of her horror oeuvre. We once asked, “How many ways can Darcy Coates scare us?” Just know, speaking of “depths” that fear goes as far below as it does above. While a haunted house skims the top of land; what do you make of a haunted ship? Follow the sonar signal at your peril.
Kiersten White had us with the words “an abandoned amusement park.” It’s all fun and games until your past comes back to haunt you, and that’s a whole ride in and of itself. Hang on!
After you’ve been consumed by these titles don’t forget to visit THE HORROR SHOP on BN.com. The graphic design alone will haunt you … and so many more books to freak you out.