Something wicked this way reads! Our October Reading Challenge is getting spooky with Horror. From haunted houses and creepy creatures, there’s a frighteningly good story waiting for every horror fan. Read a horror novel to earn this month’s special bookmark and have your name entered into a raffle for a $50 gift certificate to Escape the Puzzle, located on Broadway! Keep reading for some spine-chilling recommendations, and be sure to check out the newest horror titles at the end of this post so you can place your next scary read on hold.
In the mysterious town of Fell, New York, three sisters are haunted by strange visions and the unexplained disappearance of their younger brother. Nearly twenty years later, his return draws them back home.
After accepting a caretaking job at a remote house on the Oregon Coast, Macy Mullins soon realizes the strange position is far more dangerous than she expected.
Fresh out of rehab, Mallory Quinn takes a babysitting job and quickly bonds with five-year-old Teddy, whose drawings begin depicting disturbing scenes of murder.
After her wealthy husband dies mysteriously, Elsie finds herself isolated in his family home when she discovers a locked room containing a wooden figure that eerily resembles her.
When Sam returns to her mother’s North Carolina home, she finds her acting strangely and the once-welcoming house transformed into an unsettling place.
In the dark forest behind a mysterious house on Needless Street, something has been buried, but the truth is far stranger than it first appears.
After a private video of Dahye and her new boyfriend is secretly recorded and leaked online, her humiliation turns to fury, driving her toward a dangerous quest for revenge.
In 1919, a young woman and her uncle investigate a mysterious illness spreading through their isolated Vermont town, while nearly a century later, siblings uncover the dark secrets of their ancestral home.
After years of struggling with his weight and self-image, Emmett enrolls in a clinical trial for a weight-loss drug that transforms his life overnight. But Emmett fears the treatment may be turning him into a monster.
After losing their young son in a tragic accident, police chief Rachel Kennan and her alcoholic husband struggle to keep their family together while investigating a disturbing crime in their small Virginia town.
After inheriting the house her mother once claimed was possessed by a demon, influencer Clio Barnes sees an opportunity to create house-flipping content.
Burnt-out witch Belladonna Blackthorn is summoned by her coven on her thirtieth birthday and given one month to prove she is worthy of keeping her magic.
After retreating to her family’s Vermont lake house, a recently widowed actress becomes fascinated by the glamorous couple living across the lake…especially when the wife disappears.
After a near-fatal accident, Emily moves with her husband to an isolated country house on Dartmoor, where she begins experiencing strange disturbances and senses a terrifying presence in one of the rooms.
In 1840s Mexico, healer Nena and vaquero Néstor reunite as war with the United States begins, only to face a terrifying creature that has haunted their past.
After their parents’ sudden deaths, siblings Louise and Mark return to their home to prepare it for sale. But as they sort through a lifetime of memories, they discover that the house may have a sinister will of its own.
NEW Horror Books Publishing This October
After losing her job and apartment, Julia returns to her family’s centuries-old estate in Massachusetts, where strange occurrences lead her to uncover its connection to a woman executed for witchcraft in 1692.
Coming out October 6th
A former New York City punk photographer is pulled back into the past when her photographs go viral and she begins hearing the screams of her murdered best friend.
Coming out October 6th
A group of Blackfeet activists travels to repatriate the remains of a boy who died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. But when they bring his bones home, something sinister escapes with them.
Coming out October 13th
After her mother’s mysterious death, Odette’s life is upended when her aunt becomes her new stepmother. As a sinister presence takes hold of the family home, Odette discovers that her mother’s spirit has returned.
Coming out October 13th
