Horror Books for Your Beach Bag
Move over, sweet escapist reads.
On a scale from one 🔪 to five 🔪 🔪 🔪 🔪 🔪—we’ve got
9 must-read horror books to put in your beach bag this summer.
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The Bewitching: A Novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.
“In Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s sure hands, every uncovered secret is fraught with intrigue and creeping horror. This multigenerational story weaves class, history, and brujería in the way only Moreno-Garcia can. Fans of Silver Nitrate and Mexican Gothic can rejoice—The Bewitching does not disappoint!”—Tananarive Due, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of The Reformatory
Available in Hardcover, eBook, Audio, and Large Print Editions.
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With a Vengeance: A Novel by Riley Sager
One train. No stops. A deadly game of survival and revenge.
“A clever and fun mashup of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express. Sager wields a deft hand in bringing all the elements together into a rip-roaring, tension-filled tale of greed, murder, and revenge. Enjoy the ride on the Phoenix.”—David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Strangers in Time
Available in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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The Possession of Alba Díaz: A Novel by Isabel Cañas
When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn’t trust . . . from bestselling author Isabel Cañas.
“With every book, Isabel Cañas asserts jaw-dropping peerlessness at her craft. Chilling and tender, bloody and sensuous, The Possession of Alba Díaz is Cañas working at the height of her prodigious powers, expanding her fascinating Gothic oeuvre with her best and most brutal work yet. I devoured it.”—Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six
Available August 19th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
Also Available in Spanish: La posesión de Alba Díaz
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This Is My Body: A Novel by Lindsay King-Miller
A gripping, emotional, and darkly funny queer horror novel about family trauma and possession, for fans of Rachel Harrison and Catriona Ward.
“This Is My Body blends faith and body horror into a queer cosmic romp that would make any exorcist blush. In this fresh possession epic, a marriage made in hell between David Cronenberg and William Peter Blatty, Lindsay King-Miller discovers there are entire chasms left to be purified within the human soul.”—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
Available August 5th in Trade Paperback and eBook Editions.
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Ecstasy: A Novel by Ivy Pochoda
A deliciously dark horror reimagining of a Greek tragedy, by Ivy Pochoda, winner of the LA Times Book Prize. A riveting, darkly poetic, one-sitting read about empowerment, desire, and what happens when women reject the roles set out for them.
“Ecstasy is a lyrical, fevered, and furious re-imagining of a classic Greek tragedy. Tense and phantasmagoric, the novel sinks its considerable teeth into the patriarchal 21st century capitalist machine. And gloriously, no one is spared.”—Paul Tremblay, author of the New York Times bestseller Horror Movie
Available in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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Smile for the Cameras: A Novel by Miranda Smith
An actress desperate to reclaim her fame must survive the real-life plot of the horror movie that made her famous in this psychologically twisted locked-room thriller.
“A gloriously glossy solid slasher with more unexpected twists than a roller coaster . . . Fans of ʼ90s horror flicks (like me) are going to lap this up.”—John Marrs, USA Today bestselling author of The Family Experiment
Available in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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13 Months Haunted: A Novel by Jimmy Juliano
From Dead Eleven author Jimmy Juliano, a twisty, edge-of-your-seat novel about a unique haunting in the early 2000s.
“An eerie and unnerving tale about unspeakable evil in your inbox, Jimmy Juliano’s 13 Months Haunted pulls off an impressive feat—it makes you afraid to do something you’ve been comfortably doing for years. Important emails will be deleted because of this book. But hey, it’s better to be safe than sorry, right?”—Nick Medina, author of Indian Burial Ground
Available August 12th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Edition
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Tantrum: A Novel by Rachel Eve Moulton
In this electric horror novel from the author of The Insatiable Volt Sisters, an exhausted mother thinks her newborn might be a monster. She’s right.
“Rachel Eve Moulton is a demonic doula, a midwife for monsters, and what she has delivered into this world is truly savage. Tantrum wails with vibrant life, an ouroboros of generational rage encased in scales and fangs. Yet another testament to Moulton’s ascent as one of horror’s most hauntingly provocative authors.”—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
Available August 5th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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Blood Slaves: A Novel by Markus Redmond
An ingenious reimagining of the vampire origin story set during the early days of American slavery blends alternate history with supernatural horror, as the last surviving member of an ancient African vampire tribe meets a slave desperate for freedom, and together, they lead an army of enslaved people in a cinematically blood-soaked battle for freedom and revenge.
“Markus Redmond has crafted a truly epic reimagining of the 19th century, in which an ancient vampire enslaved on a plantation becomes the catalyst for a widespread slave rebellion and violent reckoning with injustice. It’s clear throughout the narrative that the true monsters are not the vampires, who need blood to survive, but the slave-owners, who require human suffering in the name of profit. Redmond’s novel should be one of the most satisfying of the year, and perhaps of the decade.”—CrimeReads
Available July 29th in Hardcover.